Green Berrets
"Wednesday...... come to sleep please....."
Enid has now been lying under the covers of Wednesday's bed for an hour, her face totally sunk into the pillow.
"Enid, I said you I'll be there in five minutes."
Wednesday responds to the companion as if she were a programmed NPC with that one sentence, Enid looks at the alarm clock, and those five minutes have already become more than 40.
"You already told me this 40 minutes ago...."
The same pattern of phrases had already been repeated 3 times since Enid had gone to bed, but now, perhaps the Enid's tone, perhaps the fatigue in Wednesday, but something flicks a switch in young Addams' head as she looks up at the clock..... 2:33 a.m.
"Ah..."
Wednesday places a bookmark between the printed pages from Enid's cell phone and gets up. The wolf girl finally hearing her companion get up and she turns her head so that her face is no longer pressed against the pillow and enjoys the show.
Wednesday heads to her closet and almost mechanically removes her amphibians, cargo pants and oversize sweatshirt, staying in just her underwear. Enid has become a tomato; it is not the first time she has seen Wednesday in her underwear, but she does not think she will ever get used to seeing her change in front of her. She remembers how Wednesday chased her out of the room the first few times, or how she double-locked herself in the bathroom and covered the lock with her towel the previous school year.
At last Wednesday has put on her night outfit, a very simple silk robe, and lies down next to Enid. Now everyone would expect the somber Addams to be the one to wrap her companion protectively, but instead the girl immediately thrust herself into Enid's arms, uniting their bodies as much as possible. It took Enid two weeks before she got used to sleeping with Wednesday's breath on her neck; on the other hand, it took Wednesday a month to realize that the two of them might as well go to sleep in rooms on opposite sides of the castle, but they would still wake up snuggled together.
*** *** ***
The secret passageway to the Belladonna lair opens and a hooded figure steps into it after checking to make sure he is not being watched, his footsteps make no sound as well as his breathing, he does not seem to have to look for anything, he walks determinedly to the desk and picks up a book.
A book that afternoon was totally ignored by Enid and Wednesday, a diary of an Addams ancestor who had devoted his life to the study of Mayan and Aztec civilizations.
Once he ascertained it was the right book he slipped it under his cloak and as silently as he entered, he went out disappearing into the darkness, but this time someone was watching him from around a corner with a grin painted on his face.
Professor Silivieri is one step closer to his real goal.
*** *** ***
The morning is shining, and the sun's rays, barely filtering through the black film on Wednesday's half-window, are just enough to wake the raven. Wednesday is not happy to be awakened by sunshine, but her anger is short-lived because the first thing she sees when she opens her eyes is Enid's blissfully sleeping face. Wednesday pulls herself up on one elbow to get a better view of her companion, never would the young Addams have thought she would feel that way about anyone. Without even realizing it Wednesday begins to fix Enid's brown locks, including that beloved black hair extension that Enid was now no longer without. Wednesday knows how much Enid misses her colored hair, but she already has a gift ready that she is sure will make Enid happy.
When Wednesday begins to caress her face, Enid, too, wakes up, with a magnificent smile that only makes the once-hearted Addams smile and blush.
"Good morning my queen of darkness."
Wednesday smiles amusedly, Enid likes to find new nicknames for her too much.
"If I am a queen you must be my concubine."
The look of defiance is only returned by the wolf girl.
"Oh my dear if you even try to downgrade me to a mere concubine, I will make your life your own personal hell and not the hell you like."
Wednesday smiles, loves it when Enid stands up to her and threatens her. She leans over her and begins to kiss her impetuously, Enid wraps her arms around the raven's neck.
Knock knock knock knock
"GIRLS WAKE UP!"
On Wednesday with a lightning movement she hurls three throwing knives at the door, fortunately the doors have been reinforced and the blades do not pass through them easily and the person in charge does not realize anything.
"I REMIND YOU THAT TODAY IS THE DRILL."
"I will kill her!"
Enid gives her a gentle punch on the shoulder.
"You can't and besides I like her."
Wednesday looks away from Enid and begins to get out of bed.
"I can hardly believe it-I use the bathroom first."
When Enid hears the sound of the lock, she finally decides to get up.
"Let's see if they have finally uploaded class schedules...."
Enid turns on her laptop after sprawling in her desk chair, the picture of her and Wednesday in the background of the computer makes her smile serenely, clicks on the desktop link for the school website, enters the password for the student area, and sees that the class schedules have finally been uploaded.
"NOOOOOOOO!!!!!"
At her companion's desperate scream, Wednesday rushes out of the bathroom with the toothbrush still in her mouth only to see a desperate Enid cursing in front of the computer.
"Why?!?!?! Who is the sick person who thought such a thing???? How could he be so sadistic????"
Wednesday approaches worriedly and looks at the computer screen, and it does not take her long to understand the reason for her companion's crisis.
"ENID!"
Finally the girl calms down and realizing the scene she has just made turns her gaze worriedly toward Wednesday, where she meets a look of pure disappointment and anger.
"Are you really making a scene just because our first class consists of two hours of math? We probably won't even have lesson!"
"Yes, but that one hates me, that damn teacher for sure will do anything to humiliate me in front of the class."
Enid makes her classic puppy-dog expression, forgetting that it does not work with Wednesday; in fact, it has the opposite effect.
"Make a scene like that again and I'll make you regret it Sinclair."
