Ruby and Penny

Requested by KuletXCore..Thank you for your kind review and suggestion! I hope I didn't disappoint. I'm sorry if I made either of them ooc or made Penny sound too android-y? Im a noob haha xx

"Say, Ruby, I am so excited that we are able to go on this journey together!" Penny bears the largest grin facing her friend who is currently driving with both hands clasped tightly against the steering wheel. Ruby's body is noticeably close to the wheel, her chin nearly touching the top of it.

"Yah...me too, Penny…" Ruby says, body tense and eyes focusing on the road.

"Back then, when you first said I was your friend, I was so ecstatic! I could not believe someone actually called me their friend! And look at us now, on our very first journey! Hittin' the road, as they say! Though, by my calculations, you are driving at 8.04672 kilometers per hour, and because our destination is only 24.14016 kilometers away, -TURN RIGHT!- ...we shall arrive at our destination in…...3 hours!" Penny calculates, shooting a finger up in the air.

"I, uh..Penny?"

"Oh, turn left here, Ruby!" Penny instructed. "I notice by your body language that you are seemingly perplexed, and I'm here to help!" Penny proudly pointed her thumb at herself, "...with directions!"

"Penny." Ruby said calmly.

"Though, you are going rather slow for a typical driver between the ages of 15 and 17, for their median travel speed is 64.3738 kilometers per hour-"

"Penny!" Ruby shouted, hands still clasped tightly on the wheel.

"Yes, friend Ruby?"

"This is kind of my first time driving like this..on the road and all.. Tell me again why you, the older, more experienced student, could not drive?" Ruby said nervously.

"Oh dear! You don't know how to operate an automobile?! I didn't know! Why, I can teach you! It's quite a simple piece of machinery, really!" Penny started, nearly beginning a ramble on every single part of a car.

"No, no Penny! I get the basics. I'm just.. A little nervous, okay?" Ruby smiled sheepishly. Her experiences with driving weren't always the best, Taiyang used to get overprotective and nervous, which then caused the two to yell and get frustrated. Yang would blare music loudly and say "Just keep goin', you'll do fiiine!" Truthfully, Ruby would rather just take a train..or bus….or bike….or walk.

"You do seem to show the basic symptoms of anxiety. Hands sweaty, hypervigilance.. Why, even your face is covered in perspiration! Your sweat glands must be o-"

"Penny, please! That isn't helping…." Ruby cried, "How about some music?"

"Music?"

"Yeah, music!" Ruby smiled, looking a bit more like her usual self. She loved music.

There was a pause. Penny's eyes were looking all around, but she was really searching her system for what a music is about, what makes humans like music, and what is the most favored music among the current teenage population.

"Penny? You okay?" A concerned voice left Ruby's lips.

"Why, yes I am! Wonderful! And I will give you music, now!" Penny smiled, and pressed the car radio buttons. "If you turn left here, instead of going straight, you will reach our destination 8 minutes sooner! There is an accident up ahead." Penny casually added.

"Wait, really?" Ruby asked, now curious. She was relaxing more now with the rock music playing in the car. "How do you know this stuff?"

"I know all the streets of Remnant! My father equipped me with a live feed GPS. It updates constantly, that way I know the most efficient way to move about this huge city!"

"Wow Penny that is so cool! I need you around whenever I chase bad guys, I bet you know all the shortcuts that they don't!" Ruby admired her friend. Penny responds with a smile.

"I will gladly be by your side, friend! MAke a RIGHT!" Penny said, and Ruby abruptly turned the wheel, both girls harshly thrown towards the left.

Just then, the song changed. Penny recognized this song to be #1 on the top 100 hits she had searched about just moments ago.

"This song is sensational!" Penny exclaimed gleefully. She was such a happy, bubbly girl, that Ruby couldn't help but smile and giggle. This was going to be a great 3 hours!