"My only love sprung from my only hate" | CAOS

Chapter 5

As Sabrina walked into her house, she quickly locked the door behind her, rushing to run up the stairs to her room before being berated by questions from her family about why she was wearing Nick's jacket. Thankfully she made it to her room unscathed, not noticing Ambrose watching her from the kitchen, smirking when he noticed the leather wrapped around her that he recognized as the jacket Nick had with him earlier in the evening. Shrugging the jacket off as soon as she was in the safety of her bedroom, she carefully laid it on the back of her desk chair, reaching out to pet Salem as he slept on her bed. She quickly changed into pajamas and slipped into bed, staring at the jacket as she drifted off to sleep.

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Sabrina is holding the jacket the next day as she walks to her locker, rather than wearing it like she had been yesterday. As she stands at her locker, Roz, Theo, and Harvey walk over to her with questioning looks already on their faces.

"Hey, Brina. Is that Scratch's jacket?" Theo asks her, his eyebrows furrowed, his eyes focused on the piece of clothing draped over Sabrina's arm.

"Oh, yeah, I brought it to give it back to him," she quickly responds, not looking at them as she digs around in her locker. Where in Heaven did she put her chem binder?

"Uh, why do you have it, to begin with?" Roz decides to ask after a few beats of silence as the three of them just stare at each other.

"It was freezing in his Jeep and he wasn't wearing it so he gave it to me. I didn't think it was that big a deal, I was cold," she said, finally turning around to meet her friend's eyes. They all looked slightly shocked, eyes wide and mouths slightly open.

"Wow, what an original move," Harvey said sarcastically, his arms crossed.

"It wasn't a move, I was literally just cold," she responded, shrugging her shoulders, rolling her eyes at her friend's overreactions. The trio just shared a look while Sabrina threw her bag over her shoulder, "guys, its really not a big deal."

"Brina, I think that Nick has a crush on you," Rox told her suddenly, grabbing on to her arm.
"Yeah, okay," Sabrina said, scoffing.

"She's right Sabrina, he definitely does. You can tell just by the way that he looks at you when the two of you are talking," Theo affirmed. Sabrina just shook her head.

"We're going to be late to homeroom," she said, beginning to walk to her classroom, her friends just watching behind her. As she continued walking, she felt someone tug on the jacket in her arms. She pulled it back, slightly out of instinct, causing the hand holding the jacket to pull harder.

"Damn Spellman, you like my jacket that much that you don't want to give it back?" Nick said, causing Sabrina to quickly whip around, dropping the jacket. Nick didn't have a good grip on the leather either causing it to fall to the ground. Sabrina felt flustered, thinking about what Roz and Theo had said to her only moments before about Nick. Sabrina quickly bent to pick it up, her hands shaking slightly as she handed it back him.

"You okay Sabrina? You look kind of pale."

"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine. You just scared me, you ass," she responded, punching his arm, playing off her nerves. Nick didn't have a crush on her. Sure, he was kind to her and when they spoke he listened to her like she was the only person he wanted to hear, but that was just Nick. In the few days the two of them worked together, Sabrina learned this. Nick was a nice guy. He was a good listener and was generally kind to everyone at Baxter High. He didn't treat her any differently.

"Ouch, how was I supposed to know you'd get scared," he said, rubbing his arm, pretending her light punch hurt severely as they entered homeroom.

"How was I not supposed to get scared when you suddenly come up behind me?"