Small eddies of powdery snow were blowing across the university grounds as I looked out of the window of our new accommodation. On first arriving at uni at the end of a glorious summer I had been paired up with Savanna Dayton-Jones or Savvy for short and we had hit it off right from the start. All my doubts had been blown away by her warmth, her generosity and the sheer power of her personality. Soon after that, we had me...

I was ten when both my parents died in an auto accident. They had had me late in life; I guess I was one of those unexpected surprises. Uncle Sebastian had taken me in, he was my father’s elder brother and my only real relative. It wasn’t easy for him, money was always tight, and he had no experience in raising a teenage girl but bless him, he stuck at it, and I loved him for it. Now having completed my A-levels, I was of...

It had been six weeks; a lifetime in reality since I arrived to start my new life at university. It could not have started worse with all my belongings being stolen by some bastard at the bus station leaving me soaked to the skin and with just the clothes I stood in. Just when I thought my life was ruined, I met my beautiful roommate Savvy who took me into her arms and brought light into my life. Last week Savvy’s mother...

I had started at the university during a cool, wet week in late summer, now the seasons had moved on, autumn had arrived in all its glory. The trees had morphed into browns and golds as the leaves started to fall and the temperatures had dropped to give us cool, crisp days. I was walking briskly through the grounds eager to get back to the warmth of my accommodation block. Despite a thick new winter coat and woollen thigh...