Here it is: Lani crept down the staircase, timid. Her auntie told her to stay put, but Lani was not one to follow rules. Auntie said she would come for Lani someday. But that had been years ago. Lani opened the front door ever so slowly. The wind whipped through her silky red hair. Her silver-blue eyes teared up as she left her parents' home. She traveled along the river, waiting for daylight. Lani had to reach Auntie's house before morning, when her parents would wake and find her gone. They would call the police. Lani knew exactly what the officer would say: "As of five am this mornin, she's eighteen. A full adult. Sorry." Finally, she saw her Aunties tiny house in the woods. "Auntie! I've missed you!" Lani cried. After some explaining, auntie set Lani up with some tea. ----------------------------------------- Okay it's not done but what do you think?