When I was little I never understood why we always had to live our house. My mom never tried to teach me it. We always ran away from my dad. There was one day I understood everything I was five my mom came home from the grocery store. My dad got pissed and he slapped her. He punched and kicked. I never trusted a man ever again.

"you know that saying 'if you love someone ,let them go, and if they come back ,it's fate?" he nodded, hair falling over his face, waiting for me to continue. "i loved you but you left so I let you go. but then you came back..."

I knew people thought I was weird. You would never look at me and say "that girl must be so popular." The first thing that would probably come to your head would probably be "Leah Stratton is literally the definition of a virgin." Home, for me, is a place that I have never known. It's my mother and I, living in a house that's split in between three families. We aren't close, she just wants me to have good grades, and don't have sex. She doesn't want me to end up like she did. All of my life I have been repelling. everyone away from me, I didn't need anyone but myself. But deep down, I am breaking.

"Isn't it strange that I know you'd risk your life to save mine, but I don't even know what your favorite color is?"

luna young has always been known as the quiet girl, who would respect teachers and do her work. the complete opposite of the most popular boy in school, river phoenix. when these two are forced to spend a saturday detention together, what will they do? are they really who everyone thinks they are?

in which an actor and an actress do a bunch of odd jobs to help a bankrupt movie studio film a low-budget film starring them.

The feeling was infinite, timeless, magnificent. The pleasure unwilling to stop when time was definite. Her lips only left me unimaginably yearning, yearning for the touch again.

When River Phoenix moves to town and begins his senior year at Winterburgh High, the girls at school fall head over heels for him. But he has his sights set on one girl in particular. And it takes a little longer than expected for her to follow suit.

cover by @pacifyherafi / nicole "Sure, maybe the urban Boston wouldn't be completely socially aware, but they'd at least have some idea of how to treat us like we were all the same. So, we were packing up our bags, and I was going to a new school, and I'd do fine as long as I stayed away from those white boys." - - - Robin Skye was packing her bags and (hopefully) moving away from the racial discrimination she's had to face in Georgia. Of course she was guided by her mother and father to stay away from the source of the racism - white boys. But, River just couldn't stay away from her. NOTE - - - do not read this if you know you won't agree on the ways that this book touches on racism because you will get your feelings hurt !! ( written by Zuzu Adi ) ( 01/31/16 ) published 06/24/16 | finished 06/24/19

Nobody was prepared for Halloween day, 1993. But his heart didn't stop beating... Story starts off in 1978. ****** "Run to the rescue with love and peace will follow." -River Phoenix (1970-1993) ****** # No. 1 in River Phoenix.