Fuck the shorts, keep running!

You scramble to your feet and get back to running from the officer. You quickly manage to leave the woods and shout to Alex. "Get in the car!"

"I- You- My hands are still cuffed!" He yells back.

"Just get in the fucking car!" You're making your way back up the hill toward the car when the cop emerges from the treeline. Alex scrambles to the passenger side of the car and tries to get the door open.

You make it to the car and open the driver side door just as Alex manages to squirm his way into the other side. The keys are already in the ignition, luckily. You turn them and the engine springs to life. You put the car in drive and punch the accelerator and merge back into traffic.

You're about a quarter mile down the road when you hear the siren of a police vehicle blare behind you. Looking in your rear view mirror, you see the telltale flashing blue lights.