Chapter 39: Woe, the Dancing Has Begun.
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{07:25 pm}
"I didn't think you guys would come together," Miss Thornhill said, her eyes drifting to Ash and Wednesday's outfits. "Quite the presentation."
Wednesday suddenly elbowed Ash, who was instinctively laughing at his thoughts.
"Oh, yeah, thank you."
"I guess it was expected, since both of you go to Miss Kinbott for therapy," Miss Thornhill said, her smile ever so present.
"What are you implying?" Wednesday quickly shot, causing Miss Thornhill to realize the different ways her words could be understood.
"I think she's calling us crazy," Ash laughed as he said it. "But she's not far-fetched…"
"I want a drink," Wednesday cut him off, causing a frown to escape his lips, stopping his only opportunity for making a hilarious joke.
"Yeah," Ash sighed, a bit hesitant, "I'll go get…"
"I'll come with you." She grabbed his arm, pulling him away with her.
Ash nearly cried at his predicament. Never in his life had he experienced such confusion.
"I know you're a writer… but stop using me like a plot device," Ash said, sighing as Wednesday stopped pulling him.
"You go to therapy?" she questioned, halting as she turned to him.
"I mean, like, twice a week."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"Huh?... I didn't think it was important?"
"You're still hiding too much," she said, turning around, then grabbing two glasses from the table and carrying them toward a bucket of green juice.
Ash just shook his head, grabbing a spoon and scooping some juice, pouring it into one cup Wednesday had on hand.
"You guys are actually matching," Enid said from behind, causing both Ash and Wednesday to glance at her.
"Coincidence can be a devil," Wednesday shot back, giving the glass that had been filled with juice to Ash and watching as he poured it into the other.
"Well, I think it's perfect," Enid suddenly said. "In a weird way, black suits you guys. It kind of reflects your personalities."
"Is that supposed to be a compliment?" Ash couldn't help but ask.
"I disagree with that statement," Wednesday said, taking a sip from the juice after Ash finished pouring. "In fact, if I were to compare, I would say Ash's personality resembles yours."
Enid just giggled, her gaze refusing to look toward Ash.
She paused for a while, then a while longer, until she finally walked away, moving toward a boy Ash had never seen before.
"Wait, wasn't Enid supposed to go to the dance with Ajax?" Ash asked, seeing no sign of Ajax.
"Why do you care?" Wednesday questioned, taking another sip. "Are you jealous?"
"What?"
"It's just a question," she said, staring right at him. "I was just curious if you liked the idea of a friend going to a dance with your potential love interest."
"Huh?..." Ash raised his brow. "What are you talking about?"
But then the music changed genre, and a dancing song started playing, causing a majority of the students to start swarming around like bees.
"I'll go finish my drink in the lounge," she said, turning around, nearly walking away.
But right when she was about to retreat, Ash's hand swung forward and held her arm.
She glanced back.
"Wait, what happened? Are you good?" he asked, perhaps noting the slight change in her behavior.
She paused for a while, maintaining eye contact with him, completely unfazed, until…
"Ash!" Ajax shouted from behind him, causing Ash to instinctively let go of Wednesday's arm and glance back.
"Elina," And of course, Ash's eyes completely ignored Ajax, who was the one who called, and immediately focused on the girl beside him. "So you finally found a date, huh… who is my friend, are you trying to make me jealous?"
"Is it working?" Elina asked with a slow-approaching grin.
"Nope," but it instantly faded with his answer.
Then Ash's eyes turned behind him, finally noticing that Wednesday was gone.
"Um, I heard you couldn't get with Enid," Ash said, turning back to Ajax, who was scratching the back of his head.
"Yeah, I kind of stoned myself in the shower, and I didn't show up for a date," Ajax said, sighing. "Hopefully, I get a chance to explain myself."
"Damn, I guess it is true what they say," Ash chugged his juice. "All power comes with a cost."
Ajax just nodded in approval.
"So…" Elina cut in, "since your date isn't here, you wanna dance?" She extended her arm.
But Ash raised both his hands in surrender, slowly backing away.
"Well, she was actually here a second ago," he said, turning. "And besides, Ajax asked you out, so he is liable to accept your offer."
Ash waved them off, unbothered by the state of the girl he had left.
Luckily, Elina turned her arm to Ajax, causing him to smile lightly.
"I might as well," Ajax said, his gaze occasionally landing on Enid, who was at the far front, dancing with another man. "It's not like I got any choices."
So he accepted it, drifting to the dancefloor with a girl whose beauty was mindlessly overlooked.
Only beaten by what both Ash and Ajax didn't yet understand.
Was it fate? Or a God in the heavens who transcended it?
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{MINUTES LATER} {07:36}
"Do you need a refill?" Ash asked as he walked through the corridor, holding up two glasses of juice.
He moved toward her, then sat on the stone structure she was sitting on.
He placed one glass near her, then looked to the surrounding walls, which were handmade with what seemed to be gloss and cobblestone.
There was silence, not one caused by thought, but a silence most would consider as pleasure.
"You know, I'm not…" Ash hesitated, lightly sighing before he spoke. "I'm not that different." He sighed again, this time taking another sip from his glass. "Believe it or not, but we are kind of really similar."
Wednesday turned to him, eyes observing his movements.
"You spiked your drink, didn't you?"
"Ding!" was his only reply, which, unknowingly to him, caused her to slightly smirk under her cold expression.
"So, Miss Addams," Ash stood up, making sure to finish the last bits of evidence before extending his hand toward her. "Dance with me."
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