Two dead parents and a brother in the navy, I was practically on my own. I, Vanessa Harrison, am 19 years old and working two jobs to sustain myself while my brother Joseph is away. I couldn't afford to go to college so I started working right after high school. My friend Kathleen decided to have a night out and watch a basketball game. I thought it would be like all the other one's we've been to...I never thought I'd end up having my heart stolen just by one look at that majestic body.

Cooper's finally 18 years old. Finally a young adult. She can finally live a carefree life. Well, as carefree as you can live when you're the world's biggest goody two-shoes. Everything about being eighteen is the bee's knees..until she meets Alex. Alex Marsh. She's trouble with a nasty scowl and perfect hair. She has a terrible past, a terrible present, and probably a terrible future. And Cooper doesn't know it yet, but soon, she'll become a huge part of Alex's life, and not exactly for the better. Life takes a turn when she's Finally 18.

***GirlXGirl Romance*** Living in New York you learn to keep up with the quick pace of the city, myself included. I was never the one to stop and smell the roses, but that was until I met her on that dull September afternoon. Her eyes were light and dark at the same time, as if a devil and an angel lived inside of her. Time itself had stopped, and since that day everything had changed, ever since I had crossed paths with Drew Wilder.

Journey Foster is an eighteen year old girl who is the the captain of her high school soccer team. Being a senior, and one of the best soccer players her school has ever had, she tends to be a bit more popular. Most know her name, guys, and now girls since she came out about her sexuality, indulge in her looks. Even with the interested stares from most of the girls and guys in the school, it's one girl that Journey is the most interested in, Cameron Ramsey. A slightly mysterious blonde with the smile of an angel but the mouth of a sailor. Her bad girl exterior seems to reel Journey Foster in. But what happens when the past gets brought up, and the big bad wolf comes out to play?

I want to write a story that defines true love, strength and empowerment. I hope this story will be different because there is a message I want to send across readers. A story about a girl who struggles to find her self worth and trying to understand love. A story about a girl who's being bullied because she's the sex toy of the popular most beloved cheerleader in the school (who already has a boyfriend btw). A story about a girl who realises her own potentials while learning new things about herself.

(sequel to Finally 18) Life has finally taken its turn. And being eighteen wasn't exactly the bee's knees. But, like, maybe finally being absolute'll be? Alex and Cooper are together and in love and happy and wonderful. Well, almost. They may be older now, but they aren't wiser. At all. See which way life goes this time, when they're Finally Absolute.