Revival ⚬ Barry Allen [2]

02. New Beginnings

Present

I jolt awake as I stare up at the celling above, something not feeling right. For a moment I sit there before sitting up in bed, finding myself back in the West household in my room. A part of me felt as if I wasn't supposed to be here, but another part of me felt as if it had just been a dream...which it most likely was. It was hard for me to decide what was real anymore.

I shrug it off as I throw the covers off of me, getting up out of bed. I use my speed to quickly change clothes, brush my teeth, fix my hair, and everything else before I flash downstairs, waiting to find Joe there like he always was.

Instead, I find a half naked Barry standing in front of the fridge.

"Barry!" I shout as I turn away, my mouth hanging open.

It sounds as if I scared him more than he scared me, because soon after I'm yelling his name, I hear him let out a little yelp, followed by the sound of him dropping something. "Raven? Y-you're-here?"

I stay turned around, placing my hands on my hips. "Here?"

He shakes his head. "Um, never mind, but what exactly are you doing...here?"

Confusion washes over me. "What are you talking about? I've been staying here now for at least a month and a half, Barry. I thought you'd figure out by now that you can't just stroll around here half naked...wearing superman underwear."

I glance over my shoulder at him, trying to hide my smile as his face goes red. "Y-You've...you've been staying here? I thought you were staying at S.T.A.R. Labs?"

"Barry, did you wake up too early or something?" I question, not quite sure what he was talking about. "After a few weeks of staying at S.T.A.R. Labs, you and Joe asked me if I wanted to come stay here, which I did, where I have my own room upstairs. This isn't the first time you've seen me walking around here-"

"Right, right," Barry nods as silence fills the room for a moment, causing me to bite my lower lip.

"So...are you going to go put some clothes on, or-"

I hear him flash away in that instance then before he's back. "You're safe to look now."

I cross my arms as I turn back around and face him, finding him now wearing jeans, a blue plaid shirt and converse. When I had turned around, I thought that he was going to be awkward, but instead it looked as if he was out of breath; as if he hadn't seen me in ages.

"Are you okay?" I ask softly, wondering why he was looking at me like that.

He nods then, snapping him out of his trance. "Y-Yeah, I'm okay. Are...are you?"

I furrow my eyebrows. "Am I okay? Besides the not sleeping, I'm great."

"Not sleeping?" he asks me, looking genuinely confused yet concerned. I've talked to him about this before, so I wasn't sure why he looked so confused about it all.