I woke up to a text message saying my best friend had died.

I couldn’t believe it. I kept replaying the message in my head. Then, I had a text off of one of my other friends asking if I’d heard the news. I replied to them saying it wasn’t true. It wasn’t until I spoke to her mum that I realised that it actually was.

I went to go and make a cup of tea but I couldn’t move. My body felt like a dead weight. I rang my mum and tried to explain to her what had happened but I couldn’t get the words out.

The anniversary is coming up, and it’s bringing a lot of memories back. Happy, and sad… We weren’t just best friends, we were like sisters.