Day 5 - Scene 12 - Part 2

Enar clung to the seat as the cart rattled along the narrow road from the burrow. With a deep chill in his stomach he stared down at the wheel to his side. Any moment now it'd cross over the edge and they'd plunge to their deaths among the trees and rocks in the forest below. He swallowed and tried to relax and think of something else. Those rocks looked really hard.

“Hey, Enar!” Amanda grinned and elbowed him in the side. “Relax. I know what I'm doing.”

“I'm relaxed. I'm calm as a... as a...” He let go of the seat, leaned back and crossed his arms over his chest. He was that calm. “I say, the view's really nice, isn't it?”

Amanda raised an eyebrow at him and snorted. “I've done this hundreds of times, and Sofie even more. It's fine.”

Enar nodded and grabbed on to the seat once more. “It's just... you're really close to the edge.” He stared down at the wheel and clenched his teeth. The chill in his stomach even colder than before.

“Seriously, it's fine.” She sighed. “It just looks scary because the slope is so steep. If you're going to get a driver's license back in town, you'll have to drive along an even narrower course to pass the test.”

“Really?” He hadn't heard of that. “Isn't that dangerous? What if you fail?”

“Then you have to take the test again.” Amanda grinned at him. “It's just plastic cones on flat ground – nothing like this.

“Oh, okay... I see.” That's not the same. It just wasn't.

“If you want, you can try driving for a bit once we get out on the main road.” Amanda smiled at him. “It's easy.”

Something fluttered in Enar's stomach. “Are you sure?” Take the chance when it presents itself. “I've never done it before. I don't want to cause an accident.” What if he crashed the cart on the plain, wide, road?

“Don't worry. Sofie's not gonna let you do that. She knows the way.”

Enar nodded. “Then I'd like to try – if it's okay.”

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Continued in Day 5 - Scene 12 - Part 3.

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