Monday, October 31, 2011

South of Broad (week of 10/10)

After Leo meets his new orphan friends, his mother assigns him to meet and greet some other new kids. They are new to his neighborhood, and will attend his high school, the same high school his mother is principal of. Leo's mother assigns him to bake cookies for the new neighbors, Sheba and Trevor Poe. Once Leo arrives at Sheba and Trevor's home, he is stunned by Sheba's beauty. Sheba is Leo's age, and beautiful. Trevor is a little younger, and very outspoken. But, although the two children seem very polite and perfect, there was a downside to their lives. Their mother, whom Leo meets during his neighborly visit, is a raging alcoholic. Her behavior is rude, and outrageous when Leo introduces himself. She is quick to tell Leo to leave their house and not return. She acts dramatic, and eventually Leo gives into her dramatics and asks to please her. Leo the leaves, turning to find his mother's next order. He has to attend the yacht club luncheon with his mother. There he meets Chad, Allie, and Fraser, the three affluent teenagers. Two of the three teens were kicked out of their private high schools that they once attended. Leo is beginning to realize that all of the new teens he has met today, have something in common. Although they aren't all criminals, Leo find that they are all on the wrong track. They all need a fresh start to find better lives. Leo was in this same place at one time, and had to make a turn around. Leo thinks that his mother sees some of Leo in all of these new kids, and that Leo can help guide them all back to perfect lives. Although Leo is scared, he decides to take on the challenge anyway and befriend all these kids to try to help them, mostly in order to prove something to his mother. Little does he know, that he will be friends with these kids for the rest of his life.

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