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

 Thankfully, Kyle has chosen to sit in the front seat while Olivia and I take the back. Ron drives off with a honk of his horn and, soon enough, we’re out of the street. Olivia, Ron and Kyle are talking but I don’t really know what to say. I’ve been trying to act as normal as I could, but I’m sitting in the backseat of a friend’s car, conscious of the murderer in the passenger’s seat. 


 “Mal,” Ron says, I hum in response, “Why are you so quiet?” 


 Kyle glances across to his right slightly to look at me for just a brief moment. 


 “I’m just feeling guilty is all,” I say. “Guilty that I didn’t get you a birthday gift.” 


 Ron’s fingers tap on the steering wheel. “Hmmm, but I know how you can make it up to me.” 


 “You do?” I ask, sitting up a bit straighter. I look at him through the rear view mirror. He smirks at me. “What insane plot are you scheming?” 


Birthday Blast [1]