Neither Cyd nor Barry had any luck at remembering more details of their lives, but there was a definite feeling of comfort that they each felt being in the presence of the other.

They started holding hands without even being aware of it, and as they walked together more than one passer-by would glance towards them and assume they were two teenage sweethearts enjoying a romantic stroll.

Of course, their conversation was a bit different from what most boyfriends and girlfriends chatted about.

"The best thing to do would be to go to our the school. They'd have records on us as students, and if nothing else we'd find out our home addresses," Barry said.

"You would," Cyd replied. "I still don't know my own name. How do I explain that?"

"We'll figure out something." He squeezed her hand slightly as he spoke, trying to reassure her.

She responded by leaning against him as they walked.

"So we know each other," she said, trying to review the few things they had concluded about themselves. "And something happened that made us forget everything." She paused. "We're probably good friends."

Barry didn't reply to that, causing Cyd to study his expression.

"You don't think we're friends?" she asked.

"It would be nice," he said. "But logically, it seems...less than certain."

"Why would you say that?"

"From what I've been able to observe, I seem to be the type of person who enjoys school, am not particularly athletic nor up on the most popular trends. I don't have any specific memories to point to...but more of a general feeling that's how I am." He paused. "The kind of person that some might label a nerd."

"And you think I wouldn't be friends with you because of that?"

"You strike me as someone...well, there's something about you...it's just that you seem..."

Growing impatient with Barry's hesitancy, Cyd spoke in a confrontational tone.

"How do I seem to you?

"You seem very...cool, for lack of a better word," he answered. "Even now when we're both unsure of ourselves, you project a certain confidence. You're probably something of a rebel...the kind who doesn't love school overly much. Maybe you're even a bit of a troublemaker, though that doesn't keep you from being very popular."

"Why would I be popular?"

"Why wouldn't you be?" Barry went on. "You have this natural charisma that no doubt draws people to you. To say nothing of how beautiful you are."

Cyd stopped walking then, halting Barry as well.

"You think I'm beautiful?" she asked.

"Beauty is subjective," he started to explain but his tone shifted as he continued, becoming less clinical and more emotional. "In my opinion however, you are...very beautiful."

Cyd smiled shyly as she blushed.

******'******

Shelby didn't know what to do.

Her friends could be anywhere. How could she find them?

If she called the police, how could she explain the situation? If she told them the truth, they'd probably think she was trying to pull some sort of prank.

So for the moment, she was on her own. There was nothing she could do put pick a direction and walk...hoping that luck would lead her to Cyd and Barry.

******'******

"So you have no proof we aren't friends?" Cyd asked.

"No. It's just more likely that we're classmates."

"Because we're so different?" Cyd looked into his eyes. "But if we aren't friends, then why does this..." She squeezed his hand...the hand she'd been holding for some time. "...feel so nice?"

"It does feel nice," Barry commented in a soft voice.

"So we could be friends."

"It's a possibility."

"We could be...more than friends?" Cyd felt her heart beating harder as she said the words.

Barry's response came out as a whisper. "I couldn't be that lucky."

Slowly, they started to lean closer to one another.

"Caprice," he said.

"That's probably not my name," she replied. "But I like the way you say it."

"Caprice," he repeated, but in an entirely different tone.

Then they kissed.

******'******

Shelby was feeling more and more hopeless as she entered the park.

Then...she saw them. It was a miracle! She'd found Cyd and Barry!

She found them just in time to see them kiss.

And suddenly, Shelby was feeling an entirely different emotion.

******'******

As kisses went, it would have been a great one judged strictly on its own merits.

However, the accident that had robbed the teens of their memories ensured that this particular kiss had even more going for it.

Their memories were ever so slowly fighting to reassert themselves. At the same time, each of them still had a few stray energy particles coursing through their bodies. Lingering residue from the energy storm in Barry's lab.

So when their lips touched, and then kept touching, an energy particle in Cyd's body drifted over and collided with one in Barry's body.

The result was magical.

They ended the kiss and looked at each other.

"Barry?!"

"Cyd?!"

All their memories were restored. They knew who they were. They remembered everything.

