route_one
pleasedrivefaster
she
squirmed
and
tugged.
stuck
in
the
seatbelt
once
again
.
"
i'm
just
no
good
at
these
things
."
she
said
and
then
asked
, "
aren't
you
hot
in
that
coat
?"
the
coat
she'd brushed
up
against
,
held
his
arm
through
.
and
he
always
wore
it
.
even
when
the
heat
pumped
up
through
the
floor
of
the
art
room
.
"
no
."
he
said
simply
shrugging,
barely
shaking
his
head
.
and
her
eyelids
were
falling
,
creeping
slowly
shut
.
the
road
she
loathed
and
loved
past
by
the
window
.
what
had
taken
her
to
trainrides
and
black
and
white
photographs
and
honking
horns
and
delayed
construction
was
now
taking
her
home
.
she
leaned
on
his
shoulder
.
no
where
else
to
go
when
you're
in
the
middle
seat
.
and
as
they
fell
asleep
he
tunred
to
her
as
the
boy
who'd
almost
lost
his
post
at
shotgun
turned
up
the
"
sellout
rap
."
he
looked
at
her
and
glared
toward
the
seat
in
front
of
him
.
and
the
last
thing
she
remembered
was
the
exit
to
new
hampshire
.
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