[center][color=teal][h2]Jessamyn "Jess" Bailey[/h2][/color][/center]

[color=teal]"I mean, not right away!"[/color] Jess hastily added, as soon as she felt the twinge of anxiety from the other woman at the mention of driving lessons. [color=teal]"Maybe once we're, uh, more used to this. To living this way."[/color]

Her gaze drifted to her knees. Was she going to say anything that didn't sound stupid, or that wasn't going to piss Roxy off? Those jeers from school replayed through her mind. [i]Jess the mess.[/i] She couldn't let herself be a mess any more. Raising her head, she looked out through the windscreen at the road stretching in front of her and Roxy, leading back to society. This was a chance to make a new start, and she had to take it - in a way that the anchor would be alright with.