I was 21 years old and finally able to go to bars. This was exiting because I didn't have many friends and didn't go to parties like most teenagers do. After a couple of hours I realized the bar was not as fun as I hoped. Nobody tried to talk to me and I was to shy to make the first move. Frustrated I decided to leave. I was about halfway home when I noticed flashing lights in the rear view. I wasn't drunk by any means, but I knew I was over the limit. The officer approached and he could clearly see I was nervous.
He went through the whole license and registration thing then asked if I had been drinking. I knew it was a mistake, but I said no. He smiled and told me to step out of the vehicle. I failed the breathalyzer and he told me I would be sorry for lying to him.
When we arrived at the police station I was shacking. I had never been in trouble before let alone been put in jail. There were three holding cells in the back room. Two were empty and the third looked like it had three or four people in it. The cells were not very big so I thought I might get one all to myself. We passed the first cell and I was till hopeful, but when we passed the second my heart sank. The officer opened the cell door and walked me in.
I could see now that there we four people in the cell. To my right was a white man in a suit and to my left sat three large black men in their thirties. There was a bench on both sides of the room large enough to hold four people. The officer uncuffed me and before he walked out I heard him say "have fun". My back was to him so I assumed he was being sarcastic toward me.
I turned to my right to sit down on the less crowded bench, but before I could one of the black men told me that spot was taken. I moved over and tried to sit, again I was told that spot was taken. At this point I was scared to death. What did they want me to do? I looked at him and he tapped his knee. I knew what that meant but I just froze. He tapped it once more and gave me a look that said NOW!
Scared and shaking I moved toward him. He grabbed my arm and yanked me onto his lap. The three of them stared at me for a few minutes then one asked me what I was in for. I told them and they all laughed. I looked at the white guy on the other bench and I could tell he was pretending to sleep. They told me their names were Jerome, Marcus, and Deon.