We swayed and swerved even though there wasn't music. It was amazing. Our hair was drenched and matted down, so were our clothes. And then, as we were turning, we slipped and fell down into the mud. We laughed our heads off. Then Peter asked me something strange.

"Why are you leaving? Why do you want to go away and leave everybody?" Peter said slowly.

"What?" I said over the rain. I heard him, but didn't understand.

"You don't get it and you haven't realized it. I know you want to get away from everything, from this town. You want to escape. You are trying to hide yourself away from everybody and seclude yourself. But then you come and hang out with me, I don't understand. Why me? What have I ever done? Why do you do this... To me?" He seemed calm through his speech, not angry surprisingly.

"I don't know. I'm scared, I guess." I answered. I couldn't answer his main question though. Why him? Not that I didn't want to answer, I just didn't have an answer. All he did was nod.

It was a simple answer and I was glad no questions were asked further. He then hugged me and took me home.

That night I thought about that question. Why him? The thing about Peter is you could tell him anything and he wouldn't really show any emotion. He would just nod and hug you or just stand there. It was very hard to tell what he was feeling.

I kept my feelings bundled up inside me. But that's when something clicked, he broke down my walls. He let me empty out all of my emotions, all of my feelings. He broke down my walls. He would always be there and help me through my fights. He would always be there. I knew, at that moment, that I was falling in love with Peter Shepard.