Could It Be?

LOTS AND LOTS OF FAX

Maximum Charging Off Danger Magnet Batchelder Martinez Ride's POV

Fang was my bestest friend in the whole wide world. I do not have a crush on him. I do not. I do not. Okay, so I maybe do, but it's not like he doesn't already know. Stupid, stupid, stupid Valium—last time I ever use the stuff was that surgery to get rid of my tracer chip and I'll never use it again.

I know we've been friends forever. But now I think I'm feeling something totally new. And after all this time. I've opened up my eyes. Now I see you were always with me.

If I did like Fang, not as a friend, but as a boyfriend, it would be so different for us.

Could it be you & I never imagined? Could it be suddenly I'm falling for you? Could it be you were right here beside me and I neverknew? Could it be that it's true that it's you? That it's you?

Fang was just there, ready to back me up. Things had been simpler two years ago, but everything just plain complicated.

It's kinda funny. You were always near. But who would have ever thought we would end up here? And every time, I needed you, you've been there to pull me through. Now it's clear, I've been waiting for you.

We just had to make it work. After all, we were soulmates, according to my know-it-all Voice in my head.

Could it be you & I never imagined?

Could it be suddenly I'm falling for you? Could it be you were right here beside me and I never knew? Could be that it's true that it's you? That it's you?

I could see my entire future, suddenly, right in Fang's soft, warm, black eyes. I plunged into the water after Angel, but before I left, I said, "Wait for me."

'Cause today is the start of the rest of our lives. I can see it in your eyes. Oh, that it's real, and it's true. And, it's just me and you. Could it be that it's true that it's you?

I was going to be with Fang, forever. And nothing, no one, or nowhere could change that.

Could it be you & I never imagined? Could it be suddenly I'm falling for you? Could it be you were right here beside me and I never knew? Could be that it's true that it's you? Oh, that it's you? Could be that it's true that it's you? But it's you. Oh, it's you.

The End