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Iris
“Iris, are you even listening to me?!” I glanced exasperated at my best friend Felicity Smoak, who was staring at me with a raised eyebrow. I nod dumbly before going back to my staring across the quad. Felicity followed the line of my sight and laughed raising her voice.
“Iris, if you stare any harder the guy is gonna spontaneously combust.” She said in an annoyingly deadpan voice. Felicity shook her head and took a sip of her disgustingly green drink, she grimaced hating her mother’s spontaneous foray into veganism.
“SHUT UP Lis! I'm not staring. Felicity eyes widen comically as she puts her drink down.
“Oh my god! You totally are staring Iris, I can't believe he hasn’t noticed your obsession with him the way you're always stalking him.” I ignored her as I stared at his very cute face as he kept his nose in a history book. He looked up quickly and I whipped my head down and picked up a fry dipping it in ketchup to look inconspicuous.
“I am not staring at him, I was just staring off into space.” I say weakly, but Felicity knows better. She laughed making her blonde hair bounce off her shoulders cutely “No you're staring off into his face, and if you don't eat that fry instead of drawing hearts with the ketchup, I’m gonna barf.” She took the napkin next to my tray and wiped away the ketchup hearts. “Just eat Iris, Lunch is almost over and if i wanna get to AP Biology on time i really need to get going soon.” She glanced over at the boy in question and tilted her head, “ I have to tell you Iris i don't see the appeal of him, i mean he is cute, but he’s not my type. I just wanna know, why are you so obsessed with him anyway?” Felicity definitely asked the question that most of the school would if they knew about my crush on this guy.
I ignored her question as i stared at my future husband, I didn't know what it was about him but i knew he was the one for me. Man! He was cute. His name was Barry Allen and I've loved him for so long and it's crazy that it's still a secret.
Barry Allen was always a loner, always stayed to himself and he didn't wear any type of name brand clothes or go to parties. He was super smart, top of our senior class. He was what high school would call a nerd and he was the furthest from being popular. It kind of always baffled me why he wasn't more popular though because he was extremely Handsome and mysterious at times. I've been watching him since Sophomore year when he transferred from Keystone City, and I could see through his nerdy facade from the moment he sat next to me. He radiated confidence to me, but he seemed to shrink his presence so make himself seem small and unnoticeable. This didn't work on me though because he drew me in like a moth to a flame. This boy is definitely going to be my husband!
I really didn't care that he wasn't popular or to everyone else he wouldn't even be in my league, but I knew that Barry was my one, and I wanted him so badly.
I snuck a peek at him completely ignoring Felicity altogether when he used his long fingers to turn the page of the book he was reading. Why does him turning a freaking page make me so hot? Good Lord I need a fan!
I watched in awe as he ran a hand through his short brown wavy hair, making it look messier than it already was. Pining for him and watching him was my all time favorite hobby, one I pray I keep as we grow old together.
“Seriously Iris!! You're doing it again, Geez girl, get a grip. God, i'm embarrassed for you.” Listening to Felicity whisper at me about not being inconspicuous about my hobby was probably the reason I hadn't been caught. Lis always made me realize i was being ridiculous about this boy sometimes. I turn away from her about to cry as I feel tears well up in my eyes. “Oh come on Iris, please don't cry, i'm not going to tolerate this anymore sweetie.”
“But Lis-”
She stood up from the table “No, Lis my ass! Iris, I'm not trying to hear this anymore, this has gone on too long!” She sighs and sits back down at the table, shaking her head. After a couple of seconds, she puts her hand on my shoulder. “Look Iris Ann West, you're gonna go over there and tell him how you feel, or you're gonna keep moaning about Barry Allen and i'm going to blow my top.” She glares at me, throwing her long blonde hair over her shoulder.
I Sighed twisting a lock of my dark brown hair. “What if he doesn't like me, or thinks i'm ugly? I wouldn't be able to live if he rejected me like that.” I was starting to hyperventilate, he always made me speechless every time he walked past me in the hallway. I would not be able to recover if he rejected me. To me no one would ever hold a candle to Barry Allen so if i didn't land him i don't think ill able to have a normal relationship in my life, i would throw in the towel and become a nun.
Felicity shrugs turning her blue eyes on me “You're kidding me right? You're the most popular girl in this school and everyone knows you're gonna become prom queen with Scott, Unfortunately. She rolled her eyes, probably thinking about all the misery Scott had put her through. “Why would the nerdy skinny Barry Allen Reject you? Any guy in this school would be lucky to have you.”
Felicity slapped my shoulder lightly “ Seriously Lis, i guess i might be popular but you're the prettiest in the school.” I hugged her tightly. “Besides” I say scooting back properly in my seat after letting felicity go. “ I'm pretty sure i'm not his type because the only type of girl i've ever seen him look at is long blonde hair and pale.” I roll my eyes before I take another look at his cute features. From his messy brown hair and green eyes, to his pale skin and the cute moles that dot his face. A complete contrast from my dark eyes and medium brown skin.
She scoffed “ Yeah Iris tell that to all the yearbooks voting you the prettiest girl in school.” She smirked eating another fry, and it made me feel slightly better. My best friend was such a queen.
