School without Sam felt so strange, it was like a crucial part of me had been cut off, and I was going to have to learn to live without it, learn to live without seeing him every day and being able to just talk to him whenever I wanted to.
My heart ached just to be near him again and as much as Bridget and Kate tried to distract me so I wouldn't think about him there were certain reminders of his absence that even they couldn't prevent from sneaking up on me, like sitting alone in Maths while the rest of the class chatted away or the Monday morning assembly where Mr Scott presented the soccer team with trophies for their season, when he held up the trophy for Sam, he spoke about how, not only was he a valued captain of the soccer team but also an outstanding student who he could see would
