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’m all out of coins,” he tells me with a frown, “I’ll be right back. Do you want any more for yourself?” 


 “I’m good for now,” I say, shaking my bag of silver coin pieces in my hand. “I’ll wait right here.” 


 He’s a great guy, Dale; funny, handsome… I’m quite charmed. He’s smart, too. He’s not some nut-job with a brain the size of a pea. 


 I feel weird being out on a date with a guy for the first time -being out with a guy alone like this –even if it’s around other people. 


 Again, I find myself feeling fearful that someone who knows me from church will tell my parents they saw me out with a guy. 


 Still, if I don’t try to grab every opportunity of freedom I can find, I’ll never be able to live feeling even a little bit genuinely happy. 


 I lean against the air hockey table. It’s so dark in here –it’s dark and intimate, and all around me are neon lights at the edges of the gaming stations. 


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