I’m trying to hold back the tears threatening to spill down my cheeks. It’s a worse feeling to get caught by cops when you’re sober. I was nervous the first time when we ran from the cops, but now that they’re right in front of my face, questioning us like we murdered someone, it’s hard to contain my anxiety.
“I already told you. We were hanging out and?—”
“I’m asking her,” the cop says, cuttingoff Kai.
“He’s telling you the truth. We were hanging out and must have fallen asleep.”
“Your parents haven’t called you?”
We both pull our phones out and act as if they should have. Both of us nod our heads.
“Since you kids are underage, we’re going to have to call your parents,” the cop who ran our names says.
A sense of uneasiness settles over me.
My mom is going tokillme.
A cold sweat breaks out all over my body the second I see my mom’s headlights pull up next to the cop car. Only one cop stayed with us, the others left.
My mom rushes toward us with a worried look on her face.
“What’s going on?” she asks, throwing her hands up in the air as she looks from me to Kai to the cop.
“Is this your daughter?” the cop asks.
“Yes.”
“And you know this boy right here?” he asks, pointing to Kai.
“Yes.”
“We found the two of them sleeping on the grass,” the cop says. “Since they’re underage, we had to call their guardians.”
Another set of headlights appears from a distance as a car parks. All of us glance toward Kevin as he gets out of the car.
“Hey, Kai, what’s going on?” he asks. Only this time, he doesn’t seem as worried and shocked as my mom. Kai told the cops that Kevin was his guardian. Luckily for Kai, I doubt Kevin is going to say much to him.
My mom looks at me with a stern jaw. “How did you two get together tonight? You didn’t tell me you were going out. When did you leave? Did you sneak out?” my mom asks one question after the other, her voice shaking.
Kevin is now standing next to Kai, waiting for my answer.
“Yes.”
“Yes, what?” my mom asks sternly.
“I snuck out,” I say, breaking eye contact with her and staring down at my feet.
“Why? So you can see Kai? You see each other during the day. Isn’t that enough?”
I slump over.
My mom turns to Kai. “Kai, this is not the kind of person I want my daughter to be around. I didn’t think you were like this.”
Kevin sits there with a smirk on his face, waiting for Kai to answer.
“Sorry Ma’am. We just wanted to see each other, and we fell asleep.”
“Sir, are you his guardian?” the cop asks Kevin.
