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note about "blood magic" and the curse for wednesday is inspired by From the Mouth of Babies by Universe30.
thank you for Julia
Wednesday didn´t use to be this tired even after grave-digging at the family cemetery, not to speak after all night's sleep. She opened up her eyes and realized she was neither in her dormitory room at Nevermore nor even in Addams house. She sat up because the sun reflecting from the opposite house window had been shining her directly in the eyes. Now she recognized the place. She recognized the giant cherry growing in front of Galpins. But something was off. Usually, she only could see the branches she used to climb to Tyler´s room. However, now she only saw the tree trunk. Moreover, this was not his room, and it wasn´t even the living room where they used to watch movies. She had never been in this room – it must have been somewhere aon the ground floor. But where exactly? Galpins only had a small house, suitable enough for two men to live in.
She was torn out of her thoughts by a groan from the left side of the bed. Wednesday almost expected to see the brown hair of her boyfriend, but was looking directly into the grey eyes of his father.
„Addams?“ he growled, realizing slowly where they were and what were they wearing. Nothing! They were both buck-naked, only a thin sheet partially covering them. „What the hell..?“ His eyes widened with horror.
He didn´t drink any alcohol last night. Hell, he couldn´t even imagine how much he would have to drink to sleep with his son´s girlfriend. Was she even 16 to begin with?
„Fuck!“ he cursed to himself, but Wednesday didn´t need to hear the rest. Faster than she thought she was able to she put up her skirt and blouse and ran away from the house. She didn´t know where is she running, she just wanted to get the hell out of Tyler´s home. What happened last night? She only remembered going to see Tyler, but the rest – nothing. Was Tyler at home? And how did she end up in bed with his father?
She started to get cold, and only then realized that she left her sweater and shoes at Galpins. So she ran barefoot to Nevermore.
Luck was on her side this time as she didn´t meet anybody there. The last person she needed to see was director Weems, Bianca, or even Xavier. She slammed the door into her room and fell on the bed. Wednesday buried her face into the pillow and tried to forget what happened. The sheriff´s terrified face, her own naked body and.. God, she needs to take a shower. Just in case, she will burn the Nevermore uniform – she has more of them, so no problem there. But she couldn´t ever wear it again and wished it had never happened.
„Wednesday?“ she hears a quiet voice next to her head. She forgot about Enid.
„What happened? Did somebody hurt you? Tyler? I will rip him to pieces!“ She throws one question at her by another and her bright-colored nails change to claws.
„No, nobody hurt me,“ she replies although even she herself doesn´t believe it. Wednesday grabbed Enid by the shoulders and shook her.
„Nobody not even a word about what you saw today. Are we clear? If I find in your blog even one letter about myself or you say anything to Ajax, you´re gonna see pictures of cut-off unicorn heads on your title page and Tyler will help me with it!“
Enid just nods in fear. Her roommate can be terrifying.
„I´m going to shower,“ says Wednesday and goes to the bathroom.
Inside, she chooses the hottest water as possible, trying to wash away any traces reminding her of a sheriff. When taking off her panties, she noticed something white and sticky and that cemented her worries. She really had sex. Wednesday wasn´t one of the women celebrating the loss of virginity, but she should be able to remember each of her sexual intercourse – doesn´t matter if the first, or the thirtieth. But according to the sheriff´s face, she wasn´t raped. She had no wounds nor did she feel any pain.
Donovan didn´t know for how long had he been sitting on the bed, staring into space. Luckily, it was Sunday, so he didn´t need to go to work – he couldn´t focus on anything, anyway. Suddenly he heard the door slamming and in a moment, a car engine. So, Tyler went to work. He couldn´t even imagine how could he look in the eyes of his own son after sleeping with his girlfriend. He didn´t know the exact nature of their relationship, but it was pretty obvious that Tyler was completely obsessed with the girl. My God, was she even 16? He hoped so. Donovan had no need to be arrested as a paedophile. If this ever comes out, he was done. He would get fired, and had to move out. Everyone would point fingers at him for being the pervert seducing the girl younger than his son. Nobody would believe that he doesn´t remember anything. Not to mention his relationship with Tyler. And he couldn´t find a new job easily, either – he is getting old and spent his whole life living in Jericho. Tyler would have to abandon the idea of a university – there would be no money to pay for it. His life would be over.
