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When we were younger, we built a fort, peter and I. It was in a clearing, in the woods, behind the beach. It was indestructible. I bet it’s still there.

I was ten; he was eleven, so he liked to believe he was so much older than me. So much stronger, braver, smarter, so much more mature. Right. Well, no matter how much more mature he was, we both thought that our fort was the coolest thing. Like, ever.

Our parents would always get mad at as for sneaking away where they couldn’t find us, but lecture after lecture just went in one ear and out the other. We knew they couldn’t find us, that was the point. We thought that no one could ever find us there.

I remember that one day we were so caught up in our game of ‘prince and princess’ that we didn’t notice a storm brewing down on the beach. Not until it hit us.

There was thunder, and lightning. I was scared of both.

And the rain. The rain the tore the sky apart like it hadn’t rained in years. I started to cry, but he pulled me back into our shelter – our safe haven – where he kissed me and said,

“Don’t worry now Jem, we are safe in here, under the rain.”

That might have been the day I realized I loved him.

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When we were younger, we built a fort, peter and I. It was in a clearing, in the woods, behind the beach. It was indestructible. I bet it’s still there.

I was ten; he was eleven, so he liked to believe he was so much older than me. So much stronger, braver, smarter, so much more mature. Right. Well, no matter how much more mature he was, we both thought that our fort was the coolest thing. Like, ever.

Our parents would always get mad at as for sneaking away where they couldn’t find us, but lecture after lecture just went in one ear and out the other. We knew they couldn’t find us, that was the point. We thought that no one could ever find us there.

I remember that one day we were so caught up in our game of ‘prince and princess’ that we didn’t notice a storm brewing down on the beach. Not until it hit us.

There was thunder, and lightning. I was scared of both.

And the rain. The rain the tore the sky apart like it hadn’t rained in years. I started to cry, but he pulled me back into our shelter – our safe haven – where he kissed me and said,

“Don’t worry now Jem, we are safe in here, under the rain.”

That might have been the day I realized I loved him.