Wednesday turns on and goes back to the bathroom. Enid is white, her companion's tone has made her back freeze, and by now she calls her Sinclair only when she is really angry.
"We couldn't get off to a better start."
Dejected Enid grabs her cell phone and throws herself on her bed checking social media.
By now the blizzard of the change of her nickname, from Enid.Sinclair to Enid.Wolfgirl_Addams, has passed and the comments marveling at how she is still alive despite now being in the Addams household are gone, but still the notifications of new followers of young Addams family members she did not even know existed do not stop coming in.
"Enid come on your turn."
Enid looks at the time on the computer, exactly 23 minutes, Wednesday Addams was as precise as a Swiss watch in her morning routine, 23 minutes to wash and braid her hair, 7 minutes to change, and 10 minutes to carefully prepare her necessities for the day.
"Perfect I'll see if I can do it quickly."
Wednesday does not even give her a glance, both because she is still angry and because she knows full well that before an hour Enid will not be ready and will do everything in a hurry.
When Wednesday has finished changing, putting on her school uniform and makeup, she begins to prepare Enid's clothes, after all, it is only a matter of choosing her accessories and shoes since Enid also has to wear the uniform. She may not have much fashion sense but she knows that Enid loves it when she is the one picking out her clothes.
As expected, it is 8:50 a.m. and Enid has not yet come out of the bathroom.
"Enid in 10 minutes there will be the drill move."
"I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE THAT IF WE USED THE BATHROOM TOGETHER WE WOULD SAVE A LOT OF TIME!"
Wednesday blushes at the idea of showering with Enid.
"MOVE!"
Wednesday back to her work, she took advantage of Enid's time in the bathroom to give a quick review of the pages she read last night and determined that she must stop staying up late, because of her tiredness she missed many things. Like a sketch of a floor plan, the diary is very confusing time-wise it makes continuous jumps from before Goody's confrontation with Crackstone to the later period when Alvaro was planning the castle. It appears from this sketch that Nevermore has as many as 3 underground floors, but Wednesday knows that, at least officially there are only 2, one used as storage and one with the werewolf cages. She is not aware of a third floor; she will have to examine the school's official floor plans, maybe she will find something.
"Here I am!"
Enid finally emerges from the bathroom with her hair perfectly styled and already her makeup done.
"I had taken my makeup to the bathroom to save time. OH! You've already prepared everything, thank you Willa!!!"
Enid gives Wednesday a kiss on the cheek, who is still intent on examining her papers. The wolf girl is just in time to put on her uniform and shoes when a loud alarm makes her jump to her feet.
"A very loud, high-pitched, eardrum-piercing siren.... And apparently with such frequency that it doesn't bother werewolves too much."
Wednesday observes Enid who, though hands to ears, is not too bothered by the loud sound.
The girls rush out of their room and following the protocol they had to study before arriving in Nevermore to reach the courtyard outside Ophelia Hall.
"Well girls, please be sure to stay close to your dorm mates and away from buildings and trees, we have to imagine that we are in an earthquake or fire event, during which debris could fall on us."
On Wednesday, she has to give credit to the new dormitory supervisor, whose name she cannot already remember, that despite her naive and fragile appearance, now that an emergency situation is being simulated she has taken a certain tone of authority and is perfectly able to manage her students.
"Very good girls, at the moment you have been the fastest and most efficient dormitory."
"General! Eh, I meant to say, headmaster Coleman, good to see you."
To Wednesday's surprise, the woman assumes a stiff and composed posture upon the headmaster's arrival.
"Miss Addams, I see you are the only ones ready and in uniform so far from the school."
Wednesday puffs up her chest but keeps her expression somber; receiving a compliment from a man who exudes such authority touches her.
"Just because classes haven't started yet that doesn't mean we should be idle."
"About Lesson-Ahio!"
Wednesday pinches Enid on the arm knowing full well where he was going with this. The principal smiles, realizing that he is well on his way to gaining the young woman's respect; normally he would not be interested in such a thing, but he knows the Addams family and Wednesday's school history and especially extracurricular history all too well not to know that it is better to keep her quiet than to recoil at her.
"Very well, then good, carry on girls. Corporal."
The principal nods to the person in charge and then walks away to the next group.
"Was you in the military? I wouldn't have said that."
Wednesday turns to the woman, who is still in her stiff posture as she watched the principal walk away.
"Yes, Headmaster Coleman called me back from my leave of absence, in light of the events of last semester, he thought someone with my skills could come in handy."
Wednesday pressed her, she thought she should not give too much thought to the woman, figuring she was an easy chicken to fool, but apparently that was not the case.
"Did you serve with the principal in the army?"
"Yes, before he became general he was the senior corporal in charge of my squad."
"And what did you deal with?"
Wednesday is increasingly curious and concerned.
"It's secreted, I can only say that we were a group of Green Berets and I was discharged with a medal of honor for heroic acts in the war, although I can't specify which ones or where. Now if you will excuse me."
The woman walks away toward the other dormitory leaders who were confronting each other once the exercise was over.
"This could be a problem..."
Enid laughs amused.
"Shouldn't you feel honored? They found it necessary to call a decorated former Green Beret to keep an eye on you."
Wednesday snorts and continues to study the woman from afar, aware that she is doing the same.
List limits report signed by Wednesday Addams and Enid Sinclair
Point 13: Enid cannot try to impose, even surreptitiously or without her knowledge, social customs or practices on Wednesday.
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