So, this is the last chapter.

I always thought this story would be short (originally it was going to be a one-shot) and it ended up having 10 chapters!

I want to thank to all those who have read and commented this story, you are the ones who encourage us –fanfictions writers– to write every day.

Chapter 10: New Year's kiss

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"This feels like the old times…" Roz commented, settling into Sabrina's bed as she had done so many times in the past "Like when we were in high school."

"I know," Sabrina replied "I missed this."

"Me too." Roz answered, she turned to look at Sabrina with a raised eyebrow "So… you and Nick, huh?"

"What about Nick and me?" Sabrina asked to her friend confused by the question.

"You two looked quite cozy at your Aunt Hilda's wedding."

Sabrina lowered her gaze, her cheeks a bit flushed.

In the last few days, she had been mulling over her true feelings for Nick, she was not quite sure about what to do. She was a brave person so she didn't understand why when she thought about talking to Nick she felt so terrified.

She didn't know what to do. She needed to talk to someone, but doing so also meant having to tell someone else what was really happening between Nick and her. Ambrose, who was the only one aware of the true nature of their relationship was out of the question, she would never hear the end of it if she told him that what he suspected since day one was actually true.

But Roz was there and she was her best friend. If she could count on someone, that person was Roz.

"Sabrina?"

"Ah?"

"You seemed distracted. Is something wrong?"

Sabrina bit her lower lips. Her aunts were gone, there weren't reason to keep up the charade. And she really needed to talk to someone.

"Actually, yes." She sighed, Roz looked at her hopping she would continue "I have something to tell you."

Roz nodded urging her to continue. She sighed again.

"Nick is not my boyfriend."

"What?" her friend exclaimed surprised. Sabrina nodded "Why would you have to make up a boyfriend…?" Roz stopped realizing what the reason was "Harvey."

Sabrina nodded again, she felt a bit uncomfortable bringing up the subject.

"Aunt Hilda still insisted that we should get back together every time we talked by phone."

"And do you want that?" Roz asked feeling a suddenly insecure.

"What? No, Actually I just couldn't take listening to her saying the same for the whole holidays. That's why Nick came with me. But…"

"But…?"

"I think I may be in love with him. For real."

"Well, it's obvious he has feelings for you too."

"Everyone says that."

"It's too obvious, 'Brina. The guy is head over heels with you."

"I don't know… What if we misunderstand him and he actually only sees me as a friend? A good friend."

"He doesn't look at you as a friend."

Sabrina sighed.

"It's simple, 'Brina. Just talk to him, tell him how you really feel, I'm sure he feels the same."

Sabrina sighed again. It was easy. She just had to talk to Nick, tell him what she was feeling.

But if it was so simple, why did it seem so difficult?

Nick, I like you. Nick, I think I'm in love with you.

It was simple, maybe too simple, just a few words so, why couldn't she say it?

Why every time she thought about saying the words out loud did she feel a knot in her stomach?

"What is this?" Prudence asked to Ambrose as he set down a cocktail glass filled with a pink-hued liquid on front of her. He put one in front of Sabrina too, she also looked at the drink with curiosity and a bit of suspiciousness because someone could never know what Ambrose was up to.

"This, ladies," Ambrose announced with a smile, "is Dorian's New Year's Eve special treat."

Sabrina and Prudence just looked at him. He seemed extremely pleased with himself.

"It's not what I asked for." Prudence said with an annoyed frown on her lips "I said I wanted a margarita and not whatever this is. It was a pretty simple request, Ambrose."

"I told you to just bring them what they asked for." Nick commented, he was coming from the bar with Ambrose's and his own drink, which of course weren't a pair of wacky cocktails with a silly cocktail umbrella like Sabrina and Prudence's.

He went to sit back on his chair.

"And you," Prudence said looking directly at him, Nick seemed confused "why didn't you stop him?"

"I tried, but Ambrose here is almost as stubborn as Sabrina." He answered with a shrug, that earned him a smack on his arm from part of Sabrina. She smiled innocently at him when he turned to look at her.

Prudence had seen the exchange with a small smile in her lips.

