Blake and Dani had been on the road for 3 hours. He'd promised to drive all the way to Atlanta when he was drunk the night before. Bravado, fueled by a few beers, had been the voice that promised to go that long without a break. It wasn't even the stress or mental strain. It was just so boring and mindless. He needed a distraction.
Dani stared out the window, her boredom eased by the ability to look places other than the road ahead.
"Wanna switch soon?" asked Blake at 11:30. Only another hour to go.
"I though you were going the distance," Dani said flatly.
"Well, yeah, i can do some more." He was owning up to his promise from the night before. Plus, he didn't want to seem like a baby. Dani was a friend that he'd met at a college party, and they went pretty far back...but she still wasn't quite a friend that he wanted to look like a huge pussy in front of.
"Good, 'cause I really don't wanna drive until the way back." Dani flipped down the passenger visor and took her over-sized sunglasses off. She fixed her blonde ponytail and tucked a few stray strands behind her ears, then picked at some flakes of her suntan that had burned a little. Blake tried to stare ahead, but he did sneak a quick peak down at her legs, which were only covered by some short jean shorts.
After a while, Dani broke the silence again. "Wanna make a bet?" Dani asked, more excited than Blake felt. He wasn't really in the mood for playing games, but he did need the distraction from the road. How do truckers do this for a living, he wondered. Amphetamines. That's how.
"What kind of bet?"
"I'll bet I can find a way to get you to drive all the way to Atlanta," Dani said with a slight hint of a dare.
"I'd like to see what you have in mind," Blake laughed, confident he was so sick of driving that no price would match his desire to make her take the wheel.
"Well I could promise to drive the whole way back?" said Dani, who got a dismissive snort from Blake, as if to say, "you're definitely doing that."
"I could give you a handjob?" countered Dani.
"While I'm driving?" Blake said, mildly surprised. "You wanna make me crash the car?"
Dani didn't hear him. "Have you ever gotten a handjob on the road? I don't mind. I think it might be kind of fun. But you have to keep driving or I'd have to stop," she said, sounding like she was arguing why he should accept. "Isn't that what friends do for each other, give them handjobs and blowjobs, things like that?" Dani seemed to enjoy the prospect.
"Well what if I blow my load right away and then we have to switch?" Blake countered.