I like to tell stories so here’s a story:

When I was a senior in high school I was at my friend Cara’s house and we were partying. Our friend who will go unnamed was doing acid. i don’t know why this dude though he could drive or was able to convince any of us he could drive but we were just headed down the road. Cara was on stuff that night too but I cant remember what. She jumped n the hood of this car before he pulled off and somehow this motherfucker didn’t see her.

I had to yell at him to stop because she fell off and he ran over her and was draggin her. I was the only one in a position to do that.

I don’t know how it got back to her mom that this had happened. I didn’t really think much of it you know? But today thinking back on it. If I hadn’t had my head then, then what?

So her mom invited me to her 16th birthday and of course I showed up. It was really awkward to be honest because it was all family and me! But I did it, because they wanted to show appreciation to me.

But before then one day after school my best friend Sara and I were going to see Cara while she was recovering at home. I didn’t have a 6th period class because I was a senior. Sara did but she had been skipping it all year. I think they found out in December she wasn’t showing up to class. I forget how they found out but that’s pretty epic. usually we’d go to Sonic and hang out for an hour because my sister got out then and I had to give her a ride home.

This day a dude named Jason wanted to tag along presumably to see Sara. He asked if I coudl drop him off at his house to pick somethign up. i did. There was a cop nearby in an unmarked car just parked behind a church i think. I saw him but didn’t pay much mind. This cop follows me, accused me of blowing a stop sign. Don’t think I did. Pulls me over and it’s this dude I know from church Wesley Neely. He was a detective at this time I think. He knew me and knew I wasn’t a problem kid but I didn’t know this dude I had in my car was on their radar because he had been breaking into houses in that neigborhood we were in. So not mad at him for pulling me over and maybe i did blow the stop sign. who cares.

He tells me what it’s abotu and I laugh because clearly i ahven’t broken into anyone’s house.

Weeks later this kid gets arrested with another friend of mine, which I just remembered Cara actually dated. This world is so freaking entertaining man. I can’t wait to get back out in it.

-Ben