A/N: Okay, I've been to a big party today as a graduation and early birthday party for one of my best friends earlier today and I got quite a workout playing volleyball with her and with some of our other friends from school. It's after 2:00 in the morning, and the last reply from this story was yesterday, so I might as well update while AnnaleaseTurner and I take a break from this RP. I probably should've shortened this into separate chapters, but too late to turn back now YOLO as they say these days. You know the rules, we only own our OCs, everyone else belongs to Charles Addams and such who owns the Addams Family these days, whoever that might be. As always, read & review. Plus, AnnaleaseTurner, I decided to give the snobby girl and the brown-haired boy some names since we established that they're into the school year and we should know some other characters' names besides Jeffry, Penelope, Payton and Alice, so you'll meet the brown-haired boy Alex and the snobby girl Bianca. Enough author's note, let's read this sucker so I can go to bed!
The night passed with little troubles. The next morning was fine too and soon the Twins were in school and it was about time for Show and Tell. Alice was sitting next to Penelope looking a little upset. Her mother didn't want her to be friends with Penelope. Payton patted his satchel that was on his lap. There was a weird noise coming from the bag. Jeffry had a book of course. Several of the boys had action figures and toy cars and several of the girls had dolls. Jeffry had a book of course. Payton looked at the teacher calmly. He was looking forward to showing what he had brought.
Penelope looked back at Alice, holding her bag. "I got you something." she whispered gently to her friend.
Alice looked at Penelope and smiled gently. "Really?" she whispered back.
"I'll show you later if you want." Penelope told her.
Alice smiled.
"Who wants to go first?" Ms. Shimmer asked. She noticed that Payton looked eager, and she shuddered, going to someone else's direction. "Uhh... Emily!" she pointed to one of the girls who brought a doll.
Emily hid under her desk. "I'm shy..."
"Come now, Emily, it'll be nice for someone normal to go first." Ms. Shimmer smiled.
Payton's mouthed twitched, slightly. Penelope took out her jar and looked at the spider with a smile while Alice was talking with the teacher. Jeffry looked at Payton, very curious of what he brought.
Alice looked at Ms. Shimmer then. "Ms. Shimmer, my daddy is a lawyer and he told me words like that are discrim...Crim..." she trailed off at the word a bit too much for her at that age.
"Discrimination?" Ms. Shimmer asked, helping her with the adult vocabulary.
Emily still hid under her desk, feeling a bit scared to go in front of everyone.
"Yeah, that." Alice nodded. She was trying to protect her friends.
Payton looked slightly bored at the fact Ms. Shimmer wasn't allowing him to go first. Penelope smiled that Alice had stuck up for her and her twin.
Ms. Shimmer released a sharp sigh. "Very well... Payton, you go first."
Jeffry seemed interested in what Payton possibly had to show and tell about. He wasn't very open about it, but he had wanted to be Payton's friend, but Payton didn't seem like to be the type that was open for friendship just yet. Alice looked interested.
Payton stood up and took his satchel to the front. He then pulled out the jar with the heart in. "This is an actual human heart my grandfather gave me to show you." he said, blandly.
Ms. Shimmer turned pale instantly. What kind of family did these children come from? "Uhh... Where did that come from, Payton?" he asked, sheepishly.
Payton looked at her. "It was a present that my grandfather recieved..." he explained.
"Cool!" Jeffry brightened up, excited.
Penelope smiled, proud of her brother. A lot of the girls cringed, some boys were interested, but one felt sick to his stomach. Alice looked really intrigued.
"Oh... that's... very special..." Ms. Shimmer said, really paling. "Next!" she cried.
Penelope held her jar close. She thought maybe she could surprise Alice with the spider as her project and then maybe give it to Alice for later.
Jeffry decided to go next and he showed his book. "This is a Stephen Hawking book... He's one of the smartest people in the world. My dad had this book when he was a kid and he let me borrow it, I wish I could be smart like them both when I grow up."
Payton looked at Jeffry, so this boy really did want to expand his mind... Interesting... Alice looked at Jeffry, smiling though not as wide as when Payton was doing his show and tell, she had decided to disobey her mother and stay friends with Penelope.
"Thank you, Jeffry, do we have anyone else?" Ms. Shimmer asked, looking at the brighter colored clothed children and not the two kooky and creepy students in the classroom.
Jeffry took his book and went to sit back down next to Payton.
Payton looked at Jeffry. "That was...Interesting..." he muttered, emotionlessly.
"Thanks." Jeffry half smiled at Payton.
Payton nodded and then looked ahead. Penelope hadn't gone yet, but she stayed sitting still. Alice smiled at Penelope. She then raised her hand, deciding to do it so that maybe Penelope would be up for doing it too.
Ms. Shimmer looked around the class, then noticed the friendly girl. "Alice?"
Penelope looked at Alice gently and played with her loose ends of her hair before Alice stood up in front of everyone to present her project. Alice stood up and went to show her thing. She held up a dress and went into a slightly annoyed sounding speech about how it was one of her mom's new line of clothing. Penelope cringed a little at the dress, but was happy for Alice.
