Stone Cold Destiny ✔️

Ch 22

Barry pov
It's been a couple hours since Caitlin has been stable, but she's not responding yet.
"Are we going to talk about what Dawn said back there or not?" Iris said softly coming up behind from me holding her belly.
"Yeah I'm sorry, it's just been a crazy couple of hours" I sighed shaking my head.
"It's okay Barr we didn't know this was gonna happen, let alone to Caitlin" she said hugging me and I wrapped my arms around her as she rubbed the back of my neck in comfort.
"I'm sorry Iris. I should've told you sooner" I sighed.
"It's okay Barr" Iris said.
We were silent for a couple of minutes just holding onto each other before she slowly pulled away.
"So what? Dawn is not my daughter?" Iris asked looking at my eyes.
"No she's not" I confirmed.
"And she's Caitlin's?" She asked.
"Yes" I confirmed again.
"So what does this mean for us?" She asked sadly holding onto her belly.
"Nothing" I simply stated.
"What?" She asked confused.
"It means nothing. If things are supposed to happen, they will happen at their own time. Right now all I care about is you and this baby in your belly. You guys are my family. I love you guys so much" I said reassuringly.
"I love you too" Iris said planting a small kiss on my lips.
"Lovely to see who and where your priorities stand" I heard Dawn scoffed from the hallway glaring at me before walking away.
"Dawn" I called out.
"Go to her!" Iris encouraged letting go of our embrace.
I saw Dawn sitting in Caitlin's lab with Cisco.
"Dawn!" I called out and she rolled her eyes furiously.
"Leave me alone Barry" she said bitterly.
I flinched as she called me by my name.
"Excuse you?" I challenged.
"Oh I'm sorry am I suppose to call you father? Because my dad is over there watching over his wife. You obviously have a family of your own, so go take care of them and I'll take care of mine" she said bitterly trying to walk past me but I grabbed her before she could walk any further.
"I care about you Dawn" I said softly.
"Yeah but you love your family. I know the difference" she said disappointingly yanking her arm and walking towards Caitlin and older me.
"Hi speedy" Older me smiled sweetly at her kissing the top of her head.
"Hi daddy" she smiled hugging him tightly and he wrapped his arms around her protectively.
"She'll be fine speedy" he whispered.
"I wanna go back home. I want my family back" she whispered.
"We will as soon as Caitlin's healed. I can't leave your mother like this" He reasoned.
"I can't leave mom like this either" she admitted.
"We're a family. We stick together" She smiled.
"Always and forever" He smiled back with a knowing glint in his eyes.
"FrostFlash family" she finished his sentence as he sparked lightning and she wrapped it in cold fusion. The spark of light sparked bright within the bubble of cold fusion and it looked beautiful.
"Caitlin is waking up" Cisco's statement made us all snap our attention towards her.
Cisco was by her side.
"Caitlin?" Cisco asked softly as she groaned softly.
"M-my he-ead" she whined stuttering with her words.
"Lower the lights it will help her" Cisco mentioned and I quickly reduced the light intensity.
"Cisco what's going on?" Caitlin asked looking at him through squinted eyes.
"You fell 600 ft" he explained.
"Wh-what? How-how is that even possible?" She asked in confusion.
"Long story I'm just glad you're okay" he smiled softly.
"Cait" I said softly approaching her.
"Are you okay?" I asked softly
"Uh-I-I'm fine" she said hesitantly looking at with her eyebrows furrowed.
"Uh-um-I'm sorry I don't mean to be rude but you called me 'Cait' and I-um well why would you call me that?" She asked shaking her head staring at me.
"Wa-wait you don't know who I am?" I asked looking at Cisco.
"Am I suppose to?" She asked softly looking at Cisco.
"Caitlin you don't know who he is?" He asked.
"I already told you. No. Cisco?" She asked.
"Caitlin what day is it?" He asked cautiously.
"Umm May 15th?" She replied hesitantly.
"What year Caitlin?" He urged.
"2014? Why?" She asked I'm utter confusion.
"Oh my gosh" he whispered looking at me with a 'what the actual effff' look.
"What's going on Cisco? Talk to me?" She asked.
"It's not May 15th Caitlin" Cisco said.
"Okay what day is it?" She asked innocently.
"February 20th 2019" he stated and her eyes widen.
"I've been in a comma for 5 years!" She exclaimed in panic.
"Nooo" Cisco shook his head rolling his eyes.
"What?" She asked confused.
"Cait you lost your memory" I spoke looking at her absolutely heartbroken.
"Who even are you? Please stop calling me that" She asked visibly upset.
"I am Barry Allen. I'm one of your best friends" I sighed.
"I-I don't remember that. Last thing I remembered was Cisco and I going to watch some nerdy geek movie and going home" she replied.
"So she just lost her memory?" Barry asked Cisco
"I suffered severe trauma to the head, it's even a miracle I'm not dead which I can't even begin to comprehend. Suffering from psychogenic retrograde amnesia is more than understandable" Caitlin explained her diagnosis.
"Well how can you get your memory back?" I asked.
"Ummm I guess give me time it's only been a couple of hours anyways" she shrugged
"She's right" Older Barry said.
"Oh wow, you guys are twins that's cool" Caitlin smiled sweetly.
"Yeah" I said hesitantly looking back at him
"I need to talk to you" I said looking at him and he nodded.
"I'll be back Cait" I said softly.
"Please don't call me that" I answered clenching her jaw tightly.
"Right I'm sorry. It's a habit! I'll work on it! I promise" I smiled and she nodded.
"Thank you" she smiled forcefully trying to be cordial but you could tell it was simply a polite rather than the genuine smile she always gave me.
I walked away with older me behind me. I brought us down to the cortex.
"What do you need to talk about?" Older Barry asked.
"Who attacked Caitlin? why was this meta after her?" I asked through gritted teeth.
"I can't tell you." He said shaking his head.
"SHE LOST HER MEMORY BECAUSE OF YOU!" I yelled angrily.
"Don't you think I know that? She's my wife Barry!" He said visibly upset.
"Yeah well you weren't fast enough to save her! What's the point of being the fastest man alive if you can't protect her!" I said shoving him back with force.
"Right! So what? Now you care about Caitlin? From what I've gathered you've been ignoring her and your own daughter for an entire month! So don't you come acting righteous with me!" Older me said bitterly while pushing me back.
"You don't know what I've been going through!" I yelled.
"You're right I don't! But I know you don't just neglect your family! You may not know what it's like having your own family, a family with Cait, at least not yet. But Caitlin Snow is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I almost lost her today Barry and you did too! And with her memory lost I may loose her forever. Think about that next time you decide she's not worth your time of day!" He said angrily walking out.
What if she doesn't remember me?
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