and they drove through Pennsylvania…over hills and into mountains…green…surrounded by green trees and black top road…deer darting out…and squirrels playing games…

he turned to her and said…,ain’t this somethin’…ain’t this somethin’…all this nature…,she nodded her head and went back to her texting…,are you lookin’ at it…do you see it…,the old man asked…,all this beauty…,he grinned…,she said…,uhuh…,and kept on starin’ down at her cell phone…

it’s good to be out on the open road ain’t it…roll your window down…take in that fresh air…,he told her…she pushed the lever without saying a word…the window went down in slow motion…,soon we’ll be in New York City…,he said…the teenage girl smiled…,knew that would getcha excited…you’re not one for nature now are you…,she went back to texting…

what’s the first thing you wanna do in New York…,he said…,first thing I want is one of ’em big slices a pizza they got…does that sound good…,she looked out the window briefly then back at her phone…,you never been to New York have ya…they call it the Big Apple…don’t know why…but they do…also call it Gotham…you ever heard that…,she put her phone down…,yessir…,she said…I’ve heard of both of those…,she started looking through her back pack that she had between her legs…

you sure do talk a lot…,she said…,I don’t mind though…I don’t mind…,she found a brush and ran it through her long black hair…,I’m glad I gotta ride from you mister…nice of ya…how long till we’re there…,he told her another hour…

she went back to her phone…