"Thank you, Alice that was special," Ms. Shimmer smiled fondly. "Anyone else? No? Well, I guess it's time for recess!" she stood up from her desk, ignoring Penelope.
The other students cheered and went to stand in a line for the door.
Alice came over and shoved the dress away. "My mom made me bring it... And I think it's mean the way Ms. Shimmer acts toward you." she said.
"You didn't seem like the dressy type to me." Penelope remarked to Alice.
Alice crossed their arms and stayed with them. She smiled at Penelope though. "My mother practically forced me to bring it." she said.
Penelope hummed at that. Payton looked disgusted at Ms. Shimmer and gave his most terrifying glare.
Ms. Shimmer froze at his glare. She then instantly broke the fire alarm to make a loud ring fill the classroom. "Oh, look at that, it's a fire drill, everyone single file and get out of the room... Um... Addams twins? You stay." she told the twins and quickly rushed out the normal children including Jeffry and Alice.
"What about Penelope and Payton?" Jeffry asked, overwhelmed.
Payton started to play with the lighter, flicking it on.
Penelope then raised her hand. "Ms. Shimmer, I still haven't gone."
"How sad," Ms. Shimmer said sadly, but had a smile on her face. "Maybe tomorrow, honey."
Alice glared at the woman. "I'm staying with Penelope and Payton." she said.
Payton looked almost murderous, a dangerous glint in his eye as he kept turning the lighter on and off.
Ms. Shimmer glanced at the girl. "Alice, I wouldn't want to have to send you to the principal's office for your poor behavior..." she said, lightly threatening the child.
Penelope sat coldly, glaring at the teacher, it wasn't as dangerous as Payton, but she was still pretty ticked and dark as her family nature.
Alice just sunk further in her chair. "And you may get a letter from my lawyer." she retorted.
Payton looked at his lighter and then ahead of the teacher. "Maybe I'll start off by setting your car on fire." he deadpanned to the teacher.
Ms. Shimmer grunted. "Fine, Penelope, you show us your thing... And make sure it stays in that jar."
Penelope looked into it and shook it. "Where did she go?" she asked herself quietly about the spider.
Payton stopped messing with the lighter, but it was still in his hand.
Alice looked at her. "What was it?" she asked quietly.
"A spider." Penelope answered, like it was a normal thing for a child her age to have lying around.
"A spider?" Alice said. "Cool."
"Alright, let's all stay calm and look for the spider, "Ms. Shimmer told them, unknowing that the spider had been crawling on her head. "Whoever that is, stop tickling me please!"
Payton looked at the spider. "I believe there is actually no person behind you." he said, his voice devoid of any emotion again.
"There she is!" Penelope pointed.
Ms. Shimmer looked up at the spider crawling on her head and she let out a scream, then fainted suddenly.
"Oh, no!" Penelope rushed to her teacher's side and cupped the spider in her hands. "Poor thing, must be scared half to death..."
Alice blinked, but giggled gently at Ms. Shimmer fainting. She then went over to Penelope to look at the spider.
Payton looked at Jeffry. "Help me bind the teacher and put her in the closet." he ordered, suggesting. It was his way of offering to get to know the boy a little.
"Should I gag her too?" Jeffry asked with a rather creepy looking smile.
Payton nodded. He pulled out some rope from a bag he had and started to tie Ms. Shimmer up. Ms. Shimmer grunted a bit as she was tied up. Jeffry grabbed a bandana from one of the students' desks and rolled it up into a ball and shoved it into the teacher's mouth.
"JEFFRY!" she mumbled, muffingly.
Payton pulled the teacher to the closet and shoved her in before shutting the door. The other students gasped in true shock.
Payton looked at them, unemotionally. "I just did what we were all wanting to do..." he drawled.
Emily came into her seat and looked angry with Payton. "I'm telling!"
Payton shrugged unaffected about Emily's words. He sat down again and looked as content as ever.
Penelope smiled at Alice and showed the spider. "This is my show and tell project, I'd also like you to keep her as a present. You're not scared?" she noticed that a lot of 'normal' people were afraid of spiders whether children or adults.
"Will she bite me? If not, then no, I'm not scared..." Alice told her friend, holding out a finger to touch the spider.
"Don't worry, I trained her to not bite anyone nice to me, so you, Payton and my family are in good hands." Penelope smiled delicately.
Alice smiled and gently petted the spider.
"I think she likes you." Penelope said to her new best friend.
The spider formed no emotion, being a spider, but looked deeply focused on the new girl. Alice looked at the spider, smiling.
"I don't think she has a name, she's probably new in our house, you can call her whatever you want though." Penelope said with a charming smile.
Alice smiled and held out her hand for the spider. "How about Charlotte?" she suggested.
The spider crawled from Penelope's hands to Alice's free hand.
Penelope giggled a little from the eight legs tickling her and smiled. "Charlotte, that's an interesting name."
Alice smiled. "So cute..." she said softly as she gently held the spider.
Penelope smiled at her and looked at her brother. "What do we do now without a teacher?" she sounded more concerned about the teacher than the classroom as the class sat nervously around Payton.
