I'm Sick And Tired

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Toni was on her way to the Five Seasons when she got signaled by the cops to pull over. She pulled over in the next available spot on the road and parked the car and got her liscence and registration out of her sun visor before the police woman would get out of the car.

She was sitting behind the wheel waiting when she saw the woman with a flashlight, beaming it in her face to look into her car. Toni squinted her eyes and put her hand up to block the light.

"License and registration, please."

Toni gave it to her and then she walked away to check it in the system. The woman came back and knocked the window getting Toni's attention. "Get out of the car, right now," the cop demanded.

"Can you unbuckle me. I don't want you thinking I have a weapon," Toni asked.

The cop didn't cooperate, though. She stayed there with her flashlight beaming and her hand on her gun holster. "Get out of the car," the cop demanded once more.

Toni went to unbuckle her belt when the cop stopped her. "Keep your hands up," the cop spoke making Toni laugh out of nervousness and confusion.

"I don't know what to do, ma'am. Can you unbuckle me or get someone to unbuckle me?" Toni asked with her hands up.

The cop opened her door and unbuckled the seat, dragging Toni out of the car and slamming her against the car. Toni had her hands behind her back while she was pinned against the car with cuffs getting on her. All she could hope was for someone to come and look for her, to finally go against her wishes.

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Cheryl was on her way to the arcade with a few friends when she saw a cop car ride past. It wasn't alarming to her, being as though there were always cops riding around, patrolling the area. But when she watched the car pass her, she could see it was a kid in the car. She shook her head, and went the way the police car was coming from.

She was at another red light, but the time, she noticed a red convertible on the side of the road. She looked at it for a second befor she saw a snake hanging from the rearview mirror.

It was Toni.

She pulled from the red light and called Fangs as she continued her way to the arcade. Cheryl messed up though. She didn't try to be there, she didn't make it her mission to get Toni. She didn't follow the police car to make sure it was Toni, and to tell her everything would be okay. She didn't do that, and that's where she messed up.

'This is Fangs? I don't know what to say, but leave a message? I'm probably not gonna listen anyways, but I guess you can.'

That was repeated in her ear 3 times. Calling was useless, and she knew that the best best thing was for her to text him-- that being only way he'd respond. She pulled over and began to text:

Cheryl

I'm sorry about Toni, I truly am. Toni might be on her way to the police station,
and I thought that you should know. As I said before, I'm sorry for hurting Toni.
She deserves more, I now know that. I hope she's okay.

Not even 10 minutes later, Fangs responded saying:

Fangsy

You should've turned around when you realized it was her. She's black for fucking
Christ's sake. You fail to fucking realize that. That apology is sorry as hell, Cheryl.
If you wanted her to be okay, you would've turned around.

Cheryl
But she doesn't want to talk to me, Fangs. She need her space.

Fangsy