Including everything that had led up to their kiss.

"You think I'm beautiful," Cyd said softly.

"We kissed," he said back.

Her response was to pull him to her and kiss him again.

******'******

What is happening? Shelby thought in alarm.

She had to conclude that her friends were doing this because they didn't know who they were. Even so, the sight of them kissing was still shocking to the blonde.

Almost as shocking as just how jealous the sight made her.

I need to put a stop to this right now! she thought as she began marching towards them. They don't know what they're doing!

******'******

Cyd and Barry ended their second kiss and gazed into each others eyes.

"I don't believe this," he said. "Is this really happening?"

Cyd nodded. "You're a great kisser."

"Does this mean...would you like...could we..."

"Go out sometime?" she finished the thought for him. "I mean...if you want to?"

"I...do want to." Things may have been moving fast, but he did know that much. He also knew that the feelings he was experiencing now were even greater than he'd felt for his old girlfriend Marci...before she'd moved away and their relationship had ended.

The two teens kept staring at each other in a love struck fog...until a thought hit Cyd like a sledgehammer.

"Oh no! SHELBY!"

Her worried cry snapped Barry's mind back to attention, and he became just as worried. "She would have lost her memory too! We have to find her!"

"But how?"

"Let's go back to the lab," Barry answered. "Maybe we can find-SHELBY!"

Cyd turned and saw the same sight Barry just had. Her best friend was standing right there.

"SHELBS!" she cried out as she rushed forward and threw her arms around the blonde. "Are you okay?"

"Shelby, do you know who you are? And who we are?" Barry asked.

The surprised blonde looked to her two friends. "Yes, I do. But you two...your memories are..."

"Just fine," Cyd answered. "It took a while, but we're back to normal."

"That kissing was NOT normal!" Shelby shot back.

"Oh," Cyd replied. "You saw that?"

"I most certainly did," the blonde huffed.

"You seem upset," Barry commented. "Are you sure you're alright? Maybe there are some after effects from the accident."

Cyd had another theory for her friend's mood.

"Are you upset that Barry and I kissed?" the brunette asked.

"Of course I am," came the answer. "I was worried out of my mind for you! Then I find you and see you making out and I'm like 'ohmigod, they don't know what they're doing'!"

"But we did know what we were doing," Cyd answered.

Shelby's only response was a surprised look.

"At first we didn't know who we were," Cyd explained. "I was scared, but being with Barry made me feel better." She leaned closer to her best friend and whispered. "He told me I'm beautiful, Shelbs."

The blonde stayed silent as she looked at her friend. She could see the excitement in Cyd's eyes. Excitement and happiness.

"And you like Barry?" she asked. "I mean...'like' him. For real?"

"I think I do."

"This is all a surprise to us too," Barry said as he stepped forward. "But, I realize I do feel something for Cyd."

Shelby didn't miss how her two friends took hold of one another's hands as the stood next to each other. Nor the way they each blushed ever so slightly when they exchanged glances.

"So...you two are going to date now?"

"We're going to go out," Cyd answered. "See what happens."

Shelby was still feeling a great deal of jealousy, though she wasn't entirely sure why. However she also felt something else as she studied the expressions on her friends' faces.

"Oh...you guys," she said. "You're so adorable." She stepped towards them both with a smile, but that smile vanished suddenly as she focused her attention towards Barry.

"You break her heart and I'll make your life miserable," she snarled. "You understand me, science-boy?"

He nodded, and Shelby's threatening demeanor disappeared as she smiled again and hugged them both.

******'******

Time went on and, fortunately, Barry never gave Shelby any reason to make his life miserable.

Cyd and Barry, to the surprise of many who knew them, proved to be a wonderful couple. All the people that cared about them were glad to see how happy they made each other.

Though they did wonder why Barry sometimes called Cyd 'Caprice'...and why'd she'd always blush and smile sweetly whenever he did so.

The End.

author's note: My third story for Best Friends Whenever and so far I've had Cyd paired with (or at least kissed by) a different character each time. Gee, someone would think I like Cyd or something. Please review.