Runaway love
Runaway love
Runaway love
Runaway love
Runaway love
Runaway love
Runaway love
Runaway love

Olivia sits on her bed reading a book silently. Reaching the 52nd page, she decides to put down the book, and reaches for her little bunny rabbit she had received from her friend Elliot sitting on her pillow. As she strokes the soft fur of the bunny, she can smell the marijuana coming from the living room. Her mother was high again, and she was certain a man was with her. This meant it was another night she'd have to put up with Michael- her mother's so called 'Boyfriend' who occasionally came into her room, and made her feel extremely uncomfortable. Too Uncomfortable. Usually a beating, and every now and then he'd touch the soft fabric of her shirt. Olivia would just squirm, and usually ball up near her window. Occasionally, she would try to tell her mother, but just like every time, her mother wouldn't believe her. So this time, she had decided to take her pink backpack, pack a couple of shirts, pants, a book, and of course, her bunny, and escaped out the front door as Michael and her Mother started getting drunk in the kitchen, feeling the wet and salty tears fall down her face. She couldn't take it anymore.

Now little Olivia is only 9 years old
Shes tryin to figure out why the world is so cold
Why shes all all alone and they never met her family
Mamas always gone and she never met her daddy
Part of her is missin and nobody will listenin
Mama is on drugs gettin high up in the kitchen
Bringin home men at different hours of the night
Startin with laughs--usually endin in a fight
Sneak into her room while her mamas knocked out
Tryin to have his way and little Olivia says 'ouch'
She tries to resist but then all he does is beat her
Tries to tell her mom but her mama don't believe her
Olivia is stuck up in the world on her own
Forced to think that hell is a place called home
Nothin else to do but some get some clothes and pack
She says shes bout to run away and never come back.

Runaway love

Runaway love

Runaway love

Runaway love

Runaway love

Runaway love

Runaway love

Runaway love

As Olivia runs down the street, Casey sits in her bedroom flipping through a school yearbook. She comes across the soft gaze of her late friend, Alex, and circles the photo of her. Writing R.I.P on the photo, she remembers the day perfectly; An Irish gang was coming down the street, and one of the members pulls out a gun. He fires a shot. Alex, who was walking down the street with Casey and her friends Trevor and Abbie, got shot straight in the chest. Needless to say she died quickly and painfully. Now, Casey heard a knock at her door. Lately, her step father, Nicholas Novak had been doing this a lot lately; Beating her. Casey usually got a bruise, and every time she was in the locker room after softball practice, her teacher would ask her where the bruise came from. She made up an excuse like usual. She had always tried to avoid her dad by hiding under her bed, but today, as she closed the yearbook and wiped her wet face, she had decided to lock the door, get a couple of belongings, and jump out the window into the nearest New York street.

Little Casey is only 10 years old
Shes steady tryin to figure why the world is so cold
Why shes not pretty and nobody seems to like her
Alcoholic step dad always wanna strike her
Yells and abuses, leaves her with some bruises
Teachers ask questions she makin up excuses
Bleeding on the inside, crying on the out
Its only one girl really knows what she about
Her name is lil' Alex and they become friends
Promise that they always be tight til the end
Until one day lil Alex gets shot
A drive by bullet went stray up on her block
Now Casey's stuck up in the world on her own
Forced to think that hell is a place called home
Nothin else to do but some get some clothes and pack
She says shes bout to run away and never come back.

Runaway love

Runaway love

Runaway love

Runaway love

Runaway love

Runaway love

Runaway love

Runaway love

Now Melinda was a different story. Her parents didn't abuse her much, but she does get harassed multiple times by a guy named Darin. Darin was sixteen, where as Melinda was eleven. He soon gets her addicted to popping pills, and before she knows it, she falls for Darin. As they were popping in his red low rider, they decide to have sex… without a condom. Melinda soon notices her stomach getting bigger. She was known for having puberty before most of the girls at school, yet she didn't realize or even think about being pregnant. Then as she was walking to the parking lot, she saw Darin with another girl, Danielle. There was no way. And now, it hit her: Darin didn't want the baby. He couldn't be a father. No way she could tell her mother about this. Her mother wasn't supportive, and she didn't support Melinda in Anything.. Not even her dream to become a Medical Examiner. Knowing her mother might kill her, and the baby, Melinda keeps her options open. She has no money, and can't pay for an abortion, plus, she doesn't have the heart to kill anybody or anything. Adoption doesn't even come to her mind, so she decides to do what she can. Run away.


Little Melinda is eleven years old
Shes steady tryin to figure why the world is so cold
So she pops x to get rid of all the pain
Cause shes havin sex with a boy whos sixteen
Emotions run deep and she thinks shes in love
So theres no protection hes usin no glove
Never thinkin bout the consequences of her actions
Livin for today and not tomorrows satisfaction
The days go by and her belly gets big
The father bails out he aint ready for a kid
Knowin her mama will blow it all outta proportion
Plus she lives poor so no money for abortion
Melinda is stuck up in the world on her own
Forced to think that hell is a place called home
Nothin else to do but get her clothes and pack
She say shes about to run away and never come back.

Now, the three sat in a small shelter under grand central station, where there was currently some sort of police search. The girls, and a couple of others, tried to hide in a small nook in the wall until the police left, but unfortunately one police man found them. His name was Donald Cragen.

Runaway love.

Runaway Love.

"My name is Melinda Warner, I'm eleven years old, and I'm a runaway because my mom will kill me if she ever finds out I'm pregnant."

Runaway love.

Runaway Love.

"My Name is Casey Novak, I'm ten, and I'm a runaway because my Stepdad beat me."

Runaway Love.

Runaway Love.

"My Name is Olivia Benson, I'm nine, and I'm a runaway because my mom's an addict."