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

Chapter 7

"So, Nick is coming out with us on Friday," Sabrina told her friends as they walked out of Baxter High together to go to Theo's house to do homework.

"What?" Roz asked, turning to look at her.

"He said something about us not talking now that our performance is over and I told him that we were going to ask him to come out with us on Friday." She was speaking a mile a minute, both Roz and Theo looking at her like she had three heads.

"Damn Brina, you just realize that you have feelings for the guys and you're already inviting him to our group hangouts. Without even asking," Theo said as they continued to walk down the path towards his house.

"I know, I know, I'm sorry you guys. It just slipped out. I can tell him that we canceled our plans if you guys don't want him to come." As much as she hoped that they would say that it was okay and that he could come, if they said no she would tell Nick he couldn't come in an instant. Sure, Nick might be upset, but her friends and their feelings would always come first.

"It's fine Brin, we don't care. Nicholas has been pretty nice these past few weeks and we'll be sitting in a silent movie theater for most of the night anyway," Roz responded, waving her hand at Sabrina as though she was trying to brush her nerves away, which she did, as Sabrina's face relaxed and the tension left her shoulders.

"Have you told Harvey yet?" Theo mentioned, looking slightly worried himself, knowing that Harvey and Nick didn't seem to be the best of friends.

"Not yet, but he and I talked the other day about it. He says that Nick is starting to grow on him," Sabrina said as they walk into the house. They say hi to Theo's dad before going up to his room to do work.

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Friday couldn't come fast enough. Sabrina and Nick's performance had been on Tuesday and the rest of the week moved by at an agonizingly slow pace. Nothing too special happened. Roz and Harvey gave their performance on Wednesday, which wasn't bad, other than a few moments where Harvey struggled to remember his lines. Roz was there to remind him every time though. Watching them together, Sabrina began to feel more comfortable with the idea of the two of them dating. They were sweet together. As the class watched them, Nick made eye contact with Sabrina multiple times, making sure that she was okay. Every time she just nodded at him, silently telling him that she was alright. His dark brown eyes were comforting nonetheless. Sabrina told Harvey that Nick was coming along on their group outing on Friday, to which he just nodded, not saying a word. By Thursday, most of the groups had gone, so Mrs. Curtis told them that they could return to their normal seats tomorrow. The next day though, Nick was surprised to see Sabrina still sitting in the seat next to where he normally sat, causing a wide smile to form on his face as he took his place next to her. He wanted to make a joke about how she just couldn't stay away from him but decided not to when she turned to look at him, matching his smile with one of her own.

"Are we still all hanging out tonight Spellman?"

"If you still want to," Sabrina said, her smile faltering slightly, hoping that he hadn't changed his mind.

"Yeah, of course," he told her, causing the smile to return to her face, as she turned back to listen to what Mrs. Curtis was talking about, "Do you need a ride?" he asked. She turned back towards him, thinking about it.

"Yeah, sure, that be cool. I'll just tell Harvey he doesn't have to get me then." As Sabrina turned back around once more, Nick smirked to himself slightly, happy that Sabrina had chosen the ride with him over Harvey. It could have been because he lived closer to her and that made more sense, but he liked to imagine it was because she wanted him to be the one to drive her.