Sammy Walcott

"Oh Sammy, you won't believe what happened today." Mum said pushing my hoodie off the bed so she could sit.

I'm starting to regret why I told her to come in. Nobody enters my room, or at least nobody has in a long time. It was my heaven, Sammy's lonesome. And it was messy.

I tore my eyes away from the brief lying carelessly on the floor. Have I worn that? "Yeah, what happened?"

Mum laughed tucking a loose grey hair behind her ear. Seeing her laugh made me smile. My mum is the kind of woman who laughed at everything. She's one of the annoying humans who...