AN: Wow, I don't know how, but somehow, this chapter got deleted! Sorry!

(Repost!)

Thanks to all the reveiwer of late! Keep 'em comin!

Discliamer: To a friend's house the road is never long- Dutch Proverb

Chapter 4

Ding!

Cindy looked up from her book at her computer.

Ultrarockgoddess32 is in

Ultrarockgoddess32: Hey, Cin- what up, girl?

Smiling, Cindy replied in a matter of seconds. She loved chatting with Libby. After all the years, they were still so close…

BlondeBombV: Libby! Not much. U?

Ultrarockgoddess32: …Sheen and me went to the movies last night. Saw 'Ultra Lord Returns' in IMAX

Cindy rolled her eyes. She still really didn't understand what Lib saw in that geek, but she obviously loved the guy. She was happy for her…but that didn't mean she still didn't tease them.

BlondeBombV: Fun

Ultrarockgoddess32: ; ) I'll live…

BlondeBombV: How's that engagement ring doing? Still shiny?

Cindy still couldn't believe that it had happened. Libby, getting married! It seemed so mature of them as a group…to have a friend getting married was a totally new and a little bit of an unsettling feeling for her.

Ultrarockgoddess32: you know it! J speaking of which….how's Jimmy?

BlondeBombV: how should I know?

She didn't even know why she denied it anymore. She knew Libby knew…she never had to tell her.

Ultrarockgoddess32: ….don't even give me that- I know you two hang all the time…or more?

BlondeBombV: …shut up. : p

Ultrarockgoddess32: Uh-huh…ooh, my mom is calling me down , I have to get going. She's taking me shopping- I think she misses that.

Cindy felt a jump in her heart. There had been something weighing on her mind lately. Usually, she could talk to Jimmy about just about any problem…but, she ached to ask Libby one question…one he couldn't answer.

BlondeBombV: …Libs? I need to ask you something…got one more sec?

Ultrarockgoddess32: spill

She took a breath. A lot was riding on Libby's answer.

BlondeBombV: How did you know?

Ultrarockgoddess32: huh what?

BlondeBombV: You know…when did you know you really loved Sheen? not just a crush?

Ultrarockgoddess32: ….

BlondeBombV: Do you mind me asking?

Cindy felt strange, like she was wading into unknown waters. She by nature was a headstrong girl, but in matters of the heart, she was unprepared, unknowledgeable, and unsure.

Ultrarockgoddess32: I'm sending u a song clip. Hang tight. I gotta sign off- I'll call u l8ter, k?

BlondeBombV: Thanks. Luv ya

Ultrarockgoddess32: back atcha

Cindy smiled. How like Libby, to answer with a song clip.

ding

Ultrarockgoddess32 has signed off

You have mail!

Quickly, she downloaded the clip, and was surprised to hear the distinctly country sound coming through her speakers.

If you get out in the drivin' rain
Stand in the eye of the hurricane
And never think twice

Cindy was speechless as the memories started playing in her head like film in a projector. The weather experiment…she had helped Jimmy gather data, but they had almost gotten killed in the raging winds…she had been terrified…but not for herself. When Jimmy had all but fallen out of the hover car, reaching out to place a hover beacon, she had had to pull his out of the grasp of the wind.

If you turn your back on selfishness
And your thoughts are for someone else
Cause' they've changed your life

She had been so relived they had made it out alive, so happy to see him unhurt, she had almost started crying. Of course, she had quickly recovered by yelling at him about some kind of nonsense, but she would never forget the look on his face when she had finally pulled him in. "Cindy…thanks." Was all he had said, but it was enough.

That's how you know it's love
That's how you know it's meant to be
When the span of forever
Just never seems long enough
That's how you know it's love

She let a tear escape as she pondered the words. It was the feelings in her, all the things she had tried to push down. It had been with long, reluctant years that she had finally realized, she felt so much more than she wanted to around him. After a while, she just let it in. She could no longer resist.

When your heart insists that you give it all
When you no longer fear the fall
And you just let go
When the past is finally dead and gone
Fate leads you somewhere to the one
That has your soul

She laughed at the way they proclaimed their hatred when they were young. How long ago that all seemed! Now, they were so much a part of each other…

That's how you know it's love
That's how you know it's meant to be
When the span of forever
Just never seems long enough
That's how you know it's love

She raised her head with assurance as she heard the last of the song.

No part of you questions
No part of you doubts
You're only sure this is what love's about

Libby was right, this was the perfect song to help Cindy sort out her feelings.

And nothing and no one
Can stand in your way
Or keep you from sayin' what your heart is dyin' to say

And now she knew what she had to do.

That's how you know it's love
That's how you know it's meant to be
When the span of forever
Just never seems long enough
That's how you know it's love

But how? She, for once, had no idea how he would react. There had to be a way.

There just had to be.