arescere ✿ xavier thorpe

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15 - swith ups

"xavier thorpe and peter belfiore, please come to my office." and peter crawled out of his bed, quickly changing into at least some of his uniform. leaving his jumper and blazer as he went out, already knowing what she wanted to talk about. the room change. he would have believed him and xavier were taking steps to becoming friends but then he mentioned daphne belfiore, the normie. peter's mother. he found xavier walking up to ms weems' office from the other direction, he went to say something but peter opened the door. walking inside without another word.

"boys, please take a seat." she spoke motioning to the two chairs. the boys sunk into the chairs as the three pairs of eyes watched them. their dorm mothers stood behind the chair where weems sat.

"i wanted to talk to you two before outreach day as i wanted to inform you of the room changing."

"room changing?" xavier questions.

"yes. because of rowan's expellment."

"death."

"expellment. anyways, that leaves the two of you with single rooms so your dorm mothers have decided to move the two of you into the same room. mr thorpe will help you pack your stuff belfiore when you return from jericho. the two of you were close with rowan so it sounds like a wonderful idea. call it experimental.'' ms weems informed the two mothers with that sickening grin on her features. experimental. was this bitch for real? but he nodded, with the whole intention of ignoring xavier for his comment.

"hope you both get the jobs you want today, have a good day!" she spoke, noticing that the two didn't talk to one another, nor did they even look at one another. when everyone saw the two glancing at one another. peter nodded and stood first, leaving and xavier followed as if he were a lost puppy.

"peter, can we talk?"

"no." is all he replied before taking the familiar path to his room for one of the last times. how fucking fantastic. he made his way back to his room to get the rest of his uniform and headphones before taking the route to the ud. students already starting to file in excited about outreach day. he was not. he hoped for nott a bookstore to be written on that page but he could only hope. he found himself sat on the edge of the tree, headphones in as he flickered through his playlist.

"hi peter!" enid spoke appearing on his left, giggling lightly as she watched him jump. not expecting her to just appear.

"amusing." came from his right, flinching once more as wednesday appeared stood beside him. he didn't know how they did it, appeared quietly.

"all students will report for their volunteer jobs at ten am sharp. followed by a community lunch at one. as you know this year outreach day culminates in a very special event. the dedication of a new memorial statue in the town square. which will also include performances by nevermore students. as a representatives of our school, i will trust you will all out your best face forward." ms weems spokes starting her speech, all students turning to look at her. the teachers stood each side of the quad holding a wad of the envelopes with the jobs enlisted. he hoped at least one of them was for nott a bookstore, even if it wasn't him. theodore needed someone, no matter how much he tried to deny it. coach handing the three the folded papers before carrying on.

"yes! i got pilgrim world. i do have natural people skills and a love of performing. so kind of the obvi choice." enid cried for joy as she opened hers, turning to look at the other two.

"uriah's heap, whatever that is." wednesday spoke as she opened hers.

"ew, it's this weird creepy antique store, you'll love it though. and you, peter? are you okay?" enid grimaced, before hiding it. turning to look at peter who had zoned out of the conversation at the mention of pilgrim world. returning as she asked for his.

"oh yeah, i got weathervane. how fun." peter added returning to reality, weathervane had its pros and cons. pro, he could sneak hot chocolates and talk to that tyler boy who gave him extra marshmallows. cons would be it's a popular place meaning lots of people. but maybe he'd enjoy it, who knows.

"oh my god, i got the weathervane." nevermind, he hated weathervane. quickly turning to enid.

"switch with me, i'll take pilgrim world over weathervane any day." peter cried ripping wednesday’s paper from her hands in an attempt to beg. only for the girl to cold glare him.

"no." she spat, ripping her paper back of his hands. she had heard xavier, she didn't like the boy but she saw how they looked at one another. she wondered if xavier would apologies and if peter would accept the apology of the words about his mother. enid running off to go ask other people what they got as peter remained silent but wednesday. ms weems gliding her way through the students to the pair. peter took his cue to scramble away. finding himself slumped on the nevermore school bus. headphones in as he heard enid rambling on about working at pilgrim world. wednesday cold staring at him as well. girls were so confusing.