The Choice

Chapter 17

POV Barry:

After all, the most important thing I had to do at the CCPD was a lot of paperwork so we could send it to the federal prisons to move thieves from our prison to another. As I have super speed in my favor, it was much faster to finish the whole paperwork.

"Joe, I am going to the Jitters for lunch, you want to come?" I asked Joe.

"I'd love to, but stay for another day, Cecile's going to bring me something to eat and we'll have lunch together."

I got to the cafe and I saw my friends so I sat at their table and luckily they were still asking.

"So, Barry, how was your morning?" Harry asked.

"Busy, lots of paperwork to deal with," I replied, sipping a drink from my drink that had already reached our table.

Our lunch was past between laughs and conversations, Cisco warned me that I already had a prototype for goal healing and that was wonderful because there are many who want the opportunity to live a normal life again. We just ate and everyone went to pay their share and then we left the cafe.

"Are you still going back to CCPD?" Caitlin asked.

"No, I'm going with you to the lab, I finished what I had to do," I replied and we all went to the lab.

We walked into the lab and Cisco showed me the cure, while Caitlin sat in his chair to monitor the surveillance cameras in Central City.

"Barry, we need to talk," said Iris, coming to our side.

"This is not the time or the right place to have the conversation, we talked at home sooner," I said looking at the screen.

"No, I want to talk now," Iris said, folding her arms and we went into a room farther from the main room where they were. "Where did you spend the night?" I went home but you were not there.

"It does not interest you, I think we have more serious things to say than where I spent the night."

"It was at her house, was not it?" Iris asked, getting irritated.

- Iris my patience with you today is not much for this, let's talk about important things.

"You're right ... Barry, I want you to know that I really do love you," Iris said, looking down.

"If you really loved me, you would not have betrayed me. How do you think I felt when I learned that the woman I loved betrayed me to a co-worker? How do you want me to trust you after this?"

- Barry we got through this ... Let's get married in a week ...

"We were going to get married ... I do not want to marry you after what happened," she said and she was shocked to look at me.

"It's because of her, is not it?" Iris asked furiously.

"Again with the pursuit of Caitlin? What's your problem? It's not because of her that I'm going to cancel the wedding, it's for you! We agreed we were not going to argue, and then I discovered that you betrayed me to someone else, and you still want us to marry?"

- But Barry ...

- But nothing ... We already talked everything we had to talk ... I want you out of my house today. And you can give me back the engagement ring, you will not need it from now on ... And one more thing, I hope you and your colored friend are very happy from now on" I said and Iris returned the ring and left Star Labs furious.

After this conversation / discussion with Iris, I went back to the control room where everyone was, and everyone was shocked, except for Caitlin, for she already knew what was going on.

- Excuse us! We did not want to hear, but the camera ....- said Cisco.

"No problem, you would know the truth.. it was simply mather of time" Ihe said as he left the control room and Caitlin came after me.

- Hey! Wait a little" "She said and I stopped turning to her. She just hugged me, saying nothing. "We know how complicated it must be and how you feel right now, but I want you to know that we're here to support you.

- Thanks. I know it's a lot, but you still want to talk about what happened yesterday between us?

- I want!

"Barry ... What happened between us was just the fury of the moment. You were shaken by what happened and it happened. You just got out of a serious relationship, you have to think about what you want to do and I do not want to influence your life.

"Thank you, Cait," he said, hugging her. But deep down I knew that what had happened between us had been more than the fury of the moment, but it was best that I spend some time thinking about the future of my life.

Caitlin came back inside but I still stayed out there until I decided to send a message to Cisco saying I was leaving because I was not feeling well. I went for a walk and when I got home Iris things were gone.

"Barry, I know you're home, let me in," Joe said at the door. "I've heard what happened, the iris is in the house in tears, because you want to cancel the wedding."

"And she explained why you did it?"

"Anything about Caitlin ... I did not quite understand."

"I'll explain," I said as she explained what had happened, from the arguments to Iris's betrayal and to my meeting with Caitlin that night.

"Did she really do that?" Joe asked shocked by what I had just told him.

"Yes ... We've been arguing every day since Music Miester and my son came to the lab and when we decided we were going to make an effort to stop arguing, she did this to me ... I know she's your daughter Joe, but I do not I can trust her, after what happened.

"And you are my son ... I just want your happiness, both of your happinees and if you think yours is with Caitlin, you should bet on her."

- With Caitlin we are just friends, what happened was for the moment, I was down and it happened, it did not mean anything more.

- But you want to convince yourself or me?