Learning to drive.

Alice said she’d come pick me up that Sunday morning, so I was waiting in my room, sitting by the window and looking out. We had finally found time to start the driving lessons, and while I was nervous, I was also excited to finally learn.

I watched car after car pass by, but no sign of the eye-catching RX-7. I saw an old, small, beat up car coming down the street, though. It was red but with several unpainted spots. As it was getting closer to my house… it began to slow down until it was parked right outside.

“Don’t tell me…” Yep. Alice came out of it.

I made my way downstairs, opening the front door only seconds after Alice rang the bell. She had a very casual outfit on, wearing tight blue jeans, a pale yellow shirt and a black windbreaker.

“Hey, you look nice.”

She giggled. “Thanks.” She leaned in and pecked my lips.

Unable to hold back my curiosity a second longer, I looked past her to her car and asked, “Did you crash?”

Alice smiled lovingly and caressed my cheek. “Oliver, I love you. You’re not driving my car.”

That caught me off guard, so I laughed harder than I should’ve. Alice laughed with me.

“Good, good!” I told her. “I was terrified you’d have me drive it and I ended up crashing it.”

“No offense, okay? I don’t let my brother drive it, either. Don’t worry, though. That’s the car we keep to teach people how to drive and how cars work. It looks bad, but it works well.”

Alice came into the house for a short while to say hello to mom, Isabelle and Cake. After that, I got in the car with her and she drove us to our practice spot, nearly a full hour away from my house.

It was a completely deserted, spacious lot outside of town. It was away from the main road and all dirt. There was a forest with sparse, dry trees to the north and to the far south the mountain where Alice went to race.

“This is the spot I told you about,” she said as she stopped the car. “I learned to drive here, and it’s also where I taught Mila, Grace and Sarah. As you can see, there’s nothing here, so no one comes around. It’s as safe as you can get, and I have some cones in the trunk we can use as obstacles.” She smiled. “Ready to get started?”

I swallowed, but nodded.

We swapped places, with her going to the passenger seat and me getting behind the wheel. It was a strange feeling to be there after so much time just being a passenger.

Alice explained the basics to me, little by little. Find a position for the seat that’s good for you, put on the seat belt, align your mirrors so you can have a clear view of everything. I started the car and Alice gently guided me through the entire process. About an hour and a half later, I was able to drive in slow circles around the lot in second gear.

“Let’s take a break,” she said after 30 more minutes. “Try to slowly reach that stone over there, break softly and stop the engine. And always remember to leave the car in neutral and with the handbrake pulled.”

I was trying to do it, but at one point I must have done something wrong while shifting gears, either letting go of the clutch too quickly while accelerating or accelerating too much, because the engine just stopped on its own.

“Crap! I’m sorry!” I told her.

Alice giggled. “Don’t worry. That happens a lot when you’re starting. However, keep in mind that if it happens when you’re on the road, don’t panic and start the car again so that you can get out of the way quickly.”

“R-Right.”

I left the car in neutral, pulled the handbrake and let out a heavy sigh. “This is hard.”

Alice squeezed my hand. “You’re doing well, relax.”

I smiled. Hearing her say that was reassuring.

We got out of the car for a while. I needed to stretch my legs. We walked around the car and met at the front.

“So? What do you think? Want to keep going?”

I nodded. “Yes. I’d like to practice gear shifting some more. I still can’t quite get the hang of it.”

“Don’t expect to get it in a day, okay? That’s probably the hardest part, but once you do get it it’ll become second nature.”

I chuckled. “Thank you for being so patient with me.”

Alice laughed. “My dad tried to teach me first, but he kept yelling at me and I hated it. I don’t want to do that to someone else.”

I looked around us. In the two hours we’d been practicing, I had yet to see a single person or car, even at a distance. We really were completely alone.

…

I put my hand on Alice’s waist and pulled her closer. She came to me and put her hands on my shoulders, smiling.

“By the way,” I started, frowning at her. “You and the others did something very cruel to me.”

“Oh? Whatever do you mean?” she asked innocently.

“Sending me all those photos on a Friday night, just after you left and when I had to work a full shift the next day…”

“Hm? So you didn’t like them?”

“I loved them.” I kissed Alice’s cheek, whispering in her ear. “You all looked so sexy.”

Alice couldn’t keep up the act anymore and she started giggling. “I don’t know what came over us, but it was really fun.” She placed a soft kiss on my lips and gave them a little nibble. “I want to be a naughty girl for you.”

“Are you sure I’m not forcing you?”

Alice kissed me deeply, pressing her body against mine. She sucked on and rolled her tongue around mine, moaning her own pleasure. She then grabbed me, turned us around and pushed me so that I was almost sitting on the car’s hood.

She pulled away, smirked at me and answered, “I’m sure.” She then lowered herself to a squat in front of me, and I heard the zipper of my pants going down.

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