my day.

Today was Page-Grimsley. It was a completely crazy day. (At this very moment I am speaking to the amazing Spencer Vaughn who is trying to console and trying to stop my shaking.)
Okay so lets start at about 3:00pm today at school. We were having our annual pep rally before the big rivalry game. It started off all fun, until fight broke out behind me. Me, along with just about every other senior in the stands, was quickly shoved off the stadium stairs. Not a good feeling. Administrators pushed passed and within minutes the fight seemed under control, then our attention was drawn to the opposite side of the gym. Another fight had broken out. This fight soon enough moved to the center of the gym where the performances had once been going on. Just as soon as this fight was there had hundred, yes hundreds of people joined it. I did as I was told and quickly walked out side with all of the other students who felt that maybe a huge brawl isn't exactly what we need during a pep rally. I went home a bit shaken up and eventually calmed down.
Then I went to the Page-Grimsley game where of course Page kicked some butt and had a great time. I heard that apparently there was to be a party in my neighborhood and honestly had no desire to go and no possible way of going either because I was supposed to watch my little brothers. So, instead four of my friends came over and we watched drum line while my little brothers slept. We drank sprites and doctor pepper and ate oreos. pretty harmless. We step out of my house to see two police cars. I wasn't nervous, we had done nothing wrong. I got a little more nervous when a man with a flashlight came out of the wood. It was the police man.
He questioned us saying that he smelled weed. When I heard the other cop talking about the party down the street I immediately said we had nothing to do with it. Not a good idea to deny something you haven't been accused of. I was defensive, in the most polite way possible, but still I couldn't stop saying "I promise we didn't smoke, you can test me." "I promise this" "I promise that" apparently you shouldn't be defensive. I learned this later. Everything that could be wrong was, my parents we out of town, my brothers and their friends have a fort with beer bottles in it ( not sure why) that the police saw and I had to explain what it was. Not exactly an easy task.
They eventually let us go, not believing us at all.
I hate that they don't believe me, I honestly did nothing wrong. I told them that but tactics for convincing someone of the truth aren't exactly optimal for a cop.

What I learned tonight, answer direct questions and don't try to convince them that you didn't do anything wrong because they won't believe you.