"I ordered a margarita, no... whatever this is." Prudence insisted, looking at the drink reluctantly.

"But Dorian said the ladies loved it." Ambrose justified himself with a shrug.

"And since when did you start following the advice of a bartender?"

"When it comes to drinks?" Ambrose asked in turn with a smug smile on his lips "Always." Prudence snorted but said nothing realizing that she had asked the wrong question.

Sabrina decided to try the infamous drink to see if she would come out in defense of her cousin or if she would join Prudence in scolding him. She took a sip of the drink, maybe it was a bit sweeter than she used to like it but it wasn't bad at all.

"You should try it, Prudence" she said "It's good."

Ambrose winced at Prudence's annoyed face, and was surprised when she actually did as Sabrina had told her. He was still a bit confused by the sudden change in their relationship.

"Fine, it's not that bad." Prudence said to no one in particular "Still, that doesn't mean I don't want what I asked for."

Ambrose let out the air that he had inadvertently been holding when he saw that Prudence's anger seemed to start to fade a bit. Or at least, that was what he hoped.

"I'm going to get you your margarita," he promised putting his hands on her shoulders, he considered a good sign that she didn't try to get away from his touch.

"Good."

Sabrina rolled her eyes towards Nick and he chuckled a bit, understanding perfectly what she meant. This time that earned him another annoyed look from Prudence.

That night, Dorian's was bursting with people as Sabrina had never seen before. It seemed as if the whole town, or at least more than half of it, had gathered at the bar to welcome a new year. The music was a little too loud and she had to get close to Nick to listen what he was saying to her.

His characteristic scent, mint and a hint of leather, filled her nostrils. It was intoxicating and it made her feel butterflies in her stomach.

Roz's words came back to her mind and she couldn't help but wonder if the start of a new year would be the right time to confess what she really felt to him.

She had her forehead on Nick's shoulder while she continued laughing about something he had just told her, but when she raised her head, she realized that someone in the crowd was trying to attract her attention waving his hand, at first she didn't recognize who it was but when he started to get closer to their table she did.

"What the hell is he doing here?" Ambrose asked following his cousin's gaze.

Sabrina shrugged before returning her gaze to the table.

"Who is Ambrose talking about?" Nick asked confused.

She was about to answer to him when she noticed the presence of said person standing at the side of their table, she gave Nick an apologetic smile before turning to look at the new comer, there was no way to avoid him.

"Caliban, hi." She greeted him with a forced smile on her lips.

"Sabrina Spellman, it's been many years since I saw you." He replied "but you are as beautiful as ever."

She tried, really tried, not to wince.

"What are you doing here?" this time it was Ambrose who asked.

Caliban continued looking at Sabrina as if it was her who had asked him and not her cousin.

"I came to see my father for the holidays" he answered because of course he had misunderstood the question "I must say that seeing you is a really pleasant surprise." Caliban added with a wink.

In that moment, Nick decided he hated him.

"Oh, Ambrose, hi." he said as if he hadn't noticed he was there when he talked to him before "And Prudence." Caliban nodded towards her "and you are…?" he asked looking at Nick.

"Nicholas Scratch." He replied, stretching his arm out onto the back of Sabrina's chair "Sabrina's boyfriend." Nick put special emphasis on the last word. She looked at him, confusion all over his face, she had never seen him so openly hostile towards someone.

"What happened to Kinkle?"

"We broke up." Sabrina tried to resist the urge to roll her eyes at the question.

"Too bad I wasn't here. It would have been our chance."

This time Sabrina couldn't help it and winced, she knew that hell would freeze before that happened but decided to hold her tongue in name of civility.

"Yeah, too bad," she said in an ironic tone.

"Don't you have any friends to go back to?" Ambrose asked annoyed with the presence of the man. He never really liked him.

"Actually, I came alone."

"Why that doesn't surprise me?" Ambrose muttered.

"Do you mind?" Caliban said indicating the empty chair next to Sabrina. Although she wanted to say no to him, she really wanted to say no, she knew that would be rude of her and probably he would sit anyway.

"Sure, go ahead."

