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"Ready for a test drive? She's all done now and ready to drive." Eren asked and shut the hood down of the car.

You tensed up immediately and began going over everything you could remember from when you studied for your driver's test in high school. You ended up never going to it because you were too scared to and didn't think you'd pass anyway, so you never had your license.

All you had was an expired permit.

"Mhm." You hummed and forced a smile with a nod of your head, he tossed you the keys and walked around to the passenger side.

It was definitely not your smartest idea to get into the car driver seat instead of just telling Eren right then and there that you didn't have your license or have a good idea on how to drive. You put your seatbelt on and started the car, when you remembered how to get the car out of park and into drive, you did so.

You stepped on the gas and inched the car forward extremely slow, Eren glanced at you a few times because of how slow you were driving so when you got out of the driveway you stepped on the gas harder, a little too hard.

The car jerked forward and you were going fast down the street, you were already panicking but Eren looked content at the speed you were going at. The street was long and straight but after a minute of going too fast, you couldn't take it anymore, you were too terrified.

"I don't know how to drive! I don't even have my license and my permit is expired!!" You blurted out loudly all at once with both your hands on the steering wheel.

"Then why do you have a car??" Eren whipped his head around you, your panic had begun to reach an all-time high and you didn't even know what you were doing anymore.

"The previous owner of the house just left it! I didn't buy it!"

"Pull over." Eren demanded and when you didn't do it out of shock, he reached over and turned the steering wheel himself to the side of the road and put the car in park before you took your foot off the gas.

He unbuckled his seatbelt quickly and got out of the car to walk over to your side. He opened the door and you just sat there staring at the steering wheel, taking in the fact that it was foolish of you to not just tell him from the start that you didn't know how to drive.

When you didn't move, he leaned into the car and unbuckled your seatbelt for you then gave you his hand to help you out at the car. You were also just now realizing how embarrassing this was for you as you walked to the passenger side of the car while Eren was in the driver and pulled off forward when you sat down.

"Why didn't you just tell me you don't know how to drive?" He asked calmly, you were honestly expecting him to be mad at you but he was rather calm for someone who was almost just a victim of a car crash.

"I didn't want you to be mad that you spent all this time on a car I can't drive." You confessed to him and he just laughed at you.

"It's not a big deal and I'm not mad." He shrugged as he drove back down the street to your house.

When you got back home, he parked the car in the driveway and tossed you the keys when he got out but you tossed them right back at him.

"Keep them...you can have the car. I'm sorry for almost killing you." You apologized and tried to hide the embarrassment in your voice but you didn't do it very well.

"Shit, are you serious?"

"Yes. Just take it," you insisted as he held the keys in his hand and you felt like you should be lying down right about now.