"Recess isn't for another hour..." Jeffry reminded them.
"We could take a leaf out of my mother's book, a load of fun in the classroom." Payton said.
Jeffry paid attention to Payton, interested about the book.
Alice petted the spider, smiling at Penelope. "I love her, she's so cute." she said.
"I think so too," Penelope smiled back at her. "Just be sure she gets enough flies and other nuisance insects she may have a hunger for."
Alice nodded. "I promise to... I just hope she doesn't escape around my mom." she said.
Penelope giggled a little at the thought of Amanda being caught with the creature. "Let's hope." she then said.
"We could paint the room, and if anyone objects, we can tie them to chairs..." Payton said, calmly.
Emily shivered and hid under her desk. "I WANT MY MOMMY!"
"She's not here." Jeffry said to her, simply.
Payton smirked scarily. "Who wants to join in?" he asked.
Alice looked at Payton. "Me and Lopie (low-pea) are playing with Charlotte." she said.
"Sorry Payton, we'll sit this one out." Penelope told her brother.
"I'll join!" Jeffry volunteered himself. He showed zero fear around the boy now.
Some of the other's wanted to join so Payton wouldn't tie them up. Payton nodded. He got the paints out and handed them out. Alice took Penelope to the corner to play with the spider. Penelope went with Alice and did their own thing while Payton did his thing.
Payton was acting as Leader, tying up some of those who opposed him. Alice giggled as the spider tickled her.
"Remember not to be too rough," Penelope advised. "She's more scared of us than anyone else is of her."
"Okay..." Alice said, softly.
Penelope smiled. Alice stroked the spider gently. The spider was very calm in Alice's hand.
"I think you two will get along just fine." Penelope said, smiling.
Payton then sat as the other's helping continued the work.
The school principal was walking around the school halls and was to inspect the classes today. He saw what was happening from behind the closed-door of Ms. Shimmer's classroom. He then decided he needed to make some personal phone calls in his office and directly went to the Addams family number and called them, seeming a bit angered.
Morticia answered the phone. "Hello?" she asked.
"Is this Penelope and Payton's mother?" the principal asked, sounding obviously peeved.
Morticia raised her eyebrow. "No, I'm their grandmother..." she said, her voice eerie.
"Oh," the principal was surprised how well Morticia sounded for her age. "Well, are their parents around? This matter concerns the Addams twins."
Morticia blinked. "One moment..." she said and then placed the phone to the side and went to get Wednesday.
The principal waited patiently for the woman to fetch her daughter.
Wednesday was reading a book, curled up by the fireplace and smiling with the completely unhappy ending of everyone leaving to die, injured without food or water.
Morticia knocked on the door and walked in. "Wednesday... The principal wants to talk to you..." she said.
Wednesday sighed and gently shut the book. "This better be good... Thank you, Mother." she left the room and went to talk with the principal as instructed.
Morticia nodded and drifted away. Wednesday went to where the phone was. The principal was getting really impatient waiting for an answer. He felt like it took forever to hear from this alleged family and how they had been raising the dark and creepy twins of the school. Morticia went to find Gomez. He was out having one of his infamous golf games. Morticia smiled as she watched her husband.
"FORE!" Gomez called, striking the ball again with a joyous smile.
"The principal was calling." Morticia said, smiling at her husband.
"Oh, what did he want?" Gomez asked, assuming the head of the school talked to her.
"He wanted to talk with Wednesday..." Morticia said.
"The children must be doing marvelously in school." Gomez chirped.
Morticia chuckled. "Yes..." she said.
Gomez put his club down and turned, smiling at Morticia. "I'm so proud..."
Morticia nodded. "They're just like Wednesday and Pugsley." she said, her tone reminiscent.
"The hanging man doesn't fall too far from the tree." Gomez said, using a common expression, but putting the family twist on it.
Morticia nodded and gently stroked Gomez's arm.
"Oh, Tish..." Gomez sighed, with a grateful smile.
Morticia smiled lovingly at him.
Wednesday left the room after hanging up on the phone and tried to find her brother or at least someone to talk about the twins with. Pugsley was lazing around, sharpening some of the knives.
Wednesday came to her brother. "The school principal called, he wants to see us as soon as possible about Payton and Penelope."
Pugsley looked at her. "Oh, when does he want to?" he asked.
"Someday either this or next week," Wednesday stated. "He also said in the evening, so the twins can stay here while we go to their school."
Pugsley sighed, chuckling. "Did he say why?" he asked.
"Something about their behavior in the classroom," Wednesday explained. "Maybe they've been allowed to move up a grade, they're very advanced for their age."
"Maybe." Pugsley said with a shrug.
"I don't think anything could be wrong in a bad way." Wednesday added.
Pugsley nodded.
"When do you want to do it?" Wednesday asked, not caring when they do it for their children.
Pugsley shrugged. "We don't have anything planned for a few days." he said.
"How about tomorrow?" Wednesday suggested. "I'm eager to hear how show and tell went."
"Okay." Pugsley said, nodding.
