Crossing Paths

Part 7

It's been a month since the incident at CCPN and Barry has been avoiding you like the plague. You called and texted him at least 100 times but each time you never got a response. You tried to tell yourself that he was probably busy but at the end of the day your thoughts of him possibly breaking up with you returned. Here you are walking into Jitters with your laptop. You still went to Jitters because it gave you some sort of closure, it's where you come for inspiration on your articles and temporarily forgetting about Barry. You ordered Barry's usual for yourself this time and sat at the same table you sat at every day.
Sighing you opened your laptop and got to work it wasn't long before you heard the name "Barry" so you turned around to see him standing at the counter for coffee. You quickly get up and make your way towards him, reaching out you touch his shoulder and his eyes widen when he sees you.
"Can we talk" you could tell he was purposely avoiding eye contact with you and you feel your heart slowly breaking. He grabs his coffee before following you to your table.
"Did I do something" you were so nervous and scared as you looked at your hands in your lap. You felt Barry's eyes burning a hole in your head but you never look up at him.
"No"
"Then why are you avoiding me...am I not good enough"
"No y/n, you're perfect I-I just thought we needed some space"
" Why? Nothing happened...you said it yourself I did nothing wrong"
"Y/n please-"
"No Barry tell me what's on your mind"
"I think we should...break-"
"No"
"What"
"I said no"
"Y/n you don't understand"
"I understand and I said no Barry you don't get to make that decision"
"You could get hurt then what am I supposed to do" this causes you to look up with anger surging through your veins. He avoided you for a whole month and now he thinks he can make the decision to break up with you...no it's not going to end that way.
"Barry do you know how dumb that sounds? I will be in more danger if we're not together you think I'm a target now I'll surely be one if we ever broke up...it's only a matter of time until you find me dead in-"
"Don't say that" he interrupts with a snarky tone. He completely hated when you said bad things about yourself but he had to admit the fact that you were right. He never thought about it that way, vengeful metas will surely use you as leverage and he can't have that.
You grabbed his hand from across the table which brought him away from his thoughts.
"Listen Barry, I know you get scared sometimes...I do too but we have to stick together because I-I love you Barr" your voice was so quiet and calming. It was true Barry loved you and of course he heard you say it before but that was future you.
"What did you just say"
"I said I love you Barry" Barry smiles brightly at you and you smile back with a giggle
"I love you too"
—–
Later that day you convinced Barry to spend the night at your place since he let Iris have the loft and he didn't want to go back to Joe's place so you thought about asking him to stay with you. Barry sat on the couch reading your article while you were making dinner.
"Babe this is so good" he calls out from the living room
"You really think so" you said now standing in the entrance of the kitchen with a big smile on your face and Barry chuckles at how cute you look.
"Of course baby" he gets off the couch and wraps you in his embrace. Your nerves were all out of wack asking Barry to move in with you seemed so easy but hard at the same time.
"Barry can I ask you something" He looks at you with a smirk
"Anything"
"Well I was thinking and I was wondering if you maybe...wanted to move in with me" you held your breath as you waited for his response. Barry opened his mouth but words never came out, he was shocked, excited, and nervous at the same time.
"Are you serious"
"Absolutely"
Barry smiles and kisses your nose "Hell Yeah I'll move in with you"
You laugh as a tear fall out your eye while trying to wipe it away quickly.
"Why are you crying" he chuckled
"I was scared you would say no" you mumble and he shakes his head at you before playfully shoving you back in the kitchen.
"I still have to get the rest of my things at the loft this weekend" he says while walking down the hall and to the bathroom.
You heard a knock on the door but thinking Barry was still in the living room you continued cooking. You heard a few more hard knocks on the door so you turned the stove off and looked in the living room
"Barry?" You looked around the room but you see nothing, shrugging it off you walk to the door
"Who is it" you ask but no one answers
"Hello?" You swing the door open and you see an older looking man with gray curly hair in a wheelchair and a woman with long black hair standing next to him.
"So sorry to disturb you this evening Ms. L/n, is Mr.Allen here" you look at the man confused as to why he wanted Barry this time of night.
"Why do you need him"
"Just to discuss some things from work"
"Don't you have his number"
"Well Ms. L/n I just started working at the precinct not too long ago" you look at the woman who smiled at you but before you could ask another question you hear footsteps behind you.
"Babe- y/n stop close the door" Barry's eyes widen when he sees Devoe at your door, he didn't want to alarm you so he calmly tells you to close the door.
"Why? What's going on"
"That won't be necessary now Barry" Devoe challenges and you felt a wind push you back and the door was slammed.
"Barry what's going on" You ask but Barry was running around tossing things in a bag. Deveo knew where you lived now and Barry did not want you here by yourself so he had to do the only thing he didn't want too...take you to Star labs.
"Barry" you called out, your tone sterner and he stops running to face you
"What the hell is going on"
"You can't stay here" he whispers and you frown
"Why not"
"I can't explain everything now but please just trust me" you sigh and nod your head and Barry picks you up and runs to Star labs. When your feet hit the ground a wave of nausea hits you and you fall to your knees, vomiting all over the floor.
"Y/n" Barry rubs your back and hold your hair with his free hand while you finish throwing up your insides.
"Okay I'm not cleaning that up" Cisco says as he folded his arms and Caitlin looks at you curiously as you wipe your mouth with your sleeve.
"Cait can you take y/n to the med bay please, I have to talk to Cisco and Harry" Caitlin nods and you look at the red-headed woman who looks at you with sympathy as she helps you off the floor.
