Chapter 11: Driving

Oliver's POV

"Hey Ollie?" Roy called.

"What Roy?" I replied, turning the page of my newspaper.

"I'm fifteen."

"I know that." I responded, reaching for my toast.

"So… Can I drive today? Please Daddy."

I looked up at his pleading face. No way in Hell.

"You're not driving my Jaguar."

"What about the Escalade?"

"No."

"The Porsche?"

"Not happening."

"The Bentley?"

"Nope."

"Dinah!" he screamed as she came running into the kitchen with Mia on her hip.

"What's wrong?" Dinah asked as Roy gave her the most pitiful face he could manage.

"Ollie wont teach me how to drive." He whispered sadly as Dinah set Mia down.

She turned her attention to me. "Oliver, teach Roy how to drive." She ordered.

"Dinah, I don't have the time and Roy is not going to drive any of my cars. I'm the man of the house and what I say goes."

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"Alright, Roy. This is the brake and that's the gas." I muttered as Roy was practically bouncing in the driver's seat of my Jaguar.

"This is so awesome!" he exclaimed as I rolled my eyes.

"Did you check your mirrors like I showed you?"

"Yes!"

"Your seatbelt's fastened… So, all you need to do is put the car into drive and lightly tap the gas."

"Gotcha!" he exclaimed as he floored the car.

"Brake! Brake! Brake!" I screamed as I stomped on my imaginary brake on the passenger's side.

He slammed on brakes as I nearly got whiplash.

"How'd I do?" he asked excitedly.

"Out. Get out of my car."

"But, Ollie!"

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Dinah's POV

"Look! Look!" Artemis squealed as she shoved a piece of paper in my face.

I smiled as I looked her attempt of drawing her pony.

"It's very pretty." I responded as she grinned before reaching for another sheet of paper and her crayons.

I was on the floor coloring with Artemis, Mia, and Connor. I looked up as the door slammed open. Roy's face was red with teary eyes as he stormed upstairs to his room. Oliver followed behind with a bottle of aspirin in his hands.

"I'll be right back. Connor, watch your sisters please." I asked as he nodded.

"Ollie, what happened?" I asked.

"He's not allowed to have a license." He harshly replied before walking towards our bedroom.

I sighed as I headed for Roy's room. Opening the door, I found him lying face down on his bed. I sat beside him as I rubbed his back.

"What's wrong, sweetheart?"

"Ollie hates me!" he screamed into his pillow.

"Ollie doesn't hate you… He loves you, Roy."

"No he doesn't! He'll never let me get a license!"

"Well, I love you and you'll get to drive one day." I replied as he groaned. "How about I teach you how to drive?"

He rolled onto his back as he starting laughing.

"What's so funny?" I asked.

"You're a girl! You can't drive! Ollie says that women can't drive!"

"Oh really?"

"Yeah… He also says a man is a better driver, just like they're the head of a household… Are you serious about teaching me?" he asked.

"Uh huh… Do you really believe I'm a bad diver?"

"Not really. You manage to get us to school on time when we're running late… And you always manage to talk the cops out of giving you a ticket."

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"Am I doing okay?" he asked as I nodded.

"You're doing great." I replied as he smiled.

"You're a better teacher than Ollie. He wouldn't stop screaming at me."

"He just doesn't want you to get hurt."

He rolled his eyes before turning to look at me.

"Eyes on the road and speed up a little."

"But, I'm already doing five miles over the limit."

"Roy, speed limits are only suggestions."

"Is that what you tell the cops?"

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Ollie's POV

"Stop yelling at me!" Roy screamed.

"Then slow down! You're driving too fast!"

"I'm sorry Miss Daisy, but I'm already doing five miles under the speed limit!"

"Then do ten!"

"This is so stupid!"

"Roy! Oliver! That is enough! Roy, don't yell! Oliver, stop yelling at him! You're making him nervous!" Dinah threatened as she yelled at us from the back.

"He started it." I mumbled as Roy suddenly ran a stop sign.

"You just ran a stop sign!" I yelled as Artemis started screaming.

"We're gonna die!" Connor yelled above Artemis' screaming.

"Roy, pull over!" Dinah yelled as he slammed on brakes.

Am I dead yet?

"Get in the back, Oliver." She ordered as I undid my seat belt, while mumbling under my breath.

We swapped seats as I turned to look at Connor and Artemis in the row behind me. They both wore looks of horror. Mia was beside me in the back.

She smiled before saying, "Vroom! Vroom!"