Chrissy just arrived home wearing her red turtleneck sweater, blue jeans and black knee high boots. As she looks through her mail She sees a letter from the city. She’s reading it and it’s a notice that there’s a warrant for her arrest for an unpaid speeding ticket. Only problem is she already paid it two months ago! Chrissy picks up her phone and calls the number on the notice. She tries to explain the mistake, but she is still that the only way to sort this out is at that station, and that an officer is coming to pick her up right now! Chrissy asks is she is going to be arrested and pleads with person that she really doesn’t want to be put in handcuffs. She is told that will be up to the officer. “That’s just great. Okay, thanks.” She says and hang up the phone, immediately calling up her friend to tell her what happened and says that she will keep her updated! We jump forward to when the officer arrives. “I was told to pick you up to take you down to the station for an outstanding warrant. I think they told you I was coming?” She tells him this is all a big mistake and that she paid the ticket, even showing him the receipt. The Officer looks at the papers, “You know, it does appear you paid this. Yeah, this is weird. But we need to sort this out at the station” he says. “Yeah that’s what they said on the phone.” Chrissy keeps staring at his belt, dreading for him to reach for the handcuffs because she knows what comes next. Then she grabs her purse, “Okay, well, then let’s go, I’m ready,” and she heads for the door. “Wait a second…” the officer says as he stops her. He reaches for the handcuffs and pulls them out. Chrissy stares at them for a couple of seconds and her hands recoil back. “No, no, no. I really don’t want to wear those” but the officer tells her he has to put them on her. She makes a pleading gesture with her hands, “Oh come on, please don’t. You know I didn’t do anything wrong and I am voluntarily coming with you. I called you!” He tells her put her hands on her head, turn around and spread her legs. Chrissy gives up and complies. The officer frisks Chrissy. He tells her to put her hands behind her back. She does. Chrissy tries one more time, “Please don’t handcuff me.” The officer thinks about it for a second, “Okay, you did show me that you paid this. Look, I can’t make any promises once we get to the station but I won’t put these on you right now.” Chrissy, elated turns around, “Oh, that’s great! Thank you! My wrists thank you, too!” She says as she shows her wrists to the officer. “Well, you might have to wear them later but let’s see.” We are now entering the police station waiting room outside a door to the main part of the station. The officer and an uncuffed Chrissy walk into frame. “So, I need to talk to my superior about your situation. Just hang out here and I’ll be back.” He opens the door and goes in and shuts it. Chrissy sits down and calls her friend back. “So, I’m at the station … no, he didn’t handcuff me but I think he’s in there asking about that right now. I have a feeling I’m going to get cuffed. At least I wasn’t walked out of my house in them. Didn’t you get put in handcuffs for that parking ticket? Is it as bad as it looks? Well, yeah, I’m not looking forward to this.” The officer returns and he has handcuffs in his hands. “Oh, he’s back and he’s holding the handcuffs. So... I think I’m going to be wearing those soon! I have to go. Yeah, I’ll let you know. Okay, bye.” He informs her that he does in fact have to put them on her. “Yeah, I figured.” She says as she stands up. “But I think I can just put them on you in front. So let me see your hands.” Chrissy extends her hands out and the handcuffs are put on in front of her. Then he tells her “I need to run back in real quick. Again, just hang out here.” Chrissy sits back down. She calls her friend back again. “So I’m still waiting, but now I have handcuffs on … no, they are in front of me. Yeah, I think I got lucky. Oh, he’s back again, I have to go. “So, bad news, I have to put these on behind you. I’m sorry about this.” She tells him she knows he is just doing his job and she appreciates that he tried. She complies as the officer unlocks both Chrissy’s cuffs and turns her around. Her back is now facing the camera. Her hand are placed behind her head with her fingers interlocked. We see her like this for a few seconds. She’s told to slowly bring her left hand behind her back. Then she’s told to do the same with her right hand. Both her palms are facing out. The officer cuffs her left hand and then her right hand. We see a wide shot of Chrissy handcuffed behind her back, palms out, and the camera slowly pans in on her hands. At this point she has accepted that this was going to happen so her hands just move around a little bit here and there but she doesn’t struggle. The officer brings the now handcuffed Chrissy to his desk. The officer has her purse. She sits down. “Sorry again about the handcuffs. But we should have this sorted out soon.” He looks at some paperwork. Chrissy looks around: “I just feel so embarrassed. I’m the only one in here who doesn’t work here. Everyone is just going about their day like normal and I’m wearing handcuffs. Like, I don’t even know how long I’ve been here because I cant even look at my watch.” Chrissy tries to bring her left wrist as forward as she can. The officer tells her to just try not to think about it. We then jump an hour ahead and the officer walks back into the room. “Well, great news, we figured this out. You were right. You’re free to go. I can take those handcuffs off of you now.” As she stands up she tells him she was thinking about something. “You know, this has clearly been the biggest hassle for me and I didn’t even do anything wrong. I mean, I’m still in handcuffs for no reason. I could file a complaint with the department or … why don’t you let me keep these handcuffs?” The officer turns Chrissy around and unlocks her handcuffs. Chrissy rubs her wrists. She looks at her watch, “Wow, I was wearing handcuffs for over an hour.” The officer looks at Chrissy and hands her the purse back, then hands her the handcuffs to keep. "I'll just say I lost them" He says. She puts them in her purse. Later we see her back home on the couch. She talking to her friend on the phone with the phone held up by her shoulder to her cheek, not using her hands. “So, I guess we’ve both been handcuffed for minor traffic violations now. Yeah, it’s pretty terrible … but I got an interesting souvenir.” Chrissy brings up her hands to show she's wearing the handcuffs the officer gave her. The End.

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