Him

Chapter 15: You Got A Chance

Barry's POV
"I told you to stay away from her."

"You see, the more you tell me to stay away, the more I want to get close to her," he smirks and starts walking to the kitchen.

I follow him saying, "I'm warning you, Dylan, if you touch her again, this will be the last time your in this house!" He stops walking and turns around.

"Last time I checked I was your guardian which means this is my house, too,"

"Yeah, but who left," I say and that shuts him up. "Stay away, got it," That's the last thing I say before heading upstairs. As soon as I get to my room, I see Caitlin looking around my things. "You're very nosy aren't you?"

She jumps a little and turns around to face me, "Oh my gosh, you scared me and sorry, I guess I am," she says smiling. "Soooo,"

"So, where do you wanna start?"

"Um....the Unit circle,"

"Okay we'll start with that," I say and grab my notebooks and math book. An hour had passed and we had revised the unit circle, yet I don't think she got anything stuck with her.

"So, thank you for tutoring me even though I'm still going to fail because I'm terrible at memorizing things," she says while starting to grab her things.

"You're welcome. Also, I'm sorry for the chaos I caused earlier," I say scratching the back of my neck.

"Its okay. Can I ask you a question?"

"If I say no you're not gonna stop bugging me," she nods in agreement. "So, yes, go ahead."

"Why are you afraid of me getting close to him?" she watches me closely as if she could know how I'd be feeling at that moment when she asked this. A part of me knew why I didn't want her close to him and him close to her, but the other part didn't.  Or I did but I didn't want to admit something. Something that could potentially be my weakness.

"Well, as I've said before, he's dangerous," I say hoping that this will satisfy her and not ask more, but I know better.

"Really," she replies crossing her arm. "I was kidnapped by one of your enemies and you think your idiotic brother is dangerous?"

"Yes, he's just as dangerous as Gonzalez, a bit less, but just like him, okay?" I spat back.

"Okay, fine, Is till can't help but think there's something else you're not telling me, but I'll take your answer...for now" she reassured. I smirked and looked at the time. "I guess I'll be going now and thanks again."

"No problem," she says, grabbing her things and walking downstairs. I was about to follow her downstairs, but I received a call from Oli.

"Hey what's up?" I answered and talked about Cruz for a few minutes. When I finished that call I noticed that I hadn't seen Caitlin leave the house yet.

Cait's POV
Barry and I had just said goodbye and I was walking down his stairs heading towards the door when I felt someone grab my arm. I turned around and it was Dylan.

"Hey," he said with his hands in his pocket. I knew what he was trying to do and it wasn't going to work, especially on me.

"Hey. I was just leaving so.." I said almost turning halfway, but he stopped me.

"I was just going to apologize for my brother's behavior. He loses it sometimes, but I mean I get it you two are a thing and I respect him, so I'm backing off," he says with sincere and ready to retreat the scene.

"Thanks, but um... we're not a thing, so I don't understand why he's acting like this," I respond.

"I might have an idea," he says smirking. "But then that means I have a shot."

I bite my lip not knowing what to say. However, in a way this could help me get back at Barry and do my job, killing two birds with one bullet. I look at him and snicker, "I suppose that does give you the ch-"

"Yes!" he cheers.

"Okay, then I guess I better head home before Barry sees us together," I say giving him a smile.

"Oh, wait," he says grabbing my hand and writing something on it. When he puts his pen away, I look at my hand and it's his phone number. "Call me if you ever need anything or company."

I nod and say, "I will. Bye"

"Bye. Stay Safe," he says and walks me out. I get inside my car and look back at Dylan who was waving goodbye. I look back at Barry's window, but he's nowhere in sight. I soon as I start the engine I drive off. As I was getting close to my house, I received a call.

"Hello," I said putting it on speaker.

"Hello, Caitlin Snow. How are you?" he said.

I hesitated and answered, "I'm fine and will deliver news as soon as possible, don't worry I won't let you down."

"I hope not, for your family's sake," he threatened and hanged up. I let out a big sigh as if I had been holding my breath. What am I doing? This isn't going to end well.

~*~

Hey guys! Long time no see!

It's been a long time since I've written and to be honest, don't have a good excuse.

Now that we are staying home due to Coronavirus, I have more free time then I have ever have and so I decided to put it into good use. So here you go and sorry it's not that long.

I hope you enjoy it!

~Mari☺❤