It's About Time

Chapter One: - My First True Love

Sabrina Spellman sat on the back of Harvey Kinkle's motorcycle, sighing contentedly for the first time, she realised, in a long time. Having walked out on her wedding and spotted her first love waiting for her, she and Harvey had left the church with her family and friends happily waving them off. Sabrina had heard them muttering "it's about time" in reaction to the romantic reunion.

They knew who my soulmate was all along! She thought. "Well, they could have told me..." she muttered.

"What?" Harvey asked, bemused. "Oh, nothing. Just thinking aloud" Sabrina replied with a smile. "Actually, do you think we could stop somewhere for a while?"

"Sure we can" he agreed, pulling over when he spotted a nearby coffee shop. They had been on the road for a good half hour, and had ended up on the other side of Boston, which was the area in which Harvey had been living.

Looking around, Sabrina took in their surroundings. "So this is where you live? And here I was thinking that when you left you had vanished off the face of the earth." It was only when she had seen Harvey, for the first time in weeks, that it had occurred to her just how much she had missed him.

As if he had read her thoughts, he grinned and replied "missed me, huh?" The truth was, Harvey hadn't been able to bring himself to let go of her completely when he left. Which was why he hadn't left Boston. "Of course I missed you. Harvey, there's something I have to say." Sabrina had been wanting to tell him since the day he had left. Ever since she saw that note he left her, in his empty apartment. 'I will always love you...' They entered the coffee shop and found a secluded table in the corner. "Okay...Sabrina, are you alright?"

"Oh yeah, I'm fine. Great, actually. But..." Sabrina took a deep breath before continuing. "Okay, I have to tell you this because it's been on my mind since you left. I behaved...I behaved so terribly the last time I saw you. I blamed you for what happened to Aaron and of course it wasn't your fault." Harvey took her hand. "Hey, it doesn't matter. Not any more." Sabrina squeezed his hand but continued her apology. "No, this is important. All you've ever done is support me since you came back into my life. I know it can't have been easy, with this secret that you can't tell anybody about. Yet you've bailed me out of so many difficult situations over the past few years."

She felt tears begin to form as she thought about all those times that Harvey had gone out of his way to help her when a spell or two had gone awry. And how she had taken him for granted all this time. "I need you to know that I appreciate everything you've done for me, and I'm so sorry that I didn't make that clear before."

Now tears were falling freely as she looked into his eyes. "Hey, don't cry Sabrina. I know. You don't have to say anything else." Harvey lifted a hand to gently wipe her tears away. Then she took his hand again. There was one more thing she needed to tell him. "Harvey, I know you've probably figured this out by now...being a witch comes with its complications." Understatement of the century, she thought. "When we were in high school, the worst thing was that I had to keep it a secret from you. I had to lie to you pretty much every day because I had no choice. But being able to share everything with you now is amazing. The universe says we're soulmates, but I knew it the moment I saw you outside that church today. Apparently everybody else knew it way before me though..." Sabrina trailed off, rolling her eyes.

Harvey smiled as he thought back to earlier that day, when a persistent young lady had literally appeared out of nowhere on the back of his motorcycle. "Yeah, now I know what Amanda was trying to do." Sabrina let out a gasp. "Amanda? You mean she found you? My bratty cousin went out of her way to help me? Wow, I must remember to thank her." Harvey chuckled, but Sabrina soon turned serious again as she reached up to run a hand through Harvey's hair. "You know, you're my best friend, too. I think you always have been. And I've never stopped loving you." Wow, that felt good to say out loud. "I love you, Harvey" she said with grin.

"You know I love you too" he grinned back. "Is it my turn now?" Sabrina looked up at him, nodding and feeling relieved that she had got everything off her chest. "First of all, I forgive you. I mean besides, I didn't exactly make things easy for you with Aaron. Secondly, I have never minded helping you out with all things magical, because it's a part of who you are. And I love everything about you. Okay?"

Sabrina really was crying now. There was nothing she could say that would top that. So instead, she leaned into Harvey and kissed him. When they pulled apart, she somehow managed to find the perfect response.

"Harvey Kinkle, you are my first, and only true love. After today, I'll never lose sight of that again."