The atmosphere at the table changed and became tense. Nick couldn't help throwing daggers with his eyes at the extremely pleased Caliban who didn't stop flirting with Sabrina, touching her arm and saying undoubtedly inappropriate things to her. And although he could tell she was a bit uncomfortable, and threw him one or two scathing retorts, Caliban didn't seem to mind.

Nick didn't understand why Sabrina wasn't doing anything to stop him.

Did she actually like the guy?

It was not difficult to him to recognize that that strange sensation he felt in his chest every time the other man approached to Sabrina was jealousy.

That little part of him that couldn't help but feel a little insecure wondered how many times he would have to watch a scene like this until someone else conquered Sabrina's heart if he wasn't able to tell her how he truly felt about her.

"We should hang out together when you are back at the city." He said when he found out she lived in New York too.

Nick was starting to get sick of this Caliban guy. And when he took Sabrina's hand between his, he couldn't take it anymore.

"I think you should leave." He said standing up, willing to kick him out if necessary.

Caliban looked at him with a raised eyebrow, he stood up too.

"Make me." Caliban replied approaching to Nick.

The tension filled the air. The animosity between them was almost palpable.

"Go away." Nick insisted.

"I don't want to."

"Guys, stop this." Sabrina said trying to get between them, Ambrose was starting to stand up too but she stopped him with a shake of her head. Ambrose getting involved could only make things worse.

Nick wanted to erase the smug smile from Caliban's mouth with a punch, he really wanted to. He clenched his fists tightly at the sides of his body trying to control himself. He wasn't a violent person but the guy in front of him really made him want to be one.

"Nick… please…" Sabrina asked him with pleading eyes.

He couldn't take it anymore, he looked at Sabrina before walking away from the table.

He didn't want to do something he would probably regret later like starting a fight on a bar. When he went out the cold night air managed to temper his anger a bit.

What was wrong with him? He didn't lose his temper easily, he actually had never lost his temper before. He was a calm person and yet he had been about to punch the guy in the face. In front of a bar full of people.

In front of Sabrina.

He rubbed his face with his hand. He was sure his display of jealousy had given him away.

Sabrina probably hated him.

"Nick?"

He turned when he heard her voice behind him. She had followed him and he wasn't expecting that.

"Go back inside, Sabrina." he asked her with soft voice.

She didn't, instead she approached to him slowly. She put a hand on his arm, his muscles were tense under her touch, he pulled away from her. Nick didn't see the hurt look on her face.

"Go back inside." He insisted.

"I don't want to." She said with a broken voice, she was a bit hurt by his attitude "why are you so angry, Nick."

He let out an ironic laugh.

"And you have to ask?" his tone sounded somewhat scathing and he regretted it immediately. Sabrina didn't have to pay for his bad mood. She didn't deserve it.

"Is this about Caliban?" she insisted getting closer to him and this time he let her "He's definitely annoying but harmless, really."

"He didn't seem so harmless to me."

"Why are you so angry at him?" she asked with genuine curiosity.

He searched for her eyes with his.

"You have no idea, do you?" he said shaking his head, Nick let out another sigh before saying "Of course not… And that's only my fault."

She looked at him, confused by his words, by his actions.

"Nick…?"

He brought his hands to her shoulders. It wasn't the right moment and he knew it, he couldn't believe he was about to say to her what he had been keeping as a secret for so long but the words escaped from his lips.

He couldn't hold them any longer.

"Can't you see it?" he asked, his voice softer now. His hand went to her cheek, his fingers caressed her soft skin, cold due to the low temperature "Can't you see how I feel about you?"

"Nick…" she whispered, they were so close that their breaths, visible in the cold of the night, intermingled.

The way she said his name, almost like a plea, was what made him unable to take it anymore. He couldn't continue hiding what he really felt.

Nick claimed her lips with his.

Despite his anger, his lips were soft and tender against hers. He wrapped his arm around her waist to bring her closer to his body as his other hand continued caressing her cheek, Nick changed the rhythm of the kiss when her hands went up to his chest.

With his kiss he was saying the words he had never dared to say to her.

Sabrina parted her lips allowing him to deepen the kiss, and he did so gladly. His arm brought her even closer to him, her hands went up to wrap around his neck.