I folded my arms on the table before placing my head on top of them. I wish I could muster the courage to just go over there and say hello. I guess Lis was tired of my moping because she looked at me with annoyance. “Iris I'm sure he somewhat knows you have a crush on him so it might not be as bad as you think, this is our senior year, if you don't do something now you will never do it!” I shook my head and crossed my arms.
She stood up again letting down her hair “ Okay! Fine Iris, you leave me no choice, if you don't get up and ask him out right now, I'm going to ask him out myself!” Oh now she was playing hardball.
Barry is Mine
“You wouldn't,” I gasp horrified.
“Iris, you know i don't wanna do this, but i'm doing this for you.” She rummaged through her purse before she pulled out a tube of lip gloss. Outraged I pulled the gloss out of her hand and applied it to my lips. I straightened up and fixed my outfit and made sure my girls were sitting right. This is it! I might as well go all in and do what needs to be done, because I know once he notices felicity it was all over for my love.
Taking a deep breath, I give my friend a nervous smile to my best friend and she throws me a thumbs up before I stand up from the table. Okay Iris, you can do this! You've got this! Setting my eyes on my target, I slowly make my way over to his lonely table. He always sat at the same table under an oak tree and read or texted. It was kind of weird because I had never seen him actually eat any lunch.
As I get closer to his table, I can hear my heart thump in my chest. My hands become sweaty and I try to wipe them on my light blue tight jeans. I look back at Felicity, Help, This is so scary! I've actually never spoken to Barry before. We were from sort of different circles even though we got the same kind of grades and were both in AP classes, he still got better grades though. I was popular and he never speaks to a single soul except when prompted very hard. God i wish i knew more about him, but i just knew that once i got to know him more that i would fall in love with him even more. I never knew why but he always gave me a dangerous vibe that no one else picked up on and I was secretly smug that I could notice things about him that no one else could.
When I reached his table, I was so shocked that I actually came over. I don't know what to do with myself now that i'm here and it made it especially awkward because when i arrived he didn't look up from his book. After about 30 seconds of me just standing there I clear my throat.
“H-Hi” I stutter, Oh God no! What the hell was that? Hi? Who said Hi anymore? I should have said what’s up or something. And what’s up with my voice? I was trying to sound cheerful but instead I sound out of breath and desperate. Inwardly I groan. Could I sound any worse?
On a positive note, I got his attention. Whoop whoop! I watch as his back stiffens his hand grips his pen tightly making his muscles bulge and the pen bend. NO DON'T DROOL YOU IDIOT! Those muscles! Where in the hell did they come from? Compose yourself! Breathe! In through the nose out through the mouth. In through the nose out through the mouth.
Slowly, his bowed head lifts up and I'm greeted to his beautifully freckled face and moss green eyes. Thank you God I don’t even want that purse I asked my dad for. I’m ok with this miracle right here. Quickly, I let my eyes devour him before he sends me off with my tail between my legs.
He was beautiful, gorgeous even! He is so out of my league, but I didn’t care. I want him. The more I looked, the more I could see why people avoided him. There was something dangerous about him. Something killer. Something that put him years ahead of the boys in our high school.
We just look at one another, taking each other in. His eyes slowly rake up my and down my body, and I try to read him but it's near impossible. He looks up at my lips, I lick them tasting the berry lip gloss knowing he was very interested. Score one for Iris! Definitely a positive reaction. I watch as his eyes widen and his lips part. I know you see something you like, baby.
“Uhm hi my name is Iris, I was wondering if I could sit here with you? His green eyes were still in my lips, but he looked up and raised an eyebrow at me. He decided I was okay because he nodded his head but still looked at me skeptically. I do my best to suppress the laughter as I could literally see the question marks floating above his head. He was extremely confused as to why I was over here. Barry talks to no one and he clearly liked it that way. Well baby you need to make room for your wife now. Iris West-Allen, wow that sounds amazing.
I sat down in front of him trying so hard not to fidget, my smile was permanently plastered to my face and I was 100 percent sure that I looked creepy. Who could blame me? I'm sitting with Barry.
“So um, Barry what are you working on?” It was a lame topic but I needed to get the conversation going somehow. He smiled sweetly at me “Just some homework.” Oh my goodness he spoke to me! He had a cute voice, geez he was making me melt inside.
“It would be rude to ignore you, wouldn’t it? Of course I spoke to you, I’m glad my voice is appealing to you.” My body was on fire giving me a tingle down below. The way he was speaking to me was so far from him being a shy nerd and it was confusing me so very much.
“Oh um haha” I’m so embarrassed, had I said that out loud? I covered my face with my hands, this is probably my cue to get the hell out of here. God what the hell was it thinking coming over here?
He took my hand from my face and smiled widely “Don’t be embarrassed, you’re too pretty to be covering your face.” I looked down to see our hands connected and I was dreaming, I had to be because bells were clanging in my head and my sling felt like it was on fire. I opened my mouth to reply but my mouth wouldn’t make any sounds. I was at a loss, I had no idea what to say to him because I didn’t really think I’d get this far. I mean wow, we’re holding hands.
