*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?

It's a struggle for Kailanni growing up in the hood, where crime rates are high. She finds a breakthrough, but once she gets what she was working so hard for she wonders, is it worth it?

[Started in '09 so, excuse my child like literature] Just a link explores my generations look at sex with schoolmates, relationships at a young age and boundry breaking friendships

Meet Kane, Isiah Browne - or as he's known on the streets; SHADOW. He's been shot, stabbed and almost came to the point of dying. After spending some time behind bars, and losing his mother, he's sure that he's had enough. Enough of all the pain, and enough of all the tears. He's tired. Tired of losing friends too young, tired of kids killing kids. Once he realizes that the things around him aren't the way they should be, he decides that he wants to approach the younger audience. He wants to be heard. Along the road, he learns to love, to trust and to open up his voice and speak out loud.