Summary: This is set for when Barry is in Ohio for High School. He is now Sebastian Smythe and this is his High School life Bartholomew Henry Allen went to Ohio for a little visit but what happens when he gets enrolled into the private school; Dalton Academy?
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN GLEE OR THE FLASH OR ANY OF THE CHARACTERS
Hi, my name is Sebastian Smythe and welcome to my life. I am 16 years old and I am starting my first day at Dalton Academy in a week's time. My father, Alan Smythe, believed it was time I switched schools after I became quite a nuisance to my teachers. Settle in, because I'm not any ordinary kid, and you're gonna find out why.
It was summer break. Barry had just broken up for summer and after dealing with bullies for the entire semester, his foster father, Joe, had decided it was time to spend some quality time with his Uncle Alan and his younger cousin, Stacey.
Although it was 90 degrees out, Barry still remained in a long-sleeved top, it made him feel safe so people wouldn't judge him. And why would they? He seemed like the perfectly average kid, who just so happened to be a science nerd.
But, there was more to him. When he was 11 years old, he witnessed the murder of his mother, he had been told his entire life, even by the shrinks and Joe himself that what he had seen couldn't have happened. His father had been arrested for the murder of his wife but that's the thing, Barry, who had been a witness to it all, had claimed for there to be this 'man in yellow' with lightning bouncing off of him.
That instantly led to the bullying becoming much worse. He remembered Joe going to the school once a week after hearing that the bullies had hurt his son in one way or another. It broke his heart, so when Barry was 16, and old enough to go on a plane without a parent, he shipped his son off to Ohio for the summer. As protection from the bullies.
Barry had just landed in Ohio when he saw his Uncle's personal chauffeur, waiting with a sign of his name on it. He hadn't seen his Uncle since he was 9 and that was going to continue unless he finally got out of the meetings. You see, his uncle was the world renowned entrepreneur for Smythe Enterprises. Yes that's right, his uncle was Mr. Alan Smythe.
The drive back from the airport was long, Barry spent most of his time on his phone, texting Joe and texting Iris mainly. Barry missed Central City. He grew up there and he hadn't been away from the city for more then a week but this time, he was going away for the entire summer and he felt homesick about it all. Yes, he did have to deal with the bullies but they were manageable at times, especially when he had Iris with him.
All the boys in their year loved Iris, even Barry himself. They all wanted to be with her, the jocks only to get their body count up a digit, but they all wanted Iris in at least one way.
Iris dad misses u. He hasn't left ur room since he came back from the airport :(
Barry I'll be back at the end of summer
Barry trust me I miss u both too :(
Iris that's too long! Can't u come back next week?
Barry u know if ur dad would let me I would
Barry he wants me to spend some time with my uncle
Iris I love dad yeah, but sometimes he annoys me /
Barry Iris Ann West. Don't be like that /
Iris grrrrrrr
Barry we just pulled up at my uncles
Barry I'll video call later
Iris bye bear. Luv u
Barry luv ya too
They got out of the limo his uncle owned and walked around to the trunk of the car. He grabbed his own things and stared at the huge house. He couldn't believe this would be his home for the next couple weeks. He better get used to it.
After he unpacked all of his clothes, he laid on his bed and admired his bedroom. There was a large flatscreen TV on the large wooden stand, there were LED lights around the floor and he had his Xbox and PS4 all laying on the shelf below his TV.
The walls were a light shade of blue and were littered with shelves and posters. Barry knew that his dad had to have been asked about the room because only he knew his secret little love for Marvel and Rocky. The shelves were packed with trophies from both himself and his little cousin from when they did those little cheesy competitions in the park.
He missed this. He missed coming to Ohio with his mom and dad. He missed it all. The way his parents would care for one another, the way his dad and his uncle acted together, they were the perfect family until they weren't.
Barry felt the tears prick in his eyes, just thinking about his parents made his heart ache. He missed them so much, he didn't even know why his father had been arrested. He was a doctor, he tried saving her!
He stood up with a sigh and walked into his bathroom, he wanted to shower before his little cousin came back from her play date with her friends.
The bathroom was huge, thankfully he wasn't given a seethrough shower, he grabbed his spare change of clothes and hung them up next to his towel and turned the shower on. He stripped himself of his clothes and turned to the mirror, admiring the bruises on his torso.
