Taking Off

I never knew one bus ride could change my life forever. One moment I'm sitting at home, and the next, I've been sold... to the biggest boyband in the world...

~"Sweetheart, I know this must be hard for you," she says without meeting my scared eyes. From her pearl decorated purse she pulls out a pile of cash, handing it over to the group of boys in front of us. I fidgeted shyly with the hem of my pastel pink plaid patterned miniskirt. "Goodbye," she said, and with a small smile nearly ran from the door.~