tortured artist meets the mischievous witch

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Meredith sat alone in the large library, surrounded by books and quietness that she questioned. She was always seen with a mischievous smirk on her face, always surrounded by others but now she was seen without a smile. Her face was void of emotion as she focused on her book about torture techniques to share with Wednesday when she sees her later, the girl was currently with Enid finishing her schedule. Meredith hummed trying to distract herself from her thoughts, the quietness overwhelming her before the clearing of a throat was heard.

"where's your counterpart?" Xavier questions causing Meredith to look up to meet a pair of green eyes

"She's with her roommate, Enid, changing her schedule " Meredith smirks, closing her book and setting it down, watching the boy take the seat in front of her with raised eyebrows. "I see you've made yourself comfortable" Meredith smirks

"Of course, If I'm to be friends with you than I have to talk to you" He smiles reaching his hands towards her "I'm Xavier Thorpe"

" Meredith Carter" She introduces herself, shaking his hand and pretending that she doesn't remember him

"so, what are you doing all alone in this dark creepy library?" Xavier asks looking around the large library, not a single soul in sight besides the two of them

"Researching new torture technqiures, wh0 would have known this school carried books like this" She smirks holding the book up to Xavier glances over the book

"Ahhh I now see the connection on why you two are so close ..." he trails off examining Meredith who hums

He watches as her hair falls over her shoulder in gently curls, the light shining over her head causing her green eyes to pop more and her smile was gentle as she looks at him. He has never been so entranced in his life, nor has he ever been this interested in a girl.

Meredith shifts as he continues to stare at her, clearing her throat to get his attention. He blinks and looks up at Meredith who stands from her seat, twisting her rings as she smiles down at him.

"I'm sad to say that I have to leave, I've got to go meet Wednesday for fencing, I'll see you around pretty boy! " Meredith says, walking away from the boy who stares after her

"Yeah, I'll see you later" He mumbles, Meredith too far ahead to hear him

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"Are you excited for fencing? You were always very good at it " Meredith asks Wednesday who was walking beside her in her all-black fencing gear, a great comparison between her and the rest of the students who were in white.

"Father did teach me well in the art of fencing" Wednesday replies in her regular monotone voice

"That he did, that he did" Meredith replies as they walk past Xavier who smirks towards Meredith giving her a small wave which she returned. They continued to walk closer to Bianca who was in front of a boy by the name of Rowan as he cried to his coach about her tripping him.

"Maybe if you whined less and practiced more, you wouldn't suck" Bianca grumbles looking down at Rowan who struggles to get up

"Seriously, coach, when am I going to get real competition, anyone else want to challenge me?" Bianca frowns as Wednesday steps up leaving Meredith to stand beside Xavier who was watching the whole thing go down

"I do" Wednesday frowns towards Bianca

"Oh, you must be the psychopath they let in" Biana smiles teasingly at Wednesday causing Meredith to frown

"And the dog that follows it's master" Bianca looks past Wednesday to look Meredith up and down in disgust.

"I bite too" Meredith winks, mimicking a bite causing Bianca to roll her eyes

"And you must be the self-appointed Queen Bee" Wednesday quickly replies

"Interesting things about bees, pull out their stringers and they drop dead" Wednesday states causing the crowd to 'oh' and for Meredith to whistle lowly nodding her head as if she was a proud mother.

"Rowan doesn't need you to come to his defense, he's not helpless, he's lazy " Biana replies, catching sight of Rowan who was using his inhaler

"Are we doing this or not?" Wednesday asks, stepping onto the mat and putting her mask over her head.

Meredith shifts in her spot causing her hand to graze agaisnt Xaviers causing a shivering sensation to come across her body. She glances up at him to see him already looking down at her and she smiles apologetically, mumbling out a soft sorry. He leans down to her height to whisper into her ear

"It's alright, you could have just asked to hold my hand" he whispers causing a soft blush to erupt on Meredith's face, almost matching her hair color.

Before Meredith could reply she got distracted with the aggressive clashing of swords and caught sight of Bianca slashing Wednesdays face drawing blood. Meredith's eyes slightly widen at the sight of Wednesday bleeding and watches as Bianca continues to pursue the sparring. Meredith purses her lips, twisting her hand behind her watching in glee as Bianca loses her step, falling to the ground with a disturbed scream. Meredith lets out a quiet laugh, walking towards Wednesday to help her up, smiling when she refuses her help and standing on her own.

"You're getting blood everywhere" Meredith huffs looking around before conjuring a black handkerchief for Wednesday to use on their walk to the infirmary.

"I hate it here" Wednesday grunts

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"I have never lost before, I do not like the feeling that comes with it" Wednesday states with a bandage on her forehead

"Yeah, losing has that effect on people" Meredith nods her hand, lifting her feet onto Wednesday's bed as she leans backwards in the chair. "I'm ready to leave, this is cutting into my writing time" Wednesday states, moving to get up.

"Okay, just be careful getting up" Meredith says making sure Wednesday doesn't fall

They both walk outside as Wednesday pulls out her umbrella and walks forward only a few steps before she begins to fall. Meredith's eyes widen as she quickly steps forward catching Wednesday but in the process of saving Wednesday, the gargoyle above begins to fall. Meredith closes her eyes bracing herself for her powers but before she could lift her hand, a body pushes them forward. Wednesday falls to the ground beside Meredith who gasps at the impact of another body on top of her. She opens her eyes to meet Xavier's gaze, he was panting softly from the adrenaline, his arms caging her in.

"What are you doing here?" She asks with furrowed brows at the sight of the boy

"A thank you would be nice, and I came to check on you two, Bianca got a good hit on Wednesday" Xavier looks down at the two of them, slowly lifting himself off of Meredith and helping her up.

"Oh, well thank you for coming to check on her and thank you for pushing us out of the way" Meredith thanks the tall boy as he helps her carry Wednesday back into the infirmary to get checked for a concussion which she thankfully did not have. The two sat in silence for a second before Xavier broke the silence

"So how long have you two been friends?" He asks Meredith who turns away from Wednesday to look at Xavier

"We've been friends since we were babies, our mothers were best friends, so we grew up together" Meredith answers his question

"How long did you and Bianca date?" Meredith asks the boy who tenses up at the mention of Bianca

"Sensitive subject? I'll ask again if we become friends in the near future" Meredith quickly says looking towards Wednesday who was still asleep

"We're already friends just not as close yet... and it was seven months" Xavier smirks at Meredith who doesn't catch his glance

"hmm, interesting" Meredith hums

"Why's that?" Xavier asks the strawberry blonde who raises her eyebrow at him

"you two are very different, I guess the saying is true, that opposites do attract" Meredith replies when Wednesday suddenly rises asking what happened. Meredith explains what happened to the point where Xavier saved the two of them from the falling gargoyle. Her hands were flying everywhere as she described what happen even making effect noises to go along with-it causing Wednesday's eye to twitch in annoyance.

"I'm beginning to question our friendship" Wednesday grumbles while Meredith laughs

"You wouldn't be Wednesday if you didn't" Meredith laughs

"Well, I'm ready to leave. Let's go Meredith, you can repay Xavier back another day" Wednesday states as she climbs off of the bed, her interest piqued from the gargoyle

Xavier smiles towards Meredith who hurries to her friend's side, helping her steady herself.

"I look forward to my pay back" Xavier winks at Meredith who blushes walking away from the smirking boy.

What a day.....

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