arescere ✿ xavier thorpe

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38 - to sneak is to trouble

the two walked silently, almost like dolls. side by side. peter wondered if they looked like investigators. do they look like crime solvers? it didn't take long to find the house. it stood alone, at the end of a barren straight road. the house was derelict. moss and vines crawling up the walls, taking back its land to the nature. even the gates that they stood before were rusted and painting chipping. not even the locks on the gates remained. the metal fallen away. she moves first, as they stood staring at the tall house. pushing the gate slightly, it made an awful creak. as if it being opened for the first time in years. peter follows after. the door is grand. frosted glass panes with swirled embellishments. peter lifts his fist to knock the door, he didn't know why. maybe force of habit. to respect the dead of those who once lived here. wednesday stops him. her chill grasp pulling him back. eyes like daggers. when they see a movement behind the glass. peter jumps into action. throwing the pair backwards into the tall bushes. two nevermore students disappeared into leaves just a the door swung open. the jericho town mayor appearing from behind, always watching as he moved. quiet steps away after he locks the door. peter looks to wednesday. wednesday looks back at him. and then to thing which had moved to peter's shoulder. it liked peter more, the boy was softer with it.

"we need a distraction." she speaks. thing taps it’s finger, almost in a nodding like motion before hopping from the boys shoulder. peter waves at it as it toddles to a tree. the mayor pulling out his phone, peter making sure they are still hidden as he paces.

"sheriff, pick up your damn phone. it's noble. listen i might have figured out who's behind all of this. it's a long shot. so i'm going to have to lay it out for you. we'll do it over ie at the weathervane, just like the old days. see you soon." wednesday sneaks out of the bush as thing starts to throw rocks at the mayor. who looks around aimlessly having no clue where it came from. peter finds himself sticking his head out of the bush. watching wednesday carefully. he was going to throw that rock by his feet at her as a sign to get out of there if the major noticed. she opens the boot as the mayor mentions weathervane. she climbs inside. peter's eyes go wide.

'come on' she mouths motioning for him to join her. he shakes his head furiously.

'you're crazy!' he mouths back. glancing over to the mayor who is mere seconds from ending the call. and like the dickhead he is, he follows wednesday, he picks up the rock. throwing it in the opposite direction as the mayor ends the call. who immediately rushes off to find where the noise came from. hoping to catch someone in the act of trespassing. and peter throws himself into the boot of the car as thing jumps inside too. closing the boot, hoping the mayor was far enough to not hear it. the car door opens, followed by the roar of the engine as he starts the car. peter and wednesday lie side by side, well nearly. half of her body is over his. he tries not to think about it. YOU'RE GAY! he had to scream at himself. he didn't like wednesday like that anyway, she was almost like that annoying little sister that never left you alone. screaming mentally at himself. as their shoulders rested atop the other in this tiny boot. the journey is long. and the mayor isn't the best driver so they shake and slide.

"are you and xavier-" wednesday starts softly speaking, hoping not to be heard over the sounds of the radio. peter looks at her in the dim light. and he finds himself questioning himself again. was he and xavier dating? were they just making out and messing around? he hadn't found the time to stop and ask. he didn't know if he wanted to ask either.

"i'm not sure." he hiss, placing his finger over his mouth telling her to shut up. the last thing he needed was to be found curled up by wednesday addams in a boot of a car. especially the boot of the mayor's car. eventually the car stops. wednesday lifts her head up in time to see them pulling into the weathervane. she nods to him as he sighs of relief as the car engine shuts off. followed by the door opening and closing. peter joins wednesday in kneeling now. looking out of the car into he street where the mayor went to cross the road. only for a car to serve towards him. the man thrown into the car as the car hit him. before it rolled away. the sheriff who sat drinking his coffee in the shop was up immediately. and wednesday leaped to open the car. the two teens rushing out of the car and over to eh mayor. sheriff already crying out for help when he looked up at the two. his face twisted into an emotion unknown.

"i should have know you two were sniffing your noses around."he hissed, holding the mayor’s head. some women rushed to call an ambulance for the mayor. peter hoped he weren't dead. he didn't want to watch another person die. but as he looked down at the body, he had the feeling. the mayor was going to die, soon. if not now., then soon.