The next morning, Calvin and the others woke up and headed to the cafeteria, when they arrived, they had noticed that Sam was absent.
"Has anyone seen Sam this morning?" Antea spoke "It isn't like him to skip breakfast."
"Calvin would know, Sam's his roommate." Dennis said
"He was in my room the last time I checked." Calvin said "I tried to wake him, but he just shooed me away; he didn't want to talk to me at all."
"Yeah," said Antea "That definitely isn't like him."
"Don't you idiots know anything?" They heard a voice behind them; It belonged to none other than Sammy, who was accompanied by her mother, Sissi.
"What do you mean?" Dennis asked
"It's October 9th." Sammy said
"What's so special about October 9th?" Calvin asked
"It's the day that our father had died, it's been exactly one year today." Sammy told him
"Oh my god, that's terrible." Antea said "No wonder he hasn't come down."
"Oh big deal." Sissi said "I never knew my mother, and I turned out just fine."
"You know, it's no wonder my father hates you." Calvin said disgusted.
"Shut up, Stern. I'll say what I want." Sissi said as she left.
"I'll go talk to him." Calvin said as he left the table.
"Well, be quick." Dennis told him "Remember, we got that big history test today and our next Lyoko mission after class."
Calvin immediately went up to the boys dormitories and to his room, there he found Sam laying face down on his bed, crying in his pillow.
"Hey, Sam?" Calvin asked
"Go away." He said
"Are you alright?" Calvin asked him
"It's the first anniversary of my father's death." Sam said "Of course I'm not alright. Now leave me alone."
"No, I want to talk to you. You sound like you need to talk to someone."
Sam sat up this time, still crying. "It's all my fault." he said "My father's death and all that."
"Sam..."
"Well it is!" he shouted "I shouldn't have asked him to stay outside a minute longer; that bullet wasn't even meant for him! Sammy, even Mom tells me that."
"Sam." Calvin said placing a hand on his shoulder. "You really shouldn't listen to what others, even your family, think of you. You don't really think that it was your fault, do you?"
"Well, no." Sam said still crying.
"Then that's all that matters." Calvin said "Your father was a great person, don't you forget that."
"How so?" Sam asked "What has he done aside from his music and film career?"
"Did he ever have a medal with him? It looks sort of like this?" Calvin said pulling out a red and white medal out of his pocket
"Yes, actually." Sam said
"Do you know how he got that?" Calvin asked "For saving my father's life during the war."
"Really?" Sam asked straightening up
"Yep. My dad got this medal for repaying the favor." Calvin said "I believe that if it wasn't for your father, I wouldn't be standing here today."
"Hey, Calvin?" Sam asked
"Hmm?"
"You're a true friend." he said as he cried in his shoulder.
"You too. In fact, you're my first friend."
"You never had any friends before me?" Sam asked
"No, when I was in grade school, people, especially your sister, liked to make fun of me, even beat me, on a daily basis. Most of it had to do because I was autistic and introverted."
"Yeah, now that I think about it, Sammy did talk a lot about you."
"Yeah. Now come on, class starts soon. I'll meet you down there, I just have to grab something."
"All right then, see you." Sam said as he walked out of his room and downstairs.
Just then, Calvin's cell phone rang, Calvin picked it up and answered it.
"Hello?"
"Hey there, it's me William Jr."
"How did you get this number?" Calvin asked
"Dennis gave it to me." William Jr. said "Anyways, the reason I'm calling is because I don't believe I got your name. I want it so that I can put it on the high scorers chart at our chess club."
"Okay then. It's Calvin. Calvin Stern."
"Wait. Stern? As in Ulrich Stern?"
"Umm... Yes. Why?"
"Listen, I'm going to have to stop talking to you. It's not you, it's what my family thinks of you. So, goodbye."
"Umm... Okay then. Goodbye." Calvin said as he hung up the phone and headed to class.