A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM | WENCLAIR

011. | Therapy Drop Off

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12.7.2022 | 7.12.2022

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Wednesday's POV

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"Why do you wish for Enid to come along?" Principal Weems asks me; Enid, off to the side of me holds her hands behind her back and smiles at the principal. 

I swallow a bit of my saliva and pride as I mutter out to her, "For....support."

Principal Weems smiles as her previous face of confusion washes away like a tsunami clearing a row of buildings during a flood as she responds, "Well then...I'm glad you've found someone you can lean on for support Wednesday. I suppose you can join along Enid...it's a bit unconventional but let me phone our secretary to inform your teachers of your absence." 

"Anything for Weds," Enid says, placing her hand on my shoulder and smiling again while leaning into me slightly. 

The tall woman walks away with a bit of surprise as I allow for Enid to hold my shoulder. When she's away from us, I watch as she pulls out her cell phone and dials what I can assume as the number to the Nevermore secretary's office. 

"Weds?" I ask Enid turning my head to the side and observing the girl. 

She moves her hand from my shoulder and holds them together behind her back as she shoots me another soft smile, "I like the little nickname I've given you." She leans forward towards me, her face coming a little close to mine as I pull back slightly. 

For the first time in a while, I feel something....like a swell of heat rising to my face. Am I embarrassed by Enid's nickname for me, I ask myself. Well, a little bit but not enough to get a rise of emotion out of me I ponder to myself. 

"I..I don't," I sputter out to her as she looks at me unconvincingly. 

"You stuttered," she says, pointing a finger at me and nodding her head with a smirk. "You like it." 

Principal Weems then comes back before I can reply with a snarky attitude, but as she returns, the principal slides her phone back into the pocket of her gray jacket. 

"Good news Enid and Wednesday, my two girls from Ophelia hall," says the principal. "It seems you'll be allowed to join us on our little adventure into town." 

"Oh, hooray," I say in a monotone voice as Principal Neems shoots me a questioning look as she moves over to the other side of the gray van to get in the driver's seat. 

Enid grabs onto the backseat door as she slides the van door open and hops in. I contemplate for a moment whether I should get in the back with Enid or not, but I decide we'll be very close again. I don't want another....embarrassment happening in the car. 

I hop into the passenger's seat as Weems looks over at me with surprise. I look over at her expectantly as she ignites the car ignition, and after a few moments, the car sputters forward. We soon leave the grounds of Nevermore academy as I smile internally to myself at the thought that my...Enid and I's escape plan has been set into action.

Soon enough, we find ourselves arriving in downtown Jericho as I notice a large white and blue banner hanging high above us by the stoplights. It reads "Jericho Harvest Festival" as I scoff lightly, wondering why anyone would want to show up for something as boring sounding as that.