Chapter 63: A little spider who is good at making friends
"You've got your probationary driver's license? Won't we be able to drive my dad's car to the beach soon? ”
In a small café next to the shopping street in Midtown, Gwen was slowly stirring the coffee in front of her with a spoon, and Peter, who was sitting across from her, said, "My uncle didn't have much time, he had a shadow in his lung in the hospital, but it's okay, it's just not too bad inflammation, you know, he smoked when he was younger......"
"Of course, their generation was like that, and so was my dad, and every time his coat smelled of cigarettes, my mom would fight with him."
"Even though I got my probationary driver's license, my uncle didn't have time, no one to accompany me, I couldn't go on the road alone, and I hadn't driven a car yet." Peter said with a shrug.
"Actually, I don't know how to drive yet, the probationary driver's license only needs a written test, and I can barely start the car now, as for how to drive ......," Peter shook his head.
"I don't know when I'll pass the road test, I don't even have much time to ride in the car, let alone drive."
Parker's family only has an old pickup truck that Uncle Ben uses to commute to work, and when Peter went to Stark as an intern, he relied on his own spider silk to swing between the tall buildings.
In the United States, Peter basically got a probationary driver's license at this age, and only needed a written test, but if you want to drive on the road alone, you must also pass the road test.
Gwen could hear the frustration in Peter's tone, and she changed the subject.
"I heard that Stark Group has given you a lot of money for an internship, and you plan to work for them in the future?"
"Yes, although I told my uncle and aunt that they would take care of my future college tuition, apparently they were intimidated by the high tuition fees of some good universities, and they wanted to save all their money in case anything could happen."
"I think it's okay to think so, sometimes I think they're worrying about the sky, but when some disaster actually comes, I realize that their worries are not unreasonable." Gwen said that her gentleness and empathy always made Peter feel a little unworthy of her.
"If your uncle can't accompany you to practice, doesn't he have any friends? Or do you have any other elders who are available? ”
Peter thought for a moment, and said, "You reminded me that I did have a few candidates......
The next day, in the living room of the psychiatric clinic, Peter said, "...... That's the case, I have to touch the car before I can pass the road test. ”
Schiller was stunned for a moment, thinking that this was not a big deal, and with Peter's genius, he must have learned everything by driving him around.
So he said, "No problem, I'm happy to help, I'll drive you around first, you watch from the side, and then you will come by yourself, it won't take an afternoon, and you'll learn everything." ”
Dozens of minutes later, Schiller was in the driver's seat, took out a brochure out of nowhere, and then while adjusting the steering wheel, he looked at the brochure and said, "Let me see, the part about steering and merging...... Oh, here it is! Wait, that's weird, isn't it? ”
Pikachu and Peter sat in the passenger seat and stared wide-eyed, and Pikachu said, "I guess he didn't even read the New York Driver's Manual before he got his driver's license." ”
"Isn't that already obvious?" Peter said.
"Then why don't you want to think about how he got his driver's license?"
Peter stiffly stared ahead and said, "As long as I don't think about it, I'll feel safe for the time being." ”
Within minutes, Peter and Schiller were standing next to the car, shivering from the cold wind of early winter in New York.
Schiller took the phone and said, "Hello? Insurance company? Right...... I've sent you the location information...... Oh, not serious, there was a scrape on the side of the vehicle......"
Then he covered the earpiece and said loudly to the owner of a white Audi next to him, "Shut up!!" It's all your fault! Haven't you read the New York Driver's Manual? I'm going straight, you can't ......"
Twenty minutes later, a sassy red supercar pulled up next to the accident scene, Stark in the car wearing sunglasses, he waved to Peter and said, "Let's go!" Your Uncle Tony takes you on a tour of the New York coastline! ”
As he spoke, he uttered another contemptuous nasal voice and said, "You should have come to me in the first place, and see what this doctor looks like, where does he look like a real race car driver?" I bet he's never driven a car 100 miles in his life......"
