The Wild

Lunch With Avery

Wednesday's POV

At work Enid was quiet and more reserved than usual and I knew it had to do with Avery but I felt awkward bringing it up. She even took her breaks and lunches alone.

She was at my apartment one night and we were playing a game of go fish under the pink fairy lights she bought for me and strung up all by herself.

"Hey Wednesday.." she started to say. My gut churned knowing what she was about to say. "I think I'm going to go see Avery for lunch and talk about what's been happening in our lives."

I looked up at her and I felt a sour taste in my mouth but I tried to be supportive. "Yeah that's cool" I said barely opening my mouth and giving her no expression.

She opened her mouth to speak then let out a dissatisfied sigh. "I know things have felt weird since I saw her and I'm sorry for that, it just really got into my head and I don't know how to feel or what to do."

Carefully, I took the deck and our hand of cards and put them next to Addams the succulent, then pulled her on top of me on the bed and squeezing her torso firmly.

"You don't have lunch with me anymore and not that like, I care or anything but why?" She let her weight drop on me and wrapped her arms around my chest. "Because I thought you were mad at me Weds."

"Mad at you? Why would I be?" She was silent as I put my hands under her shirt so I could rub her back lightly. "Yummy" she murmured. I laughed and kissed her head. "You're weird."

Enid's POV

After I got Wednesday's blessing to see Avery we made plans to see each other the next day. I felt incredibly nervous and felt like maybe I should cancel but Wednesday was adamant that I see this through.

Wednesday drove me to the diner we decided to meet at and I walked over to the booth where I saw Avery's auburn hair and sat down across from her.

"Hey chick!" She said beaming. "Please Ave, don't call me that." She nodded and said "right right I forgot you have a girlfriend now. What's her name?"

I looked out of the window and didn't see Wednesday's car. "Her name is Wednesday but we're not officially anything we just sort of..." I didn't know how to tell my ex that I had sex with her.

"Oh don't worry about it. I can tell she adores you so that's good at least, you are very lovable I hate to admit." I looked at the menu pretending to not be affected by what she said.

"Yup I'm lovable but never fallen in love. Ironic." Avery took my hand and rubbed her thumb over mine and I smacked it away.

"Fine! Jesus I was just going to say you'll fall in love one day and I wouldn't be surprised if it was little Thursday. Sorry was it Friday?"

I snapped at her and stood up. "Fuck you! I only agreed to see you today because your dad died and I wanted to support you but if you're going to be a bitch I'm leaving."

She grabbed my hand and pulled me back into the booth immediately tearing up. "Oh Enid I'm so sorry... you know how I get when I'm upset I promise I won't do it again."

She sniffed and continued. "I don't want your werewolf instincts to lash out like they did before... you know when you hurt me?"

I froze up and the guilt washed over me like it just happened. "I.. I'm sorry I didn't mean to I was really pissed.." she looked at me sorrowfully and said "it's ok hun I forgive you. I know you didn't mean to leave that nasty scar on my back!"

My guard was down and now all I felt was guilt and sadness. "You know what? I'm not even hungry and I don't want you to feel sad in the open so let's go in my car."

I wasn't sure how to feel about that but what I did know is that I felt obligated whether I wanted to go or not. We went into her car and the passenger seat was reclined all the way down and I sat down upright feeling awkward.

"Oh don't mind that I just couldn't see out of the window." I knew that was a lie but I was too stupid to know what was happening.

After a while of talking she got me laughing with old memories. "And when your dad walked in on us while we were supposed to be studying his mustache looked like it was about to fall off" she said as we cackled at the thought of it.

"Sometimes I miss that" she said softly looking at me. "Miss what?" I said, my smile fading a little bit to fit the more serious mood. "Just being with you in that way- we worked for a while but we were so young and life changes."

"Yeah, we were hormonal and had problems but then. But like you said, life changes and I'm a much better person now because of the things I learned." Her gaze shifted to the windshield and her hands laid heavily in her lap.

"Do you ever think about us being together again?" She asked. I laid down on the flat passenger seat and put my hands on my stomach.

"I did for a little bit after the break up but I had to move on so I could live my life more. Of course the memories are there though, I can't just erase 4 years of my past with someone."

Avery let her seat fall down too and turned on her side with her arms against her chest. "I was so in love with you Enid and I think.. I think I still am."

We were looking into each others eyes and she reached over to hold my cheek. "Avery you know I had a lot of feelings for you but I wasn't in love" I told her sincerely.

"Yeah... I know." It was silent for a few moments, but then she slowly lifted herself up and lowered her head above mine.

"What are you doing?" I said as if in a trance. She said nothing and looked down at my lips before closing the gap between our lips.

I kissed her back.

After a few soft pecks she got up from her seat and got on top of me while we hungrily kissed each other, grabbing one another desperately and letting out small moans of comfort and familiarity.

As soon as her hand reached my chest I pushed her off and she fumbled over to her side while I shot up gasping for the air we didn't get while making out.

"Oh my god" I whispered putting my hands on either side of my head. "You ok chick..?" My head snapped towards her and I started fuming.

"DONT CALL ME THAT AVERY!" She gulped and looked a little afraid. "Drive me to Wednesday's apartment now." I had to go there because my phone was in my bad on her bed.

Fuck.

I gave her the directions and refused to speak to her or look in her direction. We arrived in the parking lot and she started to say "ok well goodbye I'll-"

But I got out of the car and slammed the door, stomping to Wednesday's apartment and knocking on the door. She opened the door with a small smile and let me inside.

"I got you some flowers and have your favorite movie ready, I thought you would need something nice to help you process seeing her again."

My heart broke seeing how sweet and supportive she was being after I did such a horrible thing.