Beth, the sweet to my dude, my oldest best mate. I want to say all these things because it's a special birthday or for something else but it's not. Something like this makes you realise that you must not take anyone or anything for granted. I'm absolutely devastated and I can't get you off my mind. First thing I did is get my leavers book out and laugh and cry at the stuff we did. You had my book for days 😂. I can't stop thinking about your smiling face with your hair tied up and that infectious chuckle you did - that's how I remember you. Cotwall end, Dudfield house, Dormston, Knapp house, camping out in my garden and abandoning you and Dani 🤣. Spending days at the farm with Dani when I'm petrified of horses 🤣. The beacon, 'rezza', tenni, the house parties. My entire school life and all of it's good memories are because of you. I still laugh to this day at the pathetic things we did and thought was hilarious... like circle all the boobs in the geography books 😂 (yes geography - soz dormston). I dont think I did one piece of geography work and thats because of our idiocity 😂😂. Infact you spilled something on the back of your book so we turned it into a map 🤣 (pictures pending).Then there was the two minute silences I would just see your shoulders shaking and hear you snigger every single two minutes silence I knew what was coming 🤣I'd have to look away and think sad thoughts but i couldnt breathe with laughter and laughing over absolutely nothing. Year 9 science, me you Dani and Bry the rascals not being allowed to do practical, Miss patel asks the class to put their goggles on so we sat copying out of books with goggles on, I'm laughing as I type this so pathetic but so funny our teacher having a breakdown 😂 . Its ironic you became a nurse when we spent most of our lessons either in the corridor dodging Mr Banner or writing songs about everyone in the class 😂🙈 and spent our coursework catchup eating cereal bars and giving our teacher the gossip, completing no coursework and somehow bagging a C, baffles me to this day 😅. Then there was the time two police cars came for us after we belted down the road with a guitar we took out of an alley 😂🎸. I'll never forget looking back and seeing a bloke hanging off your wrists saying hes a police officer - completely traumatised at the time but it's so funny now. Even when you went to the dark side 😅🤭 and I remained a chav 🤦‍♀️ we always stayed close, i think when you have been friends for as long as we have there will always be a special place in my heart for you, and Dani and Bry, our little naughty group of cotwallenders. I remember prom and we was so nervous everyone staring at us 🤣 wed never looked so posh 😂. I loved school and miss it so much and looking back it's because of the memories mostly made with you. Every funny story I tell you're in it. I remember seeing you on the tele as a nurse and I was so proud, i still am. Beth, or should I say Betth 🤣 you are so special, beautiful, funny, intelligent, witty. Your energy and warmth and just everything about you is irreplaceable. I hate that you wont live a long and beautiful life that you more than deserve, I'm sad that the years we have missed and said we would meet up, but I'm so, so grateful for the memories, the belly laughs and that I got to call you my best mate in my life time. I know I will never have a friendship like the one we had. My heart breaks for your family and everyone you was close to you because I know how special you are. Life is so unfair. I will love you forever Beth Imogen Malpass, rest in paradise 🏞❤