Santa's Little Helpers (Editing)

#25 "The Ending"

The song above is 'Inconsolable' by Westlife!

The story is finally over! 

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It was Christmas. It had been two years since the crazy events that had happened.

After Chuck had taken the girls back to their home, They have never heard of Nick anymore.

Selena had doubts. Maybe it was all a dream. But the silver pendant had said otherwise.

At first, she was mad at Nick for never contacting them. She understood that he needed time to process all that happened and was hard for him to let Selena go. But that didn't mean that he could shut her out just like that. But Chuck helped her a lot to understand Nick's side. He dropped in time to time once every few months to check in on them.

 Sarah and she had moved to a safer neighborhood, about a year and a half ago. She gave Sarah her own room, but Sarah still climbed in her bed time to time, claiming that her bed wasn't comfy as hers.

Sarah was really growing up well. She was on top of all of her studies and even got a full scholarship. That gave them some money to spare, and Selena was able to enroll in a community college. 

She had been asked out a lot by many fellow students, but she always politely declined each offer. She knew that her heart still had a certain person in mind.

"If he doesn't come soon, I'm going to damn my own heart." Selena said as she sat down in front of the fireplace, holding the silver necklace to her heart.

She looked at the clock hanging on the wall absentmindedly. It was 4 AM in the morning. She recalled the frying pan incident and let out a chuckle.

"What is so funny?" A low voice came from behind her.

Selena froze. She knew that voice. When she was torn between wanting to smack him and kiss him, Nick put on a smirk and put the presents under the tree.

"Did you miss me, Love?" Nick said as he walked toward Selena.

Selena didn't answer his question. She gingerly stroked his right cheek, before slapping it hard.

"Ow! Guess I deserved that." Nick said as he put a hand on his now swollen cheek.

"You.Are.Dead." Selena said as she punched him with each word.

"Relax women!" Nick said rubbing the spot she hit him.

"Relax? I will not relax, Nick Fields! You didn't even call for 2 years! I felt...I felt abandoned."Selena said, tears in her eyes.

Nick's eyes softened. "I'm so sorry, Selena. I really am. I wasn't trying to hurt you. I wanted to come see you when I felt confident. I wanted to make myself sure that I can protect you against anything, and give you everything you need." 

"I don't need your protection, Nick. I can protect myself. Hell, I can protect You. All I needed all this time, was just you." Selena huffed.

"I know that now, and I'm sorry." Nick said, hugging her.

"Is that why you came? To apologize?" Selena said.

"No." Nick said, smiling.

"Oh?" Selena said, raising her eyebrows.

"As I recall, I had exactly 250 dollars to pay you back for." Nick smirked.

"Hmm. Yes, I do recall it. Do you have it?" Selena asked.

"No. But I was thinking...Can I pay you back one penny per day?"

Selena smiled. "I don't know...It's going to take a long while to get it all back, not counting the days you need to pay for the interest."

"Oh believe me, Love. Time is all I have." Nick said as he leaned down to kiss Selena.