Mine to keep

Bernice Burgos and Odell Beckham Jr were the golden couple of Greenwood High-he the star quarterback already being scouted, she the honor-roll debater who dreamed of becoming an attorney. They shared a love that felt too big for their seventeen-year-old bodies, the kind that made teachers smile and classmates roll their eyes.

But right before graduation, everything changed. Bernice found out she was pregnant, and the news collided with Odell's draft prospects. Terrified of losing his shot at the NFL-and pushed hard by his ambitious, image-obsessed father-Odell left for training camp without ever fully facing what was happening. His departure wasn't clean or kind; it was rushed, messy, and left Bernice feeling abandoned in the worst moment of her life.

Their story isn't about erasing the past. It's about choosing each other anyway, even knowing how badly things can break.

Sometimes love doesn't need to be perfect to be worth another try. Sometimes it just needs two people brave enough to walk back into the fire-this time, together.