You're the Driver Now!

You are the driver now!

You are excited. Got up early, washed the car and packed everything ready to go. You are off to pick up your friends and head for Victor. It’s your first big drive since you got your P’s. It is a beautiful morning and you are the driver now!

The drive there goes really well, you only went the wrong way once and that was sorted easily. It was fun. Lunch on the beach is excellent and everyone has a great time.

While it wasn’t the plan, everyone decides to stay for dinner at that pizza place on the corner. It’s fine with you because you’re the driver now. You don’t have to stick to the plan like you used to before you got your P’s. Life is good!

Out from the pizza place and it’s raining. When did that happen? Wind is coming up too and it’s really dark. Guess that wasn’t really part of the plan either. Oh well, it’s time to head home and you are the driver now!

The drive back is not quite as much fun as the drive down, no one is talking much and you are driving a bit slower, just to be safe. Can’t go too slowly though, "what would your friends think".

You’ve driven lots at night; you’ve even driven on a wet country road at night but you could only do 80 then and Dad was with you. The rain is really crashing down now and the wind is pushing the car around like you’ve never felt before. You are scared but what can you do? You are the driver now!

You know every one else is scared too because you have slowed down heaps and no-one has said a word, in fact they are starting to chat and make jokes again. A huge semi-trailer hammers past going the other way, the car is blown all over the place, you can’t see a thing and someone in the back screams. What can you do? You are the driver now!

All you can do is hope you learnt enough while you where on your L’s. You think back and you are comforted a little. At least it’s you driving tonight and you know enough to slow down for this stuff. You’d even driven your family to Victor on your L’s and it rained then too. It was really worth doing that extra stuff back then.

You stop for coffee and a well-earned break. Everyone is excited and talking about when the semi went screaming past. You did ok! You are the driver now!

You’ve dropped off your friends and are heading home. You even rang to let people know you are ok and nearly there. Couldn’t do that before, "what would your friends have thought". You suddenly realise how tired you are. Up at 6 o’clock to wash the car. Who does that? Then the huge day out and now it’s late at night. Wow!

You get home and turn everything off. The silence is amazing! You sit there just soaking it in for a few moments. What a day!

...You ARE the driver now!