***
From the opposite side of the courtyard, Wednesday heard a giggle. When lifting her sight, she noticed the Vojtovic twins, laughing at her together with some of their friends. They were dumb and snobbish, only using their name for fake fame. Their family was well-known among Outcasts, such as Addams or Thorps.
But, opposite to Xavier, Anne and Suzanne were just uneducated hens, not even capable of understanding the basics of blood magic. Wednesday got into an argument with them the day before the morning she woke up at the sheriff´s house. But they were probably pretty clever with curses.
Wednesday followed the group of girls rising and going to the next lecture and tried to hatch one of the twins. She succeeded when Anne separated to buy a coffee from a vending machine (that tasted worse than mud from their family cemetery).
She grabbed Anne by the neck a pressed her to a wall.
„Spit it out! What have you done to me?“
„I don´t know what are you talking about!“
„Don´t try my patience, Anne.“
The witch understood pretty fast that Wednesday Addams is not the one to make fun of.
„Okay! Suzanne found an old spell in our family books. And everybody knows you´re dating young Galpin.“
„And what does it have with that what happened to me? What was that spell about? Speak!“
„You should have sex with Galpin and not remember it.“
„This is the exact formulation?“
She nodded silently.
„Now go and nobody even a word! Or I´ll rip out your tongue and use it to clean my shoes.“.
Anne vanished in a second.
Wednesday leaned on the wall, tired. It was clear now she was not going to school today – well, not that she would learn something she didn´t know already, anyway. She won´t be able to focus. Now it was clear to her what had happened that night. Vojtovic twins didn´t specify which Galpin should be involved, and the spell chose the older one.
She closed her eyes. Now what? And what about Tyler? No, she can´t be with him anymore. She must end it and act as if the last night never happened.
A few more days passed and Wednesday didn´t leave Nevermore. She missed not only Tyler´s quad over ice, but above all, she missed him. But Wednesday couldn´t admit it even to himself, not to anybody else. Maybe the gravestone placed above her head after her death could hear it.
„Tyler keeps texting me and asking me about you. He wants to know if he did something to upset you,“ reported Enid.
Wednesday shook her head.
„Write to him that he should stop contacting you. Our relationship ended.“
Enid just sighed, grabbing her phone.
***
Tyler was really upset. Even a sheriff who usually didn´t take an interest in him noticed that. Tyler never before looked as happy as he did when dating that Addams girl.
„What happened?“ Donovan asked him by morning coffee, but Tyler just mumbled something for the answer.
„Speak to me, Tyler!“
„It´s over between me and Wednesday! I hope you´re happy!“ Tyler almost hissed him in the face. He took his jacket, ready to leave, but the sheriff grabbed him by his arm.
„I´m not saying I love that girl. But I can see she makes you happy.“
Tyler was on the verge of tears.
„So you have nothing to do with this?“
„You think I went to see Addams girl and told her to break up with you? And that she listened to me?“ asked Donovan ironically and his son just smiled sadly. He heard how unbelievable that sounds. Wednesday never listened up to anybody, and certainly not to his father.
***
2 months later
Wednesday Addams usually didn´t succumb to emotions. She didn´t feel fear or despair. Emotions are for the weak – as she often used to point that out to her brother. Now, however, she was overcome by them. She was sitting in the bathroom at her room at Nevermore and holding a pregnancy test in her hands.
Her period was always irregular, but when repeatedly didn´t come as it naturally should, Wednesday knew she had a problem. Yes, these tests were not 100% accurate, she still had hope after the gynaecological examination, but she had a feeling the answer wouldn´t change anyway. She sighed and threw the test into the garbage. Now, she had to face the inevitable.
She touched the crystal ball lying on her table. Immediately, her mother´s face appeared there.
„My dear little bat, what happened to you? You look concerned,“ Morticia spilled her worries. Usually, no emotions could be seen in her daughter´s face. This time it was different. „Concerned“ was literally the undervaluation of the year.
„Mother, I am in serious trouble. I need help.“
Morticia was surprised. Her daughter always obviously declared her independence and the fact that she asked her for help was a sign that a catastrophe was approaching. But Morticia couldn´t guess how close is it already.