Oasis: Time Flies...

Roll With It

Running, we were fucking running for our lives! If not our lives, our freedom and fucking hell my heart was pumping. The fucking rush of adrenaline. The rush of air hitting my face, forcing my hair and my parka to go all over. This was living and I loved it.

I glanced over my shoulder.

"Faster! Fucking leg it, come on!" I shouted.

I didn't even know if I was talking to my brother or forcing myself to go on.

They, the pigs were right behind us. Catching up. It wasn't fair, they were trained for this, we weren't. I wasn't getting arrested, not today, no fucking way!

Somehow the short arse was outrunning me. He had the gear, he had more to lose if they caught him. My whole body, my legs, my arms, my fucking heart wanted to give in, collapse but my mind told them to fuck off and keep going.

"No shit, little bruv." Noel answered. "Get a move on."

"I AM!"

Desperation was getting to us. We were alcohol drinking, drug taking, chain smoking idiots, NOT runners.

We kept running. We were never getting away. Didn't even know where to go, this wasn't home territory. They were so fucking close to catching us. We'd have give to give up before they did and they fucking knew it.

I tripped, hit the concrete fucking hard. "SHIT!"

Noel never looked back. He just fucked off, fast and left me, darting down an alley that they'd never follow him down. Selfish little tosser.

"Right... I'm arresting you... on suspicion..." The officer got to me and grabbed my wrists.

He concentrated on getting the cuffs around my wrists in front of me and pulled me to my feet.

"I'm arresting you on suspicion of criminal damage and drug possession." he said once I was up and he could speak a full sentence without panting.

I just nodded. I was too fucking out of breath to speak. My heart was gonna explode.

The other officer spoke my rights. "You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be given in evidence."

I chose silence, mainly because I wanted to lay down and let my heart settle to a normal beat, so bad. Anyone'd think there was a rave going off in my chest.

They asked if I had any weapons, sharp objects, anything I shouldn't have. I shook my head and the one that read my rights searched me while the one who arrested me held my arm and said something over his radio, police jargon, that alphabet they've got and stuff.

Nothing, I had nothing on me.

I'm young and I'm free and I'm not stupid enough to have shit in my pockets, especially when I'm running from the law.

Their back up jam sandwich pulled up. The arresting officer got in the passenger seat, I was forced into the back seat and taken away.

...

"What's your name?" The reception officer asked boredly.

"Liam Gallagher."

"Your real name."

My name was a pretty damn famous name now, she probably didn't believe I was me. In fact I could see it in her eyes, she was way too used to false names, it had to be bullshit.