Hey Again!

I'm back, how's it hanging?

Honestly the feedback I got on the first chapter of the Wild Side really surprised me, I'm so glad those who liked it let me know! I really appreciate it and am so glad that those of you were so kind as to write me a review said how you liked the direction I was starting to go.

A quick shout out to Jenny.s.72, Megwsimon7, asia2802, madstar95 and Emilee for you guys who favorited and followed and reviewing, seeing that you guys enjoyed it and wanted to see more is actually the whole reason I'm posting again so soon. Originally I wasn't planning to post again until my next day off (which is tuesday and the possibility of me posting again then is highly likely). With the positive feedback I really wanted to give you guys more because your support made me feel all warm and happy, so thank you for that 3 3

Any whodoole, enough of that and on to the next chapter!


It was six o'clock when the dynamic duo woke on their long awaited first day of high school. It was currently eight o'clock. School started at 8:45 and what had put a teensy wrench in Holly Andrews and Cecilia Kane's morning was the outfit Holly had bought her best friend and had refused to reveal until the morning of.

"Holly, are you freaking serious? I can't wear that to school, I'd be fucking murdered!" Cecilia all but shouted, wide eyed at her best friend from across the room. Holly was holding the outfit up to her own body all while raising her eyebrows suggestively at her cross armed friend.

"Come on Cece! It meets almost all your parent's criteria and I know for a fact it would look super hot on you. Please let me play life sized Barbie just this once?" Holly pleaded with Cecilia while the blonde stared at the outfit in hand skeptically. She couldn't help but think of the numerous possibilities of what could happen if her parents found out she wore something like that in public.

"I don't know Hol, if my parents found out I would be in a lot of trouble." Cecilia said, trying to reason with the redhead who sighed.

"Do you seriously think high schoolers are going to go home and tell their parents about what Cecilia Kane wore to school today? Can you at least try it on?" Cecilia stared at her friend and the outfit for a long while until she slowly reached out and took the clothes in her hands. Staring down at the fabric as she walked to her vanity to change, Cecilia could feel her heart beating out of control in her chest to a point where she almost felt uncomfortable. Oddly enough, she found herself enjoying the feeling because it was the feeling of anticipation to break the rules which she had never done before. It was the rush of adrenaline at the thought of risking being caught breaking the rules, the excitement of it all! It made her want to do it that much more.

Cecilia lay down the outfit on her vanity seat and stared at it for a moment, the longer she stared at it the more she found herself liking the outfit until she finally decided to put it on. Holly had bought her another pair of shreaded black jeans that fit her like a second skin and stopped just below her belly button, the shirt was a flowly white lace tank top that met the top of the jeans. But more to much or try to reach for something and her mid section would be exposed to the world and because Holly knew Cecilia wasn't yet ready to rock a tank top on it's own, she provided a light acid wash denim jacket.

"Woah...I knew you'd look hot, damn I'm good." Holly spoke from behind Cecilia as she stared at her reflection in the mirror. They were both stunned at how different certain clothing could make someone look. Cecilia knew she looked good but what made her smile brighter than she had in a long time was that she felt good. She felt great actually, the swirling feeling of excitement of rebelling filled her along with a feeling of calm, like she had looked into the mirror and caught a short glimpse of the girl she wanted to be.

Up until that moment her entire life had been controlled by her parents, everything from what activities she partook in to what she wore and ate and everything else in between. Cecilia never was given a chance to make any of her own decisions and making the decision - however small it may have been - to wear an outfit she knew her parents wouldn't approve of excited her. To a point where she couldn't find the correct words to describe the amount of joy the breaking of said rules made her.

"Hol?" Cecilia asked in a slightly timid voice. Holly admired her friend in the mirror one more time before looking her in the eye and smiling. "Thank you, I love it."

"What are friends for." Holly responded as she wrapped her arms around the front of her tiny blonde friend and squeezed while grinning. When they let go of each other Holly clapped her hands together dramatically while demanding Cecilia sit on the vanity seat in front of her. Cecilia was confused until Holly began her assault of make up, taking her time as she had been dressed and ready to go for at least forty-five minutes now.

The friends walked to school together side by side chatting about a variety of topics and laughing to one another, Holly would also occasionally make comments about Cecilia that were enough to make her blush red. It wasn't to long of a walk from the Kane household to Riverdale High - ten minutes at most - so the two were pretty early. To kill time, they decided to walk around the grounds to just admire their new school and wait for it to start filing up, that didn't take very long.

Holly and Cecilia walked through the doors of Riverdale High, receiving more attention than Cecilia had anticipated or even wanted. People were turning their heads to catch a glimpse of the two freshmen aas they walked down the hall looking for their designated lockers, Cecilia turned her head as she walked trying to catch glimpses of her classmates as she walked. She had had lots of people look at her before, at town events she was forced to make an appearance at with her parents but this time was different. At those events she was always dressed the way her parents wanted - which was extremely conservative - and they wanted her covered up but walking through the halls of her new school she was being watched like a hawk. This was by far the most scandalous outfit she'd ever worn.

Cecilia saw a look of recognition and relization followed by shook on some of the students faces when she walked by them, no doubt realizing that it was Duncan Kane's timid daughter strutting down the hall. She saw a lot of people needing to look from her to Holly to fully believe what they were seeing wasn't a trick of light but reality. Is this how Holly felt everyday?

