I don't know how long I had spent up on that hill with Cade, but dawn was already starting to break when we left. We had talked about school, about our parents and our dreams for the future. I already knew Cade wanted to get a scholarship for American football, as his dad had done, but I didn't realise the significance as to why. Turns out he was the same as me. His dad had passed away, but it was more recent for him. It was one of the reasons behind his move to town. Both his parents had been killed in a car accident and, to say my heart wept for him would have been an understatement. I literally sat there in his car, crying for him. It was kinda funny really, he was comforting me because I was crying for him! I understood his sadness, but the only relief I had was that I was so young whe
