Chapter 10 - Page 135 - Rhasha Drives

    Jim laughed and placed a loving kiss on Rhasha’s lips. “Sweetheart,” he said, “I might have to grab the steering wheel a few times, but I would never yell at you.”

    “I knew you wouldn’t,” Rhasha said. “I was just teasing.”

    Jim grabbed her and began tickling her ribs. As Rhasha squirmed and laughed, he put his left arm around her neck and kissed her. “I was just kidding, too. I’m going to yell at you all the way to the falls.”

    Rhasha gently slapped him. “You’d better not!”

    “OK, beautiful,” Jim said, “what do you do first?”

    Rhasha looked helplessly at the dashboard, then at Jim. “I don’t know. You’re the one teaching me, remember?”

    “Oh, this is going to be fun,” Jim drawled. “Put your seat belt on,” he yelled.

    Rhasha pouted, but he saw the twinkle in her eye. She smiled as she hooked her seat belt together. “Now what?”

    “Put it in gear and let’s go.”

    She stared at Jim and shrugged her shoulders. Jim pointed to the gearshift knob. “See these numbers one, two, three, four, five, and R on the gearshift?” he asked.

    “Oh,” Rhasha said, grinning. “So that’s the gears? I thought it was the brakes.”

    Jim just looked at her and shook his head. He was grinning also. “OK dear,” he said, “always start out in first gear, but push in on your clutch first. After you get it in first gear, let off the clutch slowly. When you feel a little pull on the jeep, then push on this pedal.” Jim pointed to the gas pedal.