That sidelong look gets a flicker of a grimace. She knows she's not a great driver. She's not going to make apologies for it, but she knows.

"I'm not asking because I think you're being a brat about it," Tess replies, though that could very well be possible, in her mind. Don't get her defensive, she warns herself. "I'm glad you don't. I'm asking because if you bring it up to him when you know not to and normally respect that, he'll take you seriously."