291 Stop screeching like a banshee (2/2)

Finally, it was time he had been dreaded. With a shaken in his voice, he told Ryn to change seat with him. Her friend was still blinking her huge eyes at them, watching Ryn's every move worriedly. He gulped, nervous too.

Ryn sat on the driver's seat. She took a deep breath to control her calm. Then, she started to adjust everything to suit her height.

So far so good.

Now, it was time to start the engine.

Her shaking hand reached for the car key and turned it to start the engine.

”Yes, Ryn. You can do it,” Mika cheered from the back. She ignored the sight of the huge man quickly put on something to his ears. All her attention was on her best friend. Please, let Ryn managed to do it perfectly.

”Don't close your eyes,” Jacko reminded when he saw she did just that. What was in her mind? She should never close her eyes when driving. It's a big no-no!

Ryn opened an eye and found themselves still not moving. She just started the engine and already panicked.

”Ryn, calm down. You can do it,” Mika said from the back. She was getting worried seeing how pale Ryn was right now. She reached out and held Ryn's hand to calm her down. ”Calm down. Take a deep breath and calm down. Everything will be okay.”

”I can do this,” Ryn mumbled slowly. She gripped Mika's hand to get the courage and energy from her best friend. It took her five minutes before she let Mika's hand go and held onto the steering wheel.

”Push the accelerator slowly. Don't get panicked when the car start moving,” Mika reminded as she watched Ryn like a hawk. The accident that day was so bad, even she was traumatic of driving but only for two months. But for this best friend of hers, it took Ryn even longer… even until now.

Ryn took a deep breath. Then, with one shaking hand, she changed into the first gear and then slowly lifting her foot to let the car moving.

Jacko took a deep breath and prepared himself.

And the shouting began…

Mika winced as she covered her ears. The car was quite small. The voice was loud enough within the small compartment. With nothing to lessen the noise, it gave a headache to her head.

”Stop screeching like a banshee. You can drive,” Mika cried desperately. No wonder… no wonder that driving instructor put that on over his ears. He knew this would happen.

She glared at the poor Jacko. He should tell her about this!

Jacko tried to observe Ryn's driving skill despite the shouting and yelling distracting him. It was hard to stay focus when all he wanted was to make her stop the car and took over the driving. Silently, he lit a candle for the driving officer who would test Ryn. Then, he remembered that he was supposed to train Ryn to drive smoothly before her test day and he lit himself hundreds of candles instead. Poor him.

”Ryn, calm down. It's going to be okay. Everything is okay. There is nothing in front to be afraid of,” Mika coaxed, even needing to raise her voice to counter with Ryn's shout.

Jacko was stuck between two women shouting and yelling. His face paled. He could not help looking at his watch. How much longer he had to be here? Could he end the class now?

Boss, can I change to another client, please?

Exactly an hour later, Ryn stopped her lesson. Even her voice has turned hoarse from the lesson. Ryn and Jacko got out of the car and rubbed their ears painfully. One long hour of full suffering and miserable.

But at least Ryn managed to drive back and forth and turn right and left. She only panicked when she had to change gear, keep crying whether she was doing it right and what to do with her feet.

Ryn watched them apologetically. It was not her desire to shout and cry when driving but she could not help herself. When she held the steering wheel, she felt like the car would hit something and she would end up in the hospital… again.