Where Do We Go Now?

"Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place," a line that everybody knows, but who is the song really about.
Lafayette, Indiana 1978: Matilda "Millie" Winters was next door neighbors with a redheaded troublemaker, but Millie wouldn't call him trouble, she'd call him a misunderstood kid who was dealt a bad hand of cards. They grew up together, knew everything about one another, they were childhood friends. When Axl had to move away, Millie understood that it was fate, that he was going to make a name for himself.

Flash forward seven years, Millie is a college drop out, she's burnt out, so she decides to take a trip to L.A. where she runs into none other than Axl Rose. What will come of these childhood friends?