Jessie Black has been depressed for a while now. She's 17 and her mother died 2 years ago and her father doesn't act like one. Before her mom passed, they had a 'perfect' family. But ever since her mom died everything went downhill.

Emily used to someone. A sister. A daughter. A girlfriend. A friend. Then her mother was murdered - and everything went quiet. Now she is unraveling under the weight of grief she can't name. Her sister Amy is holding it together - barely. But pretending to be okay doesn't stop you from drowning. Told through alternating POVS, The Quiet Between Us is a haunting teen fiction about sisterhood, love, trauma and the fragile hope of healing. Because sometimes, the loudest cries are the ones no one hears.

17 year old Payton Mae Sanders .Goes to North Side High School.She has only one friend named Raven.A boyfriend named Jace.She is bullied every day.She is a cutter,uses a razor on her wrist.