It took exactly 28 seconds for Barry to show up at Felicity's door, which she opened as soon as she hung up.

"Hey Felicity." Barry greeted as he stepped inside her home, shutting the door behind him.

"Hey Barry. Or do you prefer Sebastian?" Felicity questioned.

"Yeah, about that. How exactly did you find out about me? And exactly how much do you know?" He asked.

With a sigh, Felicity recounted the story of how she stumbled upon a video of his on YouTube, which naturally led to her trying to figure out as much as she can about him. As she told him about the articles she uncovered, she noticed him slightly wince.

"So that's everything I know about you. Feel free to fill in the blanks." She teased.

With a smile, he took a seat on her couch, and started to say, "My mother maiden name was Nora Smythe. After she died, I refused to change my name, since I knew my father was innocence. I was not ashamed to admit I was an Allen. But then the bullying got really bad. I was always bullied, but the year before high school, it took a turn for the worse. Iris was extremely worried about me, so she confessed to her father. All it took was that one conversation for Joe to pick up the phone, and call my mother's brother, Uncle Richard."

Flashback

14-years-old

Barry was pacing the halls in the West home, waiting for Joe to get off the phone with his Uncle Richard. When Joe finally did stop talking, he handed the phone to the 14-year-old Barry.

"Uncle Rich?" Barry answered.

"Hey Bear. Why didn't you tell me about the bullying?" His Uncle replied, getting straight to the point. Barry was Uncle Richards only living relative, and the same vise-versa, so he was quite protective of his nephew.

"I didn't want you guys to worry." Barry admitted sheepishly.

"Well, I for one refuse to let it continue." Richard stated.

"What do you mean?" Barry questioned.

"I want you to move in with me."

"Move? To Paris?" Barry blurted.

"Yes, to Paris. As you know, your Aunt Hannah and I don't have any children of our own, and we would hate to see anything happen to you. Please son, move in with us. I know you're fluent in French, so don't you even try to use that excuse."

Both Nora and Richard were born and raised in Paris, so when Barry was born, Nora had insisted on teaching Barry French.

"I don't want to leave Central. My dad is here!" Barry exclaimed.

"I think your Dad would better appreciate the fact that you were safe, more then the fact that you can visit often. And it goes without saying, but I'm sure the West's feel the same way."

It was a hard decision, he didn't want to leave his Dad, and he certainly didn't want to leave Joe and Iris. But then he remembered Iris's horrified face as she saw the bruises that littered Barry's body.

With a sigh, he replied, "How soon should I pack?"

"Immediately."

15-years-old

It's been a year since he moved to Paris. As soon as the adoption papers went through, Barry changed his name to Sebastian Smythe. In Paris, he was no longer the nerdy kid who got bullied; instead he was Sebastian Smythe, heir to billions of dollars, musical prodigy, and all around cocky genius.

Along with the name, he changed the way that he acted. Being forced to go to an absurd amount of galas and balls, Barry soon developed an over confident and snarky attitude. He was widely known for his charm and etiquette, and more often then not used it to his advantage. He was the perfect embodiment of a wealthy, European upperclassman.

During his time in Paris, he attended a private music school for the gifted. There, he was taught to play multiple instruments, along with musical composition. It wasn't long for his teachers to realize that not only was he a gifted pianist and composer, but also a gifted vocalist. His talents, along with his charm, obvious wealth, and good looks, made him the most popular boy in school.

Soon after he moved, Barry also discovered that he was quite the artist. Back when he was younger in Central, he would always draw, and while he knew that he was talented, it came as a surprise to everyone when they finally began to notice his eye for fashion. This made his Aunt Hannah immediately sign him up as her personal intern at her design studio.

All of this factored into the man that Sebastian Smythe soon became. He was well known and liked among his social class in France, and he was all too happy with it. He traveled across Europe, and made multiple friends. It wasn't long though, before he picked up some nasty habits.

