Mildred Halls is a mental home that hosts the strangest and most dysfunctional adolescents. After the death of her mother, nineteen-year-old Fern Delkim relocates into the mental home. When she becomes comfortable living there, Tari Clyburn, a girl who cannot take care of herself moves in, and Fern is forced to become her caretaker. The problem? Tari has not spoken to anyone for over a year and she is planning to keep it that way. As the two girls bond, Fern will stop at nothing to unravel the mystery behind Tari's silence.

I hate her since the day she stole my mascara. Who does that anyway? All the boys in school fancy her. It's just disgusting to watch how they all drool over her. Her name is Taylor. Gosh, I even hate her name... (This story contains more drama than first intended, and it hasn't been rewritten so if you don't like draft stories than this isn't something for you at the moment :p) (This is a gay story, if you don't like it, leave quietly please.)

Emily has a major crush on the hot guy at school, Hunter, but she has no idea what to do to get his attention. After all, she's the girl no one really notices. But getting noticed becomes the least of her worries when she goes to a big party, plays spin the bottle, and comes lip to lip with the baddest girl in the grade above her. Even weirder is when she agrees to get kissing lessons from the same girl she kissed at the party! K-I-S-S-I-N-G what does that spell? DISASTER! [Not a sponsor for Mac, just thought the lipstick idea was cool!]

My body began to curl itself into a ball and sounds of pain helplessly escaped from my throat. The startled animal sounds began to project from my body as it continued to go into shut down mode. It's like the walls have begun to collapse and all of the rubble is falling on top of me and only me. I can hear people screaming and shouting, but for some reason, I feel like I am the only one who can hear them. They are screaming for me to leave, to just run away. They are all so scared of this catastrophic earthquake. Because everything that they know is falling apart. - Book 1 in "Born to Die" series #236 in Teen Fiction