A teenage girl name Ariyah from Maryland carries the weight of heartbreak with her when she moves to Chicago - a city full of new faces and harsher realities. After being shattered by her ex too many times, she learns to keep her guard up and emotions locked away, becoming cold and nonchalant to protect herself. But Chicago isn't just another place to hide; it's where she crosses paths with Dayvon Bennett - a streetwise young man whose life is tangled in the city's dangerous rhythm. As their worlds collide, she must decide whether to let her walls fall and risk everything for love, or keep running from the pain she's known too well.

Growing up in Oblock, everybody knew of everybody. The whole apartments were family and outside of the apartments stays outside of the apartments. 17 year old Brielle just want to become something to move her brother and mom out of the terrible streets of Chicago, but there's many obstacles that come in her way. Will Von be one of them?

"Mama, I can't just leave Abir." I admitted, telling her exactly why I couldn't do this. Not only would she be snatching me away from my family and friends but she was taking me away from the person I'd loved for five going on six years. I couldn't just walk away from him. "Baby.." She trailed off, sighing deeply. "I know you love Abir." She stood to her feet to stop packing for a moment and pulled me into her. "But I promise you, there will be other boys. Right now you have to do what's best for you and that's coming with your daddy and I to give you a better life." "Better life for who? You?!" I screamed out, becoming even more angry at her choice of words. As if my feelings were robotic and I could just turn them on and off for any and every person. "My feelings just don't matter to y'all at all, huh?" I asked, crying harder than before now. "Speak to your mother with some respect, Giselle." My father spat to me and I shook my head, watching as they stood there looking at me like some dumb teenager. This wasn't puppy love for me. I didn't spend 5 years building something, just to walk away from it for their dreams. I couldn't do it. Sinner. Book #1

May 14th exactly a month after her sneaky link, exactly a week after her constant throwing up & waves of random emotion, and the day of her biggest career break and break of her biggest mistake. "How could I let this happen?"

ɪ ʙᴇᴇɴ ꜰᴇᴇʟɪɴɢ ᴘᴀɪɴ...ꜰᴏʀ ꜱᴏ ʟᴏɴɢ. ɪ ᴅᴏɴᴇ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴍᴇ ɴᴜᴍʙ. ɪ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ɪᴛ ɴᴏ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ. ɪ ɢɪᴠᴇ ᴍʏ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴡʜᴏᴇᴠᴇʀ. ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ɪᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇʏ ʀᴜɴ...

"𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵𝘢, 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘳." 𝖠𝖯𝖱𝖨𝖫 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟥 － 𝖠𝖴𝖦𝖴𝖲𝖳 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟥

Comfortable isn't just enough.. we want more

"Aɴᴅ I ᴀɪɴ'ᴛ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ʙᴇᴇɴ ɪɴ ʟᴏᴠᴇ﹐ ʙᴜᴛ I sᴡᴇᴀ ᴛᴏ Gᴏᴅ I ᴡᴀɴɴᴀ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ." ﹣ MN - 𝙇𝙖𝙙𝙮𝙉𝙖𝙞𝙞 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨

"Cain, if you can't leave the streets for me and our baby, then me and you, we're done." I pointed between the two of us as tears streamed down my face and he bit his lip, looking down at the floor before he looked back up into my eyes. "Aight." "Shit over then, babygirl."

typical highschool love story