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Posted by kai on Mar 17, 2010 14:21:16 GMT -6
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“Really, man? You FAILED?!”
“There was a plant in a crack in the road, what was I supposed to do!? I swerved to miss it and the testor thought that that showed irrational judgment and sudden, unstable reactions in the hands and arms. Totally not my fault!”
They had taken their driver’s tests that morning (no one needed to know that they’d actually been driving for years… how else were those flowers going to get delivered?) And they’d finally gotten around to making an appointment with the DMV to take their tests, even though their birthdays were almost two months previous.
“-And if you think about…” Cam was still yelling his excuses as if volume correlated with validity “Being able to swerve suddenly, AND accurately is vitally useful in this city. You never know when someone will suddenly cut you off or a taxi door will open! And the POT-Holes! Serious damage could be done if you hit one of those babies wrong! So really, I should have gotten extra points. I mean I barely even left my lane!”
If finally processed. Kai held up one finger, “Wait, wait, wait… This means…” A huge grin spread over his face.
Cam furrowed his brow, confused at being interrupted in the middle of a thrilling and logistically sound argument. “What? What’re you smiling about?”
“This means,” Kai repeated slowly, “that I BEAT you at something!” He exclaimed and the sudden realization of a long overdue experience. “Not just that, though… I’m a better driver than you. Certifiably. Which means that I am still winning, constantly, with every moment that you sit here without a valid driver’s license…”
“Hey wait one cotton-growin’ minute,” Cam protested, starting to sound defensive. “The guy giving me my test was CLEARLY a HUGE grouch and you got some laid-back, easy-to-please--”
“It doesn’t matter! You are clearly a DERANGED DRIVER! You would have failed even if Nana gave you the test!”
Apparently that was the final straw, for Cam suddenly launched himself at Kai. After a few moments of tuffling, and Rose’s repeated protestations (she was now safely potted after growing considerably, but still feared being crushed by their “antics”), they dusted themselves off and returned to their respective places on the couch.
“It sucks that you have to wait two whole weeks, man,” Kai reconciled.
“Yeah,” Cam shrugged.“Hey congrats, little brother, I’m proud of you.” He glanced down at Kai’s yellow-paper of honor that stood in place of his official driver’s license for the time being. “Especially since I don’t have to wait if I just steal THIS!” And he snatched the sacred paper off the table and made a run for it.
Dumbfounded for a second, Kai was slow to react and Cam made it safely past him. With a roar, Kai stumbled to his feet, leapt over the back of the couch, and tore down the hallway after him.
Boys, Rose sighed exasperated and returned to her business of growing a new bud.
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