Crossing Paths

Part 6

"Iris, we need to talk" Barry says with a frustrated expression on his face as she opens her apartment door further to let him in. He had come to talk about her attitude towards you the other night.
"What do you want" She folds her arms as she leans against the door. Iris really didn't care at this point she feels as if she had every right to react the way she did considering you were the one to "steal" Barry from her.
"What you said at Jitters was unacceptable"
"I only told the truth, y/n is a homewrecker we were fine just the way we were then she showed up and everything started going downhill"
"My son is in danger Iris and she came here for help what parent in their right mind wouldn't do anything to save their child"
"I wanted kids with you Barry but you were so caught up in y/n you didn't care about me anymore...all you cared about was y/n and your dead son"
"You take that back" He clenches his fist and narrowed his eyes. Even though Hayden isn't born in this time Barry was still protective over him.
"Go to hell" Iris spat
"Iris I'm telling you right now to take back what you said or I will walk out that door and out your life for good"
Silence filled the room as Iris stared at Barry with disgust and guilt. She knew her words hurt him but did she care at the moment...not at all.
"Then leave" she whispers and Barry scoffs before walking out Irises life with a slam of the door and soon it became too much for her as she let the tears fall.
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Barry walks into Jitters while dialing your phone number, it was currently your lunch break but you decided to stay at CCPN to finish up the last bit of your article.
"Hi babe, what's up" Barry relaxed when he hears your voice through the phone he could tell you were smiling on the other side.
"I'm at Jitters do you want anything"
"um surprise me"
"Alright be there in a bit" and with that Barry ends the call and orders his usual and your expresso.
Meanwhile you sat your phone to the side and looked at your computer screen with a defeated expression. You been at the same report since 8 o clock this morning and you couldn't think of how to finish it off. You rub your temples with closed eyes and a sigh, you were literally the only one in the building since everyone else was on break. You hear a loud bang which catches your attention, making you look over your laptop.
"You're just paranoid y/n" you say to yourself but then you hear the bang again but it sounded closer so you spun around in your computer chair, looking out the glass windows you see a shadow so you slowly grabbed your phone and dialed Barry's number"
"Hey babe- "
"Barry" your hushed tone makes catches Barry off guard
"Did you leave Jitters yet"
"Are you okay where are you- "
"Just hurry please I-I think someone's shooting"
"Listen to me, I need you to hide okay"
"Barry I-"your voice was cut off by another loud bang and then silence
"Y/n"
"Y/n say something"
"I'm scared" That's all Barry heard before he dropped both coffees and ran straight to CCPN. He looks to see your things messily sprawled out on your desk and your computer chair now empty.
"Y/n" he calls out, carefully walking around the building but he stops when he hears 2 male voices in the copy room.
"Where the hell is she"
"Devoe said she works here, she probably went for break"
"Her things are still here which means she's still here, she's hiding"
"alright go look for y/n down that hall"
Barry's nostrils flared when he hears Devoe's name come out the stranger's mouth. Devoe put them up to this...to take his girl and he was not going to let that happen.
Barry quickly delivers a supersonic punch to both men and they were knocked out cold. He didn't want to take them to the CCPD he needed to know why Devoe wanted you so he drops them off in the pipeline at Star Labs and comes back to CCPN.
He calls your phone and he hears it ring from under a nearby desk so he walks towards it and looks under the desk, making you flinch with a scream.
"Y/n it's alright it's just me" You open your eyes to see Barry's calm ones and you crawled from under the desk and jump into his arms while he wraps his arms around you with a kiss to the top of your head.
"I was so scared" you sob
"Shhh it's alright, you're alright" He soothes
"Can we go home...I really don't want to stay here" Your voice was quiet as you look into Barry's eyes still feeling frightened.
"Yeah of course" You look behind you to see your computer and notes on your desk but you really didn't want to deal with that so you left it there and clung on to Barry and he runs to your place.
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Later that day you got a phone call from work but seeing as you were sleep, Barry decided to pick up the phone and tell your boss that you weren't feeling well and that you needed at least 3 days off work luckily your boss was caring enough to agree with you staying home for 3 days.
Barry sat on edge of your bed and watched you sleep. All he thought about was the incident at CCPN earlier, if you were hurt Barry wouldn't know what to do all he knows is that when he heard how panicked your voice was he instantly knew something was wrong and that he had to make sure you were safe.
Barry was cut from his thoughts when he sees you turn in your sleep, now facing his direction. He stared at your beautiful face that now looked at peace instead of terrified and he wonders if this relationship is worth it.
Barry loves you but he never realized how much danger he put you in when the both of you got together. He shakes his head, dismissing the thought before brushing a piece of hair off your face.
"I love you so much y/n"