A/N: Woo! A chapter through Eric's eyes. I love Eric. This is a really sweet chapter. Probably my favorite so far.

You can't believe that your hermanita is all grown up. You can't believe that she's dating anybody, much less your best friend. You can't believe she's living with him.

Where did all the time go?

You remember when she was so tiny, when you could pick her up and carry her around. When you were the only boy she needed. When her English faltered, though it occasionally did that still. When you braided her hair, and when she always came crying to you. You remember her working hard late at night to do her homework, the pride on her face when she walked down the aisle at graduation. And now... she's a grown up Crime Scene Investigator, and she's living with a man.

What happened?

"Eric?" Speed asks one day after work. "Can I talk to you?"

Uh-oh. With that tone, there's only one direction this can be going in. "Yeah?"

"It's about Bela."
Of course. Isn't it always?
"Eric, we've been going out for a while now and-"
"No," you say bluntly.
"What?" He stares at you, mouth open in surprise.
"No, Speed," you repeat, almost impatiently. Did he expect you to be happy that your best friend wanted to permanently take away your little sister?
"Eric...you don't even know what I want to say," he says defensively.
"Yeah Speed, I think I do. You want to tell me how she's the most beautiful, perfect girl you have ever met and that you love her so much, and that you want my blessing." She is all of that, but you're holding out on the blessing for now. She's so young.

"Well...yeah. But Eric, there's so much more than that." He looks really sappy right about now. You'd be teasing the crap out of him if the girl he was so obviously head-over-heels for wasn't your baby sister.
You sigh and decide to listen, eyebrow raised. "Eric. I've been your best friend for… how long? It doesn't matter. I've known you for a while. And I've known Bela, too. And you know that I would never do anything to hurt her. And I know what you're afraid of. That I'll leave her. Well, that would hurt her, and me, too. And I wouldn't do that. Not to her, not to you. I don't know what I did to deserve her. I probably don't deserve her. But I love her, and, somehow, she loves me, too. And, as my best friend and the closest person to her, I'm asking you to let go of your little sis, your hermanita, and let me marry her."
You can't help but smile. You know that every word that he just said is true. She's your sister. He wouldn't hurt her. He...he loves her. And you know that she's in perfectly capable hands.

"Speed?"
He pauses. "Yes, Eric?"

"You listen to me. If youeverhurt her, ever, I will find you, and I will kill you. Got it?"

The grin on his face is big. And you know that he really does love her. And she loves him. And that they're perfect together.

"Thanks Eric. You know I won't."
But little did you know, little did he know, that he would.

A/N: Foreshadowing much? No, not at all. Next chapter will have several events, one of which will be huge. And no, I'm not killing him yet. Well, So that I a motivated to write aforementioned important chapter, I would appreciate some reviews. Watch your back or I may just make a quota.