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Schlatt's head turns, staring at her sleeping in the back seat, then a loud honking makes him jump, he turns his head back and realizes he was on the highway. Swerving. It had only been an hour after their loud singing, now they were in kentucky, Sidney moved to the back seat and ended up falling asleep. "Shit.." he mutters, the cars drive around him, it was late at night so the red and blue flashing coming closer to him was very noticeable.
"Please pull over to the right shoulder near the next exit!" It was man, his voice gravely through the speaker of his car.
Schlatt follows his orders, parking on the side of the road. He quickly tosses the blanket from his bag over Sid's head so the cop can't see her and he pulls his hood over his head. He looks out his window to see a light shining in his face. "Hello officer--"
"Do you know why I pulled you over?" He speaks over him.
"Ah-- I was swerving" Schlatt replies, nodding at the man.
"License and registration" He holds out his free hand, still blinding him with the flashlight.
"Of course" Schlatt takes his wallet out of his pocket, taking out his license and passing it to the cop, then he leans over and gets his registration from the small compartment in front of the passenger seat.
"Hm" He barely scans the two things. "I'm gonna need you to step out of the vehicle"
Schlatt tries not to scoff, he gets out of the car and stands next to the cop, he was a short guy. "And I'm guessing you think I'm drunk?" He rolls his eyes. "I'm nineteen"
"Gone to any parties tonight?" The cop ignores him, glancing at the car.
"No, I got distracted by a.. a shiny thing in the sky, I forgot I was on the road" he lies, the cop eyes him suspiciously.
"Mm.. can you recite the alphabet backwards from T to D?" The cop crosses his arms.
"I don't know why he didn't believe me" Schlatt does as told, struggling a bit. "I didn't drink, I wasn't drunk" He watches as the cop stares at him as he finishes reciting the alphabet as told. "Believe me now?" Schlatt asks as the cop just makes weird humming sounds. "Or maybe I was intoxicated by her" he stares at Sidney through the window.
"What'cha staring at?" The cop looks away from the new yorker, shining his flashlight into Schlatt's car.
"Nothing, so am I drunk..? or however that stuff works.. did I sing the alphabet right?" He tries to bring the cops attention back to why he pulled him over.
The cop nods. "You're right.. Do you mind walking in a straight line for me?" He uncrosses his arms. Schlatt easily does what he asked, because he wasn't drunk, but Sidneys got him all bleary eyed as if he was. "Alright, sorry for bothering you, have a nice night"
