"It's time for me to move out mum. I need to live my life. I'm old enough" she looked away from her mother, to Michael, watching as he looked to the sky and then to her. She gave him a smile, and a hug when she could see the pain and sadness in his eyes. "I'm not leaving you" she said softly to him, kissing him on the cheek, 

She looked to her mother, and said softly "I love you mum, but...doing this sort of thing, helping
To keep the world safe, it's what I want to do. And being with Michael is what I want too." She looked away, not wanting to see her mothers face, to see if there was pain or grief there. Not wanting to know if she hurt her mother.