Fifteen year old, Ray'vn Miller, is your average Sophomore in high school. She's really laid back and super shy. She can be herself if she feels comfortable around you. She doesn't have many friends. She always felt that she had the dream life she'd dreamed about. A happy family. That all changed 3 years ago, when her parents got a divorce. Since then, her life wasn't the same. Her Mom became a different person, being with a different guy every time she turned around. Constantly feeling unloved or unwanted because all her Mom ever cared about was her boyfriend(s) always putting him first. Through it all, there's only one person she knows who will always care about her, her best friend Ray. Read this heart warming story to find out how her life struggles from the past lead into her undefined future.

"I FUCKING HATE YOU!" I scream into his face. Suddenly he snatched the knife on the counter and shoved it against my throat. "You what?" He asks, his eyes were cold and hard. I let out a shaky breath in an attempt to speak but my neck stings. I suck in a breath as he pushes it harder against my flesh. I slowly start to panic as I realize he could kill me. Pining my wrists to the counter he slowly puts it down. "Your gonna learn how to shut the fuck up. Trust me."

Essence is a Young & Thuggin 16 year old teenage girl who loses everything when her father Jess leaves her to keep his relationship with his girlfriend together. This lonely teen finds herself with no one, and no where to go but after a high school delinquent's Father sets his eyes on Essence. He gives her a job as a Maid cleaning and working in his house just to get back on her feet. Little that she know she finds herself going through hell all over again living with the selfish, and rude yet caring and loving ray ray.Throughout this journey she notices something a little weird between Mr.smith and ray. Both of them seem to be hiding something and she later on reveals the secret of this mystery. Both ray and essence seem to put aside there differences and become friends but she falls deep in love with a special someone but doesn't believe she'll ever love again. How can she when ray won't tell her what's going on? Will he? I guess you have to figure it out your self press the Start reading button its right there you know you want to.(clicks)

"Being a sex therapist ain't all it's cracked up to be. Business is business." - Dr. August.