"Sounds fair, I'll call him tomorrow about it." Wednesday agreed.
"Trevor, try painting up and down." Jeffry instructed one of the boys painting the classroom black.
Payton looked at Jeffry. The boy seemed to be a good 'General'.
Jeffry looked at Payton feeling confident. "This is the most exciting time I've had in school."
Payton nodded sagely. He could tell.
"What should I do?" Jeffry asked.
"Keep an eye on the others too." Payton stated calmly.
"Yes sir." Jeffry nodded, then went to watch the other students doing as told.
Payton nodded happy, he didn't show any emotion, but he felt like a ruler.
Alice giggled softly. She put the spider gently back into the jar. She then hugged Penelope. "Thanks Lopie." she said, softly.
Penelope helped seal the jar on tight. "No problem, Alice."
Alice smiled.
'I'm sorry your mother doesn't like us, but we can be friends in school, she'll never know." Penelope said.
"I promise to stay friends with you..." Alice said.
"We can be secret friends." Penelope said, smiling, but not too bright and sparkly like a normal little girl.
"No matter what!" Alice said, holding out her pinky.
Penelope looked at her pinky, wondering what the girl meant to do with it.
"Hold out your pinky..." Alice said, smiling.
Penelope shrugged and did as told, extending her teensy-weensy finger on her hand.
Alice linked pinkies with her. "I Pinky promise to be friends with you, in secret, or for everyone to know." she promised.
Penelope smiled. "My pinky promises to be your friend too, Alice."
Alice smiled happily. The spider, now named Charlotte was tapping one of her legs against the glass jar she was sealed in.
"Oh, she just be hungry," Penelope looked. "I'll get her some food if you want, Alice."
"Okay." Alice said, softly.
Penelope went to find a nice juicy insect for the spider. Alice clicked fondly at the spider. Payton was still watching over the class. The other students were doing as told, the ones who weren't tied up that is. Alice looked at Charlotte. The spider ticked one of her legs against the glass.
Alice giggled. "Such a smart spider..." she cooed.
"Payton, have you seen any bugs around here for Charlotte?" Penelope came to her twin.
Payton looked pleased in his eyes, though his face was normal.
"Have you?" Penelope repeated her question.
Payton looked at Penelope. "Over there..." he said, pointing to a fly on the wall.
"Thank you." Penelope nodded her head then caught the fly, without even flinching as it buzzed in her hand.
Charlotte kept tapping against the glass.
Alice smiled softly as she said, "It's coming soon, Charlotte."
Penelope came back with a fly. "Here you go, Charlotte, here's your lunch." she dropped the fly in to let the spider eat.
Charlotte trapped the fly and started to gnaw on it.
Alice watched it, intrigued.
"Makes me think of when we feed Swampy dinner." Penelope observed Charlotte's feeding routines.
"Swampy?" Alice asked, intrigued.
"He's the creature that lives in our swamp, we feed him our leftovers after mealtime." Penelope explained, sounding happy that she was blessed with such an interesting family.
Alice blinked and smiled. Yes, she found some of the things weird, but she would fit in well enough to not run of screaming in fear.
"Do you have a swamp?" Penelope asked.
Alice shook her head. "No, Mom wouldn't like it...She prefers swimming pools..." she said.
"Oh, I didn't think you would... No offense, but your mother seems a bit boring..." Penelope said, trying not to hurt her friend's feelings and lose her chances at a friend. "S-Sorry, I didn't mean that in a bad way..."
Alice chuckled. "It's okay, Mom is annoying..." she said.
"She seemed like it..." Penelope agreed.
Payton decided the just painting was boring. He set the trashcan with paper in alight. The tied up children started to scream. This was pure anarchy! Payton smirked, looking almost exactly like Wednesday did during the play at Camp Chippowah.
Jeffry had to admit, the smirk frightened him, but he did well to hide his fear. Before everyone knew it, it was lunch time. Jeffry went to Payton. "Shall we eat now?"
Payton nodded, after all no one could 'work' on an empty stomach.
Jeffry went to the center of the classroom. "Lunch!" he announced to everyone. Though he wasn't as threatening as Payton, he was still pretty serious in the situation.
Payton nodded. The children who were free grabbed their lunchboxes.
Penelope then heard Jeffry and turned to Alice. "Which lunch box is yours?"
Alice pointed to the one that was a mixture of Purples and picked it up. She also picked up Penelope's for her.
"Oh, thank you." Penelope smiled at Alice.
Charlotte had finished her own lunch and seemed to had fallen asleep.
Alice smiled. "You're welcome." she said, sweetly.
Penelope opened her lunchbox to eat the same as Payton. "Oh, this is my favorite!" she beamed.
Jeffry grabbed his lunch box and ate at his table, feeling isolated from the other children.
Payton looked at Jeffry. "You can sit next to me...General." he said.
"Sir, yes sir." Jeffry sounded honored and moved himself to get closer to Payton.
Payton nodded and opened his lunchbox. "Kidney and beans." he mused.
"Kidney and beans?" Jeffry glanced. He had heard of kidney beans, but not kidney and beans separately.
