xp_logs | Log: Tandy & Adrienne: Backdate to July 2nd

Tandy gets her drivers licenses and Adrienne gives her advice before the driving test. Afterwards they have one of their little moments of talking about summer jobs, powers and nuns.

"Just remember to be polite," Adrienne said to Tandy as Tandy drove them in a mansion car to the DMV, where she would seen be taking her road test. "Be sweet. Smile. Don't turn the radio on. No, wait- do turn the radio on, because it'll show the evaluator you can rive in real-world conditions. Don't swear. Don't speed. Stay calm. And if you do something wrong, cry. Cry lots. Evaluators can't resist girls crying. They won't fail you if you cry."

"I am not sure who is more nervous. Me or you." Keeping her eyes on the road, her one last practice drive before her big test. "Well it depends on the evaluator right? If I cry and its a girl then it won't matter. But if it is a dude then it might work. Breathe Tandy, Breathe. I got knots in my stomach."

"So do I. And of course I'm nervous," Adrienne muttered. "You're, like, my ward now. Your failure would be my failure. I passed on my first try. So you need to uphold the legacy," she pointed out. "Never mind that I only passed because I pre-cogged the test and saw just exactly how it was going to go and managed to deviate from the failure I saw by tweaking my approach to a couple things- mainly parallel parking," she shrugged, smirking at Tandy. "Hmm. If it's a girl maybe try to bribe her by saying we'll buy her some shoes or something," she joked.

"Cheater!" Tandy said as she pulled into the DMV parking lot. "And what if I don't uphold the legacy?"

"Then you're going to have to eat gruel for the rest of your life," Adrienne stated matter-of-factly. "Or until you get your licence. Whichever comes first. And no more movies." She slid out of the car, holding the door to the DMV open for Tandy. As Tandy passed her she slid her sunglasses down her nose and caught the girl's elbow, meeting her eyes. "Seriously? Just do your best. You know this stuff backwards and forwards. You could do it blindfolded. Except... don't do it blindfolded," she added with a smirk. "You're going to rock this. I know you are."

"That is harsh, you know that." Tandy shook her head as she walked inside. "Don't worry Adrienne. I'll make you proud."

***
She'd participated in the most prestigious fashion shows all over the world, having photos taken of herself that had appeared in newspapers and magazines in dozens of countries. She'd made multi-billion-dollar acquisitions and sales. She'd fought in battles in India and Pakistan and Genosha, survived the mechanizations of psychopaths, survived kidnappings, survived the Hellfire Club. So why the hell was she so damned nervous about a driving test?! It wasn't even her own damned test! And here she was, pacing in the waiting area, hands clenched at her sides, throat dry, having trouble focusing her vision on what was in front of her. Why was Tandy taking so long? What the hell was going on out there? This waiting was agony. Adrienne was no good at waiting. She was a doer. She was supposed to be in the middle of the action, not sitting in the damn waiting room where what was going on was completely out of her control!

"Hey Adrienne..." Tandy walked in with a piece of paper looking kind of down. "I have something to tell you. About your legacy about first timers. I think I will uphold it!" The teenager smiled at the end and held out the paper. "I passed!"

Adrienne let out a squeal and ran over to hug Tandy. "Congratulations! That's fantastic! Did you have to bribe anyone?" she asked, just continuing to grin when the evaluator, who had overheard, turned to stare at her.

"Me? Bribe?" Giving a mock shock look and looked over at the evaluator, "No. My charming personality and my amazing skills. I can totally drive now."

"Yeah you can!" Adrienne replied, trying to keep herself from squealing it. "So where do you want to drive us to celebrate?"

"Sushi!" Tandy pointed to the sky and smirked. "But I think I still need to take a class for the motorcycling part, but a car..I totally can handle that."

"Sushi it is," the brunette chuckled. "And yeah, there's another class, another written test, and another road test for the motorcycle license," she nodded. "But I think it's better to have gotten the car license first, because if you would've gotten the motorcycle license first it wouldn't have been renewable anyway. Besides, a car you can drive all year round," she reminded Tandy. "Summer's already half over. Not too long before the motorcycles will have to go away for another winter." She wrinkled her nose at the thought. Despite being from Massachusetts, Adrienne wasn't really a fan of the cold.

"Don't say that. I like my summers. And this one is going by way to fast for my liking. But we still have Fall and the Winter." Tandy moved up in line and gave the woman her paper to get her picture taken. "Smile or don't smile?"

"I think the picture is supposed to look like how you'd look when you're being pulled over. So maybe you're supposed to look grouchy and like you really just don't have time for this," Adrienne suggested helpfully, while the attendant at the photo booth glared at her.

