Growing into me
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Last published Mon, Jun 29, 2020
Jasmine Brooks is a seventeen-year-old girl, who wants to experience the freedom college has to offer. She has always been too focused on her future to focus on boys, seeing that she has never had a boyfriend in her life. Being in a new city and relishing in the freedom, Jasmine attempts to let loose and adopt a new carefree persona.
Kayden Parker is a nineteen-year-old boy, who is trying to distance himself from his old life and begin a new journey in his freshman year of college. He is keeping his eye on the prize to make sure he can make a life for himself after college without relying on his parents for help. But never did he expect for the girl with the thick curly brown locks to walk into his life.
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