Jayla is a college freshman fighting to balance textbooks, long-distance love, and the feeling she's growing up faster than her high school sweetheart. Malik is chasing a rap career back home, surrounded by crowds, noise, and temptation. When weekends turn into four-hour drives, silent phones, and messy studio nights, their once-perfect relationship starts cracking under the weight of their dreams. Torn between who she was and who she's becoming, Jayla must decide if love can survive when two hearts are traveling two different roads.

"ion give a fuck, she all mines no matter how much we argue."

"he's alive but barely holding on" someone stated "oh thank God...will he be okay?" another stated "sir what's todays date...can you feel this?....can you keep your eyes open for me?....try to follow the light for me sir" i heard so faintly "Blood pressure is dropping we gotta go now!! we are losing him" was the last i heard before i shut my eyes .... They were never meant to cross paths-one living a structured, carefully planned life, the other guided by impulse and reckless hope. One is dismissive, and determined to keep their distance, while the other, stubborn and undeniably drawn in, refuses to walk away. What starts as irritation turns into tension, the chase slowly becomes something neither of them can outrun-love. PLEASE NOTE THIS BOOK IS BASED IN 2014-2018 AND IS A SLOW BURN THANK YOU STARTED: 03/03/2026 FINISHED: 03/11/2026

Ameera has always kept to herself. Living life sickle cell means everyday comes with challenges most can't even see, she's learned it's easier that way. School is a place where she minds her business because everyone thinks she better than but they don't know what she battling. Bryan is the bad boy everyone talks about. He always into fights, he constantly getting suspended. People assume he doesn't care, but the truth is, nobody has cared enough to ask if he's okay. Misunderstood and unnoticed, he hides the soft side no one sees. Then Bryan notices Ameera. At first just curiosity, small conversations, and shared moments that feel impossible to ignore. Slowly, walls began to crack, secrets are shared, and a quiet friendship turns into something neither one expected. A slow burn of trust, laughter, and love unfolds proving that sometimes the people who are the most distant can become the ones who matter.