Two weeks. That is how long Shayden Massey spent in jail — and how long it took for a love story that began when Lexus Scheller was 11 to fall apart. But the ending was written scene by scene, starting with a 13-year-old girl who ran away with her boyfriend while her mother begged her not to.
Eleven and Thirteen: The Runaway Romance
Lexus and Shayden had been together since she was 11 and he was 13. When Lexus was 13, she ran away with Shayden. Her mother Kelsey, a teen mom herself, told her to stop seeing him — but Lexus did not listen. Kelsey was only 31 when she became a grandmother — three generations of teen moms, Lexus the latest.
May 2, 2017: Scarlett Arrives, and the Fighting Gets Worse
When filming began, Lexus was 15 and 38 weeks pregnant. On May 2, 2017, she gave birth to Scarlett Brooke — 7 pounds, 20 inches. Shayden, then 17, worked full time. The baby was supposed to steady them. Instead, the fighting got worse: once Scarlett was born, the couple resumed having sex though Lexus was not on birth control, and her fear of another pregnancy turned every disagreement into a standoff. The arguments that followed landed among the show’s most shocking moments, and the cameras caught all of it.
The Breakup, the Makeup, and the Birthday Blowup
Season 1 ended with the couple split. Then came the twist fans still argue about: they got back together. After the season, Lexus said they planned to move in before her 18th birthday and marry a few years later. On Instagram she wrote she could not wait for many more years with him and their baby girl: “I will be your wife someday.”
They returned for Season 2. The reunion did not last. At Scarlett’s first birthday, they got into a huge argument on camera — the party meant to prove they had grown up. Viewers could see what the couple could not yet admit: the makeup had been the exception, not the rule.
Two Weeks in Jail, and the Door That Never Reopened
After Season 2 ended, Shayden went to jail for driving a car without a license — about two weeks, by his own estimate. Short, but long enough. When he got out, he accused Lexus of cheating with his best friend while he was behind bars, and the relationship ended for good. Shayden later said TLC asked him back and he turned it down over pay, calling it insanely low — fans later put the figure at a reported $425 an episode. Fans still raise the originals in the debate over an OG moms reunion, but Shayden has made it clear he is not coming back.
YOU MAY LIKEUnexpected Couples Ranked: Who Is Still Together in October 2026?True or not, the jail sentence did something no argument had done: it stopped the cycle. No third reconciliation, no new interview promising a wedding someday. The story that began with a runaway at 13 ended with a locked door at 19.
Nine Years Later: Two Parents, Two New Families
Today, Lexus and Shayden share custody of Scarlett, according to a 2026 update. Lexus got engaged to Isaiah Norwood in January 2020 and later had a daughter with him. Shayden welcomed second daughter Everleigh on October 1, 2020, and is now a father of three girls, dating Kaylan Bryant. Nine years on, the other Season 1 moms have scattered into very different lives — but few stories bend as sharply as this one.
So here is the question it all comes down to: was the jail sentence the real ending, or had it already ended at Scarlett’s first birthday, when the couple who promised each other forever spent the day fighting? Team Second Chance or Team It Was Always Over — watching from the first episode, which side would you have picked?
