Anna set out her school books, checking her timetable making sure she wasn't taking too many books but taking the right amount so her detective father wouldn't figure out her plans. She grabbed the pile of clothing, food and the two water bottles, along with the first aid kit. The bag was heavier than normal but didn't look abnormal.
"Jack, Anna, Sean! Bus is leaving!" Anna bounded down the stairs following her older brother Jack, her younger brother, Sean trailing behind her. Anna was twelve, a year younger than Jack, and a few years older than Sean. Her father kissed Anna on the forehead before he rushed out the door for some case. Her mother rushed the three children into the car. Linda dropped all three off at school, Anna's brothers rushed in to see their friends, while she used the crowds to help to disappear off the school's property.
Anna changed in the corner of alleyway hoping she wasn't spotted. Hiding her face in the hood while paying for a bus ride to New Jersey. As the bus took off heading towards her destination, Anna looked down at her phone, a smiling picture of the teenage boy, grinning. Anna never thought that she would be disagreeing with her father's ideas about meeting people on the internet but here she was. When she disembarked, Anna looked around for him, she thought she saw him and began to head over. The crowd thinned and a hand descended over her mouth.
Anna woke tied to a chair, in time to hear the police sirens growing louder in the distance. Her father burst into the room, followed by a few other cops. He frowned at his daughter's presence. The car ride home had been deafening.
At Sunday dinner, it was silent, her father sending her glares coupled with disappointment, her mother pitying and disappointed looks. Frank sucked his teeth, "So, how was everyone's week?" Anna began to rise out of her seat. "Sit." Her father told her harshly. "Boy's, Nikki. Go in the other room please." The three left quickly. The story spilled out of Danny, with Anna pushing in with what she was thinking. The rest of the table jumped to Danny's defence, Jamie pointed out that while she had good intentions going to help the teenager she thought was in trouble, what she had done was inexcusable.
When Anna and family had arrived home, Danny and Linda had spent the boys to their respective rooms, so they could talk to Anna. The argument had been hurtful for all parties and had ended in Anna being grounded for her actions.