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Feeble fifteen-year-old Cecilia Kane was a good girl. She was a good student, a good friend, and a good daughter. She followed the rules and never even dreamed of stepping a single toe out of line…until she spends one memorable night on the Southside, and another, and another, and another. The girl once afraid of the Southsider's finds herself intrigued by them, well one in particular. All is threatened by overbearing, Southside hating parents and a secret identity to maintain, Cecilia Kane is about to be added to the long list of Riverdale sinners.
A/N FEEL FREE TO READ, ITS COOL IF YOU DONT
Hey.
So, this is the first story I'm posting and honestly don't know if I'll continue it or not. Guess we'll see what you lovely readers have to say, I was really just writing this for fun in word because it helps pass the time and gives me something to do when I'm bored (which is a common occurrence). Originally I was going to write out the whole first season without posting anything but I then I wondered if other people would even like it or if it even made sense because I tend to ramble.
And here we are, I thought I'd post the first chapter or two (because it's all I have at the moment) or like post every week or bi-weekly and see what people think. I am genuinely curious if anyone will like the story line I've thought up in my head, I love fanfiction's so much but I always find them much more interesting when the OC has their own story line and isn't just thrust into the mix. So this story is my attempt at doing exactly that although, I am still trying to figure out unique story lines for my character.
Any suggestions or critiques or constructive critisim is welcome, just PM me and I will take it into consideration if you're nice. If you're not I will tell you to where to go.
Anyway though, on with the story! And sorry for this super long Author's note, good on you for reading the whole thing. You're my favorite :D 3
Disclaimer: I don't own Riverdale or any of it's characters and their story lines. I only own my OC's The Kane Family, Cecilia "Cece" Kane, Holly Andrews and any other original character's that should pop up.
Chapter One: The Night Before
Cecilia Kane lay out on her plush queen size reading to pass the time, waiting for the sun to go down and passing the time by waiting for the appropriate hour to finally go to bed. The next day being the first day of her freshman year, Cecilia was feeling a whirl of emotions deep in her stomach; excitement, nerves and anxiety were battling it out with one another. What was she going to wear? Was she going to be on time for homeroom? Was she going to be able to find all of her classes without issue?
Cecilia was trying to read her vintage copy of 'Casino Royale' but couldn't quite focus on the actual words as she was debating on whether to call her best friend, Holly Andrews, over to help her pick a back to school outfit. Cecilia hated putting outfits together as she was a jeans and tee shirt kind of girl but with parents like hers that wasn't an option, they had been dressing her the way they deemed appropriate her entire life. Their standard of appropriate were usually long-sleeved blouses paired with a nice pair of pants or a skirt that stopped below her knees and no shorter.
Duncan Kane, Cecilia's father, was what was to be considered high up in the societal hierarchy of Riverdale – being the public and political liaison of the mayor. Duncan Kane was Sierra McCoy's right hand in all the going on's in their small town, which shone a huge spotlight on not only the man in question but his family as well. His wife, Cecilia's mother, Maryanne was a highly acclaimed party planner and organized all of the towns best fundraisers, gatherings and parties. It also meant she travelled around the country planning her famous parties quite often and on these ventures, she almost always took Duncan with her, leaving their teenage daughter at home all on her own.
Whereas most parents would be worried about leaving their fifteen-year-old daughter at home for extended periods of time with no supervision, the Kane's never worried. They had instilled just the right amount of fear in their daughter to ensure she wouldn't even dream of stepping out of line, a line they had drawn sharp and with finality. Cecilia didn't like saying she was afraid of her parents and she never did, but deep down she knew she was in fact terrified of her parents. However, she was the tiniest bit more afraid of disappointing them, either way she knew the consequences were the same.
As she lay absentmindedly on her bed, letting her thoughts wander, she faintly heard her phone buzz from her bedside table. Cecilia immediately thrust her bookmark back into her novel and sprung off her bed, rushing to the tiny portable computer to see multiple text messages pop up on the screen.
Hauls Cough Drops TM:
Meet me Pop's?
…..
Pleeeeeaaaaaasee?
I thought id play tag along w Arch and Betty
He said hed get me food, he has yet 2 do so
I NEED SUSTINANCE!
