We're Going To Be In So Much Trouble If We're Caught

By: Riley

Summary - Drabble prompt from Tumblr, Barry and Iris with 'We're going to be in so much trouble if we're caught'. Aka, what happened to Joe's convertible.

Barry leaned against the doorframe to Joe's office, pressing his hand against the wooden door to ease it open. He winced at the hinges squealed and pulled his hand back, as if burned. His eyes darted over to Iris, who stood beside him, leaning towards the stairs.

No sound from downstairs other than the TV blaring. Nope, Joe had just screamed out in frustration. Looks like his football team wasn't doing too well. Iris beamed and flashed a thumbs up to Barry. Extending her legs, she took long strides into the office, stepping down on the balls of her feet.

"I don't think this is a good idea, Iris," Barry whispered. "Let's just get out of here."

"Nothing's going to happen, Barry, I promise," Iris whispered back.

"But what if we get caught? We'll be in so much trouble."

"Please. Dad is addicted to football. The minute a game starts he doesn't get up or look away unless he needs to go to the bathroom. And not always then." Iris moved to Joe's desk and started to rifle through the papers that covered the top. Then she bent over and looked through the drawers. "Did you see where he put the keys?"

"Iris, Joe just got the car—"

"—And he won't let us drive it! I know, such a travesty, right? Besides, we're only going to take it around the block." Iris looked over her shoulder at Barry and shrugged. "It's not like we're actually stealing it. Just borrowing."

"But—"

"—Haven't you wanted to drive it since dad brought it home?"

Barry couldn't deny that. It was a sweet car. "Well, yeah, but I plan to work for the CCPD one day, I don't want Grand Theft Auto on my record."

"You don't even have a record."

"That's so not the point."

Iris let out a quiet 'a-ha' and jingled the keys in her hand. She walked over to Barry, continuing to shake them, tantalizing him. "Come on, Barry. Just around the block." Now she swung them back and forth. "You know you want tooooo."

Barry locked his eyes on Iris's. Then he let out a quiet sigh and grabbed the keys from her hand. "Just around the block, that's it!"

And that was the day Barry and Iris totaled Joe's convertible.

A/N: A prompt we got from tumblr and decided to post here. Hope you like it.

Cheers,

-Riles