Chapter 8

Wednesday was displeased. No, she was furious, downright angry, incensed. She glared at the sun –beaming down into the room alighting her misery.

She fought the urge to scream. It had been four months already and he hadn't shown. She had hoped... just a little bit that he was for real. That he hadn't been lying, playing some sick twisted game with her mind.

Her family hadn't realised that there was something amiss or how close that had come to danger they had all come. She was still on edge , if he had been playing with her it meant that he was still out there , waiting and watching .Stalking them for sins past.

She shook her head. Her current depression had been noticed by all. It wasn't the casual almost delicious depression she had been known to sink into but a deep sadness and loss she had never experienced before.

That was it, she was moving on with her life and that was Addams was not to be made a fool by anyone, especially arbitrary creature. She was due off to Penn that day, a place where she would no doubt meet other guys that fitted her personality unlike...Him. College meant a new life, a new beginning that was not tainted by his memory or his influence.

Wednesday sniffed into her brocade green dress and firmly turned her mind to other things such as her leaving party. She had had to invite all the hanger-on people that J... He had made friends with because they had automatically become her friends. She felt nothing for them; their snivelling pathetic selves. They hadn't even noticed he was gone. She didn't care but she knew her mother worried. Morticia served unappreciated alligator canapés and fungi mini-bites. Wednesday really didn't care about what they thought they were letting themselves in for, a day at the freak's house, touching the freak's things, meeting the freak's family. She was done with that.

A belching sound told her it was time to go. Wednesday took one last look at her room but couldn't see it under the veil of tears. She did not weep because she was leaving her family- they had always been close and nothing could sever that bond. Nor did she weep in fear or apprehension instead she wept for lost childhood memories and the innocence of an unbroken heart.

The ride there was spent in quiet thought with the hub of her family fading into the background. She would never see him again. And good riddance .But she missed him so much. But he tried to kill her family. Ahhhrg. It didn't matter anymore. New life, new beginning, new life, new beginning. She could do this.

She put it out of her mind up until she was alone in her private dorm room. Surrounded by unpacked boxes and her pet alligator. She slowly began to unpack stopping when she came across her childhood doll. She laughed at the headless thing; she was unable to leave Marie behind.

Just the there came a tentative knock. Wednesday sighed, must be some overzealous preppy neighbour anxious to get acquainted. She sneered to herself- she hated people like that. A she went to open the door she passed a reflective surface and was content to check she looked at her most evil. Good, that should scare them off.

"Hi," came an awfully familiar voice. Wednesday's breath hitched and her heart began to hammer in her chest. She wretched the door open.

The Jay standing there was not the one she knew. Wednesday knew she was looking at the real person. This Jay had thick dark hair but the same eyes. Always the same eyes.

"I am Jackson Perth, I am not human and I am in love with you. And I promise never to lie to you ever again. And I will make you happy for eternity if only you would have me."He recited it and looked at her straight in the eyes. She could almost feel him willing her. He was nervous and on edge.

"Hi, I am Wednesday Addams and I am not quite human and I am in love with you. You better have an explanation for the last four months."She hugged him fiercely, unwilling to show her tears of joy

Jackson grinned as he realised that he never felt so happy. He finally felt at peace

The End