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I was looking through my closet to find a dress to where to the wedding when I found one of Barry's shirt randomly hung up in the corner. I pulled it out of the closet and threw it on the bed as I picked out one of my black dresses. I opened another one of my drawers when I saw one of Barry's socks laying on top, I started looking at other places throughout the room as I continued to find more of Barry's things. "Barry!" I yelled making sure that he'd hear me from the living room.
"What!" He yelled back.
"Barry! Come here!" I shouted, as I impatiently waited for him to come into the room.
"What is it with all the yelling?" Barry asked as he stepped into the room, I pointed at all of his belongings on the bed.
"What's this?"
"Umm...my stuff." Barry replied nervously.
"I can see that but why is it randomly scattered throughout my room?" I continued as he looked at his feet without answering me. And as I thought through the situation I began to catch onto what he was doing. "Barry do you want to keep some of your things here?"
"I mean...I already stay over practically every night...so I just thought..."
"Barry why didn't you just ask? Instead of hinting at it." I told him a smile forming on my lips at how awkward he was being. Barry began to blush so I walked up to him and gave him a quick kiss on the lips. "I'll clean out some space in my closet for you."
"Really?" Barry asked his face immediately brightening up.
"Yes." I confirmed as I grabbed him by the shoulders and turned him around as I guided him out of the room. "Now go, I need to get dressed." Barry opened his mouth to say something but I shut the door not wanting to waist anymore time to get ready. I was fully ready in twenty minutes and when I stepped into the living room ready to go when I stopped to find Barry sitting on the couch watching T.V not ready yet. "Barry...why aren't you dressed?"
Barry stood up and looked at me with wide eyes. "Diane...you look...beautiful." I smiled at his compliment and as he leaned in for a kiss I shook my head and put a finger on his lips.
"Nope. Get ready now because we are not going to be late to this wedding." I said sternly as Barry rolled his eyes. One second he was gone and the other he was standing in front go me ready in his black suit.
"How do I look?" Barry asked and seeing him standing there melted all my irritation away. I walked up to him and fixed his tie.
"Handsome." I replied as he placed his hands on my waist.
"Can I kiss you now?" He asked me and I nodded as he softly pressed his lips against mine. The second we pulled away I grabbed my purse and car keys and headed towards the door.
"You know we could get there faster if..."
"No, absolutely not." I told him without a second thought. "We're driving there."
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We stepped into the reception room and the first people I saw were Roy and Thea. When Roy saw me at the doorway he smile as he got a hold of Thea's hand as the both walked to us. "Dolls Face." He said as he pulled me into a tight.
"Abercombie."I replied softly before I turned towards Thea and gave her a hug.
"I didn't think I'd see you again." Thea said to Barry. "What was your name again...Bart?"
"Barry." He corrected and Thea immediately apologized.
"Well it's nice to see you again Barry." She continued before she took another step back to stand next to Roy.
"Yeah, and let me just tell you if you hurt Diane, I hurt you." Roy said in a complete serious tone as he looked at Barry who stiffened beside me.
"Roy..."
"No, Diane this is between Barry and I." Roy said causing me to roll my eyes while Thea just had an amused look on her face.
"Trust me you have nothing to worry about." Barry assured, but Roy didn't seem fully convinced.
"Okay boys, how about we just enjoy the wedding." Thea said breaking the tension. "And Roy I'm sure Diane and Barry don't won't you knowing all the dirty details of their relationship."
I felt my eyes widen at her suggestion as she winked at us. "Okay...lets go." Roy said suddenly feeling very uncomfortable as he waked away with Thea.
"Lets just forget that happened." I told Barry as he nodded in agreement. I scanned the rest of the room until I found Oliver and Dig deep in conversation at the center of the room. Without another words we made our way through the crowd and towards the two men. "Hey." I said as I gave Dig a hug. "Congratulations."
"Thank you." Dig said as he let go allowing me to hug Oliver.
"Hey." Oliver said with a smile as he looked between Barry and I knowing that there were no questions being asked.
"Barry glad you could make it." Dig greeted as he and Barry shook hands, I saw as Dig pulled Barry closer and whispered something in his ear. By the way Barry's eyes went wide I could only guess that Barry was receiving another threat.
"Umm...yeah glad to be here." Barry replied nervously as he shook Oliver's hand as well.
"Where's Felicity?" I asked noticing that she was nowhere in sight.
"Probably on her way." Oliver replied with a slightly annoyed look on his face. "Said she was bringing Ray."
"Jealous?" I asked.
"Of the guy you said was and I quote "pretty attractive" no." I glared at Oliver as a smirk formed on his face.
"You said what now?" Barry asked as he looked at me questioningly.
