A Smiley Face On A Dull Day (snowbarry)

part 15

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2 weeks later

When catlin got home after a long day at school she herd 'fur elise' plying on her piano she frowned and walked further into her apartment until she made it to her dinning room where her piano was.

And there Barry was sitting on the polished,wooden bench, his hands floating over the keys effortlessly he'd had the cast on his wrist taken of yesterday so she suprised his hand wasn't still stiff.

Catlin just stood there leaned against the door frame and watched and listed to him play her piano.

She listened intently the music relaxing her "I didn't know you could play"

Barry jumped and turned around "I'm sorry I didn't think you'd be home so early"

"You really don't need to apologise your playing is amazing how did you learn to play like that?"

"8 years of piano lessons my mother wanted me to have a hobby and she thought it'd be a way to attract girls"

"Did it work?"

Barry laughed "I can't say it did no"

Caitlin smiled and sat down next to him and started playing the song he was previously play Barry joined in at some point and they just made music for a few minutes at the end Barry turned to her with a grin on his face.

"What did you think I had paino for no reason?

"You should play more often your really good at it... let me guess your mother made you learn to play too?"

"No my dad did a actually he is really good at playing and he taught me as a child he called me his little musician... I played for him while he was...sick"

"What happened did he get better?"

"He did...but 4 years later when I was 16 the cancer came back and he still has it now 5 years later" caitlin said quietly as if saying it any louder would make it more painful.

Barry placed a reassuring hand on her thigh smiled and then went back to playing the piano

Caitlin sighed and just listened and watched him play for what felt like hours once or twice she would play while he listened.

"I'm going to go order dinner I can't be bothered to cook I've had a very stress full day" Caitlin explained walking onto the kitchen grabbing the bags she'd left by the door and bringing them to the kitchen to sort and unpack.

"You want to talk about it?" Barry asked following her into the kitchen and helping her put the tinned food in the cupboards.

"I ran into elijah at the supermarket he wanted to know why I haven't called him I didn't know what to do so I pretend like I lost his number and then he watched me put his number in my phone and arranged a dinner date for us this Friday at 8"

"You could've told him no" Barry pointed out

"We both know I have problems saying no to people and he looked really hopefull and happy when I agreed"

"Of course he did he thinks he's going to get in your pants on Friday" Barry said bluntly

"What? no he doesn't"

"Yes he does he's a man most men think like that"

"Oh and I suppose your one of the few men who don't think like that"

"I'm in the middle it depends what type of woman they are there are 3 different types of women"

"OK now pretend that this tin off..." Barry picked a tin out of the bag and read the label "this tin of peas is the girls who go out to clubs with the aim of having a one night stand and they do this over and over again maybe they have daddy issues or just broke up with a boyfriend or whatever they could just scared of commitment us men don't care about any of that as long as it ends with sex without having to make breakfast after"

Caitlin nodded and Barry continued

"Now this tin of sweetcorn is the girls who are looking for a serious relationship that includes dating marriage the works some men go for those women it depends where they are in there life are you with me so far?"

"Yup"

"OK now this is important" Barry reached into the bag again "now this can of cream is you"

"I'm low fat cream?"

"No this is your section, but sure... OK your not really looking for a guy but you are at the same time your the sort of girl who comes of shy but your not. Your a mixture of both girls you have some sort of issue in your case a commitment issues yet you also want some one to be there when you get home to take you out on dates and call you beautiful you want security but you also want to run away at the same time"

Caitlin glared at Barry for a moment before picking up the can of low fat cream walking over to the bin and throwing it in there and because it was empty and made a lound clunking  sound when it hit the bottom.

"AND THAT is what I think of MY so called CATOGREY!" Caitlin snapped

Barry put his hands up in surrender "the low fat cream did nothing wrong"

Caitlin gave him evils and started putting the frozen stuff in the freezer.

They stayed in silance until caitlin spoke.

"How do you know that stuff about me?"

"You mean how do I know you have commiten issues?" Barry asked like he'd been expecting the question

"Yeah"

"Well you've had 2 boyfriends in the past year that I know off and you talk about them like they were serious but you have a limit you'll only let someone get romantically close for 3 months and I know for a fact that you want something serious"

Caitlin wrapped her arms around her self.

"Can I tell you something?"

"Anything"

"Promise you won't tell anyone?"

"Everyone I know or even care to talk to is in this room so who am I going to tell?"

"Okay" caitlin took a few deep breath before trying again "okay...ummm...ever since I was 13 my parents have always told me that when I was older they were going to chose a nice boy for me to marry"

"Like an arranged marriage?" Barry asked his voice shaking slightly she'd always known she'd be apart of an arranged marriage had this marriage between them been arranged when Barry was a child?

"Exactly... anyway that's why I don't get attached because my dad could die any day now and when he does my mum will take over the company for a year and in that year I will get to know my husband and we'll go on public dated for the press or whatever then after 9 months we'll get engaged and then 3 months later we'll get married... so it doesn't matter if I'm peas, sweetcorn or low fat cream my life has already been decided" caitlin said sadly.

Barry's phone started ringing breaking the silance and without thinking he answered it.

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