Turn A Blind Eye (Barry Allen/Oliver Queen)

Best Friends

Iris wrapped her arms around Barry's neck, holding him tightly to her. Barry held onto her just as tight. The two friends missed each other, much more than either one knew. Iris pressed her lips to Barry's cheek softly; something that should have made him giddy before the accident, now he just smile politely at the friendliness.

"Oh," Iris giggled, nearly getting her ice cream cone in her hand on her face. "I think I might have got some ice cream on your face."

Barry couldn't feel anything on his face.

"What?" He asked, careful to not have his own ice cream hit his face as his other hand tried to find the problem. "Where?"

Barry's eyes shut, annoyance written all over his face as Iris pushed her ice cream to his cheek. A small amount of the food dripping from his face to the ground beside his shoes.

"Right, there." Iris laughed again. Barry scooped it off with his hand, flicking it to the ground. He clean his face with the napkin he had.

"I'm sorry," Iris began to walk away, looking almost guilty in a mischievous way. "I just wanted to do that after so long!" She began to run, run toward the police building where she knew her dad would be. And where Barry was going to start working at again.

"It's fine!" Barry jogged after her, careful to not trigger his super speed in front of his friend, and any on lookers. They entered the building, Barry being greeted warmly by some officers and not so kindly by other people.

"Careful with that ice cream!" Joe joked with the pair as he wakes up to them. Iris hugged her dad hello and Joe put a hand on Barry's shoulder.

"Ready to start working soon?" He asked. Barry couldn't help but nod and smile. It would be nice to get back into working, where he wasn't copped up in that lab? Had he really only been blind a day ago? It felt like a lifetime to Barry. Joe turned to Iris.

"Honey, is it okay if I talk with Barry for a while?" Joe asked his daughter; Iris stepping back a little in response.

"Yeah, sure," she pointed a thumb behind her in the direction of the door Joe had just used to get into the lobby. "I wanted to go see Eddie, anyway."

"You didn't tell her about what happened, did you?" Barry shook his head. Joe looked concerned.

"I didn't want to worry her," Barry replied, almost looking desperate.

"She was already worried about you." Joe paused and surveyed his surroundings before continuing. "You were blind and have super speed." Joe began to usher Barry up to the lab he worked at. That space was still how he left it, somewhat clean, spacious, and still had that beautiful view of the sunset when the time of year was right.

"I don't intend on tell her about the he super speed." Barry stated.

"Good," Joe looked at one of the computers with a funny expression on his face. He and technology didn't boad well. "Because I don't want her in danger. It's bad enough that you have those powers."

"You don't want me to use my super speed?" Barry asked, looking hurt, confused and angry all at once.

"Barry," Joe began talking slowly. "Normal people don't get hit by lightning and wind up okay. You aren't normal, but you have a chance to be." He walked over and pulled Barry into a strong hug.

"Please," Joe whispered, pain evident in his voice. "Don't end up like that monster that ruined your life."

A.N. Short chapter again, but to be honest, it's hard on my brain to update everyday. But I will try to for as long as I can. Warning, that for Saturday through to Monday I might not update. But I will try to have all of the chapters done so I can upload them all at once. Enjoy, give me suggestions on what you want to see (I say that in the description part of my YouTube videos too, weird!) and I'll ge another chapter done tomorrow hopefully.