As Natosha and Matteo "Four" Wittstock steps into adulthood and their new lives as a married couple, they are both struggling to make time for one another and themselves. Natosha is busy running a new restaurant for the community while Matteo's football career has launched him much further in the limelight than he would've liked. With this new fame came much more responsibility, and a new publicist has seemed to take his attention away from his duties as a husband to focus more on football and...her? All the while, Natosha's spending more hours at her restaurant and with a new private chef instructor helping her to perfect recipes, the two may be getting closer than one another wanted to admit. Natosha and Matteo are overwhelmed by the bulk of their new careers, the media's involvement in their relationship but that isn't the only hiccup that they are facing, because there is a new addition to their growing family...their first baby. Southeastern University #3/#4 [ can be read as a standalone but is a part of the SEU collection ]

This story follows the friends and family of Marcus and Aliyah. Picking up two years later, after the most explosive exposure on social media, Marcus and Aliyah both are learning how to navigate life without and scandal or drama to follow them. Leaving all the negativity and the people that caused it back in Atlanta, the two have solidified a new life together in LA. But, there are a few secrets that they both are keeping from one another that could damage the new life they've made for themselves, if they cant learn to be honest. Bria, a freshmen at Clark Atlanta, has finally gained her own sense of Independence in the city of ATL. Paired with her best friend since childhood, Jade and new roommate Trinity, Bria is learning the ropes of adulthood, and all that comes with it. From assignments, to partying, to new blossoming relationships, Bria learns quickly the weight that secrets can carry, and how difficult some of them may be to tell. Everyone has learned that honesty is the best policy, but do the policies change when the weight of a secret can change the dynamic of everything you knew? Amara, still grieving the lost of her mother Nastasia, has found solitude in this new place of life. With everything seeming to slowly but surely get back on the right track for her, a secret from her past returns to haunt her, and jeopardize her new relationships, privately and professionally. Can she bring herself to tell the truth to the ones that matter, in order to rid herself of being taunted, or will she let her secret swallow her whole? AJ, making his mark professionally in LA has been quite the journey for him. With climbing up the professional ladder, AJ has entered a stage of personal growth that he can't seem to fully understand just yet. Holding onto secrets he's afraid to say out loud, he reaches a crossroad in his life that requires the test of honesty to reach his right destination. Will he be able to make it to where he wants to be?

Four years into the future, about to graduate college, Aliyah and Marcus have both created new lives for themselves. Both being on the road to official adulthood, they both have came along way despite them not being in each other lives. Now after all this time, the one thing that brings them together again, is the same thing that changes their lives rapidly.They're both faced with their new realities, learning how to deal, telling lies and making mistakes along the way. Interception- The act of a defensive player catching a forward pass made by a opponent.. Intercept- To obstruct someone or something from continuing to a destination before it or they arrive. What do these two have in common? Time will only tell.

THE NEW GENERATION IS FINALLY HERE: Aliyah Alsina, daughter of the once infamous August Alsina. At eighteen years old, Aliyah has found a way to deal with being a daughter of one of the most famous R&B artist there was years ago. With a strong foundation of family and friends behind her, she's well educated and well behaved when she wants to be. The last thing anyone would expect for her to do is have the opposite of herself in her company. Can she beat all the odds that are set agaisnt her? August Alsina Jr, son of the once infamous August Alsina. With his biological mother barely in his life by choice, and all his of medical conditions hendering him from the things he loves, Can he beat all the odds that are agaisnt him and pull through? Amara Baker, daughter of the now retired rapper, Machine Gun Kelly. Bestfriends with Aliyah. With her mother and father's estranged relationship, and her self-proclaimed title as bad girl, Will Amara learn from her crazy, wild and outrageous ways? Or will she live up to everyone's expectations of her? Can she beat all the odds and change for the better? Marcus Richmond, The one you expect to see fail. With his horrible attitude, loose mouth and his street style life, Marcus doesn't care about much, and never has. School is never an priority for him, meaning his education isn't either. Pratically excepting the fact that he'll probably never graduate, Marcus spends more time in the streets than anywhere else. But with some a help of someone new in his life, will Marcus beat all the odds and walk the stage with the rest of his class, or settle for the typical sterotype role that everyone thinks he will be?

Five years later into the future, Simone and August are husband and wife, raising their five year old daughter Aliyah. Their marriage has been smooth sailing thus far, leading Simone to believe that her happily ever after truly existed. But when suspicions rise between August and his young new tour mate Ryelle, everything around them slowly starts to fall out of place. Will the two honor their commitment to one another, or wave the white flag for good?

Three months later, and three months pregnant, Simone finds herself at odds in life once again. Simone struggles with the idea of telling August about her pregnancy or keeping it a secret. She also struggles with the idea of not knowing who her baby's father is. Once decided, she'll pay the consequences of keeping her secret or telling the truth. Can Simone and August finally come together for the baby she's carrying, and love one another? Or will the results make them leave each other alone for good?

It's been 6 whole months since the huge blow up at Stasia's baby shower. Just when Simone thought her life was getting back on track, her worst nightmare happened. Not only did she think she would never ever speak to August again, she never thought she would see him either. Can Simone forgive August and re-build everything they've worked so hard for? Or will her resentment get in the way of loving him?

Simone Smith is a 21 year old stripper. Never in her life did she think stripping would be her source of income. But since she was a kid in the system since the age of 16, she's been fighting her way through life with very few options. Until one day she reconnects with a her old friend and next door neighbor, who is currently a new singer- August Alsina.

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#1 Southeastern University Series Natosha Jackson is from the south-side slums of Ridgeport. She's your average bookworm and mathematic fanatic. To pay her dues to the dean of students, she is hand-picked to tutor one of the most notorious football players at Southeastern University, Matteo Four Wittstock. In the town of Ridgeport, the Wittstocks are well-known wealthy people from the north side. Although Natosha wants nothing to do with Four's lifestyle and womanizing tendencies, she finds herself falling into the temptations of lust. While she wrestles with this new fiery excitement in her life, Four becomes enamored deeper than he ever imagined. No one expects the rocky twists and turns that bring these two people together but Four loves a good challenge. And when a game is this good, he's more than ready to play. ***The Southeastern University Collection shows the lives of young adults as they enter, survive and finish off their university experience. The students attending this university are not only dealing with keeping up their GPAs and attending student union meetings. These students are battling ties with addiction, exploring their sexuality, and embarking on past and present family burdens. *** *** These works cannot be read as a standalone. *** WARNING: THIS STORY IS 18+ AND CONTAINS MATURE LANGUAGE AND MATURE CONTENT. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK. STARTED: 7/10/2020 Completed. 2022