BOOK 1 of the raising series When new girl Aiko Shu moves to California with her Father after escaping from her crazy mother and her family she transfers to a new school where she meets the nice and the mean people. With nowhere to fit in she feels like an outcast so her father forces her to go to the high school halloween party where everything goes down hill Popular player and Quarter back Malik Booker is a boy who trouble follows. After witnessing his father beat his mother for years on end and just getting the worst of it when defending her leaves him traumatised ice cold and heartless with not a single ounce of love to give his coping mechanism being drinking smoking weed fucking girls and hurting guys during football and on the streets When two lives collide and bring in another both life goes crumbling to the bottom both being bound by a baby but when you hit rock bottom the only way to go is up. ⚠️ Mention of attempted suicide Mention of overdose Mention of Anorexia Mention of infertility Mention of miscarriage