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I lace my fingers in hers and bring her hand up to my lips.
I can’t force her to talk, but I wish she’d tell me everything going on in her head.
Pulling into campus I take a turn to the back corner parking lot. I’m turning this date around. We had fun earlier but then we hit a serious note and I can see Lenny’s mood has shifted. We need to have some more fun.
Lenny’s hand loosens in mine as she tries to tug herself free, but I hold on tight.
“Nick, where are we going?”
“Driving lesson.” I pull to a stop in the middle of the lot. “Are you ready?”
“I’m going to kill you.” She tries to tug her hand free again, but I’m not letting her go until I know she’s ok.
“A deals a deal. I won. We skipped the seventeenth and eighteenth holes but if I would’ve given us each a hole in one, you’d still lose.”
Lenny shakes her head vehemently. “No. I’m going to crash your car and you’ll die or something bad will happen. We can’t do this.”
I can’t help but chuckle at her blatant concern for my safety. “There’s no one around to crash into. I will not get hurt. Trust me.” I hold her chin to steady her shaking head to look at me. “I love you and I trust you.”
“We don’t—”
I kiss her before she gets a chance to finish her thought and then jump out of the car to go to her side. Lenny is hesitant but she takes my hand when I open the door. I give her ass a good slap for encouragement.
She yelps out from the sting, but eventually makes it to the driver seat.
“See, seatbelt on so I can’t die.” I tell her as I snap in my seatbelt and then reach over to do hers. “Ready? Go! What’s first?”
She grips the steering wheel and her knuckles turn white.
“Um.” She clears her throat. “Brake, right?”
“Right, well actually the brake is on the left.” I point down to the pedals.
“Left. Got it.” Lenny nods without moving her feet or hands.
“Hey. Take it slow. What questions do you have?” I wrap my hand on her thigh and her shoulders immediately relax.
She breathes in a deep breath and lets it out with a long hum. “Ok. Gas right, brake left. Use my right foot only. Is that right?”
“Yes. Step on the brake.” She does what I say. “Keep it there.” She nods. “Now press this button and move the gear shift into D for drive.”
She looks down and shakes her head.
“Trust me. Your foot is on the brake. We won’t go anywhere.”
She still shakes her headno,taking another deep breath.
Before she’s finished I move the gear shift into drive.
Lenny screams and shuts her eyes tight, but her foot is still on the brake.
“Open your eyes. Don’t move your foot.” I watch as she slowly opens her eyes and sees we aren’t moving.
“Oh my god. That was scary.” Her chest heaves as she takes in a few deep breaths.
“Keep your eyes open and very slowly take your foot off the brake. You don’t have to hit the gas, just hover over the brake. Get a feel for the car.” She nods and slower than I thought possible for someone to move, she lifts her foot up. Her hands grip the wheel even tighter when it starts slowly rolling forward. “Good now turn the steering wheel a bit, watch how it steers.”
“Oh! I can do this.” Her eyes light up as the car moves at a snail's pace to one side.
