Fun in the Car (non-sexual)

We walked over to a fairly beaten up red Ford pickup and I started thinking that maybe they were trying too hard to make me feel at home! Without really concentrating on it, I started to see through the thin layer of paint and metal to see if there were any other students in the car or what might be hiding in there. I don't know if it's what my pa said about New York or just basic jitters, but after that last encounter with those hoodlums I was gonna stay on the defensive until I got to talk with the Professor.

As we got into the truck, Henry sighed a bit and interrupted my thoughts with, "It'll be nice having another mid-westerner around. I hail from the Land of Lincoln and can remember a few times it would have been nice to converse with a gentleman from a similar agrarian background."
I scratched my head a bit. I was no dummy, I'd had a full compliment of education up until I left home; but there was nobody back on the farm that talked anything like this large talkative Henry McCoy.
"Ah, please forgive me, Tom." Henry said. "I had failed to account for your trip to us and have made no attempts to discover if you are exhausted, confused, or in any manner **** to begin your new life. Would you like to stop somewhere and collect yourself before we hit the mansion? It may be a busy day once we arrive at your new home."

I sighed with noted relief. Ever since stepping onto the bus back home, my mind was going a mile a minute and I could feel a pounding headache building behind my eyes. I rubbed my temples a bit and slowly formed the words, "Thank you. Yeah, it's... it's quite a lot to take in at the moment. Leaving home, mutant powers... everything seems so busy right now. I'd hate to put you out, but I'd sure appreciate a detour before we get to the school. Something to just settle my head for a minute."

My new fried smiled wide and pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose. "Excellent! I know the perfect place to do just such an activity." Upon finishing his statement, he turned the car down the next street and started driving east for a while. I sighed, happy to have the moment to collect my thoughts, and closed my eyes. Either it wasn't a far drive or I fell asleep because the next thing I remember is Henry announcing, "We're here! The best place to get your head on straight."