on the outside Ja'Kyra is a normal 16 year old girl. But on the inside she doesn't consider herself beautiful. With a stepdad that rapes and beats her. Will she have time to find her thug? Read to find out TYBREUNNA

It started out as a simple dream that would get Kaitlyn out on her home and away from her parents. But what happens when something smashes that dream and slaps her furrowed into a reality that she must face and a past she must try to forget for the sake of the one she must now hold dear. They say time heals all wounds but will Kaitlyn be able to overlook her own rape or has her encounter with the head of the Italian Mafia left a permanent mark that she will be forced to remember?

*WARNING: Written in 2008, some content may be offensive* Stasee is your typical shy, quiet teenage girl until the night her brother's best friend Damen Hurtz decides to finally acknowledge her existence. In a desperate attempt to gain his acceptance she allows him to take the one thing every girl values most...her virginity. After that night, Damen constantly begins accepting her while they're alone and then rejecting her in front of his peers. Stasee's frustration and confusion continues to grow, as do her feeling toward the man who continues to break her heart. He claims that he cares for her, but will his need for his peer's acceptance prevent him from ever treating Stasee the way he should? And if he finally realizes the stupidity of popularity over love, will Stasee still be waiting for him?