The entire time the pair walked down the hall side by side Cecilia's stomach was doing flips at the attention. It made her nervous to say the least so she just focused on the tapping sound the ankle boots Holly had bought her made on the lithium floor. This was also another first for Cecilia, ankle boots. Her mom never let her wear or even own a pair as Maryanne thought the were 'trashy' and would 'leave them for the Southsider's to sport'. Although she still forced her daughter into a pair of six inch pumps nearly everyday for school, making the teenager highly aggravated because of the pain in her feet. However, Cecilia couldn't help but notice how much she really liked them and found them to be the most comfortable pair of shoes she'd worn all summer. Perhaps that was attributed to them being only an inch tall.

"Ahh look at that, the littlest Andrews!" Reggie Mantle exclaimed as Moose Mason, Archie and himself walked up to the dup. Holly gave the older boy a sarcastic smile followed by her middle finger, only causing the three older boys to chuckle at the fiery redhead.

"What's up big brother and co?" She inquired of the older redhead and his teammates while she smirked at them, getting her flirting A-game ready.

"Got home last night and you weren't there, figured you'd be at Cece's. Oh, and thanks for leaving me to piick up your tab at Pop's last night, really enjoyed that." Archie sassed his little sister, furrowing his brow in a joking manner while Holly smiled brightly and thanked him. It was just a moment after the exchange that Cecilia's presence was known by the older boys and to say they were shocked would be an understatement.

"Cece? Holy crap, Holly what the hell did you do?" Archie stared at the young blonde wide eyed and in shock. He'd never seen her look so...mature? Her own age? Happy with herself? Yes, to all three.

"Hey! Why are you saying it like it's a bad thing, she looks amazing! Don't you agree boys?" Holly questioned her brother's friends with a raised eyebrow and sly smile as she already knew what their answer would be. She was just trying to help boost Cecilia's confidence meter a few notches higher.

"Absolutely!"

"Definitely." Reggie and Moose answered simultaneously as they gawked at Cecilia. The girl in question raised her books a little higher and closer to her chest while shooting the two an awkward smile and muttering an almost inaudible 'thanks'. Holly stepped back into step with Cecilia and hooked their arms together, she first smiled at her best friend encouragingly to which Cecilia rolled her eyes and grinned back at her. Holly then turned to Archie and smiled once more, he looked very confused about whether or not Cecilia was actually wearing what he thought she was.

"Well while you three stand there catching flies in your mouths, Cece and I are headed to class. See you guys later? Lunch Arch?" Holly asked as she walked by the footballers grinning at them again and pulling her best friend along with her. The two didn't look back as they walked away from the boys and it wasn't until they were out of earshot that the boys spoke again.

"I don't get it man," Reggie started as he stared down the hallway longingly, hoping the freshmen kid sister and pseudo sister of his ginger friend would come back. "How the hell do you live with that?"

Archie turned and glared at the taller teen before pushing him harshly into a row of lockers, Reggie only laughed at his friend's reaction and had to use the same wall he was pushed into to hold himself up. Moose was smiling and chuckling at the two other boys, he didn't say anything as he was considered to be dumb but he sure wasn't stupid enough to make a comment about the exchange with the two most important girls in Archie's life. He knew how that would end.

"Dude, dude, I'm sorry but come on! Your sister is hot and Cecilia? Damn." Reggie stated as he chased after his retreating friends, this only gained him another solid punch to the arm.

"Reggie I'm serious, don't even think about hooking up with my sister. Either of them, I mean it." Archie informed Reggie as he looked him in the eye, trying to convey how serious he was about the two girls being off limits. Reggie sighed in defeat but ultimately nodded and held his hands up in surrender, Archie then bid his teammates goodbye as they went their separate ways.

"Oh my god that was so embarrassing! Did you see Archie's face, he looked freaking horrified!" Cecilia ranted as she and Holly rushed down the hall towards their homeroom and away from the awkward encounter that had taken place only moments before. Holly giggles at her friend's panic as she continued ranting about how awkward she now felt, wishing she had just worn her casual wear of a tee shirt and jeans. Holly rolled her eyes at the blonde before she stopped her in the middle of the busy hallway, successfully putting an end to her rant. The redhead pulled Cecilia to the side and put her hands on her friend's shoulders.

"Listen here Kandy Kane," She started and caused Cecilia to bark out a short laugh and smile. "You look fucking amazing, maybe the best you've ever looked but if you don't believe it then no one else will, alright?" Holly finished while still staring into Cecilia's green eyes intensely, trying to somehow give her some of her own confidence through the shared eye contact. Cecilia sighed and opened her mouth to rebut her best friend but the redhead was not having it, she lifted her hand quickly to silence the doubt about to pour out of Cecilia's mouth.

"Don't you dare even tell me you don't look amazing, or that you're not enjoying taking however small of a walk on the wild side." She raised an auburn brow high on her face and smiled knowingly at the blonde. Cecilia pursed her lips in thought with a frown on her face for a few moments before a smile broke out once more, lighting up her features Holly had accentuated with some makeup. Nothing to crazy, just the smallest amount of eyeliner, mascara and some lip chap because Cecilia had absolutely refused to wear lipstick.

