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

 I’ve never seen her smile like that. 


 Her eyes –which for the past few weeks have been dreading something unspoken of- are no longer sad. They’re slanted upwards. There are crinkles at the sides –she smiles so brightly she can’t help but form the folds on her face in all the right places. Even the grey of her eyes look brighter and more sapphire between her pairs of long lashes. 


 Malory Lloyd is happy. Her mom is coming home. 


 September... October... November... damn. 


 She’s been alone in this house all this time? 


 I’d be happy too; if my parents called to say they were coming home. 


 It’s a feeling that Kyle Davidson –the prankster, the idiot, the moron, the genius, the stubborn ass from the senior year science class could never take away from anyone –even Malory Lloyd. 


What Leaves Us Broken [3]