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A/U story where Amanda and Simon are both teachers
Amanda Holden is engaged and she is about to wed the love of her life, Chris, when she finds out that he has been killed in combat.

Amanda has sworn that she wouldn't fall in love after Chris was killed in combat, but she meets a man named Simon Cowell in her friend Alesha's classroom. It's love at first sight for both of them, but will Amanda be able to have a relationship with Simon when the last time she was in love, the man she loved was killed? Or will the relationship be just a dream to both of them when Amanda gets into a car accident?

[Amanda is 35 in the second part and Simon is 45]