Black & White || Wenclair

Chapter 4 | Wednesday | Classes Begin

It really irked me the amount of looks Enid was getting. These people have no self-awareness of others. I look at Enid for a second, noticing her uncomfortableness as we walked. Come on, people. She helped save Nevermore and this is the thanks she gets?

"What's up, Wednesday!" I turn around to see Eugene. I smile at him seeing that he's healed from what happened. "Good morning, Eugene." I say. He shoves his glasses towards his face. "I apologize for not visiting you sooner. It must've slipped my mind." I tell him. He nods understandingly. "No, I get it. After everything that's happened, I'm sure you have a lot in your mind. I appreciate the gifts you mailed to my house, by the way!" That's right. I mailed a couple of things during the summer in hopes that it'd cheer him up. "You were mailing gifts to him and not me?" I look at Enid as she frowns. "Don't worry, Enid. I have something." I respond. She instantly smiles. "Really? Yay!" She jumps and approaches me for a hug, in which I back away. She seemed to have taken the hint and puts her arms down.

"So, what's you guys' schedule?" Eugene asks. I scramble through my backpack to find the folded piece of paper, giving it to Eugene. Enid does the same. "Eh, no classes. But, I'll see you in beekeeping club I hope?" Eugene asks me. I nod with a smile. I love taking care of the bees. Their stings are painful and I enjoy that. Eugene smiles and walks away.

We get to the door of our class. "Ready for your first class?" Enid asks. I give her a look. "Are you? Everyone's looking at you weird." I ask back. I could tell this question made Enid more self-conscious which wasn't my intention. "I apologize, I didn't mean-" "No, I get it. I know everyone's looking at me. It's these damn scars." Enid looks down while touching her face. I stare at her blankly. "Whatever." She says and she walks into class. I follow her inside.

"Hello, you guys can sit anywhere." The teacher tells us happily, as if we want to be here. I stand behind Enid as she decides where to sit. She lets out an oh sound and walks over to a table with two spots open. I roll my eyes thinking about how I had to sit next to her for the rest of the semester. She's so annoying.

What's worse, though, is that Xavier is sitting right in front of us. I grunt. He's sitting directly in front of me. "Enid, switch chairs with me." I demand her. "What, why?" She asks. "Doesn't matter. Just switch with me." She does as she says and gets up. I get up and sit on her chair while she sits on mine. I move my face closer to her and could feel my heart beating faster the closer I got. I put my mouth close to her ear to whisper something. "I just don't want to be close to Xavier." I say very quietly before pulling away. She nods, finally understanding.

The bell rings for class to start and the teacher starts to talk. She talks about herself and what she did during the long break that we had. You know, boring stuff. A few minutes after she started talking, I began to write something on a piece of paper. I could see in the corner of my eye that Enid was curious. I finish what I was writing and slide the paper so Enid can see it. My mouth's covered as I look away and my heart beats really fast as she reads it. 'I'd rather be close to you.' I wrote, the cursive letters written to perfection. Enid smiles, taking the paper and writing something. She looks at the teacher, making sure she's not looking, and sliding the paper back to me. 'You can be.' She wrote with a heart. I stare at the paper blankly, but in all honesty, I know my face was really red. I usually love blood, but not like this. I think I'm possessed.

I fold the small piece of paper and put it in my backpack. I turn back to the teacher. She's still talking about herself, damn. I hope she knows nobody really cares about her trip to Colorado, but it's alright.

After what felt like forever, she finally stopped talking, giving us the rest of class to do whatever since it's the first day.

I decided to take my book out so I could read it, but this annoyance crept over me. "Psst, Wednesday." I glare at Xavier from my book without moving my head. "You wanna hangout after school?" He asks. I shake my head. "Oh, come on. Loosen up a little. I know you want to." I keep glaring at him. He does a small shrug. "Fine." I say to finally shut him up. "Great, I'll meet you at your dorm 'round, let's say, 6:30?." He asks. I nod. I don't want to do this stupid hangout, but as long as he shuts up.

I can sense Enid getting closer to me and my heart rate increases. Her lips almost touch my ear. "What was that all about?" She asks as quietly as she can. I just shrug. She goes up to my ear again. "Do you really want to hangout with him?" No, I want to hangout with you. I mean, what? I shake my head at her. I approach her ear to whisper back. "I'm just doing it so he can leave me alone." I quickly pull away, seeing Enid nod.

The rest of class was boring. I read my book the whole time, annotating bits and pieces of it. The bell rings. I close my book, putting it in my bag. "See you tonight." Xavier says, winking at me. I cringe and put my backpack on. Enid gives him a look when his back's to her face so he doesn't see. We go to our next class.

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"Mmm, I think the other shirt looked better." Enid comments on what I should wear to the "hangout." I nod, taking my shirt off and putting the other one on. "Yea, much better." Enid gives me a smile. I just shrug. "I don't give a shit about this hangout enough to wear what's pleasing to another's eye." I say. Enid chuckles as she gets on her phone. I grab the rectangle box that Xavier gifted me, just for emergency I suppose.

I hear a knock. That's my time to leave. I walk to the door. "Wednesday?" I turn around to face Enid. "Be safe, okay?" Enid looked a little worried. I give her a nod, opening the door and leaving.