In Retrospect

6: Shut Up and Drive

"Okay, are you pressing down on the clutch?" Sauske asked Sakura, a bead of sweat slowly traveling down his forehead.

The air was tense. Very, very tense. Even Naruto was fiddling around with a scrunchie he found underneath the car seat. Giving Sakura driving lessons in Naruto's uncle's old Sedan was not a wise idea, but when Sakura puts her mind to something, her little threats make just about anyone who doesn't feel like doing something suddenly feel like doing it after all.

"Yes, I do!" Sakura said, narrowing her eyes as I prepared to pull back gear shift, but Sasuke's aura of black doom filled the car and Sakura shuddered away from his icy grip.

"Don't. Even. Think about it." Sasuke said this between gritted teeth. For the first time since family bingo night three years ago, he was actually afraid ( Bingo always scares people like Sasuke, it's too noisy and. . . fun. )

Naruto gasped and said, "Geez Sasuke, pull the stick out!"

Sasuke shot him a well-prepared glare and said in his matter-of-fact tone, "Do you want to die young, Naruto, before you can eat your 1,000th bowl of ramen?"

Looking truly terrified, Naruto said, "But, that's my life goal!-"

"Okay, then why don't you be quiet and let me handle this," Sasuke said off-handedly and turned back to Sakura, who was looking at her reflection in the mirror.

"Sakura. Focus," Sasuke said, and she closed the mirror and gripped the wheel.

Wiping his forehead, Sasuke said, "Now, I want you to press on the break and slowly let go of the clutch while you press on the gas-"

"I got it!" Sakura exclaimed, and well . . . .who really knows what happened next. It was all a blur. . . .

It took about 2.5 seconds for Naruto to start screaming in the back seat while the engine made a 'VROOM' that caused Sasuke to almost lose a life and become pressed back against the passenger seat while the car suddenly jumped to life in the empty downtown parking lot.

As Sakura gave them the ride of their lives, with Naruto making a lot of thumping noises as he was glomped around in the back without a seat belt ( he was always the smart one ) and Sasuke snapped out of his stupor and tried to grab the wheel from the inexperienced, road-hellion Sakura.

Suddenly, Sakura let go of the wheel and they were swerving and-

Ga-lump.

That didn't sound very good, now, did it?

Naruto was shaking in the backseat, clutching the tacky sheepskin seat covers like he was trying not to loss consciousness. Sasuke breathed in shallowly, trying to avoid a dizzy spell coming on from an approaching stress attack.

"How did I do?" Sakura asked, sinking deep into the drivers seat while biting a Kelly Green painted finger nail.

A mass of undelivered letters and envelopes fluttering against the twilight with the spring breezes said it all.

-Owari-

Notes:

Just a quick story I made up based on a real life experience with my first lesson on how to drive. . . oh, the horror. I didn't hit any mailboxes, but in my dark mind, it was humorous to imagine a manical Sakura getting her first lesson and striking an innocent mailbox. Reviews are greatly appreciated.

-VV