Scene: Lab. Peter comes up to Barry, who is working alone.

Peter: "Barry, I have a cell phone that the suspect dropped as he was fleeing the scene. It's kind of smashed up. Anything you can do?"

Barry: "If the sim card and flash memory are intact, it'll be easy. How high a priority is this: Rush, Special Rush, Priority Rush, or Emergency Rush?"

(he starts carefully disassembling the phone)

Peter: "What's the difference?"

Barry: "There isn't one. There are only two classes of work in the lab: "Do this yesterday", and "Drop all the other priority items and work on this right now instead, I need it last week." But it makes people like Megan feel special if I have something that sounds like they are getting better treatment than everybody else."

Peter: "Yeah, so what's the deal with you and Megan?"

Barry: "The deal?"

Peter: "I hear that the sparks are flying."

Barry: "Plenty of sparks, all right. Just don't store any flammable liquids in any room that the two of us might occupy at the same time."

Peter: "You certainly seem to get a reaction out of her."

Barry: "She's just the most fun to antagonize."

Peter: "You could pick on Curtis, or Ethan."

Barry: "Curtis would get defensive and his feelings would be hurt. Picking on Ethan is like clubbing baby seals. He's defenseless. If I had any sensitivity to others, I might actually feel bad."

Peter: "You've never gone after me."

Barry: "Our paths just haven't crossed much. I'd be happy to pick on you if you want. I hear you're kind of a player, maybe I should start taking a few shots at you and your latest flame."

Peter: "Uh, I think I could do without that."

Barry: "I wouldn't want you to think I didn't like you. If you judge how much I am interested in someone by how much I enjoy aggravating them, I might need to step it up a little with you."

Peter: "What do you mean?"

Barry: "Maybe you're the one in the office I'm attracted to. You ARE kind of dreamy..."

Peter (startled): "What?"

Barry: "Relax. I'm just yanking your chain."

Peter: "Case closed. I promise I will never imply anything about you and Megan again."

Barry: "You're finally learning how to stay out of the line of fire. Too bad we didn't meet before you were injured. I might have saved you a lot rehab. Also, it seems to me I heard that you might be trying to track your birth parents?"

Peter: "Maybe. I'm not entirely sure."

Barry: "Of course we have access to CODIS here and things like that, but I presume you're hoping they don't have a criminal past. If you need someone with friends in low places to help you with your search, or to find out what kine of people they are before you meet them, let me know."

Peter: "Friends in low places?"

Barry: "Not criminals. Let's just say people with more information than they know what to do with. If you want to build a profile, I might be able to assist."

Peter: "What kind of stuff are we talking about?"

Barry: "Do they make purchases with credit cards or those store rewards cards? Suppose you needed to know if high blood pressure runs in your family. I might be able to tell you if they have any prescriptions to treat the condition. Without having to contact them, if that's your choice."

Peter: "Nice to know."

Barry: "Here's a flash drive with the first pass at the contents of the cell phone. There are two videos, 56 pictures, and the address book. I haven't tried to restore deleted files or pull the text messages yet, but this should give you a start."

Peter: "Thanks. I'll see you around."

(end scene)