A solid white two bedroom trailer sat on a patch of gray- isolated in the Sunnyside Trailer Park. The sun was beginning to sink, proving another school day gone by.
Charlie stood, conversing on the light oak wood of the porch to Sabrina Spellman. The brunette was chatting animatedly with the blonde girl who was an inch shorter than her.
"So, your brother returns today?" Sabrina asks, furrowing her dark eyebrows. The girls short blonde hair fell a bit above her shoulders with dark eyes to match. She had a likeness for wearing a red knit turtleneck sweater, further irritating Cheryl Blossom.
"He's supposed to." Charlie happily announces, retrieving her key from her pocket. She places the key in the knob, turning it to unlock it.
A pale, freckle faced boy with red hair sticking up all over the place was halfway in the window of the living room. His bright blue eyes briefly flitting to the dark green carpet as he grunts. He was lean with some muscles for an eighteen year old. He succeeds in pulling himself into the living room. He straightens his black leather jacket, softly shutting the window. His eyes take in the semi clean trailer, glancing to the company he brought only to stop on Charlie and Sabrina.
"Chad, you've come this far!" Charlie squeaks, shifting uneasily on her feet in the doorway. She opts to allow Sabrina move further in so she can slowly shut the door.
"Charlie, my bestie. Oh, I'd like you to meet Lady Blake." Chad eagerly chirps, gesturing to a caramel complected girl with almond brown eyes.
The girl could be the twin of a toothpick for how small in size she was. Her silk brown hair was brushed neat with short bangs in the front. She wore a lavender knit turtle neck sweater to compliment her semi light complexion accompanied by a jean skirt. She was the true definition of a Lady.
"The last name sounds familiar." Sabrina giggles, smirking as she went over to the counter. She was always welcome at the Thames residence, choosing to sleepover on the torn then-white striped sofa sat against the wall of the living room while Chad was away.
"Is she in relation to Daphne Blake?" Charlie ponders, laying her backpack on the table of the small kitchen. She didn't mind, sighing as she began to make toast.
"Oh no, nothing like that. Lady is new to the small town of Riverdale. I was showing her around. She's only just turned fourteen." Chad perks up, stuffing his hands into his jacket pockets.
"Chad, do you bring every fourteen year old to your trailer?" Sabrina quizzes, finding the ginger rather suspicious.
Chad sighs, "Relax, Brina. This isn't some sick situation. I don't like younger women."
Lady rose an eyebrow. She could beg to differ. She spent the night in the clearing of Sweetwater River with the jerked, spying on two grown adults whispering back and forth. Why? She couldn't say why for sure.
She saw him, becoming smitten by the vibrant red of his hair; leading her to want to follow his every move. She became more enamoured with his bright blue eyes- the color of the sky on a warm gently breeze affiliated day. She chose to follow him; instead of searching for her twin like she was meant to be doing. She asked Chad what he was doing yet he kept himself tightly shut off from her.
"The look Lady is giving you begs to differ." Sabrina notes, scoffing at the forethought. She shrugs, spreading strawberry jam on toast once Charlie passes it to her.
"Where did you wonder off to Chad? I got your message so I left staying with my best friend until your return for this mess." Charlie wasn't hungry like she thought. Just a bit upset.
"Alice Cooper and FP Jones were down by Sweetwater River. I had to know what they were up to. From a distance, it looked like they were on a date." Chad goes on to explain, removing his hands from his jacket pockets.
"Lady, would you like some toast?" Charlie asks, lifting an eyebrow at the girl. She didn't feel like being rude to the newcomer.
"Sure, if you don't mind. I prefer grape jelly." Lady softly speaks, walking into the kitchen. She seems uneasy to be around them. She didn't need them coming across her secret.
"I'm guessing they weren't on a regular date from the crazed look in your eye." Sabrina says, biting into her piece of toast.
"No. They were whispering about their children. You know what I learned? They're my biological parents!" Chad squeaks with a grin, spreading across his pale complexion. He did seem to be going mad in said moment, leaving the girls to wonder about his sanity.
