Black & White || Wenclair

Chapter 2 | Wednesday | Shower

"You must finally be back, Enid." I say without looking up from my book. I hear the door quietly shut.

"Actually, it's Xavier."

My eyes shot up from what I was doing. I was not in the mood to talk to this guy. And what is he doing in my dorm? Boys aren't allowed in here.

"What do you want?" I say bluntly, still not turning to look at him. "Woah, first day back and you don't even say hi to me? You didn't text me all summer." He chuckles but I just stare into the wall. "I don't have time to act friendly to anyone." I respond. He exhales through his nose. "But you have time to talk to Enid?" "Enid is my roommate. I have to." "Right. I'm sure after that hug." I grunt and turn to him. I get up and walk towards him, inching closer. "Leave. Or else." I threaten. He doesn't seem the tiniest bit afraid. Then he smiles. Jerk. "Yes, madame Addams, I shall leave." He smiles as he walks backwards towards the door, but it opens. Enid bumps the door into Xavier's back. "Uh, what is he doing here?" She asked. I shrug. "Being a nuance. Now leave." Xavier's smile fades and he finally leaves, leaving Enid and I alone once more. "Don't tell me you guys are a thing?" Enid asks. I shake my head. "It feels like you just punched me in the face with that question, Enid. Do you even know me?" She smiles widely. I do a very quick smirk back. "Woah, did Wednesday Addams just smile?" Enid chuckles. I don't know why, but I got embarrassed. I've never felt embarrassment before.

I walk back to my desk. "How was Yoko?" I ask carelessly. Yoko's nice, but I don't really care. Just trying to make Enid happy. "So much fun. It was nice to catch up. She said she missed you, by the way." Enid gives me a smile and I shrug. "Perhaps we can have a girls night out soon." Enid says quietly. I shrug again, not really sure how to react to that. I'm not a social person.

After a few moments I can hear Enid lay on her bed, turning on her phone. I hear the videos she's watching.

'Here's how to cook perfect Ratatouille!'

'I went to the thrift store and discovered this super cute antique clock.'

'Dad!!! Jacob won't let me use the Xbox!'

'Check out my pet rat, guys.'

'Skibidi toilet?!'

I sigh and turn around to face Enid. "Don't you ever get tired of scrolling through those videos for hours at a time?" Enid shrugs. "Gives me something to do." She says cheerfully. "I thought you were 'quite the reader.' Maybe you can read about how to be quieter." I respond coldly as I turn back to look at the book I have laid on my desk.
Enid scoffs, turning off her phone and going into the bathroom, shutting the door loudly. I lightly flinch at how loud the sound was.
She comes right back out, fidgeting around and messing with her drawer, before going back inside the bathroom and shutting the door loudly again. This time, I didn't flinch.
After a few minutes, I could hear the shower turn on. I assume Enid is taking a shower.

I continue to read. After what seemed like 25 minutes or so, I hear the shower turn off and Enid cursing up a storm.

"Wednesday." I turn around and my eyes widen, instantly looking away as I notice she's naked and hiding behind the door. Shit, am I blushing? What the hell? I quickly cover my mouth in embarrassment.
"Don't worry, you can't see me. I'm just behind the door. Sorry, though. This is a little embarrassing. Can you get me a towel? My dumbass forgot."  She asks in an urgent tone. I nod and get up, trying not to look at the bathroom door knowing she's there waiting. "There's one on top of my drawer." She says. I nod once more, walking towards her side of the room and quickly grabbing the towel. I speed-walk towards the bathroom door. I could see her bare shoulder and part of her neck and collarbone as I give her the towel. "Thanks, roomie!" She says as she closes the door.

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WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?!

I can feel my face heating up. What is this feeling? Best friends see each other's bodies all the time. I think? I can feel spiders in my stomach. Maybe I'm just embarrassed. Why am I feeling so embarrassed? I would've cared less months ago.

As Enid finishes up, I can't keep the thought of what I saw out of my head. This is ridiculous.

I knock on the bathroom door, which was followed by a hum from Enid. "I'm going to go on a walk." I say. I hold in the urge to ask if she wanted to come, but I needed to get these thoughts out of my brain. She responds with an okay and for me to be safe. I smile.

Yeah, I smile. What about it? No one can see me.

I put on my oversized black jacket and open the door to our room. Before I head out, I check my clock that sits above my desk. 7:48 P.M. It's already sunset and it will get dark soon. I'm not complaining, I love the dark. My favorite weather is darkness with rain. Thunderstorm rain. I hope to be electrocuted by a lightning bolt. How cool that'd be.

As I was halfway into my walking journey, it's like the universe listened to me. I felt a few droplets of rain before it started to rain heavily. I pull my jacket hood on top of my head and continued to walk. I walked in the woods for a bit before deciding to walk back to my dorm. But then all of the thoughts come back. Seeing Enid's bare shoulder. Her neck. The scars on her face. Her collarbone. I shake my head and straighten up. After the hug, something seemed to have possessed me. I kept thinking about it all summer.

I get to the front of my dorm room, holding the door knob. I'm soaking wet, and I know Enid will be all worried and urgent for me to dry off. I open the door to find her lying on her bed. Why does she suddenly look so good?

"Wednesday! You're soaking wet!" No kidding. Enid gets up from her bed, speed-walking towards me. I back away just a bit, although I don't really want to. Why don't I want to?

"Let's get you cleaned up." I see Enid walk off to her drawer, grabbing one of her towels. "Here. And take off your jacket." I do as she says, unzipping my jacket and putting it in my dirty basket. "Ugh, your clothes are wet too, Wednesday!" I look down and see that she was indeed correct. "Get some clothes and change in the bathroom." I nod, walking to my drawer and grabbing a pair of clothes. "If you get sick, you'll know why." Enid says with care. I nod once again. I don't know why I'm taking directions from a wolf, but I am anyways.

I walk to the bathroom, quietly shutting the door. I rest my back onto the door, then begin changing out of my clothes. I look into the mirror and notice my hair looked horrible. That means I'm going to have to unbraid my hair. I change into my clothes first, then decided to unbraid. I look in the mirror as my fingers twirl around between my hair strands, carefully taking each of my braids out.

As I'm finishing, the bathroom door opens. "Hey, I just wanted to check in because you've been here a whi-" Enid stops and stares at me for what seemed like forever. I forgot that she's never seen me without my braids. "I have never seen you without your braids! O-M-G! You look sooo good! You HAVE to let it down more often." Enid excitedly said. She tries to touch my hair but I swap her hand away. "Touch me or I'll kill you." I threaten. Enid nods disappointedly.

I put the towel and my wet clothes in my dirty basket. I'd hope to clean the towel for Enid so she doesn't have to worry about it.

I check the time. 9:34 P.M. I guess I should head to bed now. Today was tiring enough. I turn off my lamp and lay on my bed, my arms crossing each other like I'm dead.

"Going to bed already?" I hear Enid ask. I open my eyes and turn my head towards her. I give her a nod and she smiles, going back to her phone. I noticed she had those ear things that go into your ear so you can listen to your phone, so I didn't hear her phone.

I fall into a deep sleep.