Melanie Sawyer hates school. She absolutely despises it. Then one day, two new students arrive at school. Christian and Christopher Brown. Two identical twin brothers, and she is attracted to both of them. When she finds out what they are, however, she is forced to make a choice. Both of them could hurt her, but she can't completely let them go. When they eventually go to war, she has to pick a side. Evil, or good? It may sound like an easy decision, but to her, it's a complicated one. And what she chooses may change her whole life. Permanently.

All characters and events in this story are completely fictional. If anything seems familiar it is completely coincidental. All situations in this story come completely from my imagination. ________________ "And you need to stop calling me 'shawty', I'm not your girl so stop pushing the issue, I don't want to be just another name in your little black book." I said sounding more appalled than I could ever really be. He started walking closer to me and before I knew it, he had my back against the wall and my left leg wrapped around his waist. The look that he gave made him look so powerful that I couldn't help but be intimidated and turned on at the same time. "Look mami I don't think you really hearin' me so let me break this shit down to you real brief. Imma be around for the time bein' whether you want to be or not, I'm not goin' no where. Just let me have one chance." "Prove it." ________________

Nala, a 19 year old ambitious, loving and sometimes emotional black college student is new to the "West Coast" area. Which she barely survives if it wasn't for the help of her best friend, Amelia; that is until she moves to THE Crenshaw Blvd. where she finally meets the guy of her dreams, Chres, as well as the guy who can't get away... RJ. Now the question is how far will she go to claim what should be rightfully hers, from joining a drug selling gang to being the side chick; yes I said it, Nala has a lot on her plate! But she'll make it work for the sake of her soon to be, and very rare relationship with Chresanto August. Everything and anything can happen in the streets of South Central, Los Angeles.

Nala finally got what she wanted, a new home, real friends, and of course Chres. But all things seem to change once her college graduation comes up. Including her beloved South Central home, and even the guy that she dreamed of. Still that doesn't stop Nala from her California dreams. In fact it just makes her work harder, she'll face even harder problems in the "adult" world. Sequel to "The Working 'high'