"Okay, okay, okay. You're right, about all of it even the 'enjoying it' part." Cecilia told her friend and the two grinned at each other before doing their 'secret' handshake, giggling all the way down the hall to their first class of their high school career.

The morning classes hadn't even begun when the entire school was called to the gymnasium for an assembly, this being the assembly in which Cheryl Blossom delivered a speech about her dearly departed brother with - eerily enough - little to no emotion. Not one single tear was shed and it creeped Holly out but Cecilia chalked it all up to everyone processing grief in their own way. The entire student body cheered when it was announced that the back to school semi-formal was to proceed as planned and then the assembly was over and all the students were excused, slowly trickling out of the gymnasium doors to their regularly scheduled classes.

The two girls shared their first and second period classes - English and math - and naturally sat next to each other, Holly barely paying any attention while she and Cecilia passed a piece of paper back and forth between them. They were playing tic tac toe and writing silly notes to one another trying to see who would crack up laughing first (it was usually Cecilia). They spent their morning opting to not listen and play their tic tac toe instead of listening to their teachers and at the end of the class they'd write down the homework for the night.

It was finally lunch time and the two girls couldn't be more thankful, they both hadn't eaten this morning and were starving. They made detours at their lockers as they were only around the corner from one another and made their way to the lunchroom. There wasn't a great variety of choice in the Riverdale High lunch menu but there was something for everyone, Holly decided on some fries and a cookie while Cecilia went for a rice bowl. The two walked with linked arms into the outdoor picnic benches looking for the oldest Andrews sibling to sit with, and find him they did.

Archie was at a shaded picnic table with Betty and Kevin Keller, he was reluctant to do so but he was letting them listen to a demo he recorded of a song he wrote over the summer and was incredibly nervous about hearing what they had to say about it. He watched his friends intensely, trying to see if he could read their thoughts from their facial expressions but he had never been good at that sort of thing unless it was Holly or Cecilia. Archie stared to intensely and nervously that he didn't even notice thee two aforementioned girls approach the table.

"I didn't know you could sing." Holly stated as she squeezed herself into the bench next to her brother and Cecilia sat across from her beside Kevin, offering the sophomores a wide grin. Archie nodded awkwardly at the two of them seeing as he hadn't meant for them to find out about his music yet.

"Yeah Arch, you sound great." Cecilia encouraged before taking a bite out of an apple she had grabbed from her house that morning. The group around him nodded in agreement at the sentiment and as much as Archie appreciated it he still felt very uncouth about the whole thing.

"Cecilia? Is that really you?" Kevin inquired of the blonde on his right, making her blush a furious shade of red and nod. He looked at the Kane girl with wide shocked eyes for a few moments before he turned to her red-haired accomplice with an accusatory expression.

"This is your doing, isn't it?" Holly grinned brightly at the brown-haired boy as she nodded, proud of her work. "I approve, excellent work."

Holly and Kevin grinned at each other while Cecilia looked upon the two laughing as they began to talk about what stores she shopped at and what Chicago boys were like. Cecilia was quiet as she ate and listened on her friend's conversation absentmindedly, her eyes scanned the courtyard as she did so. You could clearly see the clicks forming, even on the first day, and it was interesting to see how they interacted with one another. The jocks were laughing and smiling at each other's jokes, you would know just by looking how close a lot of them were and on the opposite end of the spectrum was the IT girl table that Cheryl sat at. No one was really smiling like they meant it and the only person speaking was Cheryl, even when someone tried to speak up you could tell it was either ignored or shot down by the redheaded leader of the River Vixens.

"Can I join?" A voice spoke from the end of the table and all eyes turned to see Veronica Lodge. They all agreed and Kevin and Cecilia scooted down the bench as far as they could without falling off to allow her to squeeze in with them.

"Hey aren't you cape girl?" Holly questioned the brunette curiously and Cecilia almost spat out her gulp of water at her best friend's bluntness. Kevin patted the blonde girl's back as she coughed and sputtered, attempting to clear her airways as she bellowed openly not caring about the looks she was getting from other students.

"Cape girl?" Kevin questioned the female Andrews as Cecilia calmed down gradually.

"Last night at Pop's? Oh, Kevin you should have seen it, the most adorable little black cape. Never thought they'd come back in style but hey, you my dear pull it off like no one's business." Holly complimented the older brunette, whose look of slight offense melted into one of adoration for the ginger. Holly then leaned across the table from her seat on the bench with an outstretched hand as a show of friendship.

"Holly Andrews and that's Cece Kane, nice finally making your acquaintance." Veronica grinned at the girl and shook her outstretched hand, shaking it eagerly.

"Nice too meet you too, now I remember you two. You're Archiekins' sister and quasi sister, correct? Veronica Lodge." Veronica answered as she grinned at the two younger girls whose eyebrows disappeared into their hairlines at the mention of her name. Of course, they had been hearing all about Veronica Lodge - well mostly her father - all morning and had been curious as to when they would catch a glimpse of the elusive beauty. They just didn't expect it to be her asking to sit at their lunch table with them.

"Awe Archiekins? That's adorable!" Cecilia exclaimed while she grinned at the other around the table, Archie gave her a pointed look. "Oh, and it's Cecilia, Holly and Arch are the only people that call me Cece."

