The Runaways
They've been out on the street all night, in the rain. Most nights they stayed in a shelter, or found a nice dry place to hunker down. They enjoyed the nights being out under the stars... the sex was so amazing those nights... and, besides, shelters are so unsafe. Not tonight though; tonight they'll be soaked to the bone by morning. And fall rain is so unpleasant. Well, at least they have each other. Jimmy and Alice met six months ago, in April, mid spring when it was getting a little warmer. Perhaps met is not the right word to describe their first encounter. More like: six months earlier, in April, when Jimmy literally bumped into Alice, he took her right off her feet too. Not the typical way people meet; definitely not the typical way two people start a relationship. Alice was always a good girl; she came from a functional home with a brother and sister, and her parents did whatever they could to make sure they were busy and happy. Alice worked hard in high school to