All For Not - Wednesday

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"You didn't have to get me anything." I paused in my tracks at the smile on her face, "I know, but I thought we got off on the wrong foot this weekend. I just want you to know that all I want is the very best for you."

The expression changed quickly and as my head tilted my eyes narrowed at her hands, "what are these?" I watched as her face fell, her eyes widening, "Brochures, for summer camp."

"These aren't just ordinary summer camps. These are camps for lycanthropy conversion." My eyes widened and I stepped forwards continuing my path, "oh, no need to be dramatic, Enid."

"You want to send me to conversion therapy for werewolves?" I stepped up behind her mother as she ranted, "it worked wonders for your cousin Lucille, didn't it? Seven weeks in the Balkan countryside and she was howling at the moon in no time. As it should be. Don't you want to wolf out and finally be normal, honey?"

Her eyes found mine and the tears in her water line had my irises glowing as I rounded her parents to her side, "stand up." She immediately did so, turning to her suddenly enraged mother, "I don't need this, just because I'm not like you doesn't mean I'm not normal."

The woman sat stunned, as if she had no idea what she could have possibly done wrong, "my brothers waiting at the pond Enid." She nodded as I faced her parents head on, "good, lets go..."

She started walking as I stared the woman down, said woman coming to a slow stand angrily, as did her husband with less emotion however.

"I suggest that before this becomes an ugly fight that you drop your actions towards Enid," the womans lips curled up, "who do you think you are to talk to me like that," I stopped her with a raised hand, "someone who has no qualms about declawing you if you force your daughter to do something she has no wish for," stepping forward as leaves crunched behind me I growled at the woman, "I have very low tolerance for her unhappiness, in fact I prefer to have her well rested and happy, and you seem to interfere with this."

"I understand you want her to be normal, not having wolfed out makes her a disgusting disappointment in your eyes, correct? She'll do so on her own time and terms, without you if need be..." A hand landed on my shoulder as the woman stood stunned, "I don't know you personally so I cannot describe your feelings, but I can describe my own and that includes my thoughts and observations Mrs. Sinclair."

"And so far I see no love in your eyes for her."

"Morella," my head turned and I walked off from the pair, her husband looking down at her, studying her as a boy trailed behind me.

"What the hell was that?" I looked to my side as he took quick strides to meet me there, "I, I'm afraid I don't quite know, was that something you would call too harsh?"

"Yeah, most people would. Are you okay?" I stopped just past the tree like in the picnic area, "I am perfectly fine, are you?" He furrowed his brows looking down at me, "don't try to switch this to me, what's happening to you?"

"I'm fine Xavier..." He shook his head down at me, "have you talked to Weems yet?" I said nothing and made no motion, my head dropping as he sighed, "you haven't. What if you're sick? You need to talk to her if she might know something about this."

"Why do you care?" My head shot up and my eyes pierced his, "why wouldn't I? We're friends aren't we?" I stared at him for a minute, whispering as I lowered my gaze off to the side, "I suppose we are..."

He nodded, swallowing before speaking, "good, so as your friend. I think you should talk to Weems, figure this out before you kill Enid's mom for looking at you wrong."

"I never said I was going to slaughter her..." Narrowing his eyes he grabbed my hand with his own softly, "Morella, please."

I gave a nod keeping my eyes down in what felt like shame as he let go of me and left me standing there alone.

Feeling almost empty.

I swallowed, picking my head up and turning to strut away, straight towards the pond in silence. "Hey, There you are, were these Bombs favorite toys?" The blonde wolf was kind of fearful as she pointed towards Pugsley.

"No you are thinking of naval mines, those were his favorite," I looked to my side watching her face as I explained a little better, "smaller versions of course, otherwise they would never fit in the pond."

"I uh, I don't think I know what that is... Or what that looks like, they look like I mean."

"Have you ever seen the horror movie, finding nemo, they are identical to those bombs."

"Morella, finding Nemo wasn't a horror movie," a single brow cocked high on my forehead, "are you sure?" She nodded with an unusual expression on her face, one I wasn't quite used to, "it's for kids, like actually made for little kids to watch."

"It had me fooled, the drastic colors and creatures seem far more horror-like than what children should be watching... Although I did quite enjoy the dentist office scenes." She swallowed audibly, questioning me, "which ones?"

"She likes the part where they are surrounding Nemo at the volcano and chanting." Her face blanks at Pugsley's words, "oh wow, okay that's not as bad as I thought it'd be. I thought it would be the scene where that little demon shakes the fish in the baggies."

"Never, suggest I would hurt a creature like that," she looked at me as I faced the water, "you know, you're really sweet. When you wanna be," I side eyed her and her grin as she reached over and grasped my hand, my throat closing as I eyed our hands.

I think I liked this one too, I decided at this moment I would keep her at my side as well. Maybe drop her mother in a pond, but keep Enid. Ajax being a decent match for her would mean he could stay as well, a good idea indeed...

"Unfortunately that's not an Addams family vocabulary word..." She furrowed her brows in confusion, looking between Pugsley and I as I came back to the present moment, "what do you mean?" Pugsley only shrugged, speaking up as I stayed silent watching the water ripple with falling leaves, "mom used to think she was defected for being too nice... Until she realized that it was really only towards animals and Thing, but that was only after she lit Uncle Fester's ex wife on fire."

"Wait what," he nodded as if it was normal for her to hear such things, "yeah, Debbie was great..." She was blinking repeatedly in shock before she whispered out her unneeded question, "was?"

"She electrocuted herself a few days later... Poor Debbie, she was awful."

"Oh."