Payton nodded and peeked in. "Human one..." he nodded.
Jeffry's stomach turned a bit. "That's cool and yucky."
Payton looked at him. "It's suitable to me." he said.
"Well, your choice," Jeffry said. "I like broccoli unlike a lot of kids." he admitted shamelessly.
"The only vegetable I would ever eat." Payton admitted too.
Jeffry smiled, feeling understood.
Payton took a bite of his sandwich. He looked calmly at those children. 'Such good minions' he thought.
"What is it?" Alice asked.
"It's a kidney, people normally have two, but Payton got the other one." Penelope explained, plainly.
Alice blinked. "Oh." she said, but smiled.
Penelope ate her food with no problems. Alice had a tomato and Cheese sandwich. The other students quietly ate their lunches, averting their gazes at the Addams twins and Jeffry. Would their parents believe them from the day they had today?
Penelope ate and drank a bit from her thermos. "This is an interesting school day."
"Yeah, Payton is a riot." Alice said, smiling.
"I really look up to him..." Penelope watched her brother a bit. "Probably cuz he's a few minutes older than me and was raised by Aunt Wednesday."
Alice smiled gently.
"I know your mom doesn't like our family, but I hope you can come over, Alice." Penelope said to her friend.
"When?" the lighter girl asked softly, smiling.
Penelope paused to think. "How about maybe if your mom is out-of-town you can ask your dad and you could sleepover or something?" she then suggested. She had heard of normal girls having sleepovers or slumber parties in some magazines that were accidentally delivered to and never returned from the Addams family house. Many postmen were too afraid to take them back to their rightful owners because it was a challenge enough giving them their mail on a regular basis.
Alice nodded. "Daddy doesn't mind you being my friend." she said, smiling.
"At least someone in your family has sanity." Penelope said with a delicate smile.
Alice pouted. "I'm sane..." she said, her eyes showed her amusement.
"I see the resemblance." Penelope lightly laughed, putting a hand on Alice's arm gently.
Alice smiled and nodded. "Good." she stated happily, but not overly so.
Penelope giggled a little and kept eating. Alice also ate. She was happy to have made a friend still. Penelope smiled at her.
"Those girls are weird." a snobby girl, Bianca, whispered to her friends as they were in the corner, safe from the Addams twins.
Alice didn't react as she didn't hear the snobby girls.
Penelope did, but she frowned at them, looking a bit threatening at the girl.
Payton soon finished his lunch and then thought of some next plans.
Jeffry was almost finished, he took a sip of his drink. He then took out an apple. "Payton, do you like apples?"
"Poison or candy apples, yes..." Payton drawled. He then grabbed a piece of chalk and threw it at the snobby girl, aiming to hit between her eyes.
The girl shrieked once the chalk hit her.
Alice looked as the girl suddenly shrieked. "Huh?" she asked.
Penelope looked too. "What? What?"
Alice shrugged herself not really caring about the girl.
"Uhh..." Jeffry stared at his apple and took his cupcake. He smushed them together and handed the apple. "Here!" he offered, smiling.
Payton took the apple and looked at it for a moment. He then had his tiny mouth twitch and murmured a thank you, after all he did have manners, looking like he hadn't done anything at all with what had happened to the girl. Jeffry shrugged with a small smile and ate whatever was left of his lunch. Payton took a bite out of the apple. It wasn't as good as his family's but it was edible. Jeffry cringed at what he had done to his cupcake, but ate it.
"Would you like to come over if you could?" Penelope asked her friend.
"Yeah." Alice admitted, smiling happily again, once again, not over the top.
"I hope you can sometime, the family's great." Penelope told her, smiling.
Alice smiled. "I can ask Daddy... He's the boss of Mom..." she said.
"Really?" Penelope asked.
Alice nodded. "Mom likes to pretend she is the boss, but Daddy is the actual boss." she said.
"Oh." Penelope said simply, smiling a little bit.
Alice giggled. Penelope finished her drink and tossed her garbage lunch remains in the flaming trash can. Alice finished hers a few minutes later. Payton shifted something that was wrapped in tinfoil to Jeffry.
Jeffry noticed the gesture. "What?" he asked, never really getting something from someone before except on his birthday or Christmas, of course.
Payton just pushed it a little further towards Jeffry.
Jeffry took the thing and unwrapped it to see what it was. "Thank Payton for the..."
Payton just merely nodded. There were two little things. One was an old fashioned jawbreaker sweet and the other thing was a vial with a weird colored liquid in.
"Ooh!" Jeffry got excited about the candy, then looked puzzled at the vial. "What's... that?" he sounded a bit nervous.
Payton looked at him. "Don't drink it...It is for your worst enemy..." he said, his voice eerie.
Jeffry looked at him and saved the vial for later, taking Payton's words, glad that he didn't drink it instinctively. Payton looked at the two girls. Jeffry saved the vial for later, wondering who to use it on.
"That was yummy." Penelope said coolly.
"Mine was okay..." Alice said.
Payton smirked very slightly.
Penelope looked at the clock, just two more hours until they could go home. "Are you bored?" she asked Alice.
