running from a cop

My parents and I are in an abandoned parking lot. I'm checking my computer for something when a security guard comes from the back of the lot and flashes a light at us. He yells that we're not allowed to be here. My parents and I run in opposite directions.

I close my laptop and run out of the lot towards the street. As soon as I turn the corner, I start walking. I'm thinking that nobody will suspect me if I'm just a walking bystander. I guess the security guard had called for backup and a cop comes running around the corner as well. He's running towards my parents but must have realized that I was closer to his reach than they were. I continue walking hoping he doesn't suspect me but he grabs me from the back and puts my hands behind my back.

I try to explain to him that I'm a PhD student, that I can't go to jail, we didn't mean any harm, I was just checking things on my computer. I beg him not to arrest me. But he won't listen, he responds with grunts and curses at me. He doesn't care about my background, he just knows he caught a trespasser. I begin to cry and tell him I can't go to jail, my professors won't understand!

Then a guy comes out of nowhere, tall, short brown hair, around early 20's and asks the cop for help. I can tell he's trying to help me out. I think the cop suspects that too. The guy tells the cop that there's a situation and the cop should come check it out. The cop tells him he can't right now, that he needs to take me to jail first. The guy is persistent and tells the cop he has to help him. The cop finally agrees and lets go of my hands. As soon as the cop does that, the guy mouths to me, "Go!" I'm stunned and don't know what I should do. SHOULD I run from the cop? The cop looks at me and says "You better not do it," I look back at the guy and again, he tells me to go. I run off the opposite direction and start running through the crowd. The cop yells, "We'll find you, you won't be hard to find in your bright teal shirt!"

I keep running through the crowd, it's a supermarket/swap meet and there are tons of people around. I look back but the cop isn't there. I'm scared he's hiding and is going to grab me out of nowhere. I run into my dad and tell him what I've done. I take off my teal shirt since I'm wearing another shirt under. I put on a sweater and put the hood on. My dad and I walk on the street and he tells me to "act small" so that no one sees us.

We're walking back towards the buildings we had been at previously but I tell my dad that's where they'll be waiting for us. My dad tells me he has to go back to shut the TVs off. I tell him he doesn't have to. He's confused but I convince him not to go back. 

And then... I wake up.