A/N Hey guys, and thank you, 85 for showing such quick support, and I'm glad you liked the first chapter. Here's another slice of that HughxFiona pie for you.
Not Even Enoch
"Usually plants rely on animals or the wind to pollinate them. When animals, such as bees, land on the flowers, they are attracted by their brightly coloured petals and the nectar that the flowers produce." Miss Peregrine looked up sharply and narrowed her eyes. "And what, Mr. O'Connor, do you find so funny about the reproductive system of flowers?" Enoch was laughing hard and couldn't stop as Fiona and Hugh turned red, Fiona looking down at her desk, embarrassed.
"Shut up, Enoch!" Hugh furrowed his eyebrows at the slightly younger boy as Miss Peregrine sighed.
"Quiet!" Everyone fell silent, Enoch still attempting to hide a smirk behind his hand and Hugh throwing worried glances at a still red Fiona. Miss Peregrine cleared her throat. "We'll stop there for today, you can leave." As the kids filed out of the class, Miss Peregrine cast an irritated look at Enoch, who was back to laughing now he was out of the classroom.
"Usually plants rely on animals or the wind to pollinate them. When animals, such as bees, land on the flowers, they are attracted by their brightly coloured petals and the nectar that the flowers produce." Enoch chuckled to the others and Horace shushed him.
"We shouldn't even be here, It's just perfectly cruel!" Emma hissed, grabbing Jacob's arm. "Come on, let's go" Jacob nodded and cast the others a skeptical look as they left. Enoch tutted.
"Goody-goodys"
"Why are you even here, Enoch, you obviously don't care about anyone" Bronwyn glared at him.
"Oh, and why are you here, Miss. I care about everyone ?"
"Because I care about if Fiona's ok or not!"
"Well I- ow! Your shoes are made of lead, you know that right?!" Olive stamped on his foot, and Enoch returned her glare before turning back toward the gap in the bush they had made.
Hugh had just reached Fiona, who was sitting, staring at the sky. She hadn't been in the house since the lesson ended, and now it was growing dark the children's protector had finally let Hugh go and get Fiona to come in side, hopefully consoling her in the process.
"Sorry about him, you know how he acts" Hugh pushed up his black bee-keeping goggles- a rare sight -and put his hand in Fiona's. He sat next to her on the grass of the yard, looking up at the winter sky. "Here, you must be cold." He handed Fiona a blanket, which she spread across both of them. They looked up at the rapidly darkening scar, and no words were spoken for a while as they looked up at the bright white beacons of light blinking into view.
"It's not your fault," her voice was almost a whisper, and the other's strained to listen. She tentatively laid her head on Hugh's shoulder and he put his arm around her. "Enoch's just joking, I'm being silly"
"You're not being silly, you've just been through a lot, just like all of us. Enoch's being the silly one, and he needs to understand."
"Deep down, he does care." Hugh grinned.
"You always see the good in people" Foreseeing what would happen next, the others let go of the bush as quietly as possible, and walked silently back up to their rooms. Even Enoch didn't make fun of what they saw, for deep down, he does care.
"Today, we are going to pick up from where we left off, and I will not tolerate any immaturity this time, at all" Enoch simply nodded at Miss Peregrine, who narrowed her eyes, suspicious, yet continued. "Usually plants rely on animals or the wind to pollinate them. When animals, such as bees, land on the flowers, they are attracted by their brightly coloured petals and the nectar that the flowers produce. However, some plants and flowers rely on the wind to spread their seeds..." The ymbryne continued, and through the entire lesson not one of the children laughed, much to the pleasant surprise of Hugh and Fiona. Miss Peregrine was also pleasantly surprised nobody laughed.
Not even Enoch.
A/N I hope you liked it, and please leave a review and perhaps some sort of feedback! Until next time, bye!