Seventeen year old Derius Kenai Phillips has dealt with a lot within a year's time. After falling in love with an older woman, Derius has left his home with his mother in Florida and moves to Georgia. Derius deals with many different conflicts with his new emotional girlfriend he calls "Beautiful." After finally clearing up any issues between them and having his first child Derius and Karla start living a blissful life. Until Derius's mother Alexandra Phillips charges Derius's girlfriend Karla Na'Shell Jacobs with Statutory Rape Derius will not sit and let his girlfriend go to prison, so he throws himself at the mercy of the court in exchange for Karla's freedom. Now under court order to have no contact with his twenty-nine year old girlfriend Karla till his eighteenth birthday. Derius finds himself tested constantly. Before Derius can return home, he will be tested on his manhood, his love and devotion to Karla, his mother and himself. Derius has to deal with his own emotions about being separated from his new life, his mother's continuous schemes and the unexpected new dramas that arise in this second chapter to Beautiful & Hero.