Barry's POV

"Come on man, what's the worst that could happen?" I asked Cisco.

"You know what, you're right," Cisco said in his sarcastic tone of voice," maybe you and this random guy you met on Craigslist will live happily ever after, or, he could chop off your head and wear your teeth as a necklace!"

"Your point?" I said jokingly.

"My point, is that you can't trust those ads on Craigslist."

"Ok fine, I'll try to find a roommate somewhere else."

"Thank you," Said Cisco with a look of satisfaction on his face, "well it's getting late, I think I'm gonna head home."

"Alright, see you later."

After Cisco left, I decided it would be best to do this tomorrow when I would have more time and energy. So I turned off my laptop, put on some pajama pants and went straight to bed.

Great, I thought, I get to look for people willing to live with me on my day off, how fun.


"Hey Iris."

"Hey Bear, your usual?"

"Yeah, thanks."

"Alright." Iris said turning around to get to work on my coffee.

I'm so grateful that Iris and Joe took me in when my mom died and the police arrested my dad for thinking that he did it. In a way, if none of that happened, I probably wouldn't have met Joe and Iris, and she wouldn't have become my best friend.

"Bear," Iris said snapping her fingers and holding my order in front of my face, "what's up with you, you're even more spaced out than usual?"

"It's nothing."

"Bear, you're a terrible liar, what's up" Iris said now sitting across from me with a worried look on her face.

How on earth does she always know how I'm feeling?

"It's just, my lease is about to end so I need to find a new place to live by the end of the month."

"Oh, you know you could just come and live with me and dad again right, I know he wouldn't mind."

"Yeah, I know." I said taking a sip of my drink.

"Don't you need to be getting to work?" Iris asked glancing at the clock on the wall before returning her gaze to me.

"Nope, got the day off."

"Nice, what are you gonna do?"

"I think I might just sit here awhile and check online to see if anyone's looking for an awkward, good-looking nerd to be roommates with."

"Well then," laughed Iris, "I'd love to stay and chat, but I've got to get back to work."

"Have fun." I said as I pulled out my laptop.

"I won't." she said as she walked back to her position behind the counter.

Yeah, I thought, neither will I.


Trust me, I know that this isn't my best work.

So hopefully you'll stick with it, I promise that it'll get better.

Please RxR

-Ty