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[dillonrockstar]

She's definitely not going to take up too much space. Tim lays his arm across her thigh, hand close enough to the gear shift he can reach it if necessary, though there isn't much she can do to this truck that he and Billy haven't. "Alright, put your hand on the gear shift," he tells her. "Right now, it's in 4th gear. You see how it's pulled down a little closer to the seat? The gears go in an H. First is up here," he gestures with his hand, his forearm still on her leg. "Second here. Neutral is in the middle then third up there and fourth down here. When I tell you to, I want you to push up on the gear shift until you feel it slide into neutral. It'll have some wiggle in neutral. You can feel that here in fourth, it don't have any wiggle."

[bloomingprimrose]

She's a little nervous about all of this, but even the arm across her thigh isn't enough for her to want to shake him off. She likes him. This is okay.

She spares a nod as he gives his instructions. Placing her hand on the gear shift, she takes a deep breath and grips it tightly. "Okay. Tell me when."

[dillonrockstar]

Tim isn't astute enough to really notice her nerves or to realize it might be about his closeness rather than driving.

He gives the truck a little gas then "Now," he tells her, easing the clutch in and watching her hands. He keeps his hand close so that he can reach up and help if she needs, but his truck is older than Tim himself. The gearshift is loose and she shouldn't have any problem sliding it into gear.

[bloomingprimrose]

Prim wasn't really expecting anything in particular. Well, no, maybe she was expecting the shift to be harder or more awkward. But she does exactly what he told her and the gear shifts easily into place. She's a little surprised and has to work not to go over where he wanted it, but once it's settled in, she glances at him.

"So what did that do?"

[dillonrockstar]

Tim keeps glancing between the road and Prim, unable to stop from grinning at her. "Switched it to a higher gear so that we can go faster without tearing the engine up. If you listen, you can hear it's working a lot less to make us go a faster speed."

[bloomingprimrose]

The idea of going faster is a bit frightening and her hands curl around the gear shift. She hasn't really had anything that could carry her fast aside from the air craft they took to get into the Capitol. But this feels different.

"Not too fast, please," she says, her voice a little tighter than normal.

Not too fast too soon and no crazy stunts. She's still getting used to the idea of things not hurting as much, but she never knows what might trigger a flashback or make her remember things. The last thing she nees is to have that happen while she's straddling the gear shift.