*Max*

I had only been with that bitch a few weeks and she thought u wouldn't escape as soon as I got the chance. She is so stupid! When I saw the door was unlocked of course I left but then of course Daniel had to tag along.

I felt bad when I pushed him and he had that whole no family speech. I wanted to comfort him but I saw Lauren, I got scared, I ran.

Now I'm walking down another street. I don't know where im going, I have no money. Maybe this wasn't the best idea since without her there is no way for me to get back home... But I won't go back to her for help. If I go back it's like I'm accepting my fate, accepting that I'm a baby.

I go into a small shop, all the food looks so tasty. I'm dressed in a onesie with joggers ontop, you can see the slight bulge where the diaper is. I look like an idiot.

"Hey there cutie, are you lost? Where is your mommy or daddy?" This woman says. She works in the shop, and her questions just make me more painfully aware I look like a baby.

"Fuck off" she gasps.

"That's no way to speak, those are no no words. Tell me where your caregiver is or I'm going to have to take you home and call the police" She grabs my wrist.

"GET THE FUCK OFF MEEEEEE" I whine and scream. The woman is soon accompanied by a man in a similar uniform. The man picks me up and takes me to the back.

"Calm down, my names Tom, can you tell me your name" Tom smiles at me. I don't trust him, as much as I hate to admit I would rather be with Lauren right now than with him. I hate Lauren  don't get me wrong but this guy could be a psycho. The other woman bursts in which makes me jump.

"YOUR LAUREN HOFFMAN'S LITTLE, YOUR ALL OVER THE NEWS" The woman points at me, I take this as my cue to leave so I seeing open the exit door and run as fast as I can away from them.

I start to slow down when I see a tv shop with the news on, it had Lauren talking about me then had my picture come up. "Hey aren't you-" Before he could finish I had started running again. I slide down beside a massive bin, starting to cry. Why does she have to make this so difficult..

"What's wrong kid, why you crying" It was this homeless man.

"This woman is looking for me on the news but I don't want to go back" It feels nice to tell him even though I don't know him.

"Well just sounds to me like she cares. If she didn't care she wouldn't be looking. Also it doesn't seem like you have any money" He is rummaging through a bin but I guess he is right...

"But it's just not fair..." I whine, god I sound pathetic.

"That's a childish way of thinking, maybe you need her more than you think" I hate how he is right. I hate it... Before I can even properly think about it I hear a familiar clicking. It's a quick clicking sound that's getting progressively louder.

"MAX, I THOUGHT I LOST YOU" It was Lauren, she had wrapped my arms round me in a tight hug. I could hear her sniffling and crying... I had never heard her cry before, not even when I called her rude names or swore or when I threw one of her vases. "Oh my poor boy, I'm so sorry this happened. Your not hurt are you" I shake my head, the worry in her voice makes me feel guilty...

I'm picked up and brought to the car waiting for us which had quin and Daniel waiting inside. Daniel is asleep in his chair, when I look up Lauren you can see the black bags under her eyes. She must have been looking for me all night. I start to feel so guilty, I had caused so much havoc and hurt people. Just like how Lauren hurt me. I didn't really want to go back to my family I just didn't want to accept staying with her.

"I'm sorry" I wrap my arms round her neck and hug her tightly. She hugs me back before clipping me in fully and getting in the passenger seat. We drive back to the hotel and I don't fight her when we tells me to hold her hand, I don't push all the buttons on the way up and I don't scream when she tells me I should take a nap.

"Do you want me to go so you can sleep?" She asks me... A big part of me wants to say yes but instead I shake my head. She smiles at me and gets into bed beside me, pulling me into a tight cuddle.

When I wake up she is still by my side, with her laptop on her lap as she is working. Usually she would work far away from me as possible because I always try to piss her off but i decided to stay as quiet as possible this time... Just so she doesn't yell at me.

Later on Daniel gave me one of his fruit squeezes and usually I would throw it back at him and tell him to fuck off but Quin said it was okay to want to try it and I would still be a big boy if I liked it... Which I did, the fruit squeezes are very tasty and sweet. Lauren came down when she finished work and let me sit with her to watch TV.

I'm not saying I have accepted this, I'm not saying I'll follow her rules... I'm just saying that maybe I don't have to hate her anymore.