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gripped the younger officers wrist and begun to twist.The younger officer yelped in pain, shaking before dropping to his knees, his face a mask of hurt. With his other hand the officer began to unclip holster.

    “Stow that, patrolman,” The older officer said, before looking back at Harrison, Who continued to twist the younger officer’s wrist. ”Let him go. You don’t want to make things worse for yourself.”

    Harrison paused, then I saw his grip slacken and the younger officer, still on his knees, was able to get wrist free, cradling it in his other hand, His eyes filled with tears. Harrison looked down. “I’m sorry about that,” he whispered.

    “Yeah, well, we’ll see if the patrolman here can see it in his heart to forgive you. You’re still didn’t have to come with us.”

    “But Harrison didn’t do anything wrong!” I shouted.

    The older detective stayed calm. “We’ll figure that out down the station.”

    The younger officer stood up, shaky at first, still running his fingers over his twisted wrist. Focusing again on Harrison, He snarled, “put your hands behind your back.”

    Harrison’s eyes widened, and mine must have also. “What?”

    “You heard the man,” the older officer said, “we wanted to do this nicely, but you had other ideas. Put your hands behind your back.” The force behind his words was clear; Harrison would be leaving in handcuffs.

    My head was reeling from all of this. I couldn’t believe in the space of 10 minutes, Harrison and I had gone from almost having sex in my bedroom to me watching as the police arrested him for saving me from a date rapist the night before. I just couldn’t put all the pieces together, and I felt the tears welling up in my eyes. I had to steady myself on the banister of the staircase.

    Harrison seem to accept his fate, and turned around, facing away from the officers, and our eyes met as I blinked through the tears. “It’ll be okay, Laurel,” Harrison whispered in my direction. “This isn’t anything that hasn’t happened before. I’m used to it by now.”

    I shook my head at him. Even if he was used to this, I wasn’t. Sure I had seen him deal with the police in the past, but that was when we hated each other. Now, in such a short amount of time, we had begun building something so much more, so much more loving, so much more connected.

    And all of a sudden, he was being dragged away. I couldn’t take it.

    “You have the right to remain silent,” the older police officer began, as the younger reached into his belt and unclipped his handcuffs. “Anything you say may be used against you…” The older man droned on, repeating the Miranda rights he must have said thousands of times by now.

    Harrison winced as handcuffs closed around his wrists behind him, and I saw a look of glee, over the younger police officer’s face. Clearly he was enjoying this, small and petty revenge for the embarrassment Harrison had caused him just a couple minutes earlier.

    Harrison’s eyes never left mine. He tried to tell me and would be okay, but I was in no shape to listen I couldn’t believe all this was happening. Why us? Why now?

    Why couldn’t things just be easy for a change?

    Instead of things just happening the way they should, there were always pitfalls to avoid. Always obstacles getting in the way. Nothing, it seemed, was ever as easy as it sounds.

    Harrison was still speaking, still whispering to me. “Don’t worry about it, Laurel. Just take care of yourself. I’ll be fine, I’ll be home soon.”

    “Is there anything you need me to do?” I asked, wiping away the tears. “Is there anyone I can call?” He knew I wasn’t a lawyer. And I knew he wasn’t a lawyer.

    “No, don’t call anyone. I’ll be home soon as I can. Don’t worry about it. I didn’t do anything wrong.”

    I broke, and rushed towards him. The younger officer tensed up, like he was getting ready to stop me, but quickly the older officer shook