"You trust me?" he asked, eyes turning soft once they made contact. "Maj, I-I-" "I said do you trust me, Lucky?" he repeated, voice hard. "...yes," she breathed out, and his next words came without hesitation, sending a chill down her spine. "Then shoot."

They both knew the consequences if word was to get out about the two but a young Lauren no longer cared about the over protectiveness from the men in her life, she began to get reckless. But the only issue wasn't the fact that he was apart of the family, he also had no business being 27 messing with a 18 year old girl especially a Valentine, knowing he could die - that he would die behind his actions. Would he protect himself, or would he fight for them to be together?

A promise. It seems like the simplest thing in the world to keep. But so often, they're broken, empty and hollow. They seem like the easiest thing in the world to believe, but after the words are left out to bleed, after they leave you waiting and wanting, after all the emptiness and hollow words-how are you going to believe the one who actually say what they mean?

There was a woman Born from a lotus Her heart was golden Deep as the ocean Until this one man He came and broke it Til it was open Just like a lotus Oh yes, There were explosions She found her focus The beast awoken.. - Jhené Aiko

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Your basic love story between a girl in the hood, and a boy who got out...or is it? Yara is your typical hoodrat with a twist. Without much of a life ahead of her, she thinks her part time job and running the streets is all there is to life until she meets Rashad. Rashad had looks, money, a nice car, everything that a hood rat saw in a man. Yara was fairly easy to get, but it was a challenge to get her to stay.

Sequel to Satisfaction.

𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎

𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵, 𝘪 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘮 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺.

Seventeen-year-old Kendra Watson and her mother live in Chicago where life is difficult and unpredictable. Kendra is battling between her physical appearance and choosing the right people to hang around with in school. Any decision she makes can either land her in a lot of trouble or make her successful so she can get her mother and her out of poverty. What will she make of her life? PART 2 Seventeen-year-old Kendra Watson made a decision that will change her life forever. Will she get enough help and support? Who will she turn to when things get even more rough? Seventeen-year-old Shaun Miller has no parents since they died when he was younger. He basically now raises himself and is struggling to keep on the right track in life. Will he make the right decisions, or will his ego cause him to land himself in drama? Seventeen-year-old Janelle Bennett was betrayed by her best friend Kendra Watson, and now goes around Chicago doing violent things. Will she be able to get help and turn her life back around, or will she learn the hard way?