Chapter 7

"Are you crazy?" Jackson asked incredulously. He had just betrayed centuries of revenge for her and she was feeling suicidal?

"I don't understand you, just do it and get it over with." This time he noticed she wasn't angry .This time she was resigned.

She had lost her mind.

"Look, no matter what has happened, you are my best friend and I want you to be happy. I can't stand you in pain." she explained

"No- that's the whole point .There's nothing I would like more than to destroy the perfect Addams family." He no longer sounded so broken up.

"Why?" and her heart began to pump with hope. Wednesday Addams had long since admitted that she had fallen in love with her best friend. She looked back in regret; she had been so happy, so nervous. She had decided that tonight, prom night she was going to tell him. She had thought he felt the same. She finally felt full sting of betrayal, he had deceived her, manipulated her, and pretended to actually like her. All the little things he had done that she thought had been a sign of how much he liked her had been just a clever ploy to inject himself into her life and worse, her family's life. As she thought of how much of a fool she was being and how deep his treachery went, she began to get angry. She was livid, enraged. She clenched her fists until they turned white as she tried to contain her fury.

"Wednes I...I..." he stumbled, for the first time not finding the words to express his feeling. And he felt free to admit it he had feelings for her. He pushed his reservations to the back of his mind along with the voice that still whispered tales of disloyalty.

"Are we done here?, she interrupted him , her voice frosty. She rose with dignity and began to movr toward the door.

"Where do you think you are going?" burst out of was alarmed –there he was primed to confess it all to her .

"Somewhere I will never have to see your face again." she answered arrogantly.

"I'm sorry ", he was freezing him out.

"Sorry!" she whirred around,"You tried to kill me!"

"Pugsley does that every day."

"He does not lie to me; he does not deceive and manipulate me. He doesn't pretend to like doesn't pretend that I am the greatest girl in the world. He doesn't make me believe that I matter to him while I'm just a means to an end. You did. And then you tried to kill me with a poisoned blade that made sure I was dead. You DID!".Once the dam broke, the flood came gushing out.

"I love you", Jackson said quietly.

"What?"

"I love you", he said just as quietly

It was silent as she froze. Stared at him with her mouth agape. "How dare you! How dare you ".She was incensed.

"I meant it .I'm willing to give up centuries for you."

Wednesday did not believe her ears; he was trying to manipulate her again. "I am going home".

All she had to do was contact Lurch .As she exited the Victorian style mansion as fast as she could ,Jackson's frantic voice followed hasty retreat.

"I will find you and I will follow you until you realise we are meant to be together."