“B-Barry I” closing my mouth I look away to catch my bearings. God I’m making a fool of myself, come on Iris get yourself together do not make a fool of yourself, show him that you're serious. I took a deep breath, “Thank you. I'm so flattered that you think i'm pretty.” I feel my cheeks get hot and I thank god that I was brown and he wouldn't be able to see the redness in my cheeks. He legit had my body on fire and we’re just holding hands! Wow, what would it be like when we fu-. I clear my throat and focus all my energy on him. Bad Iris, bad!
“Shifted toward me more “So what brings you over here pretty?” He just keeps calling me pretty in that smooth low voice and it's making me damp. “I wanted to know if-” I stopped myself feeling more nervous, if he told me no I would crawl up in my shell and never come out. I've loved Barry for so long now I even have our future kids’ name all planned out. I can't wait.
“Yes?” He seemed amused and curious by me being here. He squeezed my hand encouragingly. I opened my mouth and said what I wanted to for the last 2 years. “I wanted to know if you wanted to go out with me sometime?” I closed my eyes waiting for his rejection, instead I heard nothing. I open my eyes to see him staring at me with wide eyes.
He narrowed his eyes “You.. want to go out on a date with me?” he asked me, looking distrustful and then looked around to see if anyone was watching us. What the hell was he doing? Then it donned on me that he thought I was playing a trick on him. Quickly I go to ease his doubt. “Oh um well it doesn't have to be a date if you don't want it to be.” I rush out. “But i would like it to be.” I look down at the bench we were sitting on. God this is embarrassing. I looked back at him, and saw him looking me over with his eyebrows furrowed. His green eyes seemed to shine as if he was looking for any deception, not only in my words but me as well.
I don't know if he saw it, but for him I wore my heart on my sleeve. He was all I thought about and all that I wanted. All my previous relationships had failed in comparison to him, they lacked in every way possible. Just knew that deep down in my heart, we were supposed to be together. Barry didn't know it, but he was mine.
He gave me another one of those dazzling smiles “Well miss West, looks like you got yourself a date. Tomorrow I'll pick you up and be ready at 7:00, alright pretty?” I nodded quickly and he shook his head,giving me a smirk. Barry stood packing his textbook and papers, and I came out of my trance long enough to notice his height. He looked to be about 6 feet and his body was lithe and graceful, I licked my lips wanting to lick his lean body up and down.
He was about to walk away when he turned around “See you tomorrow beautiful.” He left me stunned and dazed and I have no idea how I was able to make my way back to Felicity. “So what happened Iris?! Did he ditch you or fall in love?Heeey come on tell me! Are we picking out outfits or am i picking up ice cream and going to talk about how you'll be an old maid forever?” She asks me in a very excited, very Felicity Smoak tangent.
I turned to my best friend, still shocked but smiling big as hell “Looks like I'm getting my outfit together!” I yelled, making the table next to us look at us in annoyance. Felicity gave me an excited yelp and we jumped up and down holding each other's shoulders, and we giggled uncontrollably. “He told me to be ready tomorrow at 7:30. I can't believe that i did it. After 2 years of pining for him, I can finally make him mine.” Felicity hugged me tightly again, “Iris, i'm so proud of you!” As she said that, the bell rang and we walked to our class arm in arm. Still talking about my date, I stop because I feel a tap on my shoulder, and I see my ex, Scott.
He put his hand on my shoulder “Hey Iris what are you doing talking to that geek Allen over there, you cheating on me?” I rolled my eyes at him. I cannot believe that i dated this loser, i mean granted he was one of those relationships that died out because of Barry. Also he was way too much of a flirt and it annoyed the shit out of me.
Felicity made a face and pulled me away from him before he could even say anything else. I protested “Felicity what the hell?” She crossed her arms “Iris i don't want you to let Scott of all people to mess this moment up for you, don't even give him the time of day. If Barry sees this, he’ll think you're not serious about him, but don't worry i will always be there to get you out of a jam like i just did.” I laughed and held her hand, “Thank you best friend, but even Scott can't mess this up for me. I'm telling you Barry is going to be my husband. I can feel it in my bones. I'm gonna be popping out little mixed babies for him."
Felicity shook her head, “yeah Iris i'm sure you'll be losing your virginity very soon.” I gasped “Felicity!”
She raised her eyebrow, “Don't Felicity me, I'm serious. You wanna have babies you're gonna have to let him knock down some walls.” She laughed and i was very shocked by her dirty words, normally she is so embarrassed talking about sex but today she was going hard. I laughed and slapped her gently on the back of her head, “Lis stay out of my business why don't you!” Everyone didn't need to know about my virginity.
“Okay since your date is Saturday night, i'm going to ask my mom to stay at your house to help you get ready!” I nodded and we entered our government class at the last bell.
Felicity was the best friend a girl could ask for. She was funny and supportive. She had a lot of personal shit going on with her mom and her dad running out on them, but i would forever have her back and she would forever have mine. I was glad she pushed me to do the unthinkable today. Feeling my heart skip a beat in my chest, I close my eyes and think about the date I'll be going on. I bet he’ll be all shy and stuff. Ugh, tomorrow can’t get here fast enough.