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

 It’s two days before Ron’s birthday and I still don’t know what to get him. School’s ended, and I stroll out of the compound with the intention of heading home when I realise my parents aren’t home to ensure I reach home at a specific time anyway. 


 Instead of heading home to what I know is an evening of chaos–pots and pans banging, Aunt Naomi yelling at Denise for making a mess and Rachel essentially cutting up every piece of scrap fabric she could find to attempt to make something fashionable out of it, and probably insulting my entire wardrobe- I head in the opposite direction and go to the mall. 


 I ought to find Ron something suitable there –a book maybe, or a movie, maybe a nice duster or a scarf or a beanie. Something. Anything. It’s the thought that counts, right? 


 I head into a taxi and reach the mall in less than half an hour. 


 After window shopping for about an hour and a half, Aunt Naomi calls me. “Olivia, where are you?” 


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