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

 “We’ll see,” mom says, as we arrive to the building where I’ll stop off for lessons. 


 I’m wondering if Kyle’s relationship with my mom is going to sway her at all this time. Seems like they have a better mother-son relationship than she has with me. He can always seem to talk to her about her science stuff –she’s a pharmacist – while I’m always lost as to what they’re talking about. But I wonder if their good relationship will change her mind about letting me stay out. It’s not like my father can sway her. 


 “I’m off,” I say, stepping out of the car. “Drive safely, mom.” 


 “Call me if you need me,” she says, like always. 


 Did he really go out of his way to get me a birthday present? 


 Though… he did say he was going to try to be nicer to me –or was it ‘more open’? 


 Doesn’t it mean the same thing… technically? 


 I stroll into the building and up the stairs into my literature class with ten minutes to spare before the session begins. I sit beside a kid two years younger than me, named Timothy, and listen to him babble on and on about this video game he’s always playing until eventually I get bored and pull out my Shakespeare book to finish reading the chapter I’ve been stuck on for the past week.


The Return [3]