Across the Country

“So Gemma, do you remember when I said I was going to New York?” Jack asked. “ Yeah, I do.” I remembered. “ I was thinking since you told me you wanted to leave here and have an adventure,” He paused. Probably thinking if he wanted to tell me. Jack looked my in my brown eyes and said “ Will you come with me to New York”

I looked down to the ground and thought. This is what I need. A time to let go of all my responsibilities but I have a job and Aunt Lola will be alone. I thought. I looked up and said “Yes,”
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Gemma Woods is a girl with a dark past. Being kicked out of her house at age 15. Now at the age of 18, she lives with her Aunt Lola. One day when she was driving home from her internship, she found a hitchhiker named Jack. He asks her to take him to New York. But what will happen on the open road?