Fresh Start

Chapter 4

Waking up to meet up with Barry next day was one of the hardest thing you had ever done. You were so tired after going to sleep late at night. Not even your morning shower helped. At least, you were going to have a coffee with him that would help you to stay awake. And luckily for you, Jitters was close to your apartment; otherwise, you would have been late for sure.

When you first walked in, you looked around trying to spot Barry but he still wasn't there so you ordered a coffee and find a table close to the door so he would see you when he came in. You took out your laptop and started writing down the things you wanted to ask him about.

"Sorry I'm late!" You looked up from the screen when you heard his voice.

You smiled at him and told him not to worry before he went to order himself a cup of coffee. You couldn't help but stare while he wasn't looking. He was wearing a red t-shirt with a jacket over it, jeans and black convers. He really looked fit but he didn't look like the kind of guy who used to go to the gym. His hair had a beautiful light brown shade and was a complete and adorable mess.

"Something wrong?" He asked suddenly sitting in front of you.

It was then when you realized that you had been staring at him the whole time, completely lost in your own thoughts. When he sat, you felt your cheeks turning red as he smiled at you. What on earth was wrong with you? You were (Y/N) Queen for fuck's sake, you didn't blush just because a cute guy smiled at you.

"No, sorry" you said after a moment. "I was just thinking" you shrugged.

"About?" He asked with a smirk as he placed the mug down. You raised an eyebrow at him before smirking as well. So he did want to play this game.

"The article" you said casually, making him laugh.

"Sure, the article" he nodded. "So...what do you want to know?" He asked.

"First, I've seen that the first metahuman Central City has ever seen is The Flash" you started talking. He nodded slowly as he focused his whole attention on you which made you feel nervous but you forced yourself to focus on the subject. "And that was like 2 years ago?"

"Yeah, two and a half" he shrugged.

"Ok, and after him more and more came up. Is it related to the particle accelerator Harrison Wells tried to make work?" You asked.

"Yes, it is" he sighed looking down at his coffee. "Actually, that explosion was the one that caused the apparition of metahumans" he explained.

"How?" You asked with a frown.

"When the accelerator exploded, it released some kind of... 'particles cloud' that affected some people in different ways, changing their DNA so they can do things humans can't normally do like...controlling the weather, run faster and so on"

"But why did that 'cloud' affect some people and some other are normal?" You asked.

"The affected people has what we call the 'metagen'" he explained. You nodded as you typed everything. "When those particles and that gen came into contact, their DNA changed and so did they" he shrugged.

"I see..." you frowned looking at him again. "Is there anyway to know if someone is a metahuman just by looking at them?" You asked.

"It depends on the way their DNA changed. But almost none of them experienced a physical change" he shrugged. "The Flash himself could he here right now and you wouldn't even know" he smirked.

"Interesting" you chuckled. "So..."

Suddenly you stopped talking as everyone became silence around you. The only thing you could hear was the TV where you could see a woman outside a bank, surrounded by the police. It looked like a robbery but suddenly the woman screamed and the signal was lost.