Veronica nodded as she made a mental note of the blonde's comment while Holly began teasing her brother over the nickname he had been bestowed by Veronica. He didn't really mind it being used among his close friend group but he would die if anyone else were to hear the name let alone use it. But with his sister being as loud as she was he knew it would be difficult - near impossible - to get her to put a cork in it.

"What are we doing?" Veronica questioned the others as she took her seat after the long introductions.

"Listening to one of Archie's songs." Betty informed her in a loving tone and smiling at the boy in question. Cecilia, Holly and Kevin smirked at each other as it was painfully obvious what the older blonde's feelings were towards Archie.

"I thought we were gonna have to pretend to like it," Kevin started while he glanced at Archie slightly squinity faced. "But it's actually really good."

"As much as I want to say something mean to push your buttons, I agree with Kevin." Holly informed her brother while she and the sheriff's son high-fived each other, making the group chuckle.

"Wait, that was you singing...something you wrote?" Veronica questioned looking around at the smiling and eagerly nodding faces that surrounded her.

"It's rough."

"No, it's great." Betty encouraged before Archie had the chance to shoot himself down.

"It's incredible, actually. The little snippet I heard." Veronica praised Archie's music while Betty stared at the girl curiously, was she flirting with Archie? Even after the conversation she had had with Kevin and the heiress of Lodge Industries earlier?

"Is that your thing? Music? Are you doing something with that?" She questioned further unaware of the looks she was receiving from the blonde on Archie's right.

"That's the plan." He answered her with an anxious expression as he shared glances with his sister and Cecilia, who both gave him a look before going back to their lunches. It was well known among the three that Fred had sort of planned Archie's future for him; go to college on football scholarship, business school then come back to good ole Riverdale to help Fred manage the family business, Andrews Construction. Music really didn't have a place in the grand plan.

"So, how's your first day going? All of you, Good?" Archie questioned the three new girls seated at the table. Holly and Cecilia didn't say much other than a 'meh' and 'it could be worse' while they both shrugged.

"Not to be a complete narcissist, but I thought people would be more - " Veronica was interrupted by a completely enamored Kevin.

"Obsessed with you?"

"Way to be blunt Kevin." Cecilia reprimanded while she nudged the older boy lightly. He shrugged at the young blonde and continued with his train of thought.

"Any other year, you'd be trending number one for sure. This year though, it's all about Cheryl trying to win the Best Supporting Psycho Oscar for her role as Riverdale High's bereaved Red Widow." Kevin elaborated for Veronica to make her fell better and a task in which he succeeded, making her and the always laughing dynamic duo laugh some more.

Approaching the lunch table was none other than the topic of their conversation, Cheryl Blossom, and as she neared Archie excused himself for his meeting with the school's music teacher he couldn't get out of his head. Everyone bid him adieu and when he was out of earshot Kevin came down on Betty for not having asked the ginger haired boy to the semi-formal, the two argued until the aptly named 'Red Widow' arrived at her target destination.

"Veronica Lodge. I'd heard whisperings. I'm Cheryl Blossom. May I sit? Betty, would you mind?" Cheryl didn't wait for an answer as she gracefully lowered herself into the space the aforementioned blonde had vacated. As she sat, not paying any attention to anything besides Veronica, Cecilia gave Holly a panicked look to which the young redhead nodded to convey she understood. The Blossom's and the Kane's were very close, they may not have actually liked each other but they sure pretended to. The best friends were both certain if Clifford and Penelope happened to find out about the drastic change in Cecilia's choice of dress somehow, it would definitely find it's way to Duncan and Maryanne.

They stood from their seats and tried to exit the situation promptly without drawing attention to themselves but that hope was a pipe dream. They were both stopped by Veronica calling out to them and having not gotten very far, they couldn't pretend they hadn't heard her.

"Where you guys off too?" The clueless brunette questioned the freshmen, Holly and Cecilia shared a look before Holly spun around to respond while Cecilia kept her back to the table.

"Uhh, we have uh a thing we gotta..." Holly trailed off as she became flustered, she was usually very good at thinking on the spot but she was at a loss of words as Cheryl's dark intimidating eyes locked on her.

"We gotta pee." She finished while shrugging and stepping away from the group slowly and pulling Cecilia along as she always did. Cecilia's eyes grew to be the size of basketballs at the excuse and she would have laughed if it weren't such a tense situation. The table gave the two girls an odd look - Cheryl's was one of slight disgust - while Holly smiled and yelled goodbye as she and Cecilia were almost sprinting towards the school building.

"What the hell is wrong with fem Archie?" Cheryl questioned the group, Kevin and Betty gave her an over exaggerated 'no idea' while Veronica was just as puzzled as the Red Widow was.

"You don't think she noticed?" Cecilia questioned Holly out of breath once they had entered the school once again, finally out of the danger zone.

"Who really knows, this is Cheryl Blossom we're talking about. She's always got a trick or two up her sleeve." Holly told her friend with a guilty expression knowing Cecilia only wore the outfit because she had pushed it on her. If Cecilia got in trouble or worse for it, it would be Holly's fault.

"Shit." The small blonde mumbled under her breath as they headed for their lockers for a book swap.

"I'm sorry Cece, I shouldn't have pressured you to wear it. You don't think she'll say anything do you?" Holly apologized as she felt the agonizing feeling of guilt bubble through her body. Cecilia shrugged, running a hand through her hair, and gave the slightly taller girl a look of uncertainty. Cheryl was a wild card, there was no way to know for sure what she would do with the information.

