WRONG CHOICES, chapter twenty five

❝No Xavier talk please❞

Odette practically begged Wednesday to take her to Jericho when she had to leave for her appointment "please I want to see Eli and then so when I'm talking to him you have an excuse to talk to Tyler" she pleaded as Wednesday turned to her quickly "why are you assuming I want to talk to Tyler?" she asked 

"because you always talk to Tyler?"

Sighing Wednesday beckoned Odette to come with her "yay" she cheered to herself as she followed behind Wednesday. 

The trip was short, Wednesday kept her eyes in a book and Odette had her headphones in to play her music. When they got out they went straight to the Weathervane where Wednesday still kept her head in her book and Odette was eating an almond croissant that Eli had gotten her.

When Tyler passed her a cup of coffee that read 'happy birthday' Odette smiled "well thats cute" she said looking at Wednesday who looked up at the boy "I'll get up for you" Odette offered before scurrying off to find Eli who was in the back. 

"Working hard or hardly working?" she asked the boy who was on his phone, when he looked up he smiled at the girl "let's be real when do I ever actually work in this place" he said and Odette nodded "as long as I get free hot chocolates and croissants I'm fine with it" she smiled 

"Tyler give Wednesday her coffee?" he asked and Odette nodded "he really likes her" Eli said "I can tell" Odette laughed 

"Just like Xavier likes you" Eli told the girl who groaned "No Xavier talk please" she begged "no I'm bringing up Xavier because you've probably broken his little artist heart" Eli said 

"In a month he will be fine, and so will I and it will all be back to normal"

"no it wont" 

"well why wouldn't be"

"because you two are now connected, you can't ignore him like you used to and now whenever you see him you'll think of the rave'n and how happy you were" 

Odette looked down at his words, maybe she did make the wrong choice...maybe she chose the choice that only benefited her.

"It's too late now" she whispered to her friend who tutted "nah" he exaggerated "that boy is literally in love with you"

"Ajax told me he said he would fight for me" Odette explained, a tiny smile creeping up on her face "see!" he pointed out "number one, you are smiling about him wanting you and number two, your secretly fighting for him too but it's different ── like a mental battle" he shrugged.

Odette shoved the boy in his shoulder and he laughed "you are my best friend" she told him and he smiled "yeah, yeah love you too" he smiled before bringing the girl into a hug "I like Xavier, I think he's good for you and I don't want you to wreck it"

"are you defending Xavier?" Odette asked as they released the hug 

"yeah, if you hurt him, I hurt you" he said and they both laughed 

"We have to go" a voice popped up, scaring both Odette and Eli. "Wednesday what did I say about announcing yourself before you scare all of us to death"

"then it wouldn't be scary" 

Sighing Odette went with the dark haired girl as they left together. "Where are we going?" Odette asked as they walked out of weathervane "you won't like it" she said "hit me" Odette challenged the girl 

"Xaviers art shed" 

Odette shook her head and scoffed "great" she said but she took her mind back to her conversation with Eli just moments ago.

"It's fine...I am fine with going to Xavier Thorpes artist shack" Odette said as they started to walk through the woods "I'm glad you think that" Wednesday said with a flat voice "wait, why?" 

"because I only tolerate him when he's around you"

Odette smiled at the statement which she immediately cursed herself for, or shouldn't she?

God Odette was in shambles.

When they reached the shed they heard music blasting "he's lucky he has no neighbors" Odette said as they walked in, grabbing his attention the boy looked straight at Odette who was looking at the paintings surrounding her. 

"I need your help" Wednesday told the boy who smirked "don't gloat" she told him before passing him a piece of paper that she had drawn. 

"line works a little shaky" he said as he watched Thing roam around and so did Odette who caressed her fingers along some of the paintings. 

Some of them were newer than others, the new ones were more detailed and the older ones seemed like blurs, like spurs of memories that were hidden. 

One stuck out to her the most. 

A shadow of a mad in the woods his shadow behind him, but his shadow didn't look like him. 

his shadow looked like a monster but the boy looked small and shrivelled, but it also didn't look like it was connected to him ── like the monster was chasing him.

