Melinda sent Genie a small, sympathetic smile. “I’ve been doing it my whole life, and I still find it uncomfortable.” But, it was what she knew best, what she had always known, unlike the car they were headed towards now.
Indeed, as they came up to the car, Melinda hadn’t a clue whether it was a regular or special car, if it was every boy’s dream or something you would only buy because you couldn’t afford anything else. What she did know, though, was that she liked the colour; that clear blue gave it a sense of freedom. She ran her fingers along the cool metal, and missed Dominic’s gentlemanly gesture until she saw Genie take him up on the offer and slide into the backseat.
Shrugging out of her coat, she tried to think of what magic she might be carrying today, and couldn’t recall whether she’d applied Heating Charms to her coat or not and if whatever Charms had been applied to her bra over the past couple of months were still effective. Just to be sure, she cast a discreet “Finite Incantatem,” to make sure that she wasn’t bringing any magic along with her into the car.
Once inside, she looked around, finding a number of buttons and things and what looked like vents that she didn’t know the use of. At this point she was fairly certain that the look on her face was similar to that of someone put in front of the espresso maker in her shop for the first time. “Nice car?” she tried, looking over at Dominic with a small smirk, not really knowing what she was talking about. “I love the colour. Have you had it long?”