Wednesday

Chapter 1 : "I'm Noah"

"Ah, Nevermore"Mom sighs when the car gets closer to the school and we can finally see it. "Coming back here always brings back memories of us together, my sunshine"Dad says saying one of those weird nick names he uses whenever he sweet-talks mom. It makes me barf.

They move closer together in the car until their shoulders are touching and immediately start making out. This is pure torture, and not the good kind.

Luckily, the car makes it past the school gates almost immediately and halts to a stop. I practically run out of the car, not wanting to spend another second inside that unbearable environment.

I start walking towards the school and I can feel Thing moving around inside the bag I put him in but considering how small it is he barely has any room. He hates small spaces. It makes him cramp up.

Thing has the tendency of overreacting.

I turn around when I hear someone screaming my name. I'd recognize that voice anywhere.

"Wednesday!"Enid screams once again when she catches up to me. Before I can say anything she pulls me into a bone-crushing hug. I stand there, stiff, just for a moment before I move her off of me. "Right. Still not a hugger"Enid laughs. 'And I never will be' I think to myself. I despise physical touch and no one or nothing can change that.

"I've missed you so much. I mean, we texted a bit over the break but it's still not the same as seeing you. I can't wait to tell you all about my summer"She squeals. She pulls me closer to her with her hands on my shoulders and stares at me intently, "What did you do all summer?." She quickly removes her hands from my shoulders and waits for me to answer.

"The usual. Experiments on Pugsley, tormented my parents, worked on my novel, and I spent some time with the spiders up in the attic"I say blankly. I watch as her smile falters, "Oh."

"Well, I can't wait to see who the new principal is. It's just not going to be the same without Principal Weams"Enid says. I feel a tightness in my chest growing when she says that but I quickly push that feeling down.

"I heard that she's the first of her kind to come to Nevermore"A girl who overheard our conversation passing by said. "What is she?"I ask her. She opens her mouth to reply but suddenly stares at something behind me.

Enid turns around to look and I do the same. "What are we supposed to be looking at?"I ask Enid when I don't see anything interesting going on in front of me. "Him"Enid points at a random boy. "Is he new?" I ask. "No. He came to Nevermore last year but left a few months before you arrived. Apparently, his parents died"Enid says. "I heard that he left because he had a falling out"The girl says.

"Those are just rumors"I tell them. "Maybe. Maybe not"The girl says before walking towards the boy. "We should go inside and get our things set back into our room"Enid pulls my gaze away from them. I nod my head and I walk behind her into the building.

"I'm surprised you got yourself a phone. You were always so against technology"Enid makes small talk as we walk towards our room. "Xavier got it for me"I tell her. "Oh. Xavier"She says using a weird voice. I notice that she's staring at me weirdly. "What?"I ask her. "You guys would be such a cute couple"She blurts out.

"No way. I refuse to become a second version of my parents. The very thought of being intimate with someone again would make me want to disown myself. I will never make that mistake again"I tell Enid. I can tell that my response stopped her from going further on about the topic.

When we make it to our room, I place my suitcase next to my bed and put the bag I have Thing in on top of my bed. He's been oddly quiet this whole time.