All For Not - Wednesday

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 "I hate to admit it, but I am gonna miss Principal Weems." I looked over, blinking softly as I gazed at the two girls, "she could be a real pain, but she was tough and she died for the one thing she truly loved, this school. For that, I have immense respect."

"She was one of us." Enid had a saddened smile on her face, tugging her fuzzed up jacket tightly around her before turning to look at both Wednesday and I from the side, no longer overlooking the courtyard, "now that classes are canceled for the semester, you have to come visit me in San Francisco. I can pretty much guarantee fog and drizzle every day."

"Sounds tempting," I smile, hugging her softly after she hugged Wednesday, watching her go moments later as Bianca appeared, speaking to me directly after nodding to my sister, "we're getting that fencing title next year Feathertail, so don't let killing one supernatural pilgrim get to your head." I nod, speaking genuine words, "if you find yourself time, or your mother bothers you, you should visit before the next semester. I feel my piranhas would like a new friend..." She smiles, a bit shocked when I spoke of her mom but smiling with a nod nonetheless and leaving as well.

Turning to find my sister, I see her with Xavier, the teen handing her something rectangular. I only watch for a moment before I turn back to the courtyard, glaring at a pack of ghouls as they pass me with giggles, holding up their own cellular phones to take pictures of themselves with me in the background.

"Hey, you weren't planning on leaving without saying anything, were you?" My head turned, eyes looking up and into Xavier's eyes to reply, "of course not, only waiting for my sister to finish her rounds."

"So you weren't gonna say bye..." I turned my head away, looking over the courtyard once more, "I'm afraid Ajax has made it clear I am to not be near you anymore, and while I normally wouldn't listen to the anger of a boy who talks to his snakes as if they are human infants...I'd rather not cause any more issues between him and I if Enid is to keep him as her pet."

"So you're just done with me then?" I glanced at him from the corner of my eye before sighing, clasping my hands behind my back as I looked away, distantly watching Thing and Enid converse and cry together, "I wasn't aware there was much between us, you're much more attuned to my sister by the looks of it."

"You think I," he stopped, scoffing mid sentence and shaking his head, hair swaying against the sides of his face at the action, "don't tell me you're jealous of her," a frown marred my face and I rolled my eyes in reply, my pupils flashing orange in the shine of the sun whilst doing so, "there's no need for the emotion, my sister and I usually share everything."

Freezing in my place, I shut my mouth, lips thinned and pressed tight together in shock of my words, a new frown forming, "I spoke without thought, I meant to put it in other ways...less vulgar meaning."

He chuckled, my ears picking up the sound perfectly, "sure, sure. I get it...I know you want me." He licked his lips looking down at me with a small smile, playfully, "truth is, all of this got away from me, this whole thing, us. But I still like you, not Wednesday, even if the whole mate for life thing kind of freaks me out... Living forever actually sounds kind of terrifying, you know..."

My chest hurt at that for some reason, surprising me in a few different ways. I hadn't thought of the view others would have on my situation, while I knew it wasn't necessarily the best I hadn't thought of it as terrifying, especially if you had someone by your side for it. I wonder, distantly, if Kent would have the same thoughts on it as well, I would have to tell him, wouldn't I.

"But I guess it's not so scary cause I still wanna be around you, a lot actually... And even though I've got these like," I watch him make a motion around his ear, his palm open as he speaks and gestures, "these missing spots of my memories after I think about seeing you, which completely ruined my plans these past two weeks, and I don't see you in my dreams anymore. Not in like a creepy stalker way."