"Why?" Alice asked her friend, smiling.
"I kinda am." Penelope admitted, curving her lips, not exactly smiling, but not frowning either.
"We could find something to do." Alice suggested.
Penelope went to her brother. "Payton, Alice and I are bored..."
Alice nodded, agreeing with her friend.
Payton looked at them. "Feel free to do whatever you want..." he said, his voice blank.
"Do you like to draw?" Penelope asked, suggesting normal games since she was sure Alice wasn't raised the same as her and Payton and tortured for fun.
"Yeah..." Alice said, shrugging.
Penelope went over and took a huge stack of paper and went to the boy who was considered rich on the playground. He had a 64 pack of crayons with a sharpener.
"Hey, those are MY crayons!" the brown-haired boy cried.
"That girl's Payton's sister." Jeffry reminded him, pushing his glasses back on his nose.
Alice looked at the brown-haired boy, Alex. Payton seemed to be looking at a pencil in his hand. He snapped it, a darkly contemplative look on his face. The boy squeaked and ran away, letting Penelope do what she was doing.
Penelope didn't notice, but happily came to color with Alice. "My grandmother likes to paint, sometimes Aunt Wednesday does too, but I think I'm more of a crayon artist."
Alice smiled. "I prefer crayons myself..." she said.
Payton nodded slightly at the girls. Penelope smiled, giving Alice some paper and started doodling a picture for herself to show Alice once she would finish. Alice hummed off tune as she drew. It was a sweet but not too happy tune. Penelope hummed the Funeral March as she sketched. Alice was drawing a picture of her and Penelope for the girl. She didn't think just the friendship bracelet was enough for her friend. Penelope drew a rather graphic picture, using mostly coal-black, scarlet and her favorite shade of red: crimson. The same shade as fresh blood. Alice smiled as soon as she was done. Penelope finished too and looked at the picture. Payton looked at the clock. He decided to let his 'Minions' out early as he was the boss of the classroom at the moment.
"But, where will we go?" Emily asked. "My daddy picks me up at three!"
Alice looked at the girl. "Maybe you should try doing something smart for once." she told Emily.
Payton nodded. "Or perhaps you'd like to stay and I can perform an experiment on you." he said darkly and emotionlessly.
"What!?" Emily sounded panicked.
"If you complain less, I'm sure you could have a lot of fun, Emily." Penelope advised, looking blankly at the girl.
Alice smiled at her friend. Payton took a few steps closer to Emily. The girl looked at Payton, feeling a little apprehensive and uneasy.
"My aunt thinks your mother should go visit the Bermuda Triangle." Penelope told Alice.
"Where all those planes disappear?" Alice asked, with a shrug though.
"Yeah, no one comes back, even from a vacation, everybody knows that." Penelope said, nearly sounding reminiscent of her aunt when she was younger.
Alice chuckled. "I'd have to agree...Sometimes." she said, sweetly.
Penelope beamed at her. Alice smiled back. Penelope was very glad to had made a friend who wasn't afraid of her or her brother. At least she thought Alice wasn't afraid of Payton. Alice did seem at ease around Penelope and her brother.
"So, out early or you can stay behind to become an experiment?" Payton asked the scared girl.
Emily frowned. She wouldn't know where to go if she got out early like a few of the free students but she didn't want to be part of an experiment either. Payton gave her a few moments to think it over. Jeffry looked at Emily too.
"I'll go to the parking lot..." Emily said softly, then left the classroom.
Payton seemed to almost be disappointed. "Another experiment victim runs away..." he muttered.
"I'll be experimented!" the slow boy in class with a helmet on his head gushed.
Payton's eyes took on an ecstatic glint. "Come on then, my fellow..." he said, sounding like a more emotionless flatter toned version of Gomez.
The boy laughed a bit and followed Payton to the experimentation process. Jeffry stepped back and awaited further instructions. It seemed as though he were the Igor and Payton was Dr. Frankenstein in this operation. Penelope decided to watch to see what would happen. Alice followed as Payton led them to the currently unused science lab. Payton got the boy to lie down on the workbench.
He then instructed Jeffry on which chemicals to get to make the boy sleep, he couldn't have any screams disturbing the school. Penelope followed to, feeling very curious. Jeffry went to find the chemicals he thought would be correct. Alice watched. Payton corrected Jeffry when and if he got it wrong and was about to make the boy on the desk drink the concoction. The boy hummed to himself, waiting for the experiment to begin. Jeffry nodded and would come back and forth until he would get the right arrangements.
"Payton's really smart, I am too, but I'm sure he's smarter than I am." Penelope observed.
"You're smarter than me." Alice whispered.
"Oh, come on now." Penelope told her. She then jolted as the school bell rang.
Alice smiled, showing she wasn't actually upset. "It's true though." she said.
Payton cursed internally as the bell to end school rang. He wanted to experiment.
Jeffry looked at the clock and back at Payton. "Maybe we could try this again tomorrow?" he suggested calmly.
Payton sighed and nodded. "Tomorrow, be here or it won't be pretty for you..." he stated monotonously to the 'experiment victim'.
