All For Not - Wednesday

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"You must be careful..." I set him down just as the door opened, my head whipping towards the noise in a startle, "Morella."

The surprise in her voice turned concerned at the sight of the hand, "Thing!" I watched her rush towards us, falling to her knees before him, sitting at his bedside, "how are you doing? How is he doing?" She was a frantic rush of emotions and words as she looked up and down, between us.

"He's recovered well, not enough but faster than you would expect..." A knock above my bed had the two of us looking up just in time to see Xavier, his hand raised for another knock. I had the mind to tell him it was open, but I remembered it wasn't and even though we all stood, staring at each other for a moment, he rasped his knuckles against the glass once more.

Reaching to the side I flicked the latch, speaking to him softly as he opened the window, entering our room, "must you look me in the eyes when you knock? It seems quite odd..." I turn swiftly as he shuts the window, a hand stopping it from shutting entirely, right at the last second.

"Hey Enid," the little wolf was bewildered. It seemed she didn't expect this situation to ever happen, "Kent, you're here too? I mean of course you are," she awkwardly laughed before continuing her ramble, "I mean why wouldn't you be, and Xavier, you're here, also, you're also here, with us...in our room with us, and Kent..."

"Enid, relax, it'd do you well to not stress so much now that you're moving back in," she paused, "how'd you know I was moving back?"

"You're wearing your bag still and your bed has clothes all over it, I assume you've been moving in since this morning. Am I correct?" I pause, looking up sharply and fully turning to the boys, "and why have you graced us tonight? The balcony is treacherous after all..."

Kent frowned at the way I spoke, too formal for his liking, an understandable situation as we had become accustomed so well to each other that my formal words had become relaxed. "Decided I'd take a page from Thorpe's book and come sneak over to see you and Thing."

"And you?" Enid asked pointedly at Xavier, "he's here for Wednesday." There was no reaction to the way Kent spoke but the way Xavier sprung up into action had me understand only little, a lot left to be desired in the situation, or maybe not.

"It's not like that, I swear," Xavier's words were fast, spitting from his mouth in a rush to try and convince those around us and me, "it's fine... She's not here as of the moment," I turned back around towards the thing, "let us hope she's fallen and can't get up..."

"Was that a joke? You got that from that commercial I showed you," I paused at Enid's smile, thinking for a moment, "no, but I believe it fits the category..." She frowned playfully, nudging my arm while twisting herself around so her skirt swayed side to side and back and forth, "sure..."

She was proud for some reason, but it most likely had to do with the fact she seems to think I had begun evolving.

"How's Thing?" The answer was stopped before it could be given as I looked up to Kent at my side, he was curious, worried even though he had just seen him in Xaviers art shed.

"He's resting now..." I glanced over my shoulder to look at him, turning back after watching him for a moment, "he'll be fine in a few days," Kent was looking at him, silvery eyes fixed in concern before he looked away and glared at Xavier, clearly the act of the taller boy breathing down his neck had begun upsetting the siren, "anytime Xavier..."

"Excuse me?" I shared a look with Enid as Xavier returned the glare with force, almost squaring up, "since Wednesdays not here...you don't have to be either."

A frown took over my face and I contemplated leaving instead, the sudden switch on both of them an instant bother, "do they usually stare at each other like this?" Her nudge had me sighing heavily, nodding at her whispered question, "unfortunately it is so... I feel at a constant loss with no understanding of why I'm afraid."

Blinking at a sudden clap I paused, eyes shifting to my side at the smiley girl, "Enid," she looked at me with bright eyes, "yes?"

"Refrain from doing so again please... I do not have my earmuffs at the moment..." Her hands flew to her mouth in horror, "oh my moon, I'm so sorry...it's just sometimes I forget you have like super good hearing."

"It's fine..." I turn back to the boys, both of whom are watching us now as Enid turns to them bright and cheery before her face turns into chaos incarnate, her fear coming out in a rushed whisper as she moves forward suddenly.

"You guys need to leave, like right now." My head whipped back around to Enid as she began corralling Xavier towards the window, it was almost like she was herding him, keeping him from standing still or moving past her by swerving to the sides with her hands up and a sheepish smile across her face, "what is it?"

"It's Ms. Thornhill, I forgot she was coming to check in on me!" I whirled back to Kent, he grinned down at me anyway, giving me a gentle nod that made my gaze soften. Xavier left first as Enid moved to stand before my bed, blocking Thing from view before Kent moved towards the window, grabbing onto my hand as the other boy scuttled away on the balcony completely oblivious as he kept turned away.

Enid was grinning like a woman filled with insanity as she watched Kent lean down, kissing me before he laid his forehead against mine, "so... you don't really like that asshole right cause he's..."

My frown had him giving me a chuckle, kissing my cheek, "I know we haven't really talked about it at all and since we're technically not exclusive but I wanted to ask you if you wanted to go swimming again one day, just us this time?"

"A date!" Enid couldn't help her exclamation, one I ignored as I gave him a nod. He kissed me again, pulling me close to him with a grin before hopping out the window and giving me another chaste kiss, almost acting as if he was going to pull me with him before he disappeared as well.

Pausing, I feel ruffled, feeling the eyes on my back I tilt my head looking off to the side without turning towards her, "Enid..."

Her eyes were large like saucers when I turned back to her, closing and latching the window beforehand, "do not speak of this with anyone or I'll hold your plushies as prisoners of war."

She giggled, "you like him..." She teased me and my eye twitched, my cheeks felt red with embarrassment but it all stopped as the door opened and a head poked inside, "hey girls, it's almost lights out. Did you move back well Enid?"

Enid gave a nice nod and a small smile before we watched Ms. Thornhill leave, the door only opening wider as the teacher disappeared with my sister's name on her lips.

Wednesday stands in the open doors archway as she looks around at the clean room, noticing Enid who speaks first, moving forward a few paces, "hey."

"You're back," Enid shrugs, a grimace on her face, "I'm gone for a few days, the place gets trashed, and Thing almost dies. Someone's gotta look out for you two." I watched Wednesday walk forward before I turned away from the view, "what happened to rooming with Yoko?"

"Yoko's great. I just decided I needed a few more boundaries." I caught Enid walking away and grabbing thick black tape in the corner of my eye, "skip the tape." Enid freezes and I feel as though my body wants to flinch at her shock, "don't tell me Wednesday Addams is mellowing out."

"Never, more like evolving." The word has me looking down at Thing, softly asleep on my bed, "well, one inch of duct tape at a time."

"Why the sudden change of heart?" I didn't want to but I found myself bristle and listening with peaked interest, "because we work. We shouldn't, but we do, it's like some sort of weird, friendship anomaly. Everything you said about me is true, but I don't apologize for it, not anymore. It's just who I am."

"Thing said he missed you." Enid bristled this time, she knew it was a lie as did I, anger seeping in deep as Enid went along with it, "I missed him too."

"Well...Thing may have blabbed about your date with Tyler before everything went down the gutter. So how'd it go?" I frowned deeply, "it was interrupted." Enid frowned thoughtfully, "well, I heard Tyler's working the late shift tomorrow night... You could always go see him tomorrow."

"I'll think about it... I have some business to attend to with Xavier tomorrow first...."