Some people are just magnetic. Have you ever noticed that? They have this power over everyone just because they are who they are. Everyone says its just confidence but I know that, no matter how confident I am, I will never measure up to her because I'm just not that person and I never will be. I just don't have that power, that thing that makes me special and that's fine, coz I accept it. Its just not me. I hide in the shadows and I'm friends with the great ones, the people who are popular. And that's ok because I know that I couldn't survive out of the shadows.
So its weird when she smiles at me like I'm a real person, like I'm actually their; because no-one ever sees me in my shadows. And its weird when she waves to me first, before any of the other people around me, like its me who she actually wants to see. And its weird when she opens up to me and tells me how she's scared or upset, because she doesn't tell anyone else, like I matter.
And its weird when she kisses me gently, softly, and its not just because she pays attention that I feel the way I do, because Oz never made me feel this way. And its not her confidence any more, because she let her guard down around me and I've seen her without all of the bravado but I still feel the same. Its weird because she makes the light shine in my life and I don't have to hide any more because there is life outside of my shadows.
I know that they call her the dark slayer, after the things that she's done, who she used to be. But I know that's not her anymore, because she can't be dark if she brought me out of the shadows. She can't be dark when she's my light.