"Every thing changed before my eyes, by my surprise. A$AP." - R.M. Welcome back to Lauren and Rakim's life. Life's been hitting them hard since they've found out they're expecting a child soon. They didn't see it happening nor was it planned, but maybe this was their blessing in disguise. Completed in 2015.

1996 just before the clock struck twelve that's when I officially met Rakim. And we entered the new year together. 1997 was a special year, for both me and Rakim. Everybody knew Rocky, but never bothered to know Rakim. 1997 was a year of heartbreak and hardships. I told my deepest secrets and my biggest fears. So he did the same. 1997 was the year of big mistakes, but I can never make myself regret them. That's only cause I spent 365 days with him. 1997 was the year I gave my heart and my soul to Rakim. And I knew he cherished every moment of it. Still, somewhere in the darkness something came to the light. 1997 was the year I let go of him and entered 1998 with new beginnings and without Rakim.

( discontinued as of 4/8/2015. please read the very last update to redirect to the first & last books of the series! ) "Nobody can save everybody." But there's always a beginning to every ending.

"I was just testing you."

La'Toya Marie Sanders was a preacher's kid. No parties, no social media, no short dresses, no skirts, and most importantly, no dating until 21. She attended high school at River Valley, and didn't have many friends due to the fact that she wasn't allowed to do the things her peers were allowed to do. That all changes when she meets Rakim Mayers.

"Excuse me? No, I believe the proper term's excuse you..."

It’s 1998, and a flood of new students are coming into the University of Alabama. The new seniors couldn’t care less, since all they want to do is graduate like the previous class. But everyone seems pretty interested in these freshmen. Who wouldn’t be? They’re the full package—any type of person you can think of, they’re somewhere in the bunch—and they come with a side of drama too. So meet Brian, Travis, Wayne, Nefertiti (aka Neffie), Flo, Hunter, Quincy, and Sabine. They have a lot to offer. Whilst the purpose of college may be to learn, everyone knows that the students don’t care much about that. The true concern is partying, relationships, and getting out all the stupidity they have in them before they crash into adulthood. Essentially, they’re doing everything they are not supposed to. Ladies and gentlemen, these are the college fiends.

After experiencing the journey of Rakim and Yasmine throughout their relationship of ups and downs, good and bad, and the ins and outs of each of them you'll experience them more as individuals with time apart. Will they eventually end up back together and start repatching and rebuilding what once was or will there be things in the way of that? If you have not read Harlem Lovin please read that before reading this or you will be lost. I do not own any of these pictures I use in my book. They have all came from Google, Tumblr, Instagram, & ect.

I won't tell you that the world matters nothing, or the world's voice, or the voice of society. They matter a good deal. They matter far too much. But there are moments when one has to choose between living one's own life, fully, entirely, completely-or dragging out some false, shallow, degrading existence that the world in its hypocrisy demands. You have that moment now. Choose! - Oscar Wilde