Running Out of Time {Barry Allen/The Flash}

Chapter 16

I walk up onto the stage with Caitlin. I look down at Barry, across the room. 

"Excuse me, could I get some water? Yo. Excuse me? - For real? - " I hear Barry say, and I giggle. 

"Mr. Barry Allen!" I announce. He looks up at the stage after I got his attention. 

   "Come on down! - Or up." Caitlin says and I look at her. 

"Yeah. That." I laugh in her face, with the drink in my hand. 

 "I'm not doing it." Barry says. 

"Come up here with us." I say aloud to him through the microphone. 

"Oh, come show 'em what you got." Caitlin says. "Come on." She finishes quickly. I look at Caitlin before

 "Barry! Barry!" I start chanting, and soon other people do the same. "Barry! Barry! Barry! Barry! Barry! Barry! Barry!"

 "Ooh, look at him go." Caitlin says. 

"He's so fast!" I say as I watch Barry jog through the audience. 

"Ooh, shh!" Caitlin says as we shush each other. 

"You know I'm not much of a singer." Barry mumbles to me as he grabs the microphone. "And you're not much of a drinker." He says as he looks towards Caitlin. 

"We are gonna bring this place down." Caitlin says. 

"Okay, just...Good girl." He finishes saying as the song starts. 

"Get ready." Caitlin says as it's almost time to sing. "Summer lovin' Had me a blast Summer lovin' happened so fast." Caitlin sings, and may I mention- off key.

"I met a girl crazy for me." Barry sings, and again may I mention- on key. I look at him as his voice shocks me. 

" I met a boy cute as can be Summer days driftin' away." I sing. I don't know if I was on key or not, I just know that I'm having a good time. 

"To uh-oh those summer nights Uh well-a well-a well-a uh." Us three sing. 

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"You're fast and you can sing?"Caitlin says to Barry, as he laughs.  "And you." She points to me. 

"What can't you do?" Caitlin asks. 

"Stop you from drinking, apparently." Barry says as he lets out a breath of air. 

"I'm not even sure that was mine." Caitlin says as she pulls her hand away from a glass. I watch as her face scrunches up. 

"I have to go to the bathroom." Caitlin says walking off. 

"Okay." Barry laughs. I just look over at him before looking away. 

"Can I close out my tab, please?" Barry asks the bartender, but is ignored. 

"Hey, Stevie.  Can my friend here tap out?" A woman asks the bartender. 

"Sure thing, Linda."

"Uh, thank you, Linda." 

"You're welcome, Barry." She responds back. 

"How do you know my name?" Barry asks and I look over between him and 'Linda'.

 "Barry. Barry. Barry." She says, mimicking the chanting that was going on earlier. 

" Yeah. Sorry about us up there." Barry says with realization. I hold my heart like I'm hurt. 

"What about my great singing?" I ask, but they both ignore me. 

"Are you kidding? No, that was some of the best singing that I've heard come from that stage.You definitely made my ears happy. Don't worry." Linda responds. 

"Thanks." Barry and I say in unison. 

"So is that your girlfriend" Linda asks, pointing to me. "Or the other one?" She asks. 

 "Oh No, no." Barry starts. "She's a friend. You're a friend right?" Barry asks me.

"Yeah, just friends." I say with almost a little bit of jealousy in my voice, but I don't understand why though. We are just friends...

"Okay...Hey. Have you heard of this new phone app? It's so cool. Check it out. You just touch someone's phone with your phone, and it automatically downloads your contact info." She says. 

"Wow. That is cool." Barry says and soon a phone chimes. 

"See? You have my number. What you do with it now is up to you." Linda says before she walks away. 

"Okay." Barry says.

"Barry?" Caitlin starts. 

"Yeah?" Barry asks looking back from myself to Caitlin. 

"I don't feel good." She says. 

"Okay, come on." He says as he super speeds her out of the place. I sit there, still in my chair. I let out a sigh as I continue sipping on my drink. Suddenly I am picked up at on the street.  He holds back Caitlin's hair. She vomits, and coughs. 

"Okay?" Barry asks. 

"I don't do that. I have a stomach." I say aloud, starting to walk away.