The Adventures of Monday Addams and Wednesday Addams

Chapter 68-Quid Pro Quo

"Are you listening?" Wednesday asked Fester as the three sat in the Weathervane.

"She must've figured out he's a Hyde and used hypnotherapy to unlock him. That would explain their secret sessions."

Uncle Fester whispered "I think the kid behind the counter has clocked me." Tyler began to walk over "Yeah. He's walking over. I'm gonna put him in a Romanian sleeper hold. Cover me."

"Relax. He's not interested in you." Monday assured.

"Uh, made you a quad each. On the house." Tyler said giving it to the girls.

"Hey, thanks kid." Fester handed him the ketchup bottle "Need a refill on this puppy too."

"Uh..." Tyler looked at the girls in confusion.

"Tyler. This is our Uncle Fester." Wednesday introduced.

"Oh. Uh... Hi, it's nice to..." Fester zapped Tylers hand. And he yelled in surprise as Fester chuckled.

"Is that...?" Tyler asked pointing to the diary.

"It's called a Hyde." Monday explained.

"Whoa, that's it. From that night."

"Your father gave you explicit instructions not to be near us."

"Yeah, my dad's not here, and I'm on a break."

"Well, apparently a Hyde needs to be unlocked by someone. Its master."

"Holy sh¡t." Tyler swore as Sheriff Galpin walked in "Tyler. What'd I say?"

Tyler stuttered "Uh... For the record, Wednesday and Monday were trying to keep their distance. I was the one that sat down with them."

"All right." The sheriff sighed "Putting these up around town. It's a bank robbery suspect, and he's a real creep. You haven't seen him, have you?"

"No." Tyler said.

"Yeah, he'd be pretty hard to miss." His dad said with a snicker "I'll pin it on the bulletin board. Ah, why waste my breath?"

"Thank you. But you didn't have to do that." Monday said thankfully.

"Yeah, your family's very... colourful." Tyler said with an awkward smile.

"Ironic considering Fester's the black sheep. He's harmless." Wednesday said.

"So, about rescheduling our date..." Tyler hinted at Wednesday.

"Between the monster and our uncle..." Wednesday began to say.

Monday tutted "Hey, no excuses. Figure after what happened last time, you owe him."

"I can't sneak off of campus. All eyes are on me." Wednesday said.

"You won't have to. I'll come to you. 9:00 p.m., Crackstone's Crypt." Tyler said walking away.

——————————————————-

"I don't miss her. Friends are a liability and can be exploited. That makes them weaknesses." Wednesday told thing in an angry voice.

"Your two's job is to guard that diary while I'm gone. I'll be back as soon as I can." Wednesday instructed.

Thing tapped and Wednesday glared at him "It's not a date. It's a quid pro quo for almost getting him disemboweled. Watch that diary!"

When Wednesday had gone Monday asked "Are you okay covering for me. I have an archery session with Xavier"

Thing tapped happily and agreed.
Little did Monday know she would regret this choice.