*Update-- this was my first story I ever wrote & completed. It was 2016, and I was 17- so I apologize in advance for some of the potential cringe-factor you may encounter 😬 Thanks!* Meet Kyleigh Hawthorne. She's The New Girl At The Local High School, And She's The Type Of Smart-Ass Girl That Doesn't Take Any Shit, And Doesn't Like To Associate With Players... Until She Meets Conner And Cory Shaw. Meet Cory And Conner Shaw- Her Next Door Neighbors. They're The Top Dogs Of The High School- Parties, Casual Sex, Drinking, Girls. They Are The Most Popular Guys, And The Definition Of Players. So... What Happens When The Infallible Cory Shaw Starts Taking A Specific Interest In Kyleigh? Insert Cassie Sanders. The IT Girl. The Main Bitch. She's Jealous, And Out To Make Kyleigh's Life Hell, One Way Or Another. Will Kyleigh Make It Through Cassie's Reign Of Bitchiness? Will Cory Ever Get His Chance, Or Will He Be Written Off As Just A Heartbreaker? Read Now, And Lose Yourself!

Lacey Harper is in love with her brother's best friend, Adonis Grayson, who is also the lead singer of a famous band. When she is faced with a life changing situation, it rocks everyone close to her including Adonis and she discovers nothing is simple in life or love. ***** Lacey Harper is in love with Adonis Grayson, but he only sees her as the younger sister of his best friend. She has tried everything to get over him, but the heart wants what it wants. How is she supposed to move on when he is the lead singer in a band and his photo is plastered across every magazine? It's only when she has to navigate a serious life experience does she discover nothing is simple, even when everything she has ever wanted is within her grasp.

This is the sequel (continuation) of After. Hardin and Tessa's relationship will be tested in ways she never expected, but he knew of all along.

Tessa Young is an 18 year old college student with a simple life, excellent grades, and a sweet boyfriend. She always has things planned out ahead of time, until she meets a rude boy named Hardin, with too many tattoos and piercings who shatters her plans.