Stepped Up
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Just returning back to school 6 months after having her son, Elliot, 17 year old Oakley has to learn how to juggle being a senior in high school, along with a single teen mom who only has the help of her mom and bestfriend.
Just moving to town, 18 year old Drake has not had the easiest life. He was jumped around from foster home to foster home after finding his mother passed out on the bathroom floor from a drug overdose.
Being in high school they each had different goals in life, and neither of them were focused on finding love.
But as soon as their eyes connected they both felt a spark that they could not ignore.
The spark that drew them to each other.
The only problem was the secret that Oakley was keeping behind close doors.
What will happen when Drake finds out about this secret?
Will he step up or step back?
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