Laura returned his smile, feeling a bit easier with him on account of it.  She liked his handshake too, firm but somehow gentle at the same time.<br/><br/>She nodded, moving to put the hood up for him, then backing up to give him some room to check things out.  "It's a good thing I was only planning to go to the beach, and that it wasn't anything important I had to do," she said, attempting to make casual conversation, unless he needed quiet to work.  "I think I got myself turned around somehow though, because I've spent more time driving down roads like this one than I have on the main road.  I like the scenery though, I don't see a lot of it where I'm from, so it's a nice change."  She bet that would surprise him, with her being from the city, as she knew he could probably tell she was.  It was true though, and she didn't mind admitting it.