The Reason I'm Called Apathy

Scarlett Apathy is your average teenage girl. She dreams of making it big in the world, she has a crappy home life and is barely making it in the world. She struggles with the amount of homework given, deals with drama with her friends almost ever week, and she doesn't like herself. She struggles with the death of her mother and messed up family. But nobody in her friend group knows about her struggles except her best friend April. And even she doesn't know her secrets.

Ryder Benson is your average teenage guy. He has dreams of being a producer and becoming a famous writer. His life is rather easy...so everyone thinks. He tries to cope with his brother who has cancer and deal with all of the drama in his friend group. Him and Scarlett have always been friends but never were that close. After their Middle School production of Annie, he really gets to know her as person and falls in love with her. But shes not one to open up that quickly.

Two different people with such similar lives. This could totally last...right?

This story talks about hope for the past, present and future. Two 14 year old kids who you never thought would come together as one. But ones dream will get in the way of the other. Is one school year really long enough to fall in love with someone?