Cop Car
Eddie's POV
They pulled me out of my black Ford Truck. They told me to walk a straight line which was hard because I had just a few shots of vodka earlier.
"You've been swerving left and right." The cop said.
"Really?" I asked.
"Please sir, stare into the light." He said pointing the flashlight at my eyes. My eyes burned the second they met.
"Okay, follow my finger back and forth." He said. He started swinging it back in forth making me go pale. I felt sick.
"Okay, say the alphabet backwards." He said.
"Um… z, y, and t, w…" I was completely lost.
"Okay, sir can you please call someone to pick up your car?" he asked.
"Sure." I said.
This is how I cope with losing Patricia. She left for I don't know how long and she still hasn't returned.
Patricia keeps me up all night and so I have a hard time driving. I couldn't keep my mind off you Patricia, so thank you; I'll be in jail tonight.
Now here I am sitting in the back of a cop thinking, I overreacted. I thought she cheated on me, even when she promised me everything. We actually made a promise to be together, get our own house, and have kids, our own life! But I was so stupid to think she would cheat on me
They gave me a chance to call someone one last time. I ran to the phone and quickly dialed Patricia's home number.
"Hello, who is this?" Patricia's voice ringed through the phone.
"Patricia its Eddie." I said.
"Why are you calling, shouldn't you be dating a blonde right now?" she asked, disgust was dripping at every word she said.
"I'm calling to say goodbye, I got arrested and-"
"WHAT DID YOU DO SILMEBALL!?" she screamed.
"I don't know, I couldn't sleep, took a few shots of vodka, went driving to get you off my mind started swerving and then, here I am." I said making it sound oh-so-simple.
"Eddie, why are you calling me?" She asked.
"I know I should be calling my mom, but I thought I would call my future wife." I said.
I reminded her about the closing exhibit dance and how we stayed out till 3 in morning. I gave her a promise ring at graduation and promised each that we would never change. We hoped to get in USC and she got accepted but left me behind. We called each other, texted, IM'd, and video chatted. I became the Mythology teacher at our old boarding school, living gin a flat no too far away.
My car still smells like her perfume. It was called Black Angel, she always smelled like roses and liquorish. It drove me insane when she wore it out dates because it made me more attracted to her. She enjoyed making me go crazy.
I could hear her crying through the phone.
"Patricia, the reason why I'm in here is because I couldn't keep my mind off you so I tried drinking to drink away your memory, so I turned to driving and then your memory kept making me lose control and I went off speed limit and started swerving and got pulled over." I explained.
"You couldn't keep your mind off me?" She asked.
I saw the red and blue lights flash again, agh! Too much drinking. I shook my head and rubbed my eyes.
"Patricia, I want to say one last thing. I love you." I said.
"I love you, too." I said.
The last six hours of my life have been a blur. They came to my cell and unlocked the door. They ushered me out and there I saw her. Her long auburn hair was braided and she had tears in her eyes and she had on my big sweater on. They let me out of the orange jump suit suit and we left the retched place.
Once we were outside. She turned and hugged me like there was nothing else she had. She kept mumbling something and I could feel the tears drip into my shirt.
"Edison Sweet don't you ever do that again!" she yelled.
"I'll promise that, and I promise not to EVER overreact again. I can't afford to lose you again." I said.