"It's fine Hol, I chose to wear it in the end. So," Cecilia began as she stopped her friend in the middle of the bare hallway, smiling. "Let's make it worth it yeah?"

A bright grin broke out on Holly's face at her friend's surfacing confidence, the two shared large smiles before linking arms and giving each other a nod. They then properly strutted down the halls of Riverdale High with their heads held high the rest of the day.

"'You wanted fire? Well sorry Cheryl bombshell, my specialty's ice.' God that was freaking perfect! You are my hero!" Holly squealed in delight as she walked alongside Betty, Veronica and Cecilia. All newly initiated River Vixens taking a stroll around the track after tryouts let out. The girls laughed together as Holly started pretending to bow to Veronica, who in turn pretended to act modest.

"I thought you looked up to Cheryl, Holly?" Betty questioned her neighbour with a smile. She was touched by Veronica's show of loyalty in the gymnasium, standing up to Cheryl when she was just standing there taking it blow by blow.

"I look up to her in the sense that I too want to be able to bend people to my own will, but the girl's a fucking witch." Holly chuckled as she informed the group.

"You do realize you already can bend people to your own will, right?" Cecilia queried of her friend with a patronizing smile that Holly scoffed at and threw one of the carrot sticks she had been snacking on in her direction. Cecilia shielded her face from the projectile and laughed along with her teammates as they walked, it wasn't long before Veronica called Archie over to the group.

"Hi teen outlander." Veronica greeted Archie with a smile.

"Sup big bro." Holly spoke up from Veronica's left, smirking and waving at Reggie and Moose as they ran past. Archie rolled his eyes at his little sister and Cecilia laughed and nudged her friend to get her to cut it out, Holly only laughed.

"Hey, nice outfits. How the hell did you make the team Hol?" Archie inquired of the girls, directing the end bit to his sister who gave him an over exaggerated grin and the finger.

"If you get home before me let dad know I'm at Cece's, will ya?" It wasn't really a request but Archie nonetheless nodded, letting her know that they knew if she wasn't at home she was with Cece. Then the two youngest in the group walked off saying goodbye as they did not want to be witness to the train wreck of a conversation that was about to commence.

The two walked to the Kane residence, the entire walk squealing about having become River Vixens as it was their goal to do so. Not many could claim to be one and they were now apart of the privileged few, not wanting to change out of their uniforms quite yet they wandered into town. Neither girl had been asked to the semi-formal but Holly had the confidence to assure Cecilia that they'd be asked, and even if they weren't asked they still planned to go. That meant they needed dresses to wear and the duo were more than happy to have the excuse to shop, they raided a few stores down the main street in town. They didn't plan on buying today as they had just come from school and didn't have any money but they wanted to know what their options were before they decided. After a few hours in town trying on a countless number of dresses, the two had finally made it home and they were exhausted.

"Seriously, who gives homework on the first day back? I'll tell ya who," Holly hollered as she collapsed on her best friends extremely comfortable bed. "Satan! That's who!"

"Holly, its literally a contact information sheet for the office." Cecilia reminded the ginger as she laughed and joined her on the bed.

"Doesn't change the fact that it's homework." Holly rebutted. Cecilia rolled her eyes at her friend's frustration, Cecilia had filled out the sheet and handed it in while at school which Holly could have easily done as well. Instead she chose to doodle on the page rather than fill in the blanks. The two girls lay on the bed n silence for what seemed like hours but wasn't - definitely a solid five minutes - before Holly gasped loudly.

"I have an idea!" She said to a startled Cecilia who had also shot up off her bed but ended up on her bedroom floor instead. Cecilia held a hand to her chest and was breathing heavily trying to calm herself and her rapidly beating heart down, she stared up at her grinning friend on her bed incredulously.

"Oh really? Couldn't freaking tell." She muttered and grabbed Holly's outstretched hand, allowing her to pull her back onto her bed. Once she was seated atop the mattress once more she raised a brow at Holly - who looked about ready to explode and was smiling like a crazy person.

"Okay so this idea, you're not going to like it. But!" Holly exclaimed when Cecilia interrupted her, telling her no way. "No! Come on, hear me out!"

"You just told me I wouldn't like it!"

"But you should still listen because if I don't say it out loud I'm gonna drive myself nuts." Holly then grinned hopefully at Cecilia and held on to her hands, squeezing for effect. Cecilia rolled her eyes and motioned for the girl to continue.

"Okay, so we just successfully completed out first day of high school AND made it on to the cheer squad all in one day and I say we celebrate!" Holly explained to Cecilia who was now rather confused.

"What about that was I not going to like? It sounds fun, we could rent a movie and get some junk food and hangout for the night." Cecilia suggested to Holly as she raised her eyebrows in a questioning way.

"We do that all the time and as fun as it may be, I say we go have some real fun. Take a walk on the literal wild side if you will." Holly grinned in accomplishment at her brilliant thought while Cecilia had to take a minute to understand what she meant by 'the literal wild side'. She stared at the redhead unmoving for a solid forty-five seconds before gasping and starting to shake her head erratically.

"Holly no! No no no, we can't go to the Southside are you crazy?! They'll take one look at us and I promise you there will be two less northsider's in Riverdale." Cecilia frantically tried to talk some sense into her apparently suicidal best friend.

