From that day on, Sam wasn’t as hard on Ally. He respected her trust for him and the way she coped with bullying, to make a joke out of it all. He respected the way that she bottled up her emotions, how easy is it to actually do that? he wondered, Ally had only ever let them out in school once. She didn’t even cry when she tore a ligament in year 4.

Ally respected Sam too, she noticed his change towards her, never contributing any more to the spiteful comments made by Tori. Unfortunatel...