Coast City … 2044

It was a normal day at the Coast City Police Station, and Barry Allen, as usual at the time, was on his lunch break.

Years earlier he would have spent his free time with his wife Patty Spivot, but now that she was gone he often found himself having lunch alone ...

Not that he didn't have friends, on the contrary he had several, the main problem was his age: 55 years ...

Not that he showed it, due to his powers he had hardly changed, except for a few white hairs, however everyone knew who he was and that he had been working there for almost 25 years ...

"What are you doing here?" said a voice behind Barry

Barry turned to look at what was going on, and he saw an agent talking to a girl, a beautiful girl.
She appeared to be in her early 20s, of short stature, with brown hair pulled back into a ponytail that she wore over her left shoulder.

"What are you doing here, kid?!" the agent said again

"I'm not a little girll! I am 24 years old! I'm…"

"In trouble!"

"I am a woman!"

"Agent!" Barry said, approaching them "Leave her alone, I'll take care of it"

"Sure Allen ..." the agent said walking away

"Nice to meet you, my name is Barry Allen ..." Barry said, getting lost in her almond-colored eyes

"Nice to meet you ... my name is Nora ... Nora West ..." she said stammering

"I'm the director of the CSI of the city ... What are you doing here?" Barry said, recovering from the trance he had ended up in

"I'm here for my father ... I never met him ... my mother said he was a detective ... his name is Marcus ... Marcus Jones ... he was moved here from Central City 25 years ago ..."

"I understand who you're talking about ... but he's on break ..."

"Do you know where I can find it?" Nora asked, with a look full of hope

"No, he changes places every day ... but he'll be back in about an hour"

"So much!?"

"He's the boss! He's the captain ... if he wants, he can take a lot of time ... and use an excuse ... "

"But I don't think that's right!"

"I've been trying to tell him for years, but he doesn't listen to me! Indeed he calls me a fool because I don't do it too! " Barry said making Nora laugh

"Okay, I'll wait here ..."

"I don't think they'll let you do it"

"What should I do then?

I can't leave and come back!"

"Why not? Your access pass should still be valid by then "

At Barry's statement, Noralowered her head in embarrassment

"You don't have a pass!?" Barry whispered

"No ..." she said, embarrassed "Please don't report me!"

"Don't worry, I wouldn't have done it!"

"Thank you"

"You are welcome! I can't let you go to jail… you're too pretty to go! " (OH MY GOD! Did I say it out loud !?)

"... thank you ..." Nora said, blushing

"Hem I ..."

"Where can I wait?"

"I'm not sure…"

"I just need it to be a quiet place ... where it can go unnoticed and maybe eat something ... I'm starving ..."

"Um ... if you want ... you can come with me ... for lunch ... so you could come back with me and you wouldn't have any problems ..."

"How about a date?" (OH MY GOD! Did I say it out loud !?)

"Well ... if you would like ..."

"Um ... actually, yes! I'd love to," Nora said smiling

"For real?!" Barry asked puzzled

"Yeah… I don't know why, but I really want to go out with you! You're not a psychopath posing as a CSI or a psychopathic CSI, are you? "Nora asked laughing.

"None of this ... I was once a hero ..."

"What happened then?"

"The woman I loved betrayed me and destroyed my career ... I was forced to start over... and here I am!"

"I'm sorry…"

"Don't be sorry ... it happened over 25 years ago ... shall we go?" Barry said holding out his arm like a gentleman

"Let's go!" Nora said, taking his arm as they walked towards the elevator