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Raelynn Harper was just your average teenage girl. She fell in love with someone who she had expected to be her "forever". That was not the case at all. Around 15 years of age, Raelynn had started dating Terrence Hartman, who was 17 at the time. He was your average “bad boy” that everyone dreamed of being with. Out of all the girls who threw themselves at him, he chose Raelynn (apparently there was something special about her). During her freshman year of high school, Raelynn had caught Terrence with the head of the cheer-leading squad. She was heartbroken and ended their relationship after a year of dating.
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Although her freshman year started off on a bad start, Raelynn began focusing on herself and her studies rather than worrying about relationships. She happened to be struggling in algebra and needed to be tutored. Jordan Westfall had volunteered to tutor her. After weeks of tutoring sessions, Raelynn had grown quite fond of Jordan and his company. Since they enjoyed spending time together, they had decided it was time to progress their relationship even further.
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1.5 years later, Raelynn and Jordan have an argument like no other. She couldn’t deal with what happened; she couldn’t face their problems head-on. She did the one thing she knew she shouldn’t have done…she had confided in Terrence too much and one thing led to another. Regardless of their significant others, Raelynn and Terrence kept going back to one another. Weeks later, Raelynn had found herself pregnant with Terrence’s child. Now she must choose whether to face the consequences and confess her actions to Jordan, or she must end her relationship and disappear.
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Terrence Hartman was the boy everyone had fallen in love with. He was everything you could ever imagine. When he was just 17 years old, he met 15-year-old Raelynn Harper and fell in love. She wasn’t like the other girls. She had seen him as a person and not as a failure. Terrence had only dated Raelynn for a year, but that one year was cut short when he was caught cheating with Tanya Langford, the head cheerleader at Oasis High. Terrence had no intentions of cheating, but Tanya had convinced him otherwise.
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After Raelynn had ended their relationship, Terrence felt alone and broken. He lost a piece of his heart. Sure, it was mostly his fault, but he regrets every single minute of it. He continued his relationship with Tanya, but he still felt empty inside.
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The past two years with Tanya had become easier. He was slowly forgetting his love for Raelynn and he was falling for Tanya. It wasn’t until Raelynn had contacted him out of nowhere when his feelings for her started coming back. He offered his love and support throughout Raelynn’s struggles with Jordan, but that all ended when they were intimate with each other time and time again. Weeks after their many sexual encounters, Raelynn had announced she was pregnant and he was the father.
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Tanya Langford lost her family in a tragic train accident. Her mother, father, and twin sister were on the train when it had collided with an oncoming train. Tanya had stayed behind that day. Her twin sister Viviana needed to have a lung transplant and she and her parents had to travel far away to do it. Tanya was told to stay behind so she wouldn’t miss school. In the middle of the school day, she was escorted out by the police. She had then discovered that it was her parents and twin sister who was the “unidentified individuals" she had seen on the news at school.
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After her parents’ death, Tanya had grown up in an orphanage for the majority of her life. Later on, she was moved into foster care until she turned 18. During these tragic years, she was surprisingly doing well for herself. She was head captain of the cheer-leading team at Oasis High and she had become one of the most popular girls in school. Not long afterward, she had met Terrence Hartman, the most popular boy in school.
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She had heard of Terrence’s relationship with Raelynn, but she ignored it. She kept making passes at him and he refused each time. She had to have him and she was going to do whatever it took to get him. One day, she cornered him under the bleachers in the gym. After many sexual passes, Terrence gave in and accepted her proposal. Soon after, they were caught by Raelynn and Tanya wasn’t the least bit sorry. After she ruined Terrence and Raelynn’s relationship, she convinced Terrence to continue their relationship.
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Jordan Westfall was your average teenager. He was always shy and struggled to communicate with girls, especially the ones he found to be the most beautiful. Jordan was the smartest kid in his grade. Many girls rejected him because they didn’t want to be with a “nerd” or a “geek”.
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His whole middle and high school career left him with nothing but sorrow. It wasn’t until he was asked to be Raelynn’s tutor that things started to look up for him. He had a crush on Raelynn for the longest time and for him to be close to her was beyond amazing. He never had the courage to approach her because he wasn’t at all what she was looking for, or so he thought.
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Jordan was heartbroken for Raelynn as she told him about her ex Terrence and what he had done to her, but at the same time, he was also relieved because this was his chance to redeem himself and prove the others wrong. A few weeks had gone by and he and Raelynn were starting to become closer. They had soon made the decision to make their relationship official.