(Barry)

For some odd reason or another, Barry woke up the next morning with an insane headache. He moaned and sat up on his bed, rubbing the bridge of his nose. Jay shuffled from his top bunk and glanced down at the brunette.

"Everything ok, dude?" Jay asked. Barry shrugged and pounded his forehead.

"Got a bad headache, should be fine," Barry told him. He got up, wearing only his sweatpants. He took two steps forward and realized he couldn't tell up from down or left from right. He tripped over his own two feet and fell to the ground.

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(Jay)

Jay was surprised when Barry suddenly collapsed. He threw himself off the bed while yelling for the rest of the room to wake up. Oliver was the next person beside them, followed by Cisco and then Wally.

"Hey, Barry, stay with us!" ordered Oliver, shaking him slightly. "I need someone to grab the nurse and Iris, right now." Jay made eye contact with Wally.

"Grab the therapist, Ms. Patty Spivot," ordered Jay. "She's located in the main building. She doubles as the school nurse. I'll grab Iris from her room." Wally nodded and the two took off down the hall, yelling at everyone to get out of their way. Once outside, Jay nodded once to Wally before sprinting down the open grass, trying hard not to slip. He got to the girls' dorms in no problem, just to find Caitlin walking out of one of the floor rooms with PJs on and a towel wrapped around her head.

"Jay, what are you doing here?" Caitlin gasped, taking a few steps back.

"Barry's hurt and we need Iris," Jay stumbled out. Caitlin nodded and grabbed Jay's wrist, pulling him up a few flight of stairs until coming to the third level. They then entered a long hallway and Caitlin threw open one of the doors. Much to Jay's relief, all the girls were dressed decently. Iris was lounging on one of the top bunks, typing furiously on a small Mac laptop.

"Caitlin…that was fast…" she began, but then paused when she saw she was panting and had a Jay attached to her. "Jay, what…"

"Barry," he said, and Iris leapt off the bed, grabbing a small crimson cardigan.

"Lead the way."

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(Oliver)

Oliver checked Barry's pulse as soon as the kid passed out. It was going steadily, which calmed him down, but he was still kind of freaked out. Why did Barry fall in the first place?

"Barry!" a female voice screamed, and Oliver looked up. Iris was there, and her eyes were extremely wide. She took a few steps forward and knelt to the ground, gently stroking Barry's cheek. "Oh my gosh...what happened?"

"He fainted," Oliver explained. "Or, in the manly way, passed out." Just as he finished that sentence, Wally entered the room with a tall, blond haired woman.

"Brought her," Wally panted, before falling into one of the chairs. The woman (Oliver guessed she was Patty Spivot), fell to her knees by Barry.

"May I please have some space?" she questioned, and instantly all the guys hopped away, Iris included. "You two," she pointed towards Oliver and Iris, "stay here and help me with him. The rest of you, go grab me some ice, newly warm blankets, and then wait at Jitters. We'll come to you once he's ok." Everyone nodded and headed to their designated areas.

"What do you need us to do?" Oliver asked, taking a seat by Iris but across from Patty.

"His pulse is fine," Patty said, mentally checking something off. "His pupils look intact. Must be some kind of cold that hit him harder than the rest of you. He'll probably need to be on bedrest for the next few days."

"But the dance is coming up soon!" Iris protested. "He can't miss it. I know how much he's been looking forward to it." Patty shook her head sadly.

"Until we can figure out what's wrong, I'm afraid there's nothing we can do," Patty said sadly. "Mr. Queen, please put Barry on his bed. Ms. West, would you please go to the rest of the group and tell them that Barry will be fine and that he just needs some rest. He'll be better in no time."

