Jill glared at him, the ass. God forbid, he let her drive his precious piece of crap.
“I’ll do it,” Jax said, surprising everyone. Draining the rest of his coffee, he stood, looking at Jill. “Let’s go.”
“Dun Dun Duuuuunnnnn,” Steve mumbled before taking a bite of food.
Jill snatched a sausage link off Adam’s plate, hitting Steve between the eyes with it before standing up and taking her cup to the sink.
“Hey!” Steve frowned, before looking at the sausage and taking a bite.
Jill rolled her eyes when she turned around to see Steve eating the sausage she threw at him. Passing Sloan and Slade, she nodded, but kept her eyes off Slade, because suddenly, all the torture techniques popped into her head again. Yeah, she needed to get out of there.
Heading outside, she saw Jax walking toward a cherry red Mustang GT. Holy shit, if she wrecked that car, she would be a dead woman. She wondered briefly if stress could actually kill a half-breed. “Hey, if that’s a stick, I can’t drive it.”
Jax laughed without turning around. “There is no way in hell I would let you drive this car.” He popped the trunk, getting something out. “We’re taking one of the other cars.”
Okay, that settled her stomach a little bit. Still, it rolled and pitched thinking about getting behind the wheel while the person who hated her and wanted her to quit the program sat next to her. This was going to be a total fail.
They went to one of the old cars, a Nissan, the Warriors used for different occasions. He threw the keys to her. Jill got in, put her seatbelt on, started the car and sat there staring out the window.
Finally, Jax glanced over at her. “Please tell me you know how to put the car in gear.”
Jill nodded. “I just don’t want you to start yelling because that’s just going to make me more nervous.”
“Don’t give me a reason to yell and I won’t yell.” Jax’s response was pretty much to the point, but didn’t help. Jill gave him a sideways glance. “Okay, I will only yell if you are about to plow someone down. Better?”
Again, Jill nodded as she put the car in reverse. Pulling out fast, and then slamming on the brakes, Jill watched out of the corner of her eye as Jax’s upper body flew forward and then slammed back against the seat. She waited…ready.
Slowly, he turned to look at her. “And the reason for that was?” He cocked his eyebrow at her.
“Just wanted to make sure you weren’t going to yell before I actually got out on the road,” Jill shrugged.
Jax nodded slowly, still eyeing her. “Well since we have that cleared up, are you ready to stop fucking around and get this over with?”
“Yep.” This time, Jill pulled out carefully and headed for the exit of the compound driveway. Flicking on her blinker, she looked for traffic and pulled out, smiling at herself for getting that far without killing them. As they travelled down the road, Jill kept a death grip on the wheel, her eyes going all over the place looking for obstacles she could murder with the car.
Leaning over, Jax looked at the dashboard and sighed, “How about pushing on the accelerator a little harder, Jill. It shouldn’t take us a half an hour to go a block and a half.”
Frowning, Jill did as he said. She should have said no yelling and no being a smartass. “Where to?”
“You know how to get to the bar?” Jax looked at his watch.
“Yeah.” Jill continued to drive and everything seemed to be going smoothly until someone pulled out in front of her. Jill slammed on her brakes barely missing the car. “Are you serious! Watch where you’re going, asshole!! Are you freaking blind?” Jill screamed, blaring her horn. “Come on. Can we go faster than two miles an hour?”
Jill flipped on the blinker, getting in the other lane to pass. As she passed, she and Jax looked into the car. A little old man, who was absolutely adorable and could barely see over the steering wheel, glanced at them, giving them a grandfatherly smile.
Jax slowly looked at Jill with a frown. “I suggest, if that happens during your test, do what you did, minus the blaring of the horn and screaming threats at old people in a fit of road rage.”
Jill shifted on the seat, frowning, but nodded. “Understood.”
“Make sure you use your signals all the time.” Jax sat back, relaxed, as if enjoying the ride. “You missed a few. I’m not sure how many points that will be. Have you ever parallel parked?”
Stopping at a red light, Jill glanced over at Jax. “No.”
“Never?” Jax frowned and cursed. “Okay, no big deal, but we need to practice that. You’re okay driving when you’re paying attention. Find a street that cars park on.”
Driving up and down streets, she finally found one. Seeing a parking spot between two cars Jill slowed down. “Is that a good one?”