The Calm and The Chaos

10. Betrayal hurts even more than Rejection

"I'm not crying because of you; you're not worth it. I'm crying because my delusion of who you were was shattered by the truth of who you are."

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Iris

My name Barry Allen and I am the fastest man alive, to the outside world I am an ordinary forensic scientist but secretly with the help of my friends at Star Labs, I fight crime and find other metahumans like me.

Previously on the flash.

A large robot about 50 feet in height has attacked Central city and I'm the only one fast enough to stop him, he was controlled by an evil speedster Sandra.

I put my suit on and rushed out, the air blew in my face and it was like everything around me stopped, I was moving so fast. Oh my god, now I feel nauseous. Shittt!

I came to a screeching halt. A hot latino guy was is front of me. "Are you lost BAbyGoRl" he said in a husky voice. And suddenly I started hearing kissing and moaning sounds.

"Muahh muah, oh my GAWD yess right there! Yess." a voice snapped me out of my sleep.

I jerked up from the place I had fallen asleep and, just at that moment all my sense were alert. I opened my eyes to see Eleanor and Vanessa laughing at my reaction.

Ughh they didn't even let me complete my dream! I mean I would rather kiss Massimo than wake up to these noises. UGH.

"Ohh my gawdd" Eleanor managed to say between the laughs, "You should have seen the look ok your face! Oh I wish I had a camera! That reaction would have earned me so much money!" She tried to keep a straight face but ended up laughing again

"Wait, what did I miss?" Cindy said walking from the kitchen, wiping her hands on her apron.

Cassie explained the whole thing to Cindy.

"Oh lord! Why did I have to be the one who always misses on the good stuff! Ughh!" Cindy yelled and then started laughing.

Cindy made some really good cupcakes and they tasted like heaven on earth! I would have died for those cupcakes!

After that we all took a bath and then we went shopping. Despite of my constant denying, Cindy made me buy a shit load of clothes to 'impress the dickheads' and I made her buy a shit load of books to 'make her brain happy' tho I assumed that Cindy was pretty happy to buy new books.

The weekend went by really quickly and then came the day I had most dreaded!

It was Monday! I didn't wanna go to school ugh why do we even have to go to school? Can't we just study on our own? I mean half of the subjects don't even make sense! Why do we even need to study history, well how is learning about French Revolution going to help us in any point of our life?

Just as I entered the school I was shocked to see that almost everyone forgot what had happened on Friday. That was a great relief!

No more whispers behind my back, no more people pointing at me and gossiping about me.

I guess they had got a new topic to gossip about.

As soon as I reached my locker and opened it, a letter fell down. I bent down and picked up the letter.

Hey Iris,

So I know what I did upset you and I sincerely want to apologise for what I did. I am truly sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you. Can you come to the place where that guy had confronted you after school?

Aaron

I didn't go there after school. I was never going there nor seeing that dickfaced guy ever again. He has fucked my life enough, I was not going to let myself fall in his trap.

Everyday for the rest of the week I got similar letter, just with different places. But I never went.

I bunked all my chemistry and geography classes just so that I wouldn't see him. I know it's a bit too much, but hey, I am very stubborn. And I didn't want to see his face, because seeing him makes me think about what happened. To be honest, it was not the letter, it wasn't the embarrassment, it wasn't even Zach's scolding. It was the mention of my mother which had thrown me off track.

"Hipity skipity hop,

Hipity skipity hop.

We singed while we were playing hopscotch.

A car pulled over in the street. Zach, mother's friend came out of the car.

"Iris, Come here!" Zach shouted.

"Yes coming" I yelled and ran to him.

"Iris, this is really hard to explain but I am so sorry. Your mother..." He stopped and a tear fell from his eyes.

"What happened to mom?! Is she alright?!" Panic started to build up. All the worst thoughts came in my head

"Iris baby, I am really sorry, but you mother-uhm- she is dead. A truck came and.....her car...she was taken to the hospital but her heart stopped beating. I am really sorry." Zach said and I broke down.

"Hey Iris," Cindy came up to me and said, "I know what Aaron did was unforgettable but you gotta stop bunking classes because of him. It's Friday bro, you have been skipping classes all week. Atleast attend today's geography class. What's the worst that can happen right?"

Honestly, she was right. If I skipped today's class they may call my guardian and Zach won't be even close to happy after hearing that I skipped class. And actually, what's the worst that could happen, right?

I was wrong. I am ALWAYS wrong when it comes to these things.

I attended my geography class and Aaron came up to me to apologise. But before he could say anything Mr Hawthorn came in and started his class.

"So I have decided to assign you all a project where you have to make pairs of 2 or 3 and make a presentation on some of the unknown wonders of our state. You will be given a week to complete this project. So everyone, start choosing your partners." He concluded.

Just as Vanessa came to me and was about to ask me to be her partner, Aaron came up to me and said, "Hey V, would you mind if I partner up with Iris?"

WHAT?!??!

Please say no, please say noo.

"Yeah sure go ahead, I will partner up with James then." BETRAYAL!

"Hey Icis, looks like you are stuck with me now."

Before I could form a sentence that we are never in a million years gonna do any god-dammed project together, Aaron went up to Mr Hawthorn and murmured something to him.

When Aaron was going back to his seat, I was about to go to him and shout at him but just then Mr Hawthorn called me. I went up to him and he said, "I am going to need the projects by the end of next week and don't you dare change your partner now, your names have already been recorded so if you care even a bit about your grades you will to complete the project with your partner."

I mumbled a "yes sir" and walked back to my seat. As I reached there, I found Aaron on my chair. I was about to tell him to go fuck himself but before I could say anything he said, "Hey partner."

Well just because couldn't say it before him doesn't mean I am not gonna say it.

"Go fuck yourself."