The Hitting Zone-Chapter 1203: V4 ch51 Learner’s Permit (1)

After dinner, we had a driver's ed course in person with Alisha, and I didn't feel like she and Noah acted any differently than normal. I glanced at her neck, but didn't see the necklace like I thought I would. Maybe she put it away. I didn't think she normally wore jewelry anyways.

"What? Is there something on my face?" Alisha asked, putting a hand to her cheek.

I shook my head.

"Are you sure? Is it a pimple?" She pulled out her phone and turned her front camera on so she could see her reflection.

"You don't have any acne at all." Noah assured her. "Everyone is jealous of your face."

"As they should be." She said with a smile and patted her cheeks. "I do my skincare routine daily, plus the occasional mud mask." She looked at us. "Do you guys do any skin care?"

"Besides soap and water?" Noah laughed. "No."

"The injustice." She smacked the table and that got the driving instructor's attention.

"Are you listening, Alisha?" The man at the front of the room asked.

Alisha nodded. "Yes. Sorry. Just a random…outburst. On a thought…I had?"

He gave her a knowing look. "I know these lessons can be tedious as teens think they know it all, but please pay attention. Some rules of the road aren't as well known as some would like to think." He continued on with the lesson.

"Sorry." I whispered to Alisha.

She shrugged it off with a smile and went back to looking at our little handouts on road signs.

Towards the end of the class, the instructor reminded us to complete the online portion of the lessons. Once we were done, we would get our certificates and be allowed to go to the DMV to get our permits. Then we would have to arrange a time with the instructor to get our mandatory six training hours in a real car done.

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"I feel like I'm ready now." Noah said to me and Alisha as we waited for Mom to pick us up. "I'm going to stay up late and get it done tonight. Then maybe Dave can take us to the dmv tomorrow."

"You'll need a parent to sign the application." Alisha reminded.

"Yea, I'll have help to fill it out at home." Noah rushed. "Then take it. Have a real license by the new year."

"I'll hurry too so we can do it together." Alisha agreed.

They both looked at me.

I sighed.

"Don't you want to do the training together?" Noah asked me. "Or do you want to be alone with a stranger in a car as they tell you what to do?"

"I'll get it done too." I confirmed, a little reluctantly.

"I wish Kaylee could have been doing this with us." Alisha sighed. "It feels like we're leaving her out, ya know." This wasn't the first time she expressed her sorrow for Kaylee.

"She can celebrate with us when we all pass the permit test." Noah said.

"That sounds like we're rubbing it in her face." I pointed out.

"No matter what, she's going to be sad and frustrated." Noah countered. "I say we just use it as a reason to hang out at Alisha's tomorrow night. It's not like we have school so we could do a pool and pizza party."

"My parents won't mind at all." Alisha volunteered. "And I'll convince Kaylee to stay the night with me too. She could use a break from her house. I think it's starting to feel crammed with all the packing they're doing."

"Do they have a leave date yet?" Noah asked.

"Not exactly. But I think they already have an interested buyer." Alisha said.

"They haven't even put their home on the market yet." Noah was astounded.

Mom's car pulled up and we loaded in. I sat up front with her, as Noah and Alisha sat in the back. Noah told Mom about the potential buyer for Kaylee and Marie's parents house.

"I believe it." Mom said, driving towards Alisha's so we could drop her off. "Their house is in a very much desired neighborhood."

"Why didn't they ask you and Dad to help sell it?" Noah asked.

"Probably to save on commission fees." Mom gave the tiniest of shrugs. "Maybe they know this buyer and have an arrangement already. Especially if it's from their church."

We talked about the future of their house sale and when they'll leave for California. They had three cars in their family, but not everything from their house would fit in them.

When we dropped Alisha off, she waved and promised to do the rest of the driving lessons online tonight. "Don't forget to take me to the DMV too!" She hurried up her walkway and we watched her enter her house before Mom decided we could drive away.

"DMV?" Mom asked with a small frown. "Are you guys trying to take your permit test tomorrow?"

"Yea, then we can set up the driving training hours with the instructor together." Noah said.

Mom glanced at me beside her. "And you boys think you're ready?"

"Mom, the test is the easy part." Noah leaned forward. "It's when you have to start physically teaching us that you should worry."

"I always worry. Especially about you. Now sit back." Mom ordered.

We stayed up late that night, skimming through the lessons and answering the multiple choice questions with a little help from Dave. He didn't think it was cheating at all, reminding me that I would have to drive with an adult for six months before trying for my license. Most of it was common sense anyways.

Wednesday morning, I thought I would be waking up to Noah rushing me, but it was a call from Kyle.

"Hello?" I mumbled.

"You're still sleeping? Where's everyone else?" Kyle spoke quickly.

I looked around the empty room. "Running maybe?"

"Without you?" He questioned.

I flopped back and pulled my covers over, contemplating whether to sleep some more. "Hmmm?"

"Did you stay up late last night?" He asked.

"Uh-huh." I mumbled in agreement.

He got quiet. I almost dozed off before I heard him say. "I've got the start tomorrow."

My eyes snapped open. "Awesome!" My voice cracked and I cleared my throat. I sat up. "You'll do even better than last time. Eat well. Rest up. What time does the game start?"

"7pm." He told me. "I should start getting more steady starts now. Every five games. Maybe once a week. Hold on." He started talking to someone near him before coming back on the phone. "Hey, I've got to get going. Just let everyone know for me. Dave. Noah. Mom. Dad. Grampa."

"I will." I promised.

He said goodbye and hung up. I checked the time 8:30am. My eyelid twitched. This dude was acting like I was really sleeping in. I sighed to myself and got up to get going. Surely Noah would want to go right after he showered after his run.

After getting ready, I found Grampa in the living room, watching the morning news. He looked at me in surprise. "I thought you would sleep until the other two got back."

"Kyle called." I plopped down on the couch. "He's going to get the start tomorrow."

"Hey!" Grampa pointed at me. "Don't be sitting down. Go eat a proper breakfast. Your father went to the grocery store last night and purposely bought you kids more fruit. You've been slacking for over a week now."

I gave a small smile and got back up on my feet.