And Chapter 2 awaits! xD;
"All righty, well," Tony said as he climbed into the driver's seat of a ratty old SUV that he had lying around the underground garage of Stark Tower. "We're going to leave the city and it'll be about an hour's drive, okay?"
But neither Thor nor Loki were listening. "Hey, what...?" He looked up, and the two demigods were standing outside of the car, arguing. Loki was currently blocking the front passenger side door to the car with his body.
"No, but I want to sit in the front!" he snapped. "You can sit in the front some other time, Thor!"
"But I want to-" Thor began, but Tony hit the button to open the window, resulting in Loki almost falling with his butt first into the car.
"Look, stop arguing, all right?" Tony suggested, trying to remain calm while inwardly thinking, What have I done? "Loki, get into the front seat, now. Thor, get into the back seat." Each brother did as he was told, Loki triumphantly and Thor grumbling reluctantly all the way. However, that wasn't the end of their problems.
"There's isn't enough room for my legs!" Thor wailed as Loki pushed his seat back to accommodate for the space that his legs took up.
Tony just sighed. "Loki," he said, looking at the aforementioned demigod beside him, "can you maybe, you know... move your seat back up?"
"No," Loki said irritably, sounding annoyed that he had even been asked.
"And why not?" Tony asked patiently.
"Because then there will not be enough room for my legs," Loki said, as if it were obvious.
"All right." Tony sighed and twisted around to look at Thor. "Well, Thor, since you're taller-" he did, of course, ignore Loki's death glare aimed at his face "-then we'll switch you two around. You be in the front seat, and Loki in the back. Sound good?"
"Well, no, but-" Loki began muttering, but he was cut off by a way too smug-sounding Thor.
"Excellent!" Thor boomed.
"Why can't we take one of your nice race cars, Stark?" Loki complained, once they had everything all sorted out and he was sitting in the back seat.
"Well, um, because you'd probably wreck it, and I don't really want one of my babies to be destroyed?" Tony sighed. "I know, I know, I'm a billionaire and all that, but there's just too much chance that you'll wreck them beyond repair. Like, really." He pulled out of the garage. "You have your licenses with you, right?" he asked, swiftly changing the subject.
"I do," Loki quickly affirmed, pulling his learner's permit out of his pocket.
"Awesome. What about you, Thor?"
Thor rustled around for a little bit before finally looking up all shame-faced and admitting, "No, it appears that I have forgotten mine."
"All right," Loki sighed. "Where do you think you left it?"
"On the dresser in my room," Thor informed him.
"One moment, then. You don't have to stop the car, Stark." Loki closed his eyes and his image shimmered for just a moment before he reappeared fully solid, Thor's license card shimmering into being in his left hand, which he held up triumphantly. "Here you go, Thor," was all he said, reaching around his seat to deliver the license into his brother's waiting hand.
They had decided to do things "the legal way", as Loki oh-so-eloquently put it. They went through the whole process of getting a driver's license in New York City "the legal way", although there had been some confusion because, obviously, the two Norse god brothers had no proper ID. But people were generally more accommodating when you threw the words "Avengers" and "money" from a certain clever billionaire in there, of course…
About an hour later they were at their destination: a large empty parking lot next to a massive concert building just outside of the busiest part of the city.
"Okay, well," Tony said, throwing the car in first gear and pulling the hand brake up. "We're here. Who wants to go first?"
"Of course, I do," Loki declared smoothly before Thor had a chance to speak.
"Well, all righty then. Thor, get out of the front seat and move around to the back. Preferably to the sides so that Loki can see out his rear view mirror because, you know, you're kind of tall. Loki, you get into the driver's seat and I'll sit beside you," Tony instructed as he grabbed the keys and hopped out of the vehicle. He didn't trust Loki not to somehow ruin the car if he was left to his own devices for too long, he was sorry to say. Loki hopped into the driver's seat as Tony folded himself into the front passenger seat and immediately started looking around at his waist level and asking, "Do I have to wear the seatbelt?" as he held up the buckle currently in his right hand.
"Um." Tony blinked. "Are you asking just for right now or in general?"
"In general," Loki said without missing a beat.
"Ummm. Lokster," Tony began, "You do know that's illegal. Right?"
"Oh, is it?" Loki asked, looking faintly interested as he gazed at the seat belt buckle still in his hand. "I had no idea."
Oh dear, Loki, LOL! xD; How could you have missed THAT little bit of information, eh...? ;) Just for the record, I don't know anything about hte licensing in New York City, but I live in Ontario, Canada and I'm currently going through the graduated licensing program, in order to hopefully eventually get my driver's license. There are three levels:
- G1 (learner's permit)
- G2 (something of a probationary license)
- G (full driver's license)
I've currently got a G1 license, so I can only drive with my parents in the front passenger seat beside me, basically. But once I get my G2 then I'll at least be able to drive on my own! And on freeways, too! High speeds! Woo hoo! :D
/little speed demon xD; (Ehehe!)