Peter looked back at Schiller, who was on the phone with the insurance company, still holding Pikachu and getting into Stark's sports car.
It didn't take long for Pikachu to cover his ears and shout at Peter in the wind, "Why is he!!! Drag racing!!!!! Don't turn off the canopy?!!!! ”
"How do I know !!!!!" Peter shouted the same.
"It's called!! Fast & Furious!!!! Do you understand?!!!!! Stark shouted.
Within a few minutes, the sports car was also parked on the side of the road, and Stark didn't know where to dig out a pamphlet, and said as he looked at it, "Damn it...... How do you close the canopy? I've barely driven a car myself...... No, no, no, Jarvis, I don't need your help......"
"Let me see...... Oh, here it is! What?? Vehicle Intelligent Management System ???? How the fuck is smart again??? I'm going to drive manually! Is this teaching, understand? Isn't there a button or something? ”
Twenty minutes later, Steve picks up Peter's hair on the side of the road, and Pikachu pulls at his knotted hair and says, "I shouldn't have believed your nonsense!" I'm just a mouse, and I don't have to learn to drive, so why should I come out with you? ”
Peter comforted him and said, "It's okay, Captain America won't be as unreliable as they are!" ”
Indeed, Steve drove a mediocre black Cadillac, and after Peter got in, Steve was also very skillful in starting the car, at least he didn't take out a pamphlet from somewhere and read it while driving it, Peter was relieved.
But soon, he couldn't laugh anymore, Steve's speed increased higher and higher, he didn't slow down when cornering, and every time he drifted, the tires would leave scorched black marks on the ground, and Peter would be slammed into the door on the other side, and Pikachu in his arms almost flew out of the window.
Then, when passing the speed bump, Steve didn't have the slightest intention of slowing down, and under the frightened eyes of Peter and Pikachu, the car rushed straight over, and after the front wheel of the car touched the speed bump, it bumped violently, and the entire front of the car was directly warped.
Steve still didn't care, the whole car almost flew over the speed bump in the air, Peter was directly upside down from the seat, hit his head on the roof of the car, and when he fell, his waist was hit by the seat again, he screamed: "Oh!! My waist!! ”
This will have Pikachu already photographed on the windshield.
Steve was still driving on his own, he saw Peter's miserable appearance, and said with a smile: "The suspension system of this vehicle is very advanced, when I was driving on the battlefield, less than 20 kilometers, my legs and arms would be knocked out of a few bruises......"
"Learning to drive always has to have this process, speed bumps on the highway are much better than spike traps and anti-rushing barricades on the battlefield, right?"
Twenty minutes later, Coulson drove the S.H.I.E.L.D. car and picked up Steve and Peter, and Steve complained: "I took back the car I just praised, and its quality is too poor, why did it turn off?" ”
"Captain, even if you're Captain America, you can't drive without a license and speed on the main roads ......of New York," Coulson said.
"Hell, driving without a license, how could I not have a driver's license?!"
"Driver's licenses before 1940 don't count."
Steve pursed his lips and said, "Okay, but at least I wasn't speeding." ”
"Pre-1940 traffic laws don't count."
Pikachu sat in Peter's arms and said, "...... You're so good at making friends. ”
Peter was equally unsettling and said, "I thought there would always be one who could be trusted." ”
"That's just what you think."
Coulson turned his head and asked, "So you want to get a driver's license?" Why didn't you call and ask us? S.H.I.E.L.D. can directly issue you a full driver's license by bypassing the Department of Motor Vehicles, and we still have that power. ”
Peter said, "If you had told me this before today, I would have been glad to have you print me an official driver's license at once." ”
"But now that I've learned a lesson, I'd better practice slowly on my own, and before I drive on the road, I will definitely memorize all the driver's manual and vehicle instructions, and then update my driver's license information on time every year."
Coulson seemed rather surprised, and he looked at Peter appreciatively and said, "There are not many young people like you who are upright and do not seek privileges. ”
Peter said tiredly, "That's probably because I'm so good at making friends." ”