"Yeah, so? I could have told you that." Charlie groans, rolling her eyes.
Chad vigorously shakes his head at her, "Cj, you don't understand. I'm a serpent by blood."
"Okay, but does it matter?" Sabrina grows concerned for the adopted Thames siblings. She helped them to hide the fact that their adopted parents had gone missing sometime four years ago.
Charlie had gone to Sabrina for help. She still kept wondering where they ran off to. She never got an answer, considering they didn't leave much to go on. The strange occurrences, random murders, and induction of the Southside Serpents put the siblings on the back burner.
"Damn, straight it matters! I've always wanted to know my real parents. I've always wanted to know what it was like. Y'know? Them to love, hold, and cuddle you." Chad happily remarks, grinning up at the ceiling.
Charlie grew saddened by the revelation. She could talk them up for the redhead, but even she knew how the real world worked. Her eyes flit from Sabrina to the new girl. She wanted answers on what to do, watching Sabrina shake her head in disagreement at the popping his bubble theory.
"Oh, uh, you should definitely go for it." Charlie notes, being supportive of her big brother.
"Really? I know the mess that was created when you found out Hermione Lodge and Hal Cooper were your biological parents. I'm sorry for their lack of empathy to you." Chad came down off his high, lending a soft grip to his sister. He would always look at her like family no matter what.
"It's not your fault they turned me away. I was a bastard could- bred of hate. Who could want an ugly combination? I'm happy for you." Charlie forced down her own bitter feelings for her duo of parents.
Charlie had tried to reach out to the two who refused to accept her. She had nearly got sliced up by the Black Hood for being born. She found out her birth father was Hal Cooper in the chaos of it all, further damaging her reputation at school. She was half tempted to move to Greendale until Jughead and Archie reassured her that she didn't need to worry about it. Her further reassurance came in the form of Sweet Pea, Fangs Fogarty, and Briana Topaz.
She had known Sabrina all her life. She wasn't worried about losing the half mortal, half witch as her friend. She'd always known they'd savor their friendship.
"Lots of kids grow up without their biological parents." Lady comments, spreading grape jelly onto a fresh slice of bread. She takes a bite, leaving a mess around her thin lips- consisting of butter and grape.
Chad lightly chuckles, "Lady is correct. Mine won't want me either, but it's nice to try."
"Nice?" Charlie dumbfoundedly asks, earning a curt nod from Chad.
"Cj, you catch my drift!" Chad hooks a thumb in her direction. He begins to start for his bedroom which is the one on the left end of the trailer where a locked white door stood.
There were two front doors while the white door stood beside a red chair up against the oak wall. A lamp on a stand sat in the middle next to a red recliner bearing the counter of the kitchen.
"What about Lady?" Charlie asks, earning a chuckle from her brother.
"She has come to pay her big brother a visit. Don't worry! She'll find her way." Chad calls in turn, closing his bedroom door.
Charlie goes to confront Lady who had already snuck from the kitchen to the outside. Her eyebrows shot to her hairline, sending Sabrina a quizzical gaze.
"She took the way we came." Sabrina notes, eyeing the light brown door of the kitchen entry.
Charlie rolls her brown eyes, briefly taking in her brown oak door to her bedroom which was closed. Her eyes took in the small, plain bathroom whereas the door stood ajar. "Can't life be simple?"
"Where would the fun be in a simple life?" Sabrina asks, washing up the butter knife she used. She put away the jelly, jam, and butter in the fridge cleaning up the place. She knew for some reason Charlie wouldn't.
Charlie had a bad habit of leaving her stuff all over the place. Really, she couldn't be bothered with picking up clothes scattered about her room or to make the queen sized bed she slept on. Her red cover was a heap of wrinkled mess; tossed all about. The girl had issues she wasn't willing to confront. Shrugging, she threw on a simple peach tee shirt- crawling into her bed.
She had already semi given up on life.