Chapter 2

"What's this, Craig?" Angela Jeremiah asked, pulling out an old shoe box that had SAMMY written on the side of it in a three-year-old's handwriting.

"Yeah," Craig Manning's best friend, Sean Cameron said. "What is it?"

Sean took it from Angela and looked it over and passed it to Spinner Mason. "Who's Sammy?" Spinner asked.

Craig stared at the shoe box. "Sammy?" he asked. He took it from Spinner. "Oh, she was my best friend when we were younger. She use to live next door to me when Mom and Dad were still together."

"That must've been ages ago," Craig's stepfather/Angela's father, Joey Jeremiah said.

"Yeah, it was," Craig said. "God, I don't even remember what was in this box."

"Then open it up," Craig's other friend, Marco del Rossi said.

Craig touched the top of the box and then opened it. On top was a picture of him and Sammy when they were three, they were both in swimsuits and soaked.

"Aw, you were so cute," Angela said, pointing to Craig. Sean had pulled her up onto the stool next to him.

Craig blushed. "Yeah, we were cute," he said.

He put that picture onto the table.

Then there was another picture from two years ago before Sammy left him forever. Sammy was sitting on her family's front porch, she was wearing a black sleeveless top and black shoes with really thick soles and had a strap going around the ankle. Sammy loved to be different than everyone else. Craig had taken that picture of her.

"She's hot," Spinner said, looking at the picture.

Craig nodded. He picked up another picture and it was of Sammy, she had sent it to him a year ago from her school in Germany. Next things he pulled out were a bunch of the letters she had sent him over the years. They had kept in touch, but Craig had a feeling deep down that Sammy was keeping something from him.

"Ooh, this is pretty!" Angela said. She reached into the box and pulled out a gold charm bracelet with different charms hanging off of it.

"Hey," he said, he took it from her and looked it over. "I thought I had lost this."

"It's just a bracelet," Sean said.

"No," Craig replied. "No. No, this is Sammy's charm bracelet. I got this for her for our tenth birthday."

"Our?" Marco asked.

Craig nodded. "Ironically, her mom and my mom were best friends and they got pregnant with us at the same time and we were born the same day," he said. He smiled. "But I'm a few minutes older."

"Oh, wow," Sean said, sarcastically.

"Craig, put your things away," Joey said. "You have to go to school."

"Oh, crap! You're right!" Craig said. He threw the things back into the box. "Ang, put this in my room, could you?"

Angela nodded. "Can I wear the bracelet Craig?" she asked.

"Um," Craig said. "Angie, that bracelet means a lot to me. And if you lost it I'd be really upset."

"Ok," Angela said, sadly.

Hating to see his sister in her sad pouty way she usually did to make him feel guilty he said, "But, I promise I'll get you one."

"Just like it?"

"No, but one just for you."

"Ok."

Angela kissed her brother on the cheek and ran upstairs with the box.

Craig turned with his friends and walked out of the house and to Degrassi Community School.