“I don’t know.” I responded.

I was at a lost for words yet, I knew exactly what I wanted to say but the words wouldn’t come out.

Later that evening the same question arose again. Answers shot out like bullets, aiming towards the heart of my peers. “Man down! man down!” Effective answers from both my friends and I.

I couldn’t fathom how ditsy and foolish I was around him. Being around him was like walking into a dark and empty room; enclosed and slightly mysterious. He makes me nervous and quite timid.