Cecilia snorted at the text messages left by her best friend while she quickly replied, letting the auburn-haired beauty know she was on her way to the Chock' lit Shoppe. Her parents were in LA planning some popstar's 21st or something like that so Cecilia was left all by her lonesome, not to say she minded really. With her parents not home, she really could find room to breath and be herself; she could do what she wanted, wear what she wanted, she was free! But she also had to be careful, she wouldn't want to taint her persona of the perfect daughter and the Kane name by being seen anywhere considered unpalatable to her prejudiced parents. So, where she had some freedoms, Cecilia still was very much restricted even given her parents were hundreds – if not thousands – of miles away from her. They still were very present.
Slipping on white laced polka dot blouse, a pair of her riskier black jeans with rips decorating the legs (Holly made her buy them) and her beat up converse discarded in the back of her closet; Cecilia begun her journey to Pop's. She grabbed her black canvas backpack and a jean jacket – just in case – as she made her way out the door and to the garage to grab her bicycle, making sure to lock the front door behind her. Cecilia hopped on her silver bike and cruised down her street, she took her time and admired her surroundings as she flew past. She was amazed at how different her happy boring little neck of the woods looked in the dark, it was mysterious and intriguing. It also creeped her out but more than anything it made her curious.
Curious and suspicious, suspicious of all the cookie cutter houses lined up in nice neat rows, one after the other. Everyone had secrets, this was something Cecilia knew fully well as she lived in Riverdale, and she wondered what secrets were held within the walls of the cookie cutter houses she passed on her way to Pop's. The Kane house's secret? Had to have been Cecilia's disgraced older brother, Raymond.
Raymond Kane was the perfect son, the perfect brother, the perfect friend, the perfect everything. Until he wasn't. Raymond was their parent's favourite child – there was no question about it – he was the captain of the football team during his high school years as well as the baseball, hockey, and swim teams. Straight A student, on every committee and club the school had to offer and was still able to keep up with an extremely active social life and their parent's demands of the siblings to attend all the parities and social events they organized and attended. He was a parent's dream child, until he turned 18 and told Duncan and Maryanne – more so Duncan than Maryanne – what he REALLY thought of him. It got violent and the night of Raymond's graduation he was thrown out and told to not come back, he was never seen in Riverdale again after that night.
The thought of her older brother left a swelling feeling of sadness in Cecilia's chest, it had been four years since she had seen or even heard from her beloved brother. She missed him and it was times like the one's too come when she would need him most, he wouldn't be there though. Cecilia often thought about the possibility of him coming back, if not for good then to take her with him when he departed once again. Would she go with him if he asked her? Would he even want her to come with him?
The blonde teenager was ripped from her thoughts when she caught a glimpse of the neon pink and purple light of Pop's sign luminating the night. Cecilia slowed her bicycle down and hopped off it, she decided to lean it up against the side of the building as she didn't want to bother with the lock because who would steal a shitty little bike? She was just about to text Holly to let her know she had arrived but before she could she heard the shop bell chime and the next thing she knew, Cecilia was being engulfed by waves of thick red hair and a tangle of arms.
"THANK GOD! I was about to stab myself in the eye with a fork to make the night fucking interesting, jeez" Holly Andrews exclaimed as she squeezed the life out of her best friend, a best friend she had barely seen all summer thanks to both of their parents. Holly spent a majority of her summer with her lawyer mom in Chicago having the time of her life, shopping, beaches, scenic streets, musicians. All the things Holly loved almost more than the family pet, Vegas (Can you guess who named him?). Cecilia however, didn't have anywhere near close to an exciting summer; her summer was spent at either a town function and/or party or at the many dance classes her mother had signed her up for to get her out of the house. Not the fun, free, express yourself type dance either – ballroom dancing and ballet – not to say they weren't as fun. But as much as Cecilia found the classical art form to be beautiful and lovely to look at, she longed to just dance freely and to be herself.
"Does everything have to be so dramatic with you?" Cecilia questioned her taller friend while sporting a wide grin. Holly feigned offense at her blonde friend before the two begun laughing loudly and made their way into the diner. Pop's was the same as it had always been in it's 50's themed glory that the two fifteen-year old's adored. Cecilia looked around the diner and as per usual it was pretty empty, the quant place only got really busy when an event was being held or on the occasional Friday night. But she couldn't have cared less as she enjoyed the serenity of the diner, it had always been a place she could go to to think things over and reflect.