Tandy smirked at Adrienne before she gave a slight smile for her own picture. The blonde walked up as her picture was printed and stabled to another paper. Her real licences would be mailed to her soon. When Tandy came back to Adrienne, "I am free!"

Adrienne narrowed her eyes at Tandy. "Do you mean free as in, free from the DMV and we can leave now? Or free as in, free from the shackles of your current life because you can drive whenever you want so you can run away and join the circus or something?"

"Both?" Tandy gave Adrienne the biggest grin she could muster. "And I think the last time I ran away I didn't have a car. Bus for the win!" She bumped her arm into her guardian. "But don't worry. No need to run away now."

"Glad to hear it," Adrienne answered with a grin of her own, bumping her in return. Tandy had no idea what that comment had meant to her, and she kept it at the forefront of her thoughts as she followed Tandy back to the car, replaying it back in her mind. She even swiped a hand over the sleeve of her shirt and Read it so that she could keep the memory of the comment with her in perfect clarity forever. And dredge it up whenever Tandy did something that made her want to kill the teenager. "So how're things going with the movie?" she asked, knowing if she didn't say something and move on from the moment soon, she might risk crying, and that would just never do.

Tandy got into the driver seat, "Official driver." Touching the steering wheel with a smirk. "The movie? Good. Better now that I would be able to drive. I am the coffee girl, food girl, script girl, make sure everyone is happy girl. It has it's moments."

Adrienne winced and made a face. "You're making me wish I'd been nicer to my 'make sure everyone is happy girl' when I had one of those all that time ago. Although I didn't have scripts," she added thoughtfully. "I had clothing. Do people ever make you fetch clothing?" She frowned again. "Wait, that sounds wrong when I say it out loud. Don't fetch people clothing. Don't get into a position where people are unclothed around you. Please."

Tandy laughed, "Nah, no clothing. That is the costume boy. The stories he tells are pretty hilarious." The blonde turned on the car and put it in reverse to back out of the parking spot. "And remember I modeled once....I have seen naked girls before."

"I suppose that was a poor choice of words," Adrienne acknowledged. "I was thinking more that they'd be naked and you'd be fetching them clothes because they'd just had sex with you. Don't do that," she smirked, even though she was fairly certain that wasn't something she had to worry about when it came to Tandy (at least for now) since Tandy seemed pretty skittish around the idea of having sex.

"Oh...OH!" Tandy shook her head and laughed nervously. "Uh no. I still have a memory that is burned into my brain about you saying I had a threesome with my best friend and boyfriend. It makes me wonder what in the world have you seen with your powers."

The brunette wrinkled her nose at the comment. "A lot of it you wouldn't wanna know. Imagine knowing the entire history of every couch or bed you've sat on throughout your international business career," she smirked. "Let's just say I'm pretty happy I don't have to remember every single detail of every Reading anymore, and that there was definitely a reason why the inability to forget a Reading made me go completely fucking insane."

Tandy stopped at the red light and looked over at Adrienne, "Every bed and couch? No thank you. Ignorance is a bliss. Plus I probably would want a new couch each time. Well I am glad you aren't completely fucking insane. You're a cool adult."

"Well, a new couch isn't always an option when you're going from hotel to hotel," Adrienne reminded her. She snorted at Tandy's last comment, although she was certainly pleased by it. "Damn straight I am. Wait... are you trying to butter me up for something?"

"Oh even worse. But your powers did save my ass...butt. Don't tell my Uncle I am swearing." Tandy bit her lower lip and grinned as the light turned green. "What? You accuse me of buttering you up? I would never. But...there is a sushi place coming up."

Rolling her eyes but smiling in amusement, Adrienne made a gesture for Tandy to drive on towards the sushi place. "I wouldn't be training you as a proper Frost ward if you didn't butter people up to get what you wanted," she smirked. "And hell, I won't tell your Uncle you're swearing if you don't tell him I am. Wouldn't want him thinking I'm a bad influence, right?"

Tandy turned down the street towards the restaurant. "How am I doing with the training? Good? And I won't tell. If he had his way I would be a nun in training."

"Your training's coming along quite well," Adrienne answered, steepling her fingers and cackling like a supervillain. "I'm very pleased. Mua ha ha. Hmm, a nun, huh?" she mused, sounding thoughtful. "Now there's an interesting idea." She trailed off ominously.

Tandy parked the car and looked over at Adrienne. "No. Whatever you are thinking it is a bad idea. Bad I say."