Danny smiled as he watched Lindsay and Becky as they rode up to the 86th floor of the Empire State Building.
"Wow." Becky said when they stepped on the observation deck. Given the hour it was dark so the lights of the city could be seen.
"I second that."
Lindsay walked over to the edge to get a closer look.
"On a clear day you can see 80 miles." Danny told them. "That means you can see New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and even Massachusetts."
Lindsay looked at him.
"What? I remembered some of the stuff from my field trip." He shrugged.
"It's really beautiful." Becky said.
"That's the George Washington Bridge." Danny pointed out.
"If you think that's good you should see the Golden Gate Bridge at sunset." Becky told him.
"I've never been to the west coast." Danny admitted.
"You've never been to the west coast?" Becky repeated. "Have you ever been out of New York?"
"For a few work related conferences."
"You can take the boy out of the city…" Lindsay teased.
"What? The city is great; you have everything you need why leave?"
"Oh Linds, you need to show him Montana. You'd love big open spaces, being able to see for miles without having to go 80 odd storeys up." Becky told him. Danny looked at her. "Think of it as Central Park with fresh air."
"Matt would you tell these country girls that living in a city is great?" Danny requested.
"Don't look at me; I grew up in Broken Bow, Oklahoma." Matt replied.
"Is that as small as it sounds?" Danny asked.
"Pretty much."
"Why do I even bother?" Danny started to walk the other way, while Lindsay pointed out some of the buildings she recognised to Matt.
Becky followed him.
"Danny."
"Yeah?" He turned to look at her.
"Since Lindsay is busy I have a chance to say this, if you hurt my big sister you won't have do deal with my parents, or my brothers or the defensive line, you'll have to deal with me."
"Are all country girls this violent?" Danny asked.
"It's not violence, it's family and we have each others backs. Lindsay is probably having the same conversation with Matt."
"Trust me I'd never intentionally hurt or let anyone else hurt her."
"Good." Becky replied. "I like you; I'd hate to have to kill you."
"That's good to know." Danny said relaxing a bit.
"Everything okay over here?" Lindsay asked.
"We were just trying to figure out how big King Kong would be in relation to this place."
"It's best not to ask her." Danny told Becky. "This is a woman who stood at the base of the Statue of Liberty and said it looked bigger on TV."
"It does." Lindsay protested.
"That's to do with the aspect ratios of televisions." Matt supplied.
"Did you know that in addition to making the Empire State building the tallest in New York for a while the lighting rod was actually designed to tie passing airships to." Lindsay supplied.
"Someone might want to mention that to Macy's for when they invariably loose one of the balloons in their Thanksgiving Parade." Danny joked.
"We usually watch that on TV." Becky said.
"It's actually better than being there in person sometimes." Danny stated. "You see that really bright building over there." He pointed to a building that caught his eye.
"Yes." Becky said.
"That's the General Electric Building in Rockefeller Center."
"I suppose if you're the electric company you can afford the lighting bills." Becky commented.
They continued to walk around looking at the view.
"I recognise that one." Becky said. "The Chrysler building."
"So Montana do you like the view?" Danny whispered in her ear.
"It's gorgeous; remind me to come back with a camera." Lindsay told him.
"But it's no wheat field." He recalled their conversation a few weeks before.
"No but I'm beginning to see what you like about it."
They hung around looking at the New York skyline until the observation deck closed. Lindsay hugged her sister goodbye when they put her in a cab back to her hotel and made her promise to call her when she got back to Boston.
Lindsay and Danny headed back to Lindsay's place.
TBC