Malory and Kyle must participate in the annual April Fest production as the leading co-stars. If they can cooperate by the end of the production, their long records of uncivilized behaviour towards each other will be forgotten. 
Malory and Kyle attempt to cooperate, grabbing the opportunity to make a positive impact on their own future. In the process, they become entangled in the chaos of the other’s personal life. Malory learns of Kyle’s disturbing reality, and Kyle learns of Malory’s scarring past. Can these two brilliant but messy teens learn to rely on each other in the face of their silent battles?

Between The Lines

 At two in the morning, I find it difficult to sleep again. This time, it’s not because my brain is tied up thinking about school or work or extracurriculars. It’s because of the production. I’m disastrously restless over the matter. I pick up the phone. 


 Me: I’m seriously so sick of this guy. 


 Like... he actually has the audacity to test me to this day! 


 IT’S BEEN FOUR YEARS, GUYS! F O U R. Y E A R S. AND THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE THE WORST OF THEM ALL. 


 I’M going to have to be the leading lady AND RISK CO-STARING WITH THE DISGUSTING DOG THAT IS KYLE DAVIDSON. 


 Someone help me. Someone please help me. 


KittyKaty: Mal, please go to sleep. It is late. And I am very tired. And my phone is blaring every five seconds because of you and I am unable to take it off because my alarm is what wakes me up and if my alarm does not wake me up it is the sound of my ringtone when my dad calls me at 4:30 in the morning to make sure I’m waking up. And this is not a life or death situation. And I have to be up early if I’m going to get to school on time. You know this. Please go to bed. Stop expecting the worst. I’ll see you tomorrow. Bye. 


 Olive: MALORY, I WILL PERSONALLY WALK OVER TO YOUR HOUSE RIGHT NOW WITH A TRANQUILIZER IF YOU DO NOT PUT THE PHONE DOWN AND GO TO SLEEP. 


 All of this over Kyle Davidson. Jeez! You’re being ridiculous. 


 With that, the conversation ends, and both Katy and Olivia drift off to dreamland. Unfortunately for me, I don’t fall asleep until around half three in the morning –and I need to be up by four a.m. sharp if I’m going to get all my tasks completed for the day. 


 That’s just how my schedule works; late nights, early mornings.


Distraught Malory [2]