Hitching a Lift

I once persuaded a boy who fancied me to give me a lift home on his bike. Problem was we were stopped by this copper (yes, they were on the beat in those days!) on the way home and roundly told off. We thought he was going to arrest us but he let us go with a warning that next time he would tell our parents. The boy then rode off on his bike leaving me to walk home which I thought most ungallant of him - but I think he was miffed with me for getting him into trouble with the law! End of a beautiful friendship.