Wow! That's...wow! What an emotional ride! I can totally relate to Rogue in this! No matter how eager we are to have people treating us like kids, there will always be a part of us that fears becoming an adult and leaving childish thing behind. Great job!

That was......beautiful. Just beautiful. I never thought of it like that before; I guess I've been a cynical 'grown-up' for too long. But you've made me remember, what it was like to battle the inner demons - never knowing which side you wanted to win out. To fight the useless fight and attempt to stay a little girl? Or allow the 'invasion' of the new sensations, the strange feelings and foreign, half formed thoughts of what could be...

Yeah, you nailed it Karen; I'd just about completely forgotten all the turmoil of that first, real love - but you nailed it girl! Bravo!!