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(Cisco)

"This is taking forever!" groaned Cisco, dragging out each of the syllable. He sipped his coffee angrily and only simmered down when Lisa placed a gentle hand on his shoulder. So far the group at Jitters was Wally, Cisco, Jay, Caitlin, Lisa, Jesse, Felicity, and Lisa's older brother, Lenny, who just happened to be having coffee with his girlfriend, Sara Lance. So, in total, nine people. They had grabbed multiple tables and shoved them together. "If they don't come out here in five minutes, I'm gonna…"

"You already said that, Cisco," Caitlin pointed out, to which Cisco stopped. "Five minutes ago." Cisco grinned sheepishly and Jay snorted before taking a small sip of his drink. "Barry will be fine. Ms. Spivot is a professional nurse."

"She's a therapist," argued Jay, setting his coffee down. "Not a nurse."

"If she can stitch wounds up, then I'm fine with her," commented Sara, taking a bite out of her chocolate covered croissant. "Look." She pointed with her croissant towards the door, and in walked Oliver and Iris. Each of them looked worn out, and Iris was wiping away tears. Jesse leapt from her seat and gently grabbed Iris by the shoulders, leading her over to her seat. Wally got out of his seat and let Oliver sit down.

"What's the results?" Caitlin asked nervously, fiddling with the tip of her hair. Cisco tapped his fingers against the countertop, and Lisa reached over, gently placing her hand on his. He smiled with thanks and opened his hand, letting her fingers slip through.

"Ms. Spivot said that Barry must be experiencing a severe cold," Iris sniffed, taking a deep breath. "She's put him on bedrest." Lisa gasped.

"B-But the dance…" she muttered, a little bit of fear coming to her eyes. Oliver reached over the table and placed a hand on Lisa's other hand.

"Technically, she said he's not allowed to go," he whispered gently. Lisa began to take quick, short breaths, and Cisco scooted closer, rubbing her back gently in circles. "We aren't going to let Mick come near you."

"Mick Rory?" asked Sara, raising an eyebrow. Everyone turned to her, including Lenny. "That jerk?"

"I thought you said you didn't know him," said Lenny, rolling his eyes.

"I didn't know him well," Sara argued. "I just heard he was a jerk towards his girlfriend, and that his girl didn't know how to fight back." She continued to ramble on, and then suddenly stopped out of realization when she connected the pieces. She pointed to Lisa. "You're the girlfriend he's abusing." Lisa bristled and Cisco turned to her, disbelief in his eyes.

"You're being abused?" he whispered, and Lisa looked away, sniffling. "Lisa...talk to me."

"Not here...not now," she retorted softly. "Maybe later." She pulled her hands away from the boys and used it to wrap it around herself. "I need to leave for classes."

"Ms. Spivot is talking with the principal. He's excused us from classes for the next few days so we can help Barry," Iris interrupted. "Do you want to return to the rooms?" Lisa nodded hurriedly and Iris got up. Jesse followed suit and the three girls marched off.

"I need to head back to my dorm," said Sara, tossing her napkin in the trash. "I'll talk with Kendra and see if she has any pointers about what's happening."

"Carter, Palmer, and Jackson might actually want to hear about this," snorted Lenny, heaving himself up. "I'll go on back to my dorm too." The two waved goodbye before heading off. Felicity glanced over at Oliver's rigid form and Cisco raised an eyebrow at her. Make a move, girl, he silently encouraged her. I know you like him. Felicity turned to Cisco and glared at him, and that's when he realized he had said it out loud.

"Who likes who?" demanded Caitlin, looking around.

"Nothing!" squealed Felicity, grabbing Caitlin by the wrist and dragging her out of Jitters. The remaining group all looked at each other.

"We might as well see how Barry's doing," Jay said finally.

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(Jay)

Jay rubbed his hands together anxiously as Wally opened the door. Barry was sitting up in his bed, a plaid shirt now loosely button on his chest with the same sweatpants on the bottom. In his hands he held a book. He looked up at them and smiled weakly. He was paler than normal, with dark lines under his eyes.

"Hey guys," he said, waving to them. All the guys clambered in, Cisco and Wally on his right, Jay and Oliver on his left. "Sorry I gave you guys a scare."

"You can say that again," Cisco said. "Whatever happened, you even made the ladies scared." Barry gaped.

"W-What do you mean?" he asked.

