Fresh Start

Chapter 9

That night Barry took you home when the sun was showing up on the horizon. You had spent the night by the bonfire laughing, joking, talking about each other's lives and, of course, cuddling and kissing. It had been perfect, like it should have been from the very beginning. You were tempted to ask him to stay over but you didn't want to push it too far too soon, so you two just kissed in his car before he let you go, which was also hard for him. By the time you both fell on your beds that morning, none of you could erase the smile from your faces but, of course, you fell asleep immediately.

When you opened your eyes, you found out you had fallen asleep wearing the clothes you had used for the date so the first thing you did was taking a long shower. Actually, you should go to the university since you had class, but you had already missed three of your classes so you just decided to take your day off and go for a run like you hadn't done in a while.

Meanwhile, Barry arrived at STAR Labs still sleepy but with a huge smile on his face. A smile that everyone noticed and of course, they all teased him about it. He didn't mind though. For the first time, things with you were fine and everything seemed like it was working out.

"So how was it?" Iris asked with a huge smile on her face.

After everything Barry had gone through, she knew her best friend deserved to find that someone and maybe it could be you; so she really was excited about things working out between you two.

"Good. Really good" Barry told her smiling her back.

"But what did you do? Details!" She exclaimed.

"We didn't do much" Barry laughed scratching the back of his neck. "We...ate, talked, laughed, kiss...a lot" he admitted.

"You kissed her!?" Iris asked.

"She kind of kissed me" he replied as he remembered how he teased you until you kissed him.

"That's great!" She said hugging Barry as tight as she could.

"Guys, as much as I love hearing about Allen's love life, we have a meta-attack downtown" Julian said looking at his phone. "Black Siren is moving again" he added looking at the team.

"I got her" Barry said before he speeded out of there.

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You had no idea what was going on. One moment you were running downtown and the next one everything was chaos around you. A breach had opened just in front of you and a woman had come out of it like it was the most normal thing in the world. You stopped on your tracks, shocked as you saw the woman opening her mouth and screaming, causing you to cover your ears. It was the highest scream you had ever heard.

Once it stopped you could hear the police sirens coming your way so you decided to turn around and start running but before you did it, you saw the face of the woman and your heart literally exploded.

"Laurel?" You mumbled.

You knew you had to run and get away as far from there as you possible could but you were frozen. Laurel Lance, who died almost a year ago back in Star City, was now in front of you, wearing black leather and being chased by the police. When you said her name, she narrowed her eyes at you before she smirked.

"Silly girl" she said.

She opened her mouth to scream again but suddenly you were caught by something and the next second you were behind a building, away from the scene, feeling confused and disoriented.

"Are you alright?" A voice asked you. You managed to look up to find The Flash in front of you. The scarlet speedster had just saved you. "Are you alright?" He asked again, somehow his voice full of concern.