There was some desperation in that kiss. There was a long contained desire in it.

There was love. So much love.

They stopped when the need for air was urgent. Nick didn't let go of her waist, Sabrina pulled away slightly to look into his eyes, searching in them the answers he hadn't given to her yet.

"I'm in love with you," he blurted out the words he had kept as a secret for so long "I love you, Spellman. I've been doing it for time but… I…"

She stopped his rambling with a short kiss.

"Nick…" she whispered.

"It's ok if you don't feel the same way… I…" he began to say, a nervous smile on his lips.

Sabrina shook her head and he felt her heart fell to the ground. He looked at her with sad eyes.

"Nick… I… I love you too. It took me so long to realize what I was feeling for you, what I'm feeling for you."

He shook his head.

"I'm sorry it took me so long to say it, but I didn't want to ruin our friendship… if you didn't feel the same way."

She touched his cheek, Nick leaned against her warm touch.

"I never thought that… Everyone told me that you felt something for me but I couldn't believe them," Sabrina shook her head "I didn't want to believe them. It took me a long time to realize that I also felt something for you" she added with a small smile in her lips "Something stronger than friendship."

He couldn't do more than kiss her.

"I love you." Nick whispered against her lips and her smile grew bigger.

"Are you ready, Spellman?" Nick asked as he entered to the small room at the back of the book store.

Sabrina turned around to look at him, she shook her head.

"Nervous?" he inquired approaching to her, Nick cupped her cheeks with his hands, his thumbs caressing her soft skin.

She shook her head again and he raised an eyebrow confused.

"What's wrong then?"

She smiled towards him.

"You haven't kissed me properly today." Sabrina said seriously, he smiled, his thumb ran over her jaw to caress her bottom lip.

"My apologies. But you know how my work is and I have this author, who is presenting her new book today and she's quite demanding." He commented with amusement in his voice.

"Yeah?" this time it was she who raised an eyebrow.

Nick nodded.

"Yeah, don't tell her that I told you but she's quite bossy…"

"Don't tell me…" she commented, she ran her hand up to his chest. Nick held his breath "So, I know her?"

"Yes."

Sabrina's smile was bright and full of amusement as she played along with Nick, her hand went up to wrap around his neck.

"Then I think you shouldn't disobey her, Nick."

"Do you think so?" Sabrina nodded, her other hand wrapped around his neck too "And what does she want me to do now?"

"She wants you to kiss her."

"Your wishes are my command." He affirmed before catching her lips with his.

Every time he kissed her, she lost herself in the sensations he awoke in her, it was as if she could never have enough of him, of his kisses, of his hands on her.

She lost track of time.

"Nick…" she sighed his name when his lips moved down her jaw.

"Oh, for God's sake!" Ambrose exclaimed when he opened the door "Can't you guys keep your hands off each other just for a minute?"

Sabrina's eyes almost shot daggers towards him.

"I never said anything to you or Prudence when you were making-out around the whole house."

"That's not true and you know it." Ambrose refuted her "You were quite annoying about it, so now you can't stop me from getting my revenge."

She shook her head.

"You are the worst."

"And you should fix that lipstick of yours before you go out or everyone's going to know what you've been up to, lovebirds." Ambrose added cheerfully before leaving the room.

"Can I kill him?"

"You will regret doing it later." Nick replied giving her a brief kiss, it seemed like he would never stop having fun with the fights between the Spellman cousins.

"I hate when you are right."

He smiled at her.

Sabrina took some minutes to fix her makeup before leaving the room. There were more people than she had expected waiting to buy her new book, she looked over to her aunts who had traveled from Greendale just to see her, Ambrose and Prudence were there too because the release of Sabrina's book had coincided with a trip they had already planned.

She took a seat at the table set up for the signing and waited for the first person in line.

It wasn't a big event, she was just starting to make a name for herself in the publishing world, but she already had a small fan base she was proud of.

"Auntie," Sabrina said when she saw that the last person in line was Hilda "you know I could sign you one for free."

