oh i have a good one here. okay, so before i moved to the uk i lived in kansas. well kansas cops are INSANE. i mean, its fuckin kansas. they have nothing better to do than to bust teenagers smoking or drinking. anyhow, i was 15 at the time. well, my other 15 year old friend who didn't have a license) comes by to pick me up. there are 3 other girls in the car. so this one girl calls up and wants to get picked up. she was at a party in a really nice part of town that was insanely patrolled by cops. hell, we had thrill issues back then.

we drove really slowly down the street and stopped at the mailboxes to read the addresses. (it was completely dark so it was hard to see) we finally found the house but before we could even slow down... COP LIGHTS.
my friend driving the car started freaking out. she was like FUCK FUCK FUCK. she jumps into the backseat, freaking the fuck out saying "someone else has to be the driver. someone else do this for me. i can't do this, i'm only fifteen. i only have a permit."
the rest of us kind of looked at her and we were like "well none of us have permits so u better do the talking."
before we could really think about what to do though, the cop knocks on the window. (i'm sitting in the passenger seat by the way) i open the door across the car and he looks kind of confused and says "where's the driver?" everyone in the car kind of looked at the poor girl. he was like "could you step outside please?" the poor girl was scared to death but she shakily got out of the car.

we wouldn't have been so scared, but the girl driving had had a couple beers earlier. and even though she was sober, it would have showed up on a breathalizer. and believe me, in kansas, they like to breathalize. so... they're outside talking and in the meantime, im busy putting eyedrops in. hiding about a quarter of weed in my bra (because that's what we girls do) and making sure no one has any weed in obvious places around the car.

outside i could hear what they were saying:
"why did you jump into the back seat?"
"officer to be completely honest with you, i'm only 15 and not of age to have a license yet. i was just really scared"
"why are you driving"
"well, we were just going to pick up one of my friends and take her home"

etc. there was some more talking. he came round to the passenger window. at which point i was really fucking paranoid because i'm sure my breath smelt like weed and i was so high my eyes couldn't focus. anyhow he came round and i kind of just persuaded him that we were all sober and everythign was okay. you know, the kind of thing like, "i'm so sorry, our friend who owns this car is in no shape to drive. we're just helping someone out here. we're trying to pick her up to get her home."

he was like "i'm just going to have a look around the car to make sure you kids don't have anything on you"

all he did was shine a flashlight around the backseat. he made a joke about the cigarettes on the floor. but didn't see any visible alcohol so didn't do anything.

"alright kids, just head home after this though. thanks for staying sober tonight."

the driver then got back in the car... and we drive away at about 10 mph. completely silent. as soon as the cop car was far enough away, my friend pulled over and we all just got out of the car and screamed of relief.

damn she didn't even get breathalized.

first chill cop in kansas i'd ever met.



sorry that was really long. it's 4 am though. insomnia does things to your head.

xxx - lexie