It was no secret that the people living on the Southside had no love for people from the Northside and vice versa, the Northside (i.e. Mayor McCoy and Duncan Kane) accusing the Southside of dragging Riverdale down. Neither girl had ever been to the Southside before but had been curious about it for years, was it really so different from the Northside as everyone claimed? Where Cecilia was curious about it, she never ever planned or even contemplated the possibility of actually going there. She only ever heard terrible things from her father, who quite possibly hated the Southside the most as he though the Southside was an ugly festering sore on the face of the town he loved so much.

"Come on! How would they know, we dress a little edgier, put on some more make up and act the part, they'll be none the wiser." Holly attempted to convince her overly cautious best friend.

"Holly come on, it's not safe for us over there. Me especially! My dad's the biggest advocate for the anti-southsider movement and besides that, northsider's aren't welcome there. How would we even get there! On our bikes?" Cecilia questioned her friend exasperatedly as she tried to drown out the feeling of excitement building in her stomach. It was a terrible idea, yes, but where Cecilia's brain was saying hell no the rest of her was saying do it, there was a piece of herself - a voice if you will - that wanted to go and it wanted to go badly. But if she thought her parent's reaction to the outfit she wore that day would be bad, what they would do if they found out she had been traipsing around on the Southside would easily be a million times worse.

"Well you don't have to tell anyone who you are, we go once and then we never have to go back again! No one has to know who you are," Holly informed the timid blonde in front of her before giving her a half-guilty look. "As for a ride, what would you do if I told you I knew a guy?"

"You've been to the Southside!?" Cecilia screamed in shock at Holly whose eyes became saucers at the volume of her voice. Both girls reached to Cecilia's mouth to stifle the sound being released from it.

"Not really, I went to a party at the beginning of the summer though. It was at a house within eyeshot of the divide line so naturally a lot of southsider's showed up." Cecilia was staring unblinkingly at Holly as she didn't have a response for the girl, which was odd seeing as she almost always had a response for her.

"I promise we don't have to be there long, an hour at most and Joaquin will be like our personal body guard. It'll be fun, I swear." Holly prodded gently when seeing the fear and hesitation in Cecilia's green eyes. She wasn't all that afraid of the Southside as a whole but she was afraid of the gangs that were known to run rampant there. Cecilia was also afraid of her parent's wrath.

"What if someone recognizes me from the papers? Cecilia Kane, daughter of Duncan and Maryanne Kane. It'd be like starting a witch hunt and my dad, I don't even want to think about what he would do to me if he found out." Cecilia rambled anxiously staring down at her hands while wiping her palms on the sides of the skirt of her uniform. Holly pursed her lips at her friend's discomfort, she felt bad for even suggesting the idea having now thought on it for a moment. So, she sat herself next to Cecilia at the edge of the bed and held her warm clammy hand in her own trying to comfort her.

"Okay, maybe it wasn't the greatest idea I've ever had. I'm sorry for even suggesting it, I'll drop it but be honest with me first. You broke your parent's rules today for the first time in your entire life, it felt good to do something bad. To do what you wanted, right?" Holly questioned the blonde as she stared at her hung head curiously, she wanted to hear Cecilia say it. Hell, she wanted Cecilia to hear herself say it. Cecilia huffed before looking up to Holly with a small smile on her face, she felt bad because truthfully it did sound like a good time but her fear of consequence out weighed the possibility of fun.

"It did, it sounds stupid but it made me feel alive. Like I was getting a small chance to be who I wanted to be for a day." She answered the grinning redhead as Holly wrapped her arms around her shoulders and hugged her, a hug in which she returned.

"Maybe we'll work you up to a night on the Southside." Holly teased and the two laughed together before they fell into their usual routine; blasting the radio, dancing badly and singing out of key before changing out of their River Vixens uniforms. They then headed over to the Andrews' house for dinner.

It had been a slightly tense dinner, the source of that tenseness being Fred and Archie, they all sat and ate in relative silence aside from the occasional conversation about how the day was. Fred congratulated the teen girls on their making the school cheerleading squad to which they both smiled brightly and thanked him before going into a tangent of how awesome it was going to be. The patriarch of the Andrews family was relieved the two had their first day go off without a hitch and, like the typical father of teenage girls, was even more relieved to have not heard a peep about either of them having any run ins with horny teenage boys. The three teenagers decided not to tell their father about half of the student body not being able to take their eyes off the duo the entire day.

After the uneventful dinner, Cecilia helped wash the dishes with Archie while Fred and Holly cleared the table and put the leftovers of their Chinese take out food in the fridge. When Fred and Holly had left the room, Cecilia had asked about the awkwardness at dinner and Archie explained the whole situation of having to choose between his music, football and the family business. Cecilia listened attentively as he spoke like she always did and since she didn't have any real advice, she gave him a reassuring smile and told him everything would work out which he appreciated.

Cecilia stuck around the Andrews house for a while as she didn't have anything better to do and needed to make up for lost time over the summer. The family was sat in the living room watching some comedy that wasn't really all that funny but what was were the comments Holly and Cecilia were making about the movie. Within minutes the entire family was laughing loudly and trying to compose themselves, they were able to sit through the whole movie and by that time it was nearing ten o'clock and was quite dark already.

