What Matters Chapter Three: Love Among the Ruins

Notes: This is from Peter's POV, and it'll switch over time. Also one chapter might be rated M so you know what that means :) The overall rating might go up too, I'll see.

He's been back from rehab for a few months now, and I still don't have the courage to tell him how I feel. I can't even believe I'm feeling this way. I'm falling for someone who's not only a guy, but also my deceased girlfriend's ex boyfriend who tried to win her back multiple times. How can this be happening? Our relationship did change a lot after Simone's death though. When we went to her funeral, I began to understand why she fell in love with him. I saw a side he was afraid to show people, a kind, loving and passionate side not just for his art but also his love. It touched my heart greatly and we started to become friends. I pushed him to go to rehab, telling him that Simone would want him to go on with his life and not waste it away. It amazed me that I was the one who convinced him to go, not his family, not the few friends he had or Simone, but me.

There's a knock on the door, and I know in my heart it's him. ''I'm coming!'' I shout. I open the door and the moment I see him, my heart starts beating even faster than before. Even though he looks a little sickly from rehab and his hair's all messy, he's the most beautiful man I've ever seen. His eyes instantly draw me in.

''There's something I want to tell you.'' he said panting. I could tell from that that he had been running here to get to me, as though he was afraid to lose me.

''I'm listening.'' I said, my heart feeling like it was about to burst any minute.

''This might sound crazy but I think I'm in love with you.'' he announced.

''You are?'' I asked.

''Yea, if you don't feel the same way it's fine, I mean I'm not your-'' I cut him off with a kiss, pouring in everything I felt for him and I could tell he was doing the same thing. It was the most wonderful passionate kiss I had ever experienced my entire life. I knew that after that, we could start over again.