Nori Michaels has heard horror stories about the south from every family member possible. They were even more appalled when they were informed that Nori managed to get a very well paying job in Texas for a very influential white family. They saw it as a death sentence. Nori saw it as an opportunity. She was too ambitious for her own good. Nori thought she could handle anything thrown at her until the house owners brute of a son comes to stay for while. Oh Nori was not prepared for him...

| Dave East x Jayda Cheaves | 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑐𝑘 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑐𝑦𝑐𝑙𝑒, 𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑊𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑤𝑒 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑛' ---

It was the summer of '93, and the weather was almost hotter than the location. But then again, what could be hotter than hell? The Ninth! Some would assume that the steam which rose from the broken sidewalks in front of the brick apartment building justified the neighbor hood's nickname, the Ninth Circle of Hell. The heat wave however, had nothing to do with why people associated Messalina projects with Dante's Inferno. No, that honor went to the infestation of dealers, crack heads, boosters, and hoes. Dope boys handled their business like it was legal, and everyone learned to look the other way. If they didn't learn, then they never got the chance to look again. Life in the ninth operated by the code of the wild, predators ate and prey got eaten. The drug dealers sat on the top of chain. Boosters, strippers and hoes fell somewhere in the middle, while the crack heads and the civilians clung to the last wrung. Everyone knew their assigned roles and no one ever deviated from the script. Cleopatra James, an unremarkable thirteen year old girl, understood better than anyone, her dictated place in the procession. But that didn't mean she accepted the role she'd been given to play.

Ezra Grant was able to get any girl he wanted with just a charming smile and a light twinkle of sky blue eyes. He could intimidate anyone with his large stature and fearsome aura. However, he wasn't like most hot guys; he only pictures himself with one girl since the day he knew what the word 'love' meant... and the feeling only gets stronger everyday he's with her. Frankie Allen is 'her.' The quiet girl who has a harder time making friends with her indecisive tendencies and being slightly introverted. But if you ever got the chance to get to know her, you'd wish you'd only met her sooner because she's the most trusted, kindest, and beautiful person you could ever meet. That's who Ezra fell in love with, and each day the love he has for only grew stronger, and so did the difficulty of him not voicing it. But high school changes people and life can hit you hard. Hormones invade our system and it's harder to contain our emotions. So when Frankie starts developing feelings for Ezra, it's obviously fate. But is it fate that will keep them together? Or will the weight of the universe around them tear the lovers apart through jealous crazy exes, obsessed kidnappers, and deranged family members?

Kassidy "Lovely" Abrums just finished undergrad school. Her father sent her to Italy, unbeknowest, to her that she is actually a bisnuse deal. She is to marry Lorenzo Masarati. Lorenzo Masarati has always gotten what he's ever wanted. Whether it be women, money, or power he had it. So it's no different with Lovely or so he thought. With her smart mouth and witty attitude and his not so little temper, will these unlikely pair fall in love? How will Kassidy feel when she finds out she has too marry him? well let them tell it In a quiet voice he started "Do listen and listen well Kassidy Lovely Abrums, the next time you even think about raising your voice at me in my house you will be punished am I understood?" he questioned and I just shook my head too scared to speak. "Also you will do as I say while in my house. If I say cook you cook, if I say clean you clean- he leaned closer to my ear- if I say fuck me you'll bend right over and get fucked. Am I understood?" he said all this while running his hands down the side of my body until he reach the front where he grabbed my pussy. I let out a moan, and tried to look away until he grabbed my face. "Am I understood Kass?" he asked shortening my name while he rubbed me through my pants. I bet he can feel my wetness. I stuttered out a yes while trying to calm my body down, which wasn't working with the way his fingers were working me.

"Hey, what happened to your face?" I asked my seat partner, CJ. He turned and took out his book ignoring my question. I took his hoodie down to see the whole damage, "did you get into a fight or something?" I asked. He again didn't answer. I touched his arm, but he pulled away. "Leave me the fuck alone," he finally said. Because of her mother's career, Bianca moves every year. Every year she can choose to be someone different, this year she chooses to be CJ's savior.