The best friends walked in the direction of Holly's older brother Archie and his good friend Betty Cooper – whom was in love with the oblivious red-haired Adonis. The two had been talking about their summers over a milkshake until both of their attention was ripped away by the younger girls talking loud and animatedly to each other. Archie's eyes lit up when he was greeted by the sight of Holly and Cecilia, he hadn't seen the youngest Kane all summer and he missed the girl that was practically his second sister.
"Cece! Hey, haven't seen you all summer how've you been?" Archie inquired of the blonde as he smiled and stood from the booth to hug her.
"Arch! Oh god, I missed you guys so much over the summer." Cecilia informed the boy who she considered a brother and protector an even wider grin and bone crushing embrace. "I think I am the only person who can say – and while completely serious and meaning it – that she's so glad the summer is finally over!"
Archie Andrews gave Cecilia Kane a concerned look as the two pulled away from their embrace, Cecilia's home life was not the best and all of the Andrews were fully aware of that fact. They were the only people that knew of her highly dysfunctional family, actually, as the tiny blonde didn't see the point in having anyone else know. Her own family may have been messed up and way past it being fixed, she didn't need to be reminded by the terrible society known as 'high schooler's'. Besides, as far as she was concerned, the Andrews were all the family she needed.
"Everything's alright though, right? Remember you ever need anything or even just a place to stay, you call us. Any of us; dad, me, Holly." Archie reminded Cecilia for what seemed like it had to have been the hundred thousandth time. Cecilia smiled jokingly at the oldest Andrews and nodded as he spoke to her, she had heard this speech from all of the Andrews at least forty times a year since she was ten.
"How could things be anything but alright when Mr. and Mrs. Perfect are out of town?" Archie and Cecilia shared a chuckle at the referral of Mr. and Mrs. Kane as 'Perfect'. Cecilia embraced Archie one more time while letting him know she appreciated his worry before she released him and turned to Betty.
"Hey Betty, how was your internship?" Cecilia asked the older girl politely and Betty smiled while informing the smaller blonde about her summer. While Cecilia and Betty were never very close they were both very fond of the Andrews siblings, this and overbearing parents being what the two bonded over (which they rarely did).
After staying to chat with the older teens for a few moments longer, the younger two went off to their own booth at the back corner of Pop's diner. Cecilia was sitting with her back to the entrance of the building and Holly having a full clear view of the entire diner. Pop Tate himself came over to the girls table promptly and questioned them about their summers, making sure they knew he was upset he hadn't seen either of them during the three-month break. The girls ordered burgers and fries as well as a vanilla milkshake (for Cecilia) and a chocolate milkshake (for Holly).
Holly and Cecilia spent the rest of their time talking about an array of topics, mostly what Chicago was like and what their freshman year would be like. All Holly could seem to think about it when it came to their new school was the older boys and finally being able to position herself in the ranks of one Cheryl Blossom. She admired the older ginger girl, she didn't want to follow in Cheryl's footsteps because let's be honest, the girl is a bitch but she wanted to have the power Cheryl had over people. Holly wanted to be an IT girl, the girl everyone envied and loved all at once. Cecilia on the other hand was perfectly content in being by Holly side in her quest for power and popularity, her quiet best friend attempting to be invisible.
"Oh my god speaking of school, I bought the cutest outfit for you when I was in Chicago! You should totally wear it tomorrow." Holly informed her best friend while she grinned and sipped at her milkshake. Cecilia smiled genuinely at the ginger across from her, she was nodding along with Holly while she slurped her own milkshake.
"I would love to but I can't make any promises, you know how my parents are when it comes to their perfect daughter's image." Cecilia replied bitterly and swirled her straw around the glass absentmindedly. Holly gave Cecilia a sympathetic smile and reached across the diner table to pat her hand.
"What they don't know won't kill them," Cecilia gave Holly a pointed look before she giggled quietly and raised her hands in surrender. "It's not anything outrageous or scandalous, I promise."