The first bad habit came when a friend of his suggested he take his coffee with a shot of Courvoisier. It came to the point where he couldn't drink coffee without it.

Another bad habit was the need to lie. His whole life in Paris was a lie after all. No one in the country, other then his relatives, knew of Barry Allen, and he intended to keep it that way.

The next horrible habit was his womanizing ways. The fact that at this point Barry was somewhat of an alcoholic made it easier for him to accept the fact. There wasn't a beautiful girl that he met that he didn't end up getting, only to end up breaking her heart.

When womanizing became to boring for him, he moved on to a harder challenge. He would pretend to be gay, just to see if he can actually get a guy. Of course, he would admit to being straight before anything went to far, but he still pursued the male gender just for fun.

All of these bad habits factored into Barry worst one yet, his lack of conscience. Years of being mistreated and bullied hardened Barry beyond repair, so when he finally got a chance to start over, he was dead set on doing it right. This caused him to develop a major Alpha Male complex. He decided to just let go, and have fun, damn the consequences. There was no way in hell that Sebastian Smythe would ever go back to being weak old Barry Allen.

16-years-old

After two years of living it up in Paris, his Aunt and Uncle decided to move to Ohio. Barry was not happy with this decision at all.

He had finally escaped the USA, and all memories of his family's tragedies, yet here he was, back in the country filled of bullies.

He was quickly admitted into an all-male private school named Dalton Academy. His uncle enrolled him here on purpose, obviously not blind to his womanizing ways. Little did he know, Barry had just as much fun seducing woman as he did seducing men. It was all a game to him after all.

End of Flashback

Barry then continued to tell Felicity about his time in Dalton, how he was Head Warbler, and all about New Directions.

"When I realized that I was a factor in Karofski's attempted suicide, I knew that I had to change. I kept the name, and I kept the confidence, but I changed the attitude. I knew how it was to be bullied, I experienced it first hand, but somehow, I didn't realize that what I was doing was considered bullying as well. So I apologized to everyone, especially Dave and Blaine. It's all fun and games, until it's not."

Felicity looked completely interested, albeit surprised at the story. "So, what happened after you graduated Dalton?"

"Well, Sebastian Smythe was the name the musical community knew, so I kept the name as I attended Julliard. I had accumulated a lot of musical college credit back in Paris, so I was able to graduate with a Musical Composition degree in just 2 years. I have a pretty big trust fund, so I bought a pent house in New York where I resided. After Julliard, I once again changed my name. This time, I made sure my full name was Bartholomew Sebastian Smythe Allen. This way, I was both the nerdy, scientist Barry Allen, and the socialite Sebastian Smythe. I then went to Colombia University for four years, and received my degree in Crime Scene Investigation. After six years spent in New York, I moved to Central. The rest of the story you already know." Barry said.

"Wow. That's amazing! I can't believe you hid all of this for so long!" Felicity exclaimed.

"It certainly wasn't easy. As the sole heir to the Smythe fortune, I'm still forced to attend a multitude of galas and parties. I have to fly to Paris at least five times a year, and this isn't including the amount of times I have to fly to New York, or some other country. Plus, I still help my Aunt run Smythe Designs, and the closest studio is in New York, so I'm there quite often. After a while, it gets hard to come up with excuses to my boss whenever it is I have to leave the city. There are only so many times I can fake food poisoning." He admitted.

"Has anyone ever recognized you?" Felicity asked.

"Thankfully, no. I mean, it happened all the time in New York, which certainly confused my friends who just knew me as 'Barry Allen', but no one here outside of New York ever made the connection between Sebastian Smythe and Barry Allen. Well, other than you of course."

"So I'm special?" Felicity teased.

"You've always been special." Barry confessed with a smile.

"Special enough that you will be willing to do me an incredible favor?" Felicity asked.

"What's the favor?"

"Let's just say I need to borrow some of your famous Sebastian Smythe charm."