That's the saddest story I've read in so long.

Nothing else to say.

"Him and Ellie had been 'special friends' for a couple of years but then they broke up. "


He was dating at 6? awwww that's cute.. I wonder if they had a little make -out session for the honeymoon- I want pics of the wedding..

i wonder how ellie feels about her "husband" dying...
o_O

Awww bittersweet. She will always remember him I am sure of it.

I was wondering the same thing. So young to be a widow!

Am I the only one who finds this a little creepy?

Yes, I'm sure it was a nice gesture for Reece, but Elleanor is going to live with this forever. She had a fake wedding at 8 years old, with a boy who's died the next day. Yeeeeah - that's going to leave some scars.

I think I'm mostly stricken by how...authentic they made it

"The pair went out to dinner in the mayor's limousine and the families organised a 'wedding', complete with rings, a stand-in vicar and a certificate."

I'm fairly certain I got married on a near daily basis when I was 8, with or without the consent with of a groom, but that was playground silliness.