"I'm assuming this perfect outfit is at your house?" Cecilia sighed with a small smile. Holly nodded furiously while giving her best friend a wide grin. The two girls laughed at each other before agreeing to ditch the diner and head over to the Andrews household. They got out of the booth, linking their arms together and passing Pop Tate as he came to present them with the bill.
"Oh, he'll be paying for our meal tonight, it was great as always Pop." Holly informed the older man while she gave him a sickly-sweet smile and pointed to her older brother. All the while Cecilia stood behind her, stifling her giggles with her fist as to not burst out laughing as the two threw Archie under the proverbial bus. Pop smiled back at the girls as they made a dash for the exit before Archie figured out what was going on, the two of them having to all but push past an average height brunette in all black. The two fifteen-year old's hurried by the girl and made way for the door when Holly stopped to look at this mysterious new girl and grinned as she pointed at her.
"Love the cape." The unfamiliar girl – Veronica Lodge – smiled and thanked the younger girl as Cecilia ran back to the diner and latched onto Holly's arm. Cecilia successfully pulled her out of the diner while the both of them threw goodbyes and see you later's over their shoulders, mostly directed towards Archie. Holly hopped on Cecilia's bicycle and Cecilia assumed her usual spot on the handle bars as was the normal for the two girls when they had to share transportation – and then the two sped away giggling and screaming at one another as they bobbed and weaved their way out of sight.
The trio in the diner watched in silence as the blonde and redhead faded from view, each with different expressions – Archie had a wide smile on his face at the girl's behaviour, Betty had a small smile as she knew how important the best friends were to the boy she had been in love with for years, and Veronica had an amused and puzzled smile plaster on her lips.
"Those your little sisters or something?" The dark-haired beauty questioned the childhood best friends that sat in the booth before her. Snapping out of their trance the both of them chuckled and shook their heads in amusement.
"The redhead, that's Holly and the blonde, that's Cece. Well Cecilia to everyone but Holly and me." Archie informed the ravishing Latina stood before him who smiled down at him.
"Holly is Archie's little sister and Cecilia, well she may as well be the third Andrews sibling. Those two have been best friends since…well, forever." Betty added to the conversation, trying to find a subtle way to impede in the conversation. Veronica smiled down at Betty as she spoke finding the story sweet and almost touching, she'd never had a friend like that.
"Yeah, been attached at the hip forever too. Holly and Cece would come to our house whenever they hung out when they were little. Eventually having Cece around or staying at the house for days at a time was a normal everyday thing." Archie stated happily reliving the memories of his youth looking out for his wild little sister and her quiet best friend. Veronica and Betty both looked on the Andrews boy with smiles and adoring eyes, they had both fallen under the boys spell the second they met him and for the most part he was oblivious.
"They're lucky, too have each other I mean. Not to mention an adoring protective pseudo brother such as yourself." Veronica complimented Archie and he grinned at the girl. It was clear to anyone who knew Archie – even if they had just met him – that he adored the two younger girls, no matter how annoying they could get.
"Here you go kids" Pop Tate spoke as he placed a slip of paper on Archie and Betty's booth table, flashing the teens a friendly smile and leaving them once more. The three sophomore's eyebrows knitted as they looked down at the piece of paper, Betty reached over and grabbed the paper. Her eyes scanned the black ink on the small slip for a few moments before her face broke out into a large grin and giggles started falling from her lips. Veronica and Archie gave her an odd look when she made eye contact with the two and Betty just shook her head and slipped the paper over to Archie across the table.
"They've left you to foot the bill, Arch" The blonde informed her ginger friend whose face dropped, while Veronica on the other hand tried to put a stop from the giggles spilling from her lips with her hand. Archie snatched the bill from the table top and looked it over with a furrowed brow, he then huffed a breath out of his nose and shook his head as he reached for his wallet.
"Son of a bitch."
Cecilia and Holly made it to the Andrews house hold in record time and the two rushed into the brightly lit home as they laughed uncontrollable to one another. The front door slammed behind them as they entered arguing about who was the cuter TV show character, their loud booming voices catching the attention of Holly and Archie's father Fred.
"No no no, Edward is a million times cuter than Jerome; and plus! He's not as crazy!" Holly exclaimed while Cecilia and herself made their way up the stairs to the second floor. Cecilia shook her head adamant to rebut her friend's argument.
