On the Outside

Four teens, one mutual problem.

Sabine is eighteen and a senior at Redwater High School. Her friends know her as the bubbly captain of the girl's lacrosse team, class president and complete teacher's pet in every class. She is the one to be jealous of, on the outside. At six-thirty every evening, she comes home to her housekeeper and the gardener. There is only the hope they're too busy to notice her.

Benjamin's family barely scrapes by, but live in honest harmony with each other. When he has to tell his already homophobic parents that his boyfriend has been beating him, it seems a better option to simply keep them in the dark. Until it goes too far.

Kirrily is the bottom pancake in her family. Her six brothers have graduated college and made big things out of themselves, and despite her constant studying she can't manage more than a B. When her family began to take her discipline more seriously, things began tumbling out of control.

Carter thought he was just teaching his little sister some discipline. He didn't realize his mistake until it was too late.