<div style="text-align: justify;">Alannah unbuckled her safety belt and almost leapt out the car as soon as they stopped. Trees were nothing new - like Dimitri said, they were in Boston, too. But it was different seeing them growing so wildly. No little gravel rings or low fences around their bases. There were dead branches lying here and there, because there had been no one around to pick them up and remove them. The dust colored her sneakers. Mere inches away was grass that reached up to her knees. She took a deep breath through her nose. It smelled different here. A smell of summer that she wasn't used to.<br/><br/>She went to stand beside him and took his hand, automatically swinging it back and forth like she always did. <span style="color: #4080FF">"Ya right, I do like it here. Is this what it's like by ya folks'? With the addition of a house, maybe,"</span> she continued, stretching to get a better look at the clearing in the beginning twilight. She wanted to go there, just to see. There was probably nothing, but still. She shot him a sideways glance. <span style="color: #4080FF">"Dimitri - how d'ya feel about taking a rest? Ya been driving all day."</span> She reached up to brush his wayward hair away from his forehead and trailed her hand down his slightly stubbly cheek. <span style="color: #4080FF">"Don't want ya tiring yaself out unnecessarily. Ya should be rested when ya see ya parents again, dontcha agree?"</span></div>