A/N: Ooooooh...what happened THERE? =o –giggle- I don't think I've written any comments so far, but the last chappy has to be my fave, so I had to say SOMETHING. Well, this chapter's gonna be a lot about Sabrina thinking and reflecting. Kinda boring, but maybe not...(?!)

For the rest of the day Sabrina avoided any eye contact, body contact, or anything to do with Shinji. She mulled over the events of that day, forcing her to lose concentration during class.

"MS. SPELLMAN! Please get back to your quiz this INSTANT!" Huffed her English teacher, Ms. Belle. Sabrina glanced to her left to see Shinji watching her carefully, blush a deep crimson, and turn back to reading his book.

(Which, Sabrina noted, was upside down.)

Why? Was the question she asked herself all day. Did Shinji really like her? Or was it impulse? Comfort? For her or for him? She didn't know, and she wasn't sure if she really wanted to for that matter.

School was over. Thankfully. Sabrina slammed her locker shut, thinking her day full of Shinji was over. No matter where she went, he always seemed to turn up unexpectedly. Sabrina was confused. Not so much angry...she just didn't understand. Partially, why Shinji had kissed her, but more...why hadn't she stopped him?

Sure, she didn't kiss him back, but she had lingered there for a few moments, and though she hated to say it-enjoyed it, whether she liked it or not. Why she had run out, she had no clue.

Yes you do. GUILT! Screamed the voice in her head. And for once, it was right. Her and Harvey weren't officially over...maybe Shinji had taken it that way? She had felt guilty for sharing a kiss with someone behind Harvey's back.

"There's only one thing I can do to get this weight off my shoulders." She muttered to herself. "I have to—"She gulped, "confront Shinji about it." She shuddered. How awkward this was going to be.

"Good evening class!" Professor Waterdown cried that night during Sabrina's Charm School. How she hated going to two schools, especially with Shinji sitting right beside her. Everytime she moved, he bristled. Everytime he moved, Sabrina winced. That little show of affection in the classroom had officially ruined their friendship, Sabrina thought.

"You all know what's coming up-the annual Witch and Wizard's Festival, where groups line up to show off magical talents! It can be shown in tricks, in things created, anything!" The stout witch smiled happily, waiting for cheers from the class. Instead, a few moans and whispers were heard throughout.

She coughed.

"Anyway, we usually do this thing in groups of 3's, (odd numbers are a magical person's best friend, you know!), buuut, considering this is the 50 000 Anniversary of the Festival, we're going to go in pairs!" She giggled, clapping her hands together. "Won't this be fun?!"

The group looked a bit happier at the thought of being in pairs, looking over at their best friends. Sabrina tapped Llandra's shoulder in front of her. Llandra looked back and smiled at Sabrina. Sabrina grinned.

"This WILL be 30% of your grade, so I expect you to all do well. Now then; the partners."

Everyone stared.

"I get to pair!" The teacher cried enthusiastically. Sabrina's stomach jumped out of her heart. Oh no. Ohhhh no no no...she knew the way her teacher paired, and if she did it her usual way, it could only spell embarrassment.

"Okay, Sasha you're with Billy, Tommy; Nicky; Sabrina; Shinji." The teacher called, bringing together the people who sat beside one another. Sabrina heard Shinji sigh deeply, which made her heart leap.

What was that all about? You've never had feelings for Shinji before!

Have you?

NO!

Okay then...

"Let's get to work now!" She cried, pointing at the board, where magical instructions began to write themselves.

Sabrina turned in her chair to face Shinji, rifling through her papers absent-mindedly. She hoped this was all a bad dream...she didn't want to confront Shinji...she felt so stupid for running, so guilty for not running...

Shinji coughed. "Err-S-Sabrina?" She looked up a wee bit to see Shinji looking down at her. She never realized how tall he was.

He took this glance as an acknowledgement and raced on. "Look, Sabrina, I'm SO sorry for earlier today, I don't know what came over—I promise I didn't mean to, I know you probably think I'm a loser now and I feel stupid, let alone you thinking I am too, please forgive me I didn't mean to wreck our friendship although I probably did and now, well, you know how I really feel and that sounded stupid Sabrina I'm reallllyyyyyy-"

Sabrina cut him off by holding up her hand. "Slow down, I can barely understand what you're saying." She said, smiling a bit.

Not that his voice is hard to listen to or anything...

"Shinji, it's allright. You're not the only one who feels stupid, I shouldn't have run, I should have told you-even though me and Harvey are fighting, I haven't officially broken up with him or anything...I don't know if that wasn't clear or not..."

"Well, I didn't think about it...I thought, since you were all clinging onto me and stuff, I might as well-well-you know..." He said, looking away. Sabrina gasped.

"I clung?" He grinned sheepishly.

"Well, yea, you ruined my sweater and everything-"

"Oh I'm SO sorry!"

"Just kidding, you didn't wreck my shirt."

Sabrina grinned shakily. "Look, Shinji, don't take this wrong, but-I'm just-not-"

Shinji nodded so Sabrina didn't have to stutter. "I know, I know."

The two grinned at each other, and it was moments like this when Sabrina wondered...

Why didn't I ever kiss him back?