fandomhigh | Driver's Education, Thursday, Period 1

"Something a little different today," Brian said. "You're still racing, but we're going to get...eh, kind of a two for one." He pressed a button on the remote, and the four Eclipses appeared...facing backwards. "This is based upon a real scenario you might encounter on a city street," Brian explained. "You're driving down the street looking for a parking place and you realize there was one back there that you just missed. Now, you could circle the block, but by the time you do that, some other jackass could have swiped it from you. So you're going to have to back up. And then? You're going to have to park." Just to make sure they understood, he spelled it out: "Quarter mile, in reverse, followed by parallel parking. First person to make it and park successfully wins. There are two spots on either side of the road, flanked by Lamborghinis: car, space, car, space, car. Hit a Lamborghini while parking and--well, and be glad this isn't the real world, but also, same as any other collision, you go back to the starting line and start over, and then you do it again until you get it right."

Yes, Brian might be evil.

"Now, parallel parking is new, so let's go over that." Brian talked them through it, then got into the red Eclipse and demonstrated, talking them through it through the open window as he did so. When he got out, he said, "I understand we've had a withdrawal, which is unfortunate, but it means you'll be doing four heats of four instead of the previous system. So let's go."

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The teacher wants you to do what?

Ronan Lynch

Garik Loran

Blue Sargent

Kira Yukimura

Alex Mack

Jalian d'Arsennette y ken Selvren

Kathy Li

Ada Miller

Yes, this warrants a demo.

Brian is guessing few of you will get it on the first try.

Blue Sargent
Anna of Arendelle
Ronan Lynch
Gwen Stacy

Driving backwards wasn't a problem. He'd done that before so he was a little reckless about it. Wanted to see how fast he could go, how awesome it felt.

But, he went a little too far and, while he didn't hit a car, he did have to stop and adjust several times to get himself into a parking space.

Dammit.

Blue didn't think she would do that great, since she'd never really practiced parallel parking before, so imagine her surprise and delight when she got it on the first try and beat that Raven Boy in the process.

Kathy Hana Li
Garik Loran
Kira Yukimura
Hanna Heller

Face had no problems going back full-tilt, but given he'd never parallel parked before, even while going in the right direction, it took him more time than he'd have liked.

Kira was really worried about the backing up part, so she took that slower than she probably needed to. Her parallel parking needed a lot of practice too, but at least she didn't crash into anything.

The trick was, Kathy realized, that the pivot point was the back tires, not the front. Once she realized that, she was pretty much golden. She didn't cheer when she was she'd come in first, but she was wearing a pretty huge smile.

Jalian d'Arsenette y ken Selvren
Thorin
Ezra Sagishi
Ichabod Crane

Jalian grinned and floored it. Back wasn't really much harder than forward, after all. The parking...well, fine, she wouldn't hit the other cars. It was a point of pride.

Take that, modern timeline!

Ada Miller
Johnny Storm
Anders
Alex Mack

Alex thought since it wasn't turning corners, she would be fine. She was fine with the idea of driving backwards but it turned out she was worse at parking and on her first attempt hit a Lamborghini so she had to start the whole thing again. Her second try was more successful and after deliberately slowing down so she wouldn't hit anything again, she was finally able to complete the parallel park.

This...felt familiar. Looking backwards like this. Like this was the way the world was meant to be seen. Ada couldn't put her finger on WHY...maybe it was the rain in the air or something she'd lost at some point, but this felt right.

So she threw it in reverse with a grin and hit the gas. Rather fast -- possibly too quickly for other peoples' comfort -- and in a perfectly straight line. No mistakes. The only reason she wasn't done in a new record was that the parallel parking was weird.

She hopped out, shutting the door and pumping her fist. "That was awesome. I should ask if Uncle Chester wants to add a stunt driver act or something."

Ada was NOT planning on growing up to take Marti's place. At all.

Some of you might want some more practice at this.

Who is happy to provide advice and assistance as far as parking or driving in reverse goes.

Who might be willing to assist you, but it's Ronan, so.

Ronan hadn't slept last night so he was a little grumpy but otherwise, he was there. And, if you caught him at the right moment, he might even help you out.

So I apparently dreamed last night that I woke up and posted this, but did not actually post it. Sorry it's late!

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