Barry gently tapped one of the bruises, wincing when he realised how tender it was still. He had been given it two days ago but it still hurt a lot. As his arms moved back to his side, they managed to get shown in the mirror, making Barry grimace as he lifted his arms up and stared at his forearms.
They were lined with vertical cuts. From where his wrist starts to where his elbow is. Barry stared at them for a moment, using his left hand and gently dragging his thumb over them all, watching in amazement as some of them started to bleed again.
He jumped into the shower straight afterwards, washing his hair and not even wincing when the water burnt his back. He deserved this pain, that's what he got told everyday back in Central City so why shouldn't he believe it?
He lasted in the shower about 10 minutes before he jumped back out and dried off, he didn't even glance in the mirror this time.
Once Barry was dressed back into a long-sleeved top with some black skinny jeans on, he grabbed his laptop and plugged it in so it wouldn't die whilst he was on call to Iris.
Barry had started to text Joe whilst he waited for Iris to finish her English paper, he wanted to check in with Joe as he wanted to know how badly he missed him.
Barry heard u didn't leave my room wen u got back
Joe iris told you?
Barry she loves u. She would tell me if something was wrong with u
Joe well I miss you a lot. It is weird without you here. How's your uncle?
Barry haven't seen him yet.
Joe he didn't pick you up?
Barry nah. His driver did
Joe oh. Well when you see him make sure you thank him
Barry will do, Joe. I'm gonna take a little nap whilst I wait. I was gonna call Iris but I'm letting her finish her English paper
Joe okay, I'll tell her if you don't reply that you're asleep
Barry cheers Joe. Love u
Joe love you too kiddo
Barry smiled as he read Joe's text again. He had always seen Joe as a father figure even before his mother had passed but now he actually was his foster father, he was glad he was with someone he trusted.
He plugged his phone in and drifted off to sleep, he was exhausted after a long day of travelling. When he would wake up, his uncle would be there as would his little cousin and he'd finally get some quality time with his family.
Alan Smythe arrived home to find the house silent. He knew his wife was with their daughter but he was surprised that Barry wasn't blasting music or even in the lounge watching TV.
He knew the kid was there but he didn't know where he was. Thankfully, one of their maids had informed him that he was asleep in his room so Alan walked up the stairs, down the hallway and into Barry's room.
When he entered Barry's room he saw a slender figure laying sprawled out on the bed, his face smooth as he was deep asleep. Alan walked towards his nephew and sat on the edge of the bed, smiling at the peaceful figure.
He placed his hand on his nephew's calf and rubbed it gently, rubbing small little circles into his leg. He knew how to he affectionate when someone was asleep, but if they were hurt or in tears or showed any other emotion then he was royally screwed, he didn't know how to handle his own emotions so him having to sit down with someone and listen to their issues was a struggle for him.
Barry stirred 5 minutes later and when he did, Alan took notice of how his eyes were exactly like his brother's. He missed his brother and he knew he was innocent but how could he prove it? There was no way he could. The only way he could help his brother was to be there for his kid, and that's why he reached out to Joe and asked for Barry to come stay with him for the summer.
"Mornin, kid" Alan chuckled lightly as Barry buried his head back into his pillow, sighing as he couldn't get settled.
"mornin.." Barry tiredly replied, looking at his uncle through half-lidded eyes.
Just then, Barry's phone broke through the little silence they went in and Barry groaned. He knew it was Iris and so did Alan, that's why he chuckled when Barry answered the phone and basically told Iris to leave him alone.
"Let me talk to her" Alan said softly, gently taking Barry's phone out of his hand and smiling as his nephew just let it happen.
"Hey, Iris. Barry is going to be catching up with his Uncle if that is alright?" Alan asked into the phone, making Iris pause the rant she was halfway through.
"Hi, Mr Smythe. Yes, that is completely fine. How are you?" Iris asked.
"I am fine thank you. Now, my nephew and I are going to spend some quality time together, he will speak to you later" Alan said and hung up the phone, putting it back on charge.
He looked back down at Barry who was already back to being half asleep. He knew Central City ran at slightly different times then Ohio did but he didn't realise Barry's jet lag was this bad.
"If you're gonna go back to sleep then I guess we can't cook some food" Alan said with a smirk after seeing Barry smile.