"Nothing. Don't listen to him." I replied quickly as I put my hand on his chest reassuringly. And of course at that exact moment Felicity and Ray came into the room. Oliver immediately stiffened at the sight of them, and I couldn't help but feel horrible at the fact that Oliver wasn't with the woman he loved.
"See you brought your plus-one too." Dig said as the coupled walked towards us.
"Oh, yeah." She replied as she hugged Dig.
"Nice to meet you." Ray greeted with a wide smile. "Ray Palmer."
"John Diggle." He replied as he also shook hands with Ray and pulled him closer whispering something in his ear.
"Yeah that wasn't fun." Barry whispered in my ear, and I bit my lip to keep myself from laughing.
"Pardon me." Dig said excusing himself to answer his phone.
"Funny, five months since we last saw each other, now it's twice in as many weeks." Ray said as he and Oliver shook hands.
"Ah, it's good to see you, Ray." Oliver replied with a forced smile.
"Diane haven't seen you since you rejected me." My eyes widened at his terrible wording, Barry put his hand on my waist pulling me closer and Ray seemed to catch on as he quickly corrected himself. "And by rejected me, I mean rejected my job offer."
"Yeah, nice seeing you again." I replied trying to ignore the awkward tension that began to settle in.
"Ohh, that was Lyla." Dig informed with a worried expression as he came back into our group. "A friend of hers, Rick, was supposed to be our officiant, but he just got deployed to the South Sudan."
"What, you don't have a minister?" Barry asked and Dig shook his head in annoyance.
"Okay, um, what about one of those online ministry certificates? All I need is good wifi and three minutes." Felicity immediately began trample for a solution. "Not that I'd officiate your wedding. Although I would be honored if you asked me to."
"Or, ah you could just ask me. I'm a minister." Ray informed causing Oliver to roll his eyes. "It's a long story."
"Isn't he just prefect." Barry commented with an annoyed look on his face when Ray walked away with Dig.
"Barry Allen are you jealous?" I asked as I stopped to face him.
"Me no." He replied quickly, then he turned towards the stage to take another look at Ray before he looked at me again.
"Really because it would be totally adorable if you were."
"In that case, yes I am totally jealous." Barry quickly corrected, I laughed as I got a hold of his hand and walked us over to where the ceremony was going to be held. We took a seat in the second row along with Roy, Thea and Laurel.
"Normally this is the part where the officiant offers words of insight about the couple, their history. Which is a little difficult for me because I just met John and Lyla about eight minutes ago." Ray said as the room immediately burst into laughter. "And I understand that you have written your own vows, which is great, because that gives me less to do."
I looked over at Oliver who I noticed continued to steal glances at Felicity and. "You really want to do this?" Lyla asked as she slipped a wedding band on Dig's finger.
"Hell yes." Dig replied as he slipped a ring onto her finger. "Do you?"
"Even more than the first time."
"Good. Because I'm not letting you get away from me this time." Dig replied and I couldn't help but smile as two people that I cared about were taking this step together. I felt as Barry put his hand over mine lacing our fingers together.
"I'm holding you to that." She replied looking up at him.
"I love you, Lyla."
"I love you, too." Lyla replied, and from beside me I heard someone sniff. I looked at Barry who 's eyes looked teary.
"Are you crying?" I asked him in shock. Barry looked at me and shook his head before he turned his attention back to the couple.
"All right. John Diggle, Lyla Michaels, I now pronounce you husband and wife." Ray continued as Lyla and Dig shared a kiss causing everyone to stand up to clap for the newly wed couple.
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"You know this reminds me of the first day we met." Barry said as we slow danced in at the center of the room.
"I remember." I told him smiling at the thought.
"Yeah, you were scary." Barry commented and I gave him a questioning look and he decided to continue. "You were mean to me."
"I was not." I replied in shock. "I was just a little angry that they broke into my lab, so I wasn't in the best mood."
"I honestly thought you didn't like me at first."
"I didn't really trust you at first." I admitted meeting his green eyes. "But you won me over."
"Yeah, I guess I did." Barry said softly as his forehead touched mine. "Diane...I love you."
I closed my eyes knowing that I could never get tired of hearing those three words come out of his mouth. "I love you too Barry Allen." Just when our lips were about to meet I heard the familiar sound of my phone vibrating.
"Way to ruin the mood." Barry commented and I bit my lip trying to hid my smile.
"Barry? My phone?" I asked and he immediately pulled my phone out of his suit and handed it too me. I turned it on and found an alert on my phone with an article reading Arrow Returns to Killing Barry and I looked at each other before looking around the room for Oliver who was standing next to Felicity. They both had a surprised look on their face meaning that they read it too and so did everyone else in the Team who immediately made their way towards Oliver.
"Lets all meet at the hideout." Oliver simply stated and I had a feeling I already knew who was up to this.
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