"Um okay, the dude killed the woman he was in love with and started talking to the evil version of himself….and started sleeping with a woman who looked exactly the same as the woman he killed! At least Jerome owns his psychosis" Fred Andrews immerged from the kitchen as his daughter and her best friend – whom he viewed as his second daughter – laughed hysterically. This brought a smile to his face, he was glad that even after all the two had been through together they were still able to make each other laugh. After his divorce from his wife, Fred noticed his daughter had become quieter and Holly being a normally extremely loud girl had worried him.
"Hey you two, what's so funny?" Fred questioned his daughter and the girl who was his daughter in every way but genetics,from his spot next to the banister, he leaned on the post at the bottom of the staircase while he looked up at the two. The girls smiled down at their father figure and informed him that it was nothing, Fred smiled and shook his head at the teens antics.
"We missed you this summer Cece, glad to have you back" Fred smiled at the blonde girl who flashed him her teeth and 'awed' him with a hand on her heart. Cecilia ran down the stairs and threw herself into Fred Andrews arms, the two squeezed each other tightly as they smiled brightly. Truth be told, Fred had worried about Cecilia all summer; about her well being, how she was fairing with her whole summer being run but her parents. Cecilia on the other hand was just glad to back at the only place she had ever felt at home in and with the wonderful people that made up the Andrews family.
"I missed you guys too" Was all she was able to utter without choking up, always surprised at the family's kindness. They pulled away from each other, Fred giving Cecilia a fatherly kiss on the temple, and Cecilia then resumed rushing up the stairs behind Holly. The girl in question stopped halfway up the stairs and turned to her father.
"Dad, would it be cool if I stay at Cece's tonight? So we can get ready for the first day, please?!" The redhead pleaded with her dad who stood below the pair smiling at them.
"I don't know Hol…." Fred trailed off, it wasn't that he wasn't okay with the two sleeping over on a school night – they had been doing it since they were eleven – he just didn't want either of them staying at the Kane house. It was safe to assume Fred Andrews and Duncan Kane didn't see eye to eye, Fred wasn't fond of Duncan even before he found out how he dealt with insolence in his home. After the first time Cecilia showed up on the Andrews front porch soaked from the rain and barely able to breath when she was nine, Fred couldn't remember anything else ever making him so enraged.
"Fred it's cool, they're out of town until Sunday." Cecilia informed the older man with a small but sad smile. "So, is it okay?"
Fred was silent for a few moments as he stared at the teenage girls, they were smiling at him sweetly and hopping they would get the go ahead. It was a long silence that made the anticipation that much more dramatic but Fred Andrews sighed in defeat and nodded at the two girls request. They both cheered loudly and thanked Fred over and over before going to run up to Holly's bedroom and then promptly leaving but Fred stopped them.
"You can go but you will be going to bed at a decent hour and you will be on time, if not early, for school in the morning. That goes for the both of you." Fred had gone into serious parent mode and was even pointing at the two which only made them giggle at his attempt at being a strict parent. Holly and Cecilia nodded quickly at the man while uttering words of agreement before they yelled a thank you to the guardian and ran upstairs squealing about the next day.
They weren't at the Andrews' for much longer, when they got to Holly's bedroom she ran to collect the outfit she had bought for her best friend and pack a bag. Cecilia on the other hand ran to grab all Holly's necessities for the next day and when the two were done they rushed back down the stairs and outside to their bicycles while yelling goodbyes to Fred. Then the two were off on their own separate bicycles to Cecilia's house two streets away with Fred waving them goodbye and wishing them a good first day from his front porch.
The two girls continued on their way laughing and chattering away about the much anticipated first day, this filled up the short time from the Andrews' home to the Kane home. Once arriving the girls rushed into the house and up to Cecilia's bedroom, just as they had at the Andrews', to start putting together 'first day of school' outfits. Holly and Cecilia's night was spent blasting the radio and singing and dancing obnoxiously to it, eating junk food and gossiping, and ended with a stupid movie they barely watched. They were ecstatic about being reunited after a long three months apart from one another and they couldn't be more excited about their first day of high school as they had been waiting for years to 'finally' be in high school. But as they fell into a deep slumber neither could have guessed their freshman year would be as spine-chilling and heartbreaking as it would turn out to be.
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-Sunny out