The boy tilted his head, his eyes going crossed. Jeffry grabbed his bag and quickly went out to find his dad to pick him up from school. What a day this was.
Penelope stood up with Alice. "Well, it was nice to see you again, Alice, see you soon." she smiled delicately at her friend. Though Amanda forbade their friendship, they could still be secret friends during school hours where Amanda would never know.
Alice hugged Penelope before having to let go and go out. Payton grabbed their parasol before opening the closet door. Amanda was searching for Alice from her spot where she was standing. Penelope rushed to Payton's side as they were out.
"Hurry up..." Wednesday said under her breath as she nearly hit the sun, though it was buried behind the clouds this afternoon. Wednesday turned her head to see Payton's 'minion' go to his father who seemed quite familiar. "Is that Joel Glicker?" she whispered under her breath.
Payton hurried over with Penelope so that the three of them could share the parasol. Alice went up to her mother, looking glum. Amanda steered her to the ferrari, looking almost smug.
Wednesday shook her head, then looked down at her twins. "How was school?" she asked, emotionless, though she was really curious how it went today with show and tell. She also now wondered where that Ms. Shimmer was. Guess she didn't escape from Payton's clutches.
"Payton took over the school!" Penelope cheered.
"Well the class, I plan to continue the conquest tomorrow, Mother..." Payton stated, sounding humble though emotionless.
"You have my spirit in you, Payton, I see you're more wise beyond your years than reading on a third grade level like your sister." Wednesday was blown away as she took the twins in the car to get back home. "How was show and tell?"
Penelope looked out the window to see Alice one last time before they would all be home. Alice was glum in her parents' car but managed a smile for Penelope. She had Charlotte in her bag. Penelope smiled.
Payton looked almost content. "It was interesting... Penelope's show and tell made the teacher faint..." he stated.
"That's a good girl." Wednesday remarked warmly to her 'adoptive niece'.
Payton offered a tiny pat on the hand. Penelope turned to him and beamed a little.
"What did your teacher think of your heart, Payton?" Wednesday asked, knowing Gomez would love to hear about that first thing the twins come through the door.
"She seemed to be wary of it..." the boy said, calmly. "A few students were intrigued..." he then added.
"I know your grandfather was." Wednesday told him. "How did your project go, Penelope?"
"Great, though the teacher scared Charlotte when we were looking for her." Penelope answered.
Payton nodded once. "The Alice girl wasn't actually scared, Mother... Maybe there is a chance for that girl to survive under our rule..." he stated.
Wednesday hummed, a little interested. Maybe she was wrong to judge Alice so quickly for being the daughter of Amanda Buckman. "It's amusing how the gene pool draws you a wild card," she remarked. "She wasn't frightened of the spider?"
"No, she thought Charlotte was cool," Penelope explained happily. "Could she come for a sleepover when her mother is away for a long time?"
"Good luck with that, but I'll allow it." Wednesday replied, dryly.
Payton smirked. "I could sort it out, Mother..." he said.
Amanda pushed her hair back, smiling. Alice was crossing her arms, sulking, because of her mother.
"That's my boy." Wednesday said, nearly beaming.
Penelope stared out the window. She loved Wednesday, but not as much as Payton, probably because Wednesday raised him while she was raised by Pugsley, so she would often talk to him more than she would to Wednesday.
Payton gave a rare half-smile to his mother. Wednesday did the same, looking back at him before they were home. Payton looked out of the window. He was relieved when they reached the darker more barren roadway leading to their house.
"Did you get to experiment at all Payton?" Wednesday asked, knowing how anxious the boy was to have a minion and have evil plots.
"Almost, Mother, the bell rang before I could start properly... However, I got practice with ruling due to ruling over most of the classroom." he told her. He strove to impress her, his role model.
"Dreaded bell... Perhaps you should've dismantled it." Wednesday icily joked.
Payton seemed to wilt like a delightfully dead flower. "I didn't think about that..." he murmured.
"It's still a new school year, boy, you got a lot to learn." Wednesday encouraged him, not showing any sign of disappointment in his performance in school today.
Payton cheered up a little, not looking like the wilted flower so much anymore.
"Oh, and just so you two know, your school principal called, so Pugsley and I will be at the school tomorrow evening, you two can stay inside with your relatives and do anything you want." Wednesday told them.
Payton looked at Wednesday. "I'll more than likely be writing up my report on the experiment, Mother..." he said.
"Excellent." Wednesday remarked.
When they got back home and inside, Payton pulled out the jar with the heart inside.
Penelope went inside and took out her crayon drawing. She smiled at it and Thing crept next to her. "Could you show this to Grandmother and Grandfather?" she asked.
Thing took the drawing and went to give it to Morticia and Gomez.
Wednesday walked inside and felt drained. "I'm so thirsty..." she smacked her lips.
Payton heard this and ran to get his mother a drink. Wednesday saw Payton rush to do so and was surprised by his loyalty toward her. It almost made her feel...alive. Payton came back less than a minute later with Wednesday's favorite non-alcoholic drink.
