A closeted preachers daughter, Jakai goes many lengths to keep her sexuality a secret.

kis·met /ˈkizmit,ˈkizˌmet/ noun destiny; fate. how do you know when you've met your soulmate?

*COMPLETED AND EDITED* "I stand straight up and turn around and he's so close I can feel the heat from his body warming mine. I look up at him and say "you scared me a little" softly. I feel Andreas place his hands on my hips and we're so close it's actually making my heart beat so fast. "Andre-" I start to say. "Shhh schätzchen" he says softly in his thick accent. I stand completely stuck looking up at him. I couldn't stop thinking about how good he looked and how close we were. "I really want to kiss you" I hear him say as he stares down at my lips. " Naomi Johnson, Nomi for short, is a young college girl interested in becoming an Interior Designer for a big firm in the city. Everything in her life is going smoothly until her boyfriend of six months asks her to meet his parents. After the initial butterflies of meeting his parents subside, Naomi is faced with another problem. It seems as if her boyfriend's father, a well to do artist in the city, has an interest in her, and not one of conventional means. Worst of all, she finds herself attracted to him as well, and let's just say it's not due to him being an artist. Will Naomi be able to resist temptation? Or will she give in to the strong, mysterious man? Even though he is most certainly forbidden.

*please I wrote this story at 16/17. I'm 28 and I crying because I would rewrite this in a heartbeat especially coz I sound crazy* so read with caution* I fell in love. I fell in love with a fairytale. Oh Yes I did. You know that one story that gives every little girl hope out there that good things comes to those who wait even in rare but simple gems like a glass slipper. This hope carried me far and beyond. It's a fairytale that is relatable to any prospect of life. There will be your evil stepmother and evil stepsisters, your fairy godmother and your one true prince. It is a fairytale that understands the element of surprise: That what we seek can sometimes appear right in front of us without knocking on our doors. Most especially, it's a fairytale that understand the importance of love: A true prince may not come in shape of perfection but regardless of the imperfections and flaws, he would still remain perfect in your eyes. Regardless of its flaws, Africa was my father and Nigeria was my prince. Africa was my birthplace, born to the greatest warriors on the planet: Shaka Zulu, Nelson Mandela, Cleopatra, Kofi Annan even Didier Drogba the famous footballer. Most especially it was my home. It was the place I learnt to walk, talk, run and now 200000 feet above the ground I look down at my home. Little lights flickering everywhere like fireflies contrasting with the dark night. Maybe one day I will come back to my father. My prince. My Ile.

Street Love is the relationship between Evette Johnson (an African American teen) and Antonio Cortez (who is hispanic). The two have been going to school together since middle school and couldn't be more different. Evie is determined to be successful in school and leave their east side ghetto to go to college. Tony however, has been living in ghettos his entire life and doesn't think his life will ever amount to more. Will the two of them ever work as a couple? And can Evie convince Tony that there's more to life besides life in the ghetto, getting drunk every night and joining Pandilla?

Works #1: Ahmad Hassan Sinclair, 25, was taught to always fight and work hard for what he wanted. In the life he was given nothing was ever handed to him. He grew up in the hoods of Houston, witnessing things no child should ever see in their life. His mom and pop worked hard just tryna make ends meet, to keep food on the table and clothes on their kids back. But it was far from easy .. Seeing his parents struggle the way they did for years, motivated him to work ten times harder. He made it a mission to not end up like his folks, he wanted more in life. He knew there was more to life than what he grew up seeing. But he also knew in order to be somebody in this world as a black man he had to fight and strive for it and also dodge the bullshit that came along with it. He set goals, he had dreams, he had a vision and nothing could stop him from achieving them. Now that he's at the top of his game, making money, living the live he always wanted, seeing the things he never seen and moving up the success path .. he figured life would eventually turn out to be great but sadly he still isn't happy or content with how things are.. there's this one missing piece in his life that will fully complete him. But let's see how determined Ahmad will be to find what that missing piece is or what he will do to get it.

Isis, a beautiful brown skin girl, isn't like other girls in her neighborhood. Most girls would just wanna fight and have sex with any dude they spot but she had morals. Turning 22 and being one of the best volleyball players in her school and is also a straight A student I'd say she's pretty well respected on campus. Cameron, who goes by the name of Cam, is a handsome guy in the neighborhood. All the girls flock over him because he's tall, has tattoos, and of course because he has money. But that's not what he wants. At the age of only 17, he had his own drug business and when he turned 20, he opened up his own barbershop. Turning 23 he wants to be able to come home and see his women cooking for him and love him on the regular. Cam might be a bad boy and Isis be a good girl but maybe these two might need one another in their lives. You know what they say, opposites attract.

Cover by @_itskd Cassidy is a 20 year old girl who grew up without the love of a mother or a father, she never really learned how to love someone because she didn't grow up with that image of what love looked like and that affected her relationships more than anything she didn't know how to communicate or show her emotions but that all changes when she meets....... Read to find out