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Tuesday, November 5
[Barry]
He was losing his mind
His inner voice kept teasing him about liking the make out and the feeling of Caitlin on top of him. And even he denied it, he did like it
But the problem was that he ran away.
If he had just stopped, without running away, then maybe he could kiss her again.
But he left her
And now he had no idea what to say to her
"I think you should talk to her."
Barry was currently with Natalie and the two were walking to his class. They were talking about the situation, but Barry didn't go into detail about what she didn't see
"I mean, it's clear that whatever happened is bothering you and I feel like if you talk to her, then maybe you can get that guilt off your chest."
"I don't know what to say to her. I feel bad and I don't think I could ever forget."
"What'd you do?"
Barry sighed heavily. "I ran away."
Natalie raised her eyebrows. "You did what?"
"I pushed her away from me and got up and left back to the dorm. I feel so bad, Natalie. I..." Barry closed his eyes and sighed again. "I liked it, okay? I-I loved it. But I don't think I'll have the chance again because I ran away like a baby."
"Now I'm definitely sure you should talk to her. She should know that you loved it and that you didn't mean to run away."
"I'm scared to even talk to her."
"If you don't talk to her, then she'll never know."
"I know."
When they got to his class, they said goodbye and Barry was left with his thoughts alone.
Should he talk to Caitlin?
Would she even talk to him?
Did she even like the make out?
Did she regret it?
Barry shook his head to try to get out the thoughts in his head. He focused on the lecture and when the professor dismissed the class, Barry saw that he had a missed call from his mother. He dialed her number and heard her voice when she picked up
"My beautiful boy. How are you doing?"
"I'm really good. Everything's great here."
"I'm glad to hear that, Barry. Your father and I miss you a lot around here."
"I miss you too."
"Your father and I wanted to know if you'd be coming home for Thanksgiving?"
"Of course. I wouldn't miss it."
"You can invite some friends if you'd like. We'd be happy to have them."
"I'll ask them."
"Maybe you could invite a girl?"
Barry blushed. "Mom."
"What? You're a beautiful boy. Any girl would be lucky to have you. I just want to know if there is a potential girl."
Barry immediately though of Caitlin and debated whether or not to tell his mom.
"You'll just have to wait and see."
After a couple more minutes of talking, they both said goodbye and Barry saw Cisco walking across the campus.
"Cisco, wait up!"
Barry ran to catch up to him as Cisco stopped.
"There's something I wanted to ask you. Do you want to come to my house for Thanksgiving?"
"Uh, yes. It beats being at my house with my brother. Who's going to be there?"
"My parents, me and you."
"Are you going to invite anyone else? Maybe a certain roommate?"
Barry shook his head with a smile, as he knew who Cisco was talking about. "Yes. I'm going to invite her."
Cisco wiggled his eyebrows up down while giving Barry a smile.
"What?"
"Nothing. So how are things between you guys?"
Barry's smile faded and he sighed. "It's okay."
"Okay. Don't get all excited."
"I..."
Cisco gave him a look. "What did you do?"
"Something I will regret for a long time."
[Caitlin]
"So you and Barry made out, and then he ended up running away."
Caitlin was with Simone and she had told Simone what happened between her and Barry. Simone glanced at Caitlin and took note of her expression as she glanced down at her coffee cup.
"Caitlin, you know what I think? I think you should talk to him. I've learned that everything gets fixed when you sit down and talk to that person. So I think you should talk to him."
"But what if he regrets kissing me?"
"I don't think he'd feel that way. And maybe he's feeling that you regret kissing him."
"But I don't."
"He doesn't know that. And you don't know if he doesn't either."
Caitlin was silent before glancing at her. "Did you talk with Jessica?"
"Yes, and I can tell you that we worked things out. I understand everything she's done and why she did it."
"Why did it take you so long to talk to me?"
Simone sighed. "I'm really sorry about that. I was just angry at Jessica and at Finn and in return, I didn't want to talk to anyone. I'm really sorry."
"It's okay. I just wanted to get you, Jessica and Finn to talk to each other."
"I think it's just Jessica and Finn that need to talk to each other. I've talked to both of them already, and I'm talking to you right now. Speaking of that, can you tell Barry that I want to talk to him?"
"Uh, sure."
"Caitlin, I know that you don't want to confront him about the whole make out, but you can't avoid him forever."
"I know."
"I'm going to ask you something, and I want you to answer me honestly."
"Okay."
"Are there any feelings you have for Barry?"
Caitlin didn't say anything. She thought for a second before glancing at Simone.