The blonde honorary third Andrews sibling announced her leave to the family, the men of the family trying to convince her to stay the night. Cecilia turned down the offers, she appreciated how much the Andrews family cared about her but even after all these years and knowing they didn't mind she didn't want to put anymore strain on the single parent family. After denying their offer many times they finally relented and allowed her to start her journey home with the bag of leftovers Archie and Holly had put together for her. She hugged everyone and asked the red-haired siblings if they were all meeting at Birch Street to walk to school together in the morning, they both confirmed with the blonde and then she was on her way. Cecilia waved goodbye to the family as she walked while they stood on the porch waving back and watching her until they had to strain their eyes to see her in the dark.

It wasn't a far walk between the Andrews and Kane residences but Cecilia had wished she brought something more than just the jean jacket she had worn to school that day as the night had become incredibly cool. She trudged on however, clutching the bag of still warm Chinese food to her chest for extra warmth and admired how bright the stars were that night. Cecilia had made it half way to her house, currently walking down one of Riverdale's main roads - Birch Street - to get home and the only sound to be heard was the sound of her shoes making contact with the pavement beneath her. Until it was accompanied by another sound, one that was becoming louder as it came closer.

Cecilia stopped walking and turned around to look down the street, she couldn't see anything but she sure could hear whatever was coming her way. The revving of an engine of what had to be some souped up muscle car or something broke through the silence the blonde had once been engulfed in. It was accompanied by loud metal music booming out of the vehicles speakers, it was so loud Cecilia could hear every word being spoken clearly. Could she discern actual lyrics? No, but she could still hear the garbled nonsense clear as day. These noises together should have - and would have - scared anyone from being heard in the middle of the night while on your own, but it was the words she heard next that jolted her body in fear and shock.

"FUCK YOU NORTHSIDERS!" Someone screamed at the top of their lungs as the car finally came into view and the car itself along with it's passengers couldn't have been mistaken as anything other than what they were. Southsider's but not any ordinary southsider's, Southside Serpents. Cecilia couldn't tell you what kind of car they were driving but she could tell that it was an older one and couldn't help but admire it for a split second, it was cobalt black and even had the Serpent's insignia proudly displayed on the hood.

Any sane person would have ran from the crew of what appeared to be teenagers of thrown themselves into the rose bush behind them in an attempt to hide. But given the day she had had - wearing something other than what her parents had laid out for her and contemplating going to a party on the Southside for however brief a period she had - Cecilia would have thought that she was slowly starting to go mad. So there she stood, watching the Serpents speed by doing 80 in a 40, and she expected them to speed by her and not give her tiny stature a second thought. Boy was she wrong.

As it got closer to her, the vehicle slowed down into a cruising speed as it passed her and giving her a chance to examine the people inside the car. There were five of them; four boys all brawny and could easily be comparable to giants at their full height, they were all dark haired but that was about all Cecilia could make out through the windows of the vehicle. That and the driver was covered in colourful tattoo's. The last person was a girl who couldn't have been much older than herself - thinking on it, Cecilia decided they all couldn't be more than a few years older than herself. The girl had tanned skin and long brown hair that was streaked through pink, that way her nose shone told Cecilia her nose was pierced and her hand that was hung out the car window was decorated with dozens of shiny rings.

As the car filled with leather wearing teens cruised past Cecilia the people in the car stared her down and Cecilia stared back. She wasn't sure why she did or what else she should have done but she knew one thing that was for sure, they were intimidating as hell. As they stared Cecilia wondered if they were actually even Serpents, aside from the snake on the hood of the car there was no other sure-fire way of knowing as there were no serpent tattoos in sight. That was what she searched for as she had a staring contest with the teenagers and each time she couldn't find one on one person she found it the slightest bit easier to breath. Until she actually found one.

The boy sitting in the passenger seat of the loudest vehicle in the neighborhood (maybe even the entire Northside), Cecilia choked on air as she noticed the swerving form of a serpent embedded in the skin on his neck with black ink. Looking from the tattoo to the face of the person it had been etched into made Cecilia actually take a step back and take in a large gulp of oxygen. He was staring her down intensely with dark cold eyes and unlike his friends, there was no trace of even the slightest smile on his face. The others had been grinning at Cecilia mischievously and in an almost taunting manor but not him, she couldn't even give a guess as to what could have been running through his head.

The only thing Cecilia could decipher was that he had a great distaste towards the Northside and her as well for that matter.

"Oooh, what have we here?" The boy in the back next to the girl spoke and crawled over the girl, who yelled in protest, to hang himself halfway out the open window. "You a long way from home sweetheart?"

He laughed loudly along with the driver and the other male passenger in the back while the girl was still shouting at him for hanging over her. The boy in the passenger seat however, stayed silent and expressionless. Cecilia was wracked with nerves as the group stared her down and the chilling sound of their laughs didn't make her feel any better.

"Aren't you, Serpent?" Cecilia let the words slip and go tumbling out of her mouth as she didn't mean to say them out loud. Nonetheless she tried to keep her cool but on the inside, she was screaming at herself. What the hell are you doing Cecilia Marie?!

"Sassy, I like it." Stated the same boy who had initiated the conversation and grinned at her before winking and laughing hysterically with his friends. The comment made Cecilia's heart beat out of control nervously and she could feel her face heat up in embarrassment.