"Nonsense," she replied with a gesture with her hand "I wanted to buy it. And by the way, Cee told me to remind you that he hopes you can do a book signing at the store too."

"I'd love to do that," she looked away from her aunt to look for Nick, he seemed to feel her gaze on him because he looked in her direction almost immediately. "Hey, Nick, how about we travel to Greendale again?"

"Just tell me when and I'll be there." He replied with a wink.

Sabrina shook her head.

"You tell me; you are the one supposed to run my schedule."

"But you are the boss." He insisted "Say the day and I'll take care of your schedule."

"You are the best."

Hilda was looking at them with a smile on her lips.

"You look happy." she commented to Sabrina.

"I am."

Her aunt smiled lovingly at her.

"I'm happy for you, my love."

After the event was over, everyone headed to a small Thai restaurant in downtown that Nick and Sabrina had recently discovered and which was becoming one of their favorites.

After a toast to Sabrina and some surprising words from Zelda the afternoon passed between happy talks and laughter. It was like that every time the family gathered in the same place.

Sabrina was so happy to have such a loving and supportive family.

She was happy because she knew that Nick would one day be part of it too.

Later, the aunts were in their way back to Greendale with the promise of seeing Sabrina and Nick the next weekend for a signing at Cee's, and Ambrose and Prudence had gone on a tour around the city before returning to their hotel. Sabrina and Nick were walking to her apartment, he liked being now able to hold her hand just because he could, just because he wanted to.

"I'm home, Salem." she announced when she opened the door, the cat jumped from the back of the couch and walked towards her meowing as if he was greeting her too, he rubbed against her leg purring happily "I'm going to make some coffee." Sabrina said towards Nick.

"Let me help you."

She shook her head.

"Always the gentleman," she said with a smile "it's ok Scratch. Go to sit, I'll be right back." she gave him a soft peck on the lips before walking towards the kitchen.

Nick went to the couch and took a sit, Salem followed him and sat up next to him, he pushed his head towards Nick's hand asking to be petted. He scratched the cat behind the ears.

"Who could say you two would end up being best buddies." Sabrina commented returning from the kitchen. Nick shrugged.

"We bond during the holidays."

She walked towards the couch and handed him one of the mugs she was carrying. The aroma of coffee lingered in the air, she sat with her legs bent under her body and her head on Nick's shoulder. Salem jumped down the couch when he realized there would be no more petting for him.

They stayed there, sipping their coffees in silence. Sabrina liked those quiet moments, she enjoyed spending time with Nick, she enjoyed doing a lot of things with Nick.

When she finished her coffee she snuggled closer to him. Sitting like this with him was beginning to become one of her favorite things.

"So… Greendale next week."

He nodded.

"Do you think you could clear some days of your schedule?" he looked at her with a raised eyebrow, not quite following her "So we could stay a little longer." She explained.

"And have the chance to eat more of Hilda's food?" she chuckled "I'm in."

"Sometimes I think you date me only because you like my aunt's food."

He brought his hand to her chin, she looked at his eyes.

"Hilda's food is a pretty good incentive, but I love you more." Nick got dangerously close to her lips.

"I love you too." She whispered against his lips.

He kissed her and it was like the whole world disappeared. Sabrina knew she would never get tired of that sensation.

"It's getting late," Nick commented some time later "I should get going."

Sabrina didn't want him to leave and she let him know.

"Or…" she said "you could stay."

"Sabrina…"

She moved until she was sitting on her knees, her arms around his shoulders. Sabrina nibbled her lower lip for and instant before looking directly at Nick's eyes.

"Stay." She insisted.

There was something in her brown warm eyes that made him unable to say no to her. Nick nodded slowly.

It was she who started the kiss this time.

At first it was sweet and slow but when one of his hands went under her blouse touching her bare skin it was as if he ignited something inside her.

Something that had been asleep for a long time.

The kiss grew hungry, her hands greedy.

She unbuttoned his shirt, her hand slipping down his torso making him shiver.

"Are you sure?" Nick asked, his forehead resting on hers, his breathing as harsh as hers.

Sabrina pulled away a bit, her eyes searching his.

"I'm sure."

He leaned closer to claim her lips again.