Rufus Drake (ablaze) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2012-12-15 21:31:00

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Driving Lessons(Cait)
Rufus had finished his driving course to get his Learner's permit and hadn't had much luck using it. Most people didn't seem to want to be in the car with him to help him learn to drive. So he hadn't had much chance to learn to drive better than he currently could. But there still was someone he could try and get to drive with him, Cait. Family was great for getting to do things no one else seemed to want to do and he really did want to learn how to drive and get off the stupid learner's permit as soon as he could.

He was looking around the mansion to find her and probably going to use the excuse of holiday shopping for doing some driving.

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	ablaze 2012-12-16 02:28 am UTC (link)
	"Got it," Rufus says backing up slowly and a little jerkily. He was of course looking behind him as he did. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_tsunami_ 2012-12-16 02:56 am UTC (link)
	Cait managed to stay quiet while Rufus was maneuvering the car out of the garage. She was going to be as good about this as she could. No yelling or constantly telling him what to do. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ablaze 2012-12-16 02:59 am UTC (link)
	Rufus definitely appreciated being allowed to concentrate as he worked on driving. He changed from reverse to drive once he though he had it right to drive out of the mansion. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_tsunami_ 2012-12-16 03:04 am UTC (link)
	Cait kept calm and didn't even grab the door handle. "Not bad," she said. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ablaze 2012-12-16 03:08 am UTC (link)
	"Thanks," Rufus says grinning. The driving got less jerky as he got more used to the gas petal. Though the stop at the end of the drive way was sudden and a bit abrupt. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_tsunami_ 2012-12-16 06:06 pm UTC (link)
	"May want to work on stopping or you're going to give yourself and passengers whiplash. Apply pressure to the brake gently and consistently. Give yourself some room to stop." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ablaze 2012-12-17 03:23 am UTC (link)
	"OK," Rufus says taking the advice. He was going to try his best for that though it would take sometime to get down. He turned down the road to head towards the stopping mall. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_tsunami_ 2012-12-17 06:01 pm UTC (link)
	"Don't forget turn signals when you want to turn," she said. She was trying not to nag, but she didn't want him forgetting things. Cait had their mother teach her how to drive. Mom was a lot calmer about things than Dad. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ablaze 2012-12-17 06:12 pm UTC (link)
	Rufus nodded to the affirmative. He kept on trying to pay attention to everything. It was a lot to get used too. He was driving just above the speed limit for now. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_tsunami_ 2012-12-17 07:48 pm UTC (link)
	"Keep it under the speed limit," Cait said. "I can't have you getting a ticket. Mom will yell at you. She'll /kill/ me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ablaze 2012-12-20 02:21 am UTC (link)
	"Fine," Rufus says, "But she will probably yell at me about something anyways." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_tsunami_ 2012-12-20 02:24 am UTC (link)
	"That's because you do things to get yelled at. Do you not see the correlation between what you do and Mom yelling at you?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ablaze 2012-12-20 02:43 am UTC (link)
	"No not really. At this point you would think she would just try another tactic." He clearly was not going to be changing his behavior. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_tsunami_ 2012-12-20 03:09 am UTC (link)
	Cait just rolled her eyes. She knew Rufus wouldn't change and she knew their mother would just keep yelling at him. "I'm not going to argue. The gods know how stubborn you are." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ablaze 2012-12-20 03:17 am UTC (link)
	"I'm not stubborn I just know what I want. Is that so bad," Rufus says focusing on driving the speed limit. Some things in life just would never change. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_tsunami_ 2012-12-20 09:24 pm UTC (link)
	"You're stubborn," she said. "Focus on the road. Intersection coming up. Make sure you come to a complete stop." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ablaze 2013-01-07 05:28 pm UTC (link)
	"No more than anyone else in out family is," Rufus says, "Got it." He starts slowing down as soon as he sees the intersection. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_tsunami_ 2013-01-07 05:30 pm UTC (link)
	"Much better with the braking this time," Cait said. "Just remember to do that each time. Look both ways at the stop sign." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ablaze 2013-01-07 06:19 pm UTC (link)
	"Thanks," Rufus says, "I'll try to keep that up." Rufus both ways before going again. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_tsunami_ 2013-01-07 06:24 pm UTC (link)
	"Good," she said. Cait had to admit. This was going A LOT better than she had expected. Images of her clutching the door handle and hanging on for dear life was the first image that had come to mind. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ablaze 2013-01-07 06:35 pm UTC (link)
	As Rufus continued to drive a car pulls out of a side street cutting Rufus off. He slams on the breaks and starts swearing wildly. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_tsunami_ 2013-01-07 06:41 pm UTC (link)
	"Language!" Cait reminded him. Cait had sudden flashbacks to driving with her mother. Amara's temper could be as hot as her powers. There had been a few occasions where she had melted the tires on other cars. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ablaze 2013-01-07 06:44 pm UTC (link)
	"Fine," Rufus says hotly before slamming on the horn as hard as he could multiple times. He had a few thoughts about what his mom had done that had given him more than a few ideas. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_tsunami_ 2013-01-07 06:46 pm UTC (link)
	"Don't even think about it," Cait warned. "You are not allowed to do what Mom does." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ablaze 2013-01-07 06:48 pm UTC (link)
	"Then can you flood their engine with water and wreck the engine," Rufus says still wanting to do something. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)