Ben… (12) Yay twelve is my lucky number! To say we weren't talking would be a lie. We weren't dating but we acted like normal. The only thing was that Ben would be leaving soon. And I wasn't going with him. I told my Mum, the day after Ben came round, about the wedding. She got really angry- it was so hurtful! "You are just a child, Alice!" "I'm seventeen!" "What so just because you are legally old enough to get married you think you can just go ahead and do just that! You are seventeen, you're not even and adult!" "It's not up to you what I do!" "Oh but it it!" "How come you were prepared to let me go and move in with him but not marry him?" "Because I knew it wouldn't last, and wasn't I right? If it didn't work out then you come straight home!" "You're wrong! Ben and I are meant for each other! And I am never coming home!" I screamed at my Mum! I ran upstairs and shoved my clothes into my school bag. Mum followed me into my bedroom but I ignored her. "Where are you going?" "I'm leaving, Mum! So you can't keep making the important decisions in MY #life!" I stormed out the house and ran down the street. The heavens opened and so I collapsed onto the floor in a soaking wet, sobbing heap. What was I supposed to do?