"I'll explain everything okay" she tells you and you look at Barry, your heart racing. You didn't know what was going on or why he was so panicky all of a sudden all you know is to trust him so you followed the woman that you now know as Caitlin.
—-
"So, you're saying Devoe wants y/n" Cisco asked for the 5th time and Barry internally groans
"Yes, Cisco that's exactly what I'm saying, but why is the question" Barry hears footsteps and he turns to see you behind Caitlin looking exhausted. Harry looks at you, thinking to himself about how strange you were acting.
"Barry how about you and y/n go back home" he looks at Barry who was now by your side.
"Harry I already said I can't y/n has to-"
"You're capable of taking care of her if anything goes down; she needs to go home and get some rest...now" Harry walks off and Barry loos at Cisco who just shrugs his shoulders.
"Barry, I think it will be best for you to walk her home, she needs fresh air plus there's a huge possibility she'll throw up again if you use your speed". Caitlin quietly tells Barry and he nods before grabbing your hand, leading the way out the lab.
"Barry...is Devoe part of the reason future me came here" your quiet voice asks and Barry stops walking and looks down at your tired expression.
"Yeah" he whispers and you feel your eyes water but you couldn't hold them in so you sob while the tears glide down your face. All in wanted in life was to be happy and when you met Barry that's exactly what he made you but now Devoe seems to want to ruin everything for you.
"Y/n hey listen to me it's okay...I promise everything will be okay" he wraps his arms around your small frame and you cried even harder as more sobs took over your body. Thing is you've been more emotional the whole month Barry avoided you and throwing up tonight wasn't the first time.
"Come on let's get you home"
—-
3 weeks later you felt super sick. You hated the smell of coffee now and you were craving nothing but ice cream and French fries. You sat at your desk once again struggling with your report but not because of writers block mainly because of how sick you became second by second, your boss had came in with a cup of coffee and you almost started gagging from the smell. Your boss stands in front of your desk with his coffee in hand causing you to vomit in the trash can by your desk.
"Whoa y/n are you okay"
"I'm fine" your voice was hoarse from the vomit session you just had and your boss just looks at you with an eyebrow raised.
"Go home y/n" he says and you nod thinking about going home and taking a hot shower sounded nice right about now. You said your goodbyes before cleaning up your desk and stuffing your laptop in your computer bag. You let out a frustrated sigh as your skirt limited your movements, you walk out the door and breathe in the fresh air almost feeling better...almost.
When you got home you immediately stripped your clothing and hopped in the shower. When you got out you threw on one of Barry's long-sleeved shirts before laying on the couch and calling Barry. When he answered you could tell he was talking to Joe but soon he says hello in the phone and you tried not to gag while Barry was on the phone.
"I'm sorry babe but I have to cancel on lunch today"
"Why...is it work?"
"No not work um i-im sick I go home not too long ago"
"Well I'll be there in-"
"Babe no Singh needs you at the CCPD"
"And you need me at home, you're more important" you smile at Barry's words before you hear him clear his throat.
"I'll be there in 5" and with that he hangs up the phone
—
When Barry gets home you weren't on the couch, he heard you in the bathroom throwing up your insides again. He hurries and rubs your back while pulling your hair out your face. When you finish you flush the toilet and rub your forehead.
"Babe what did you eat?" He asks with his nose scrunched up and you tiredly look up at him with watery eyes.
"I don't know" you cry and Barry picks you up bridal style and carries you to the bedroom, gently laying you down on the bed he grabs blankets and pillows so you could get comfortable. You look up and you see him with big belly burger and you were beyond relieved.
"I have to run down to the lab babe you think your fine here by yourself" Barry asks, he was so scared to leave you by yourself since he knows Devoe is now after you and you could tell but you nod your head already half way asleep.
—–
Barry was bouncing his knee while glaring at the floor, its been 3 hours since he left you and he wanted to go home.
"guys are we done yet, y/n's sick and she needs me" His voice causes the other to stop what they were doing and look at him. Caitlin looked at Harry and he nods
"You're free to go Barry" with that being said Barry was gone in a flash but when he gets home all the lights were off, figuring you turned them off and went back to bed he went to check on you except you weren't there.
"No...y/n"
—–
You woke up with a rope tied around you, looking at your surroundings you realized there were none just like there wasn't a...ground? You looked down to see you were suspended in the air only hanging by a piece of rope which causes you to panic.
"Hello, Ms. L/n" you look up to see the same man in a wheel chair except he was in a floating chair.
"Devoe" You growl and he presses a button, causing a blue scan to go over your body and he chuckles before looking back at you.
"Party for 2 my dear" he smirks but before he could say anything you hear a voice that instantly calms you.
"Let her go" Barry growls and Devoe's face turn red with anger as he presses another button and the rope jerks a little causing you to let out a scream
"IF YOU HURT HER I'LL KILL YOU" Barry screams, he was done playing Devoe's games he took it entirely too far and Barry was going to end it.
"Oh Barry, I'm not going to hurt her...the baby could get hurt and then I wouldn't be able to kill it" Devoe taunts and your eyes widened, you couldn't be pregnant...could you?
Barry freezes when the word baby comes out Devoe's mouth, it would explain why you were emotional and vomiting lately but he couldn't lose focus now or Devoe will hurt you.
"Barry he's just messing with your head, focus on my voice barr" you call out and Devoe snarls
"You stupid woman, I just found out from my scan...you see Barry ms. l/n here is indeed pregnant so congrats" Devoe presses the last button and the rope snaps and you go free falling towards the hard ground and Barry races to catch you if it wasn't for you fear of heights you wouldn't have passed out.