Thirteen year later:
"Brianna?" rose pulled Brianna from underneath her pillow, "there you are" rose laughed at how silly she sounded. Then stopped it, was three in the morning she was dressed in a long sleeve shirt and well worn jeans. "You know Brianna," Rose straitened Brianna's dress. "Even with long sleeves and long jeans you can still see the bruises" rose touched a blackish purple spot on her skin, and then bit her lip – hard. It still hurt. "I'm running away, I found a map in my mother's journal." Rose held up a worn journal, "I'm going to my grandmother's." rose kissed Brianna's head then shoved her into her book bag. Whispering "I'm sorry". Tiptoeing down stairs rose was able to leave the house unnoticed, she didn't stop or talk till she was in the next town, "I made it!" rose almost shouted to Brianna as she sat down a slightly warm bus seat. She could imagine Brianna's smile, "I'm free!" this rose did shout, getting dirty looks from the four people on the bus. "Sorry" rose sat back down, then whispered "I'm free Brianna, free from my father. My grandfather and everyone who hurt me" there was a lady on the bus who herd this and scooted closer to rose, rose flinched. "Young lady, what do you mean you're free?" rose looked at the lady then at her every shrinking town, "I ran away from an abusive father and grandfather" rose stared the lady in the eye. "Oh my! You poor child" the lady hugged rose tightly, "umm, miss can you le-" rose was interrupted "where's your mother?' the lady had rose arms apart holing tightly, rose bit her lip to stop form crying. Not only from the mention of her mother but he was pain of the bruises theis lady touching. "Child are you ok?" the lady let go of rose and rose fake smiled "I'm fine" rose lied and the lady smiled. "Now tell me where's your mother?" rose sighed then explained. "She a banded me" rose dark green eyes teared up "she left me with my father and grandfather wean I was a baby" rose let the tears flow now, they couldn't hurt her now. "Poor baby" the lady touched rose's shoulder and rose leaned into the lady's hand, "you don't have to act concerned" rose pushed the lady's hand off. "Child I'm not acting. I'm comforting you" rose was confused; "you're comforting me?" the lady nodded. Before rose could help herself she jumped into the lady's arms and cried. "Thank you! Thank you!" the lady only smiled and stroked rose's curly black hair just as her mother should, making rose cry more violently. "Young lady were are you going?" the lady asked once rose's sobs turned quite, "I'm going to my grandmothers" rose produced a picture of her mother and grandmother. One look and the lady smiled, it was her. "You lady what's your name?" the older lady smiled interlay. "My name is rose Lauran crim" rose sniffed and wiped her left eye; "well rose I want you to take one look at that picture you have again" the older lady smiled as he bent down to grab Brianna, dusting her off and handing her to rose. Rose did. "You look li-" rose once sad face broke into a smile as she hugged the older lady. "Grandmother!"

Sixteen years later:
"grandmother?" rose dropped her ever- so-heavy book bag and pulled her tiny skirt down. "Rose? Is that you?" the older lady came out of a room covered in paint,"yah it's me" rose took a bite of an apple she got from the kitchen, "how was your first day of PRIVET school?" Lauran smiled and laughed, so did rose. "It was wonderful!" rose spin landing in a chair, Lauran laughed, "Glade to hear, start your homework. We have a busy night tonight" rose looked at her grandmother confused, "get started" Lauran pushed rose to her book bag then to the table. About an hour later, "rose!" rose looked up from the book she was reading, "yes grandmother?" rose slowly walked to wear Lauran was, "get better shoes on." Lauran smiled as rose gave her a confused look, "why?" rose stood in the door way, "because I have surprise for you" rose again was confused. "Rose Lauran crim" Lauran stood and put her hands to her hips, "do as I say" rose nodded "yes grandmother." They walked for about two blocks before Lauran lead rose to a bench, near the park. "Rose" Lauran gripped rose's hand. "Yes" rose smiled at how her grandmother would run her thumb over the top of her hand, back and forth. "Your mother use to love to come here and play on that playground" Lauran pointed to a part of the park, "Lauran?" an older man stood next to Lauran and extended his hand, "why hello Adam" Lauran shook his hand, "and you must be Chris?". The boy about rose's age nodded; "yep" Adam nodded and put his arm around Chris. "Yep this is my grandson. Looks just like his fathers don't he?" Adam's smile was wide as Chris looked at rose. "Well, Chris I would like you to meet my granddaughter rose" Lauran pulled rose up, "it's nice to meet you miss rose" Adam tipped his hat and japed his elbow into Chris's side. "Oh, I'm sorry. It's nice to meet you rose" Chris smiled and shook rose's hand, "all the same to you Mr. Chris" rose smiled as well. "Well, miss Lauran." Adam whispered in Lauran's ear, "I believe we should leave these two alone, what do you think?" Lauran looked at rose, as saw her shudder, "yah lets go". "Ummm, what do you want to do?" Chris looked at the ground there was a bright leaf. "How about we walk around?" rose pulled Chris's arm. "Sure I guess". "What school do you go to?" Chris was still looking at the ground, "I go to saint Joanna's all girl school" rose kicked a rock, it rolled down the road, "you?" Chris sighed. "I go to public school", "I bet that's stupid huh?" rose laughed. "Of course not! I go to an ALL girl's school; you have no idea how many girls in my school wish it was a public school" rose lightly tapped Chris head. He laughed. "I guess your right" rose smiled; "of course I'm right" they laughed. About an hour later it was time to go home. "Well goodbye Chris" rose held out her hand, Chris laughed then kissed her on the cheek. "Goodbye Rosie" Chris laughed as rose touched her cheek, blushing. "Goo-goodbye Chris" later that night. "Brianna" rose held Brianna an arm's lengths apart, "I – I – I love Chris" rose laughed, "oh my" rose touched her lips. "Did just say that? What if my father, grandfather find me. What then?" rose jumped on her bed. "great"