She stared at it for a while before the girl made her way to a corner where a large sheet was hung over a large portion of the wall, when she went to look behind the curtain a large hand gripped her shoulder spinning her around.

Xavier looked at her with wide eyes "don't uhm, don't look in there" he said.

He looked scared but Odette stumbled at his sight "yeah o-okay sure" 

They stared at each other for a second before two clicks took their attention ad Thing pulled down a large painting cover to reveal a portrait of Odette. 

It was from the rave'n, right before they kissed.

She was staring out from the night sky with her arms crossed over the fence lining. 

Odette remembered it being such a beautiful night, she wanted all of her nights to feel like that one. 

Xavier cleared his through in disappointment as Odette stepped forward to it. 

"I'm going to leave" Wednesday said before Thing crawled up her shoulder, she left bur not without giving a glare to Xavier on her way out.

"I literally just helped her"

"shut up" Odette told the boy who looked down to the floor "look I have an explanation but I just-" "shut up Xavier" Odette told the boy, she couldn't help but stare in awe of the painting. 

It was beautiful, he made her feel beautiful in a drawing. 

He walked up behind her "I know it seems creepy but after the Rave'n you- you were the only thing on my mind" 

and he was the only thing on hers.

"no no it's not creepy, well it is a little but I really like it, I do" she told him and turned around to him and avoided eye contact and breathed in 

"that drawing from the other day" she started and he nodded "I stared at that drawing for the whole entire day, I took it to my dorm and it now lays under my bed, I have looked at everytime I go to bed and I have looked at it every time I have woken up" she said 

"Odette-" "no you just need to listen so I can say all this stupid stuff right now and not stop myself because I seem to stop doing stuff that I don't want to stop doing lately so here goes" she fake laughed and slapped her hands on her sides. 

"What I've realised is that everytime I look at that picture my hatred for that god awful family I once lived with comes within me and I laugh, I laugh at how ironic it is that I cut whatever it was we had for them like c'mon!" she yelled at herself as Xavier watched, trying to hold his smile which he was failing at miserably. 

"They experienced on me, they destroyed my wings, they shunned me any chance they could and I'm sitting here on my sorry ass feeling sorry for them?" she asked herself, as if she was saying thoughts in her mind ── but out loud. 

She shook her head before turning to Xavier "so what I'm trying to say is sorry, and I hate saying sorry and I hate admitting that I was wrong but here I am saying sorry with a love sick face on because I have just come to a revelation that it took me two years and a boy to realise that I did actually needed to be saved" she admitted 

"and I'm sorry that I didn't realise sooner" she finally said before Xavier smirked slightly 

"you done?"

Odette slapped the boy  on the shoulder "I hate you" she grunted "well that speech said different" he remarked back 

"well at least I wasn't the one who was jealous of a gay guy"

"that's different I didn't know he was gay" 

"So do you accept my apology or not because I have now embarrassed the shit out of myself in front of you and I might cry if you just wave me off" Odette said as she closed her eyes lightly as she didn't want to see his face if he said no, which she was ninety percent sure he wouldn't but there was always a ten percent chance of the word 'no' leaving his mouth. 

"Odette open your eyes"

"I can't"

"Why not?"

"Because I don't want to" she admitted before she felt a soft hand place itself on the side of her face which made her eyes flutter open where she looked up to Xavier who was smiling.

That's a good sign! She thought 

"Yes Odette, I accept your apology, I would've accepted the apology is it was two words short or less" 

Odette has W rizz

So they good for now but is it romance good?

I honestly don't know if I want them getting together by the end of the season because if more seasons come like what am I gonna do I'm trying to make it a slowburn 

but I do have my ending planned (it's cute cute all Wednesday x Odette lovers will cry)

also I'm watching greys anatomy so if any lines are cheezy blame it on the last like 5 hours I've spent watching it

ALSO I just finished the shooting episodes and when (spoiler) reed was like bang boom dead I was like 'what the actual flying fuck) and then Alex in the side I was like dying and then when Lexie almost got shot I was crying but the only unrealistic thing was when only Christina could give the instructions to the chief's' office 

also my bae April was kinda annoying but it was realistic so I WAS DYING

anywho's vote and comment