"Watch yourself northsider," Voiced the southsider in the passenger seat of the vehicle which drew Cecilia's attention. The two stared each other down, both refusing to be the one to back down first. "You'll get your scrawny self hurt talking back like that."

Cecilia snorted loudly at this, tearing her eyes away and losing thee staring contest to roll her eyes. The little voice in her head speaking up again much louder this time, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?! WHERE THE HELL DID THIS COME FROM?!

"Ya know, that serpent tattoo on your neck doesn't scare me." It definitely did.

"Is that so?"

"Yeah," She stated confidently, having successfully swallowed her fear of the group, and crossed her arms across her chest. The Chinese food on the sidewalk having long since forgotten. "I'd like to see you try."

How stupid could one girl be? Thought Sweet Pea as he glared at the little blonde girl who was ballsy enough to glare back at him with just as much attitude. The seemingly over confident northsider made his blood boil more so than it already had been with his hatred of the Northside, but that comment? That pushed him just a little too far, the Northside's ever present air of superiority over the Southside. He swiftly reached for the door handle and pushed it open in one fluid movement, he was soon placing a large leather boot on the tarmac and stepping out of the car.

"Of course, that would be incredibly stupid though. Basically an act of war and we both know all the man power is backing the mayor and therefore the Northside." Cecilia quickly followed up with her previous comment when she saw the boy begin to exit the vehicle. She was mentally kicking herself in the face for provoking the intimidating teenager, little did she know he couldn't tell that she was being anything but cocky.

Sweet Pea had been out of the vehicle and standing in the street when she was through speaking and stared at her once more. Her denim clad arms were crossed in front of her and a delicate patronizing smile was plastered to her lips as she waited for his response. He didn't catch the way her eyes grew slightly larger when he stood at his full height, she didn't notice the small curl of the corners of his mouth.

"Forget her, one little Northside tart is not worth the trouble." The driver spoke for the first time during the whole encounter and his booming gravely voice broke all of the teenagers - Cecilia included - out of their deadly stare down. The tall teen shot another harsh glare at the blonde before he scoffed at her and got back in the car, slamming the door shut hard enough to make Cecilia flinch. This he fully smirked at as he had finally gotten her confident exterior to crack even if only slightly.

Cecilia cursed herself mentally for flinching, way to ruin your ten minutes of badassery. The driver revved his engine and the loud music was blasting through the speakers again while none of the teenagers took their gazes off each other. As the vehicle began to move again, the boy still hanging halfway out the window waved erratically at Cecilia and smiled brightly at her before speaking.

"Good conversation. SEE YA LATER BLONDIE! I'LL BE WAITING FOR YA!" And with that the Serpents sped off, tires screeching and leaving a stunned Cecilia behind in the silence again. She stood in the same place for a couple minutes before even thinking about continuing on her way home, she was replaying her first ever encounter with the Southside Serpents over again in her head. Cecilia had no idea where the sudden lack of fear and the cockiness had come from, where the confidence to confront anyone had come from. And confronting probably the most intimidating teen boy she had ever met who was a Serpent? Did she have a death wish?!

Resuming her walk all she could seem to think about was the whole confrontation from the moment the freaking Serpent-mobile stopped next to her to the moment it drove off, leaving her behind in the dust. Although she was kicking herself over probably having unintentionally put herself on to a Serpent hit list, she was awed and slightly impressed with herself. Impressed with the way she handled the situation and didn't let herself be too intimidated by the group. Impressed that she didn't let them bully her into being scared of them.

It was like she was coming down from a really great trip, you'd think it would be the most agonizing and paranoid portion of the whole experience - and it was to a point - but Cecilia felt unbelievably good. As she turned, stepping on to the stone path leading to her front door, Cecilia thought about Holly's insistence for the two of them to spend the night on the Southside playing pretend. Cecilia was starting to warm to the idea as she thought it over while heading up to her bedroom and looking over her reflection in the mirror, in her casual pair of jeans and a tee shirt, the young blonde smirked at herself. She then thought of what the seemingly friendlier Serpent had said to her before they took their leave.

SEE YA LATER BLONDIE!

Cecilia continued smirking at herself for a few moments longer before she took a shower and got ready for bed, brushing her hair and teeth, washing her face, the whole shebang. She didn't realize how tired the day had actually made her until then as she shuffled to lazily pull an old band tee shirt of her brother's off the hanger. This shirt she only wore when her parents weren't home because they'd have a cow if they knew she kept it after they threw Raymond out, and she liked it as it reminded her of him.

Throwing the fluffy duvet away from her, Cecilia climbed in bed sluggishly and pulled it back over her body all while snuggling into the warmth smiling. She closed her eyes and waited for sleep to consume her and for a while it didn't, but when it did she was out like a light. The last thing Cecilia Kane remembered before passing out was a single thought that tumbled through her mind,

Yes, you just might see me later.


Cool, awesome, done. Hope ya'll enjoyed it, jenny.s.72 said she would love for Cecilia to interact with the Serpents at some point and maybe get involved with some and I kinda laughed because I already had written this chapter. So I hope you're happy with it and don't you worry, there will be plenty more run ins with the Serpents in the future ;)

Keep reviewing and letting me know what you think cuz I love reading the feedback and ya'll are so sweet! See ya

-Sunny out