Run in

Locke was driving leisurely down the street, before stopping at a red light that was pretty slow. His thoughts, though, were outside of the car. "Si eres un fantasma?":he hadn't remembered what that had meant at the moment he saw the boy, but it had something to do with ghosts, he knew that now but otherwise the question still confused him.

"I wish you would just hitch! It's not like anything will happen!"

"Hitch if you want, just don't haunt me when you get raped and murdered."

"Come on, it's way less dangerous with two of us. Just trust me, kay?" Locke heard the conversation at the corner praying they wouldn't ask him for a ride. "Perdón, señor ~!" No such luck. "Hey, Handsome. Think we could catch a ride?" He sighed.

"No-" Locke turned as he spit the sentence out of his mouth reluctantly, only to see the boy, the monkey….Manny, trying to silence the other boy. And it seemed like Manny saw him too, for he blushed to the point where he almost looked like a tomato. Locke didn't know what to say, and the light would change very soon.

"¡Idiota! Es él! Ese es el sargento!" Manny quietly scolded the boy. "Sorry, sir, we didn't mean to bother you." Manny gave his best pulling the other boy away as other cars honked. Locke gave in once more. He whistled to the boys who gave surprised stares.

" Well? Come on, Hop in!" Locke called unlocking his doors. The boys climbed in as told. The older boy whispered to Manny.

"No sé si se acuerda de ti, pero creo que él quiere follar ti." Locke twitched at the sentence. "I do not know if he remembers you, but I think he wants to fuck you"? Well at least he knew Manny remembered him. But why would the kid think he wanted to fuck Manny? Locke wasn't a prude but he wasn't going to have sex with someone he hardly knew. Especially not a teenage boy he hardly knew. "Él sólo dije que sí porque él vio tu cara bonita."

"Get your mind out of the gutter kid. I don't sleep with people I hardly know. Especially not teenage boys. " The sergeant said gruffly, surprising both boys.

"Y-you understood that? I thought you didn't speak Spanish?" Manny exclaimed.

"First of all, calm….down. And second: It has been two years. You learned English." Locke sighed gently. "Now where am I dropping you guys off?"

"His place~!" The other boy sang, pointing to Manny. "So, doing him isn't a definite 'no'?"

"Alex! ¡Cállate!" Manny whined. The sergeant gave a small grin.

"I guess you could say that, but ultimately that's would be his choice."

"¿Qué?" Manny whimpered. Alex simply howled with laughter, but suddenly stopped to howl their location.

"Here we are! Gracias! It was nice to meet you!" Alex hopped out of the car leaving the two alone.

"Thank you, again… For everything. Bye."

"See ya around kid." Nodding Manny exited the car and Locke drove off, wondering why he knew he would see the boy around. Maybe he was just trying to make the boy feel better, but it just really felt like the truth to him.