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I stared openly at her withopen It was a rarity that soirl had landed me speechless No one had ever taken a hit for ht forthe tiniest hero I couldn’t let it happen, but an unwanted rush of pride ran through er, I don’t know, but I was

I said the first words that cas are mine"

A pink flush rushed up her neck and spread across her cheeks She looked as if she’d been slapped in the face before she turned her back to me She had to knoasn’t soes

The cop looked between us and shook his head "Whatever you say," he said as he started to patof weed and ticked his teeth "Looks like your little feot you busted, buddy" Then he opened the door to the police car and lowered my head into the back seat

Patience joined me in the back, but she wouldn’t look atto say I guess technically I could thank her for trying to take up forthey may have never found it in the first place

The drive to the police station ard and silent The cops chatted in the front seat about an underground drug proble the center of it I wasn’t surprised, but it still sucked that ere losing our favorite place to play These things happened, though, and soon there’d be another place and they’d call us to play Until then, we’d play in the garage and our groupies would collect there

The police station was full of Pit people Tattoos and piercings as far as the eye could see This wasn’t strange in a place like The Pit, but in a police station surrounded by white walls and police, they stood out They sat Patience andas she sat across the table from me The rooed her Funny… every tiirl I end up in a police station

"You should’ve just let me take it" She finally spoke

I shook my head and rolled irl take hter"

"My name’s Patience" She smacked the top of the table "And I don’t kno you know I’hter, but that’s the es There’s no wayHe’d bail me out as soon as possible, but you’ll have to stay"

"It’s done Plus, ouldn’t want to ruin your perfect record What would Harvard think?" I pretended to be appalled

"Are you always such a rude ass?" She nervously picked at her nails

I leaned ainst the wall, and closed my eyes "Always"

The room stayed silent after that I could hear her anxiously fiddle with the table and the little cup of water she was given Then I heard the door open I opened my eyes, but I was tucked away in the corner behind the open door and couldn’t see anything When the door closed, I could see Patience standing before her dad, the governor His back was to me and I was sure he didn’t knoas there

He towered over her and I watched as she physically cowered in fear I didn’t like to see her react that way She was supposed to be my tiny savior She had thrown herself in front of thein fear in front of the one person in the world as supposed to protect her Maybe he was a strictback to how he had acted the first time I met him, I was almost positive he was a strict man

Then he shocked me when he reached out and pinched her cheeks with his hand He squished her lips up as his thu into the other side She tried to pull away, but it only e of my seat, ready to pull him off of her, when he spoke

"This is a new look for you, daughter Who knew you were this wild girl? I wish I had known" His voice was soft and ot closer to her face She tried to turn her head away, but his grasp was turning her cheeks red "Is this what you like? Do you like the rough side of things?"

I stood abruptly and her eyes flittered to h of his bullshit and if he didn’t take his hand off of her, I was going to remove it for him He released her quickly and turned tome there dashed across his expression, but then the calm, cool politician slipped back in place I suddenly had a deep hate for the hter and dug into her silky, untouched cheeks The bastard! I bet he hit her