He slowly sat up and rubbed his eyes, leaning against Alan for some support. He knew it was going to be a great summer, but he didn't realise that his Uncle would still be the same fun Uncle he was when he was younger. Maybe just maybe, he could get use to being there.
After Barry and Alan made it to the kitchen, they gave the chef the night off so he could relax and even taste what they make. They knew it would be completely disgusting to the chef but they didn't care, it was about time he had a relaxing evening.
They had decided to cook some lamb, it was simple but they didn't make anything simple. They were going to serve it with some salad for their health.
Alan prepared the lamb whilst Barry prepared the salad. Whilst they were preparing each thing, they decided to play some music, the only issue was that it was from Stacey's playlist.. she was in love with boy bands only.
JLS' song; 'Everybody In Love' started playing and suddenly the kitchen came into life as both Alan and Barry had heard the song before.
Everybody in love, go put your hands up
Everybody in love, go put your hands up
Everybody in love, go put your hands up
If you're in love, put your hands up hand up
Barry was spinning around whilst Alan pretended to have a microphone.
You know you need someone
When the need's so strong
When they're gone you don't know how to go on
So the whole world is stuck in a moment
Standing still until they come back
They hadn't realised that the chef had walked in nor that Emma and Stacey had returned, and that Emma just so happened to be filming them.
You accept that they've, got things to do
But sometimes in the end there's nothing left for you
If hurt is missing your baby
I've done too much of it lately
Once the lamb had been prepped, they placed it in the oven and Barry continued to sing along, not caring that Stacey or anyone else was looking or even filming for that matter. He didn't think he was a good singer but he liked singing anyway, it was just something he did for fun.
Cuz' every minutes like an hour
Every hours like a day
Every day lasts forever
But what else am i gonna do
I'd wait forever and a day for you
I wait up, wait up
I can't eat, I can't sleep
what else could it be missing so deep
long as I'm where you're going to
I'd wait forever and a day for you
I wait up, wait up for you
The song had almost reached the end when Stacey started to clap, making Barry jump and both himself and Alan to look like a deer caught in headlights. They both stared at everyone with wide eyes, Barry even placed his hand onto the gas part of the oven which he didn't even realise was on.
"crap" he said, yanking his hand off of the gas part of the oven and clutching his hand, staring at the blister forming.
"BARRY!" Stacey yelled, running over to him and giving him a huge hug, applying pressure onto the burn, making him wince more. Barry had also flinched under the contact, he hadn't exactly been open to getting unexpected hugs since he started getting beaten up, he just hoped that no-one had noticed.
"Run your hand under cold water" the chef instructed, walking over to Barry and Stacey and grabbing Barry's hand gently, turning on the tap and putting his hand underneath it.
Barry stayed there for a long minute, even Stacey remained at his legs the entire time, she didn't like saying goodbye to him and she wasn't going to let him leave that easily.
"Well, I know you both wanted me to have a relaxing evening but it's okay. How about you all go relax and then I'll finish cooking?" The chef suggested, hurrying them all out of the kitchen, but he gave Barry an ice pack before he ushered them all out.
Barry was sat at the desk in his room, it was by the window so he could stare at the backyard if he wanted. The moonlight was shining onto the desk and it made Barry smile, he had always liked astronomy but he never wanted to study it, it seemed to advanced.
He had his diary laid out in front of him, it was hard to write with the burn on his hand but he liked the pain so he pushed through it. He had just finished his entry into it and decided to go to sleep, it had been a long day after all. He had tucked Stacey in and even washed the dishes, he was going to help out here as much as he could.
July 20th, 2011
Today was my first day seeing my uncle since the incident. I miss it here. Today had been a good day, still never got to video call Iris, but hey, at least I got to speak to her over the phone. My uncle is out the entire day so I have to take Stacey to her play dates tomorrow :( I heard that her friends have older siblings my age but I don't really wanna meet them, I already am hated enough as it is in my own city, I don't wanna get hurt here. But I'm gonna go now, I'll write in this whenever I can.
Yours truly; Barry Allen
Well I'm back with another glee/flash crossover but it isn't exactly leaning towards the flash side this time. It has mentions of Joe, Iris and Central City but it has the entire of the glee side this time. Here is my version on how Sebastian Smythe came to be and how he acts in this story. Also; I do not own JLS but I am super happy they are back together :) anyway, enjoy these next lot of chapters when they come out