"Iris, Felicity, Caitlin, Jesse, Lisa, and Lisa's brother's girlfriend, Sara, were all there, fretting over you," Wally said. They all paused and glanced at him. "Ok, not Sara, but everyone else."

"I didn't mean to scare everyone," Barry apologized. "I don't know what happened really. It kind of felt like…" He trailed off, and then shook his head. "Hey, why aren't you guys at classes?" While Cisco explained, Jay and Wally got up to make some breakfast for the 'damsel-in-distress' as Cisco had nicknamed Barry.

"You ready for the dance?" Wally asked Jay, and Jay shook his head.

"So not ready," Jay gulped. He ran his fingers through his hair. "I'm terrified Ronny's going to overreact and 'punish' Caitlin."

"You really like her, don't you?" Wally smirked, and Jay froze.

"I never said anything about liking Caitlin," Jay argued back, just as his phone pinged. He dove for it and opened up the email.

To: Jason Garrick

From: Gideon Garrick

Hey Jaybird!

First off, my mom is really pissed that I didn't tell her I emailed you, so she says hello.

Anyways, back to business. So, thanks for the blood. It didn't really do much, since I had a hunch.

It's true. You and Hunter Zolomon are identical twin brothers. And unless you're at Star City, then Hunter is there.

I can't tell you how much I miss you and how much I want to see you again.

Stay in touch, man,

Gideon

"Jay, are you alright?" Wally asked, breaking Jay's concentration. Jay reached up and felt his face. His cheeks were wet with recent tears and he set his phone down.

"No," he croaked, turning to Wally. "I'm not." Wally glanced at the other guys before gesturing for Jay to quietly slip out of the room. He did so and Wally followed suit.

"Talk," Wally ordered and Jay brought out his email conversation with Gideon. Wally quickly skimmed it and his mouth dropped and his eyes widened. "Dude…"

"I've never seen him," Jay gulped. "He's never met me. Does he even know I exist?"

"Deep breaths, man," Wally ordered. Jay slid his back against the wall onto the floor. Wally sat down beside him and they just sat there as Jay just soaked in the information. "Does anyone else know?"

"Only Caitlin," Jay said, wiping his eyes. "I'm usually not a wreck like this."

"Take it easy," Wally told him. "I'm going to make sure our omelets are burning, and I'll be right back." As Wally ducked inside the room, Jay got up, quietly and quickly running out of the dorm house. He just needed time alone.

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(Wally)

To say that Wally was pissed when he realized that Jay had ditched him was an understatement.

He was furious.

"Where did he go?" Wally demanded, coming back into the room. Barry raised an eyebrow at him.

"Where did who go?" he asked.

"Jay," Wally growled, frustrated. "We were talking outside, I told him to wait for me for one measly second, and when I went back, he was gone." Cisco gave Wally a 'really?' look.

"Maybe Jay just needed some alone time," Cisco suggested, slapping Barry's hand when Barry tried to turn a page in his book. "I'm not done yet."

"There's a reason Jay's been secretive," Oliver said, nodding towards Wally. "You know that."

"Yeah, and I just figured out why," Wally said, holding Jay's phone out for the rest of the group. "There's something that little Jaybird has refused to tell us. Jay has an identical twin brother." Barry's eyes widen in disbelief and the three men scrambled over to read the emails for themselves.

"Is that why he's in therapy?" Barry said, and Cisco raised an eyebrow in confusion. "I'll fill you in later."

"It can't be," argued Oliver. He pointed at the date that the first email was sent. "This Gideon guy sent this email long after registration closed. Jay must be going to Ms. Spivot for something else."

"Well, maybe there's a way we can find out," Barry said, a sly grin forming on his face. "Besides us, who is the one person who he is closest to?" The other boys grinned and then all nodded.

It was time to pay Ms. Caitlin Snow a visit.

A/N: I feel so proud that I'm this far into this story! This has been a little brain child of mine for quite some time.

Superior Tennyson: I can't fully answer that right now because it might give away some spoilers (hehe hehe). Also, nice idea for a team attack! I will definitely use that.