𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐅𝐈𝐄𝐃,, 𝐚𝐣𝐚𝐱 𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐬

𝟎𝟎𝟒. 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐎𝐍 𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐌𝐒

I stood up from the boat and left still listening to the playlist that blasted in my ears. I wandered off towards the common room.

As I strolled through the halls a strange wave of loneliness hit me. why? I was technically the leader of my pack at school...so why was it so numbing. Why did it make me want to sob until my eyes stung and my lungs stopped working.

Some would call me the "alpha" but I didn't like that because that makes me sound like i'm from a disney channel show or movie, or that i'm some sort of cringy tiktoker.

I leant against the wall my the common room door for a bit. Trying to process the thoughts that pentrated my heart so quickly it felt like it was gonna blow up.

I wasn't really lonely but I felt so alone.

stop it.

I pushed open the door and stood by the doorway looking around finding somewhere to sit. Everyone ignored me at the door and continued eating there pizza and chugging down coke at lightning speed.

The way some boys were stuffing the pizza in there mouth and burping so loudly it could start an earthquake actually made me feel physically sick.

Then I spotted my boy bestfriend waving me over and patting the seat next to him. I ran over a big grin spread all over my face and sat down next to him.

"ajax look!" I yelled excitedly as I rolled up my sleeves to reveal the bruiseless arms. He cheered happily staring in shock at my arms. "that's awesome! now I can punch you without seriously hurting you!" and after he finished that he playfully punched me in the arm.

I slapped him across the face with a look on my face that said, "really ajax? really?" and he recoiled. "sorry." he said laughing at me.

I spent a good few minutes laughing at ajax making weird jokes that aren't actually funny. Then we kinda just relaxed and it was quiet between the two of us. I drank my pepsi in silence while he stared at the door with his arms crossed.

weirdo.

My sister walked in a minute later with thursday addams behind her. I winked at Enid and gave thursday a small smile. She studied both me and ajax before sitting down and chatting with Enid.

I picked up a bottle of pepsi and put it on ajax's lap. He gave me a confused look but I just ignored it. I dug around in my blazer pockets until I found a pack of mentos.

Ajax's confused expression dropped into a mixture of horror and slight anger as I opened the cap and slipped the whole packet into the top.

"no! no! no!" Ajax yelled while laughing loudly before throwing it onto the wall leaving a huge dent in the plaster. The pepsi went everywhere and all over people. Everyone gave me and Ajax looks.

Most likely to eachother saying "they're at it again" but we didn't care we were laughing our heads off at our little stunt.

That's when a teacher showed up at the door looking furious her face purple with rage. Me and Ajax shyed back into our seats. I pretend to be having a conversation with a pepsi can because I didn't know how to look casual so quickly.

The teacher grabbed my arm and dragged me out while I flailed around on the floor. "wait! I didn't finish hearing the gossip from mr pepsi's family life!" I yelled as the door slammed shut.

Next thing I knew I was sitting across from principal weems. A guilty expression plastered all over my face forcing me to look at my feet as rushes of embarrassment coursed through me.

"You damaged school property, got everyones uniforms soggy and sticky!" weems exclaimed as she paced behind her chair.

"This is serious! You will be paying for the damages you understand that don't you evelyn?" she gave me a look of fury while I never met her eyes.

"I was just trying to be funny with my best friend miss." I muttered to the floor. "That is no excuse!" she yelled leaning over her desk to study me further.

"I expect more from you evelyn. You are demoted from pack leader." She said giving me a satisfied look as if I was a trophy she'd just won.

"you don't have the right to decide that." I spat, spite layered thick in my voice. "If anything you've just gained me more respect." I looked up at her then raised my eyebrows challengingly.

Then she did something I never thought weems would ever do to any kid.

she hit me. Right across the face.

I screamed in pain as her millions of gold rings made contact with my cheek. "Now. I may not be able to strip you of your dignity but you're still in big trouble!" she muttered menacingly into my ear and I stood up.

"sorry miss." then I left in a hurry rushing down the hallway and up the stairs to my dorm. I through myself onto my bed and wept.

That's just it. Almost every adult in my life expects more from me. When all I ever give them is what I have. How could I possibly give them more?

"I expect more from you evelyn." my mother said as she let go of my hand agressivly. In my hands was my mothers beautiful pendant necklace snapped in two.

"I expect more from you evelyn." uncle jonas yelled as the ground below me was scarred and scratched but not quite dug up after my feeble attempt of showing off how wolfy I was.

"I expect more from you evelyn." My dad sat crouched beside me tears welling up in his eyes as he stood up and walked away from me. "I'm sorry!" I cried out in a desperate attempt for him to rush back and accept my hug.

I broke down into more tears as years and years of trauma washed over me. This will stop eventually...

when I prove i'm better than their expectations.

Tragic.
No but I love Ajax and Evelyn <333
I have the perfect scenes planned out but its so sad that i'm gonna have to break him and Enid up somehow

Anyway my loves thank you so much for reading!