the car in question was indeed my vehicle and i have no doubt my friends did fill it up and drive away without paying for the gas but i had no proof and they denied it so there i was sweating out an interrogation from an otherwise kind officer who , im sure , had about a thousand things more important to do than chase after a bunch of hooligans who pilfered seventeen dollars of gas from a convenience store more than willing to overlook the whole proof of identification thing when selling cigarettes to underage , wanna-be tough guys .