"Thank you, Payton." Wednesday said, taking the drink fondly.
Payton's mouth twitched happily. Wednesday drank some of her drink and ruffled up Payton's hair. Payton put up with the hair ruffle and then sorted his hair out after.
Morticia looked at Thing as he came in. "What is that, Thing?" she asked.
Thing showed the drawing made by Penelope to see a blood bath of lions surrounding the male lion in the center that resembled Payton.
Morticia smiled, such a macabre gesture to Payton, it was delightful. "Gomez, look." she said.
Gomez came forward, rubbing his eye. He had a little scare earlier that was too much even for him so he took a nap, then he saw the picture. "Oh, how darling... That blood looks almost real," he smiled, then raised an eyebrow. He bent down and put his finger against the crimson shades and tasted some. "It's crayon." he confirmed.
Morticia chuckled. "It would probably be dripping if it was real blood." she said.
"Well, you can never tell." Gomez shrugged with a smile.
Morticia laughed softly.
"This is a lovely piece." Gomez took the picture. "I wonder why she chose lions though."
"The lion is meant to be the 'King' of animals..." Morticia said.
"Oh, that's clever!" Gomez chuckled a bit.
Morticia smiled.
"Penelope and her brother are full of surprises." Gomez was very proud.
Morticia nodded. "I think Payton admires you." she told her husband.
"He reminds me of his mother." Gomez smiled.
Morticia nodded.
Gomez rubbed his head a bit, but smiled. "I feel another headache coming... Maybe I should nap before dinner."
"Maybe I should help you out..." Morticia said, sultry.
"Tish..." Gomez looked back at her lustfully.
Morticia smiled in a sultry way and ran a gentle hand through his hair. Gomez smiled and bit his lip, shuddering.
Morticia looked up at him. "Allow me to ease your suffering, Mon chere..." she almost purred.
"Only to live without you would be suffering..." Gomez said, shuddering, but in a good way.
Morticia lightly pecked her lips to his. "And death without you would be torture..." she breathed.
Penelope found Pugsley and told him about her and Payton's day in school. Pugsley looked at Penelope and listened, smiling. "Alice loved the spider too." Penelope smiled as she told more, before powering down.
Pugsley smiled and pulled Penelope into a hug. "Good to hear you had a good day, pumpkin." he said.
"I think Payton had more fun today, but yeah, today was great." Penelope smiled at him as she was hugged.
Pugsley smiled and stroked her hair.
"I wish we could have Alice over on Halloween though." Penelope pouted.
Pugsley looked at his daughter. "You can bring her over if you want." he said.
Penelope sighed. "Her mother won't let her."
Pugsley gave a small laugh. "We could sneak her over." he said.
"I told her to come over when her mother would be gone for a while and we could have one of those sleepovers." Penelope smiled. "We'll kidnap her later once she gets used to us."
"Anything you want, dear." Pugsley smiled at his daughter.
"Could I poison her mom sometime?" Penelope got eager.
"We'll see..." Pugsley said, grinning.
Penelope looked excited as Pugsley chuckled. "Payton threw chalk at this mean girl in class, but he aimed not to kill." Penelope added, remembering the words she and Payton were taught to live by once they were old enough to use their hands for weaponry.
"What happened to the girl?" Pugsley asked.
"She was being snobby, but after Payton did that, she got quiet." Penelope explained.
Pugsley nodded. "So, shall we go sneak a snack from the kitchen?" he asked.
"I am a bit hungry." Penelope admitted, smiling.
"Come on, then." Pugsley winked and snuck with her to the kitchen.
Penelope giggled a bit and followed her father in to get some nourishment. Pugsley kept an eye out for Lurch or Grandmama. It wouldn't do if they wer caught. Grandmama just left the kitchen to tend to some plants right then. Penelope watched her leave and crept into the kitchen to see if anyone might have been in there with her great-grandmother. No one was there. Pugsley snuck in too and got some of the favorite snacks he and Penelope liked. Penelope smiled as they shared some of the snacks. Pugsley smiled back. Payton suddenly appeared, emotionless. His arms crossed though. Penelope took a nibble and saw her brother, looking startled by his sudden appearance. Pugsley looked at Payton almost sheepishly, he reminded him so much of Wednesday.
Payton looked at Penelope with crossed arms. "Why are you and Uncle Pugsley eating before dinner?" he asked.
Penelope gulped down her little snack. "We're hungry..." she said, innocently and a hint of sweetness in her voice.
Pugsley nodded, agreeing with his daughter.
"Why was I not invited?" Payton then monotoned.
"You didn't ask." Penelope stated simply.
Pugsley watched the interaction.
"I didn't know what you were doing until I followed you..." Payton stated, his gaze fixed on Penelope.
Penelope came over and offered some food. "You want some?" she asked, gently. She wasn't afraid of her brother like many other children were, but she really respected him and did anything she could to make him happy.
Payton took a little, and did use his manners. "Thank you..." he said, very quietly, but still monotonously. He patted Penelope's head and then started to eat his little snack.
Penelope smirked and ate some more of her snack, trying not to fill up too much before dinner.
