A peace settled in the small town of Riverdale. The night grew quiet, but not an eery silence.

Charlie and Firecracker slowly slunk into the trailer the brunette lived in. They were a bloody mess from the night of fights.

"Darn, I'll need to shower tonight." Charlie sorely notes, earning an eyebrow raise from Firecracker.

"You don't shower every night?" Firecracker asks, shutting the front door.

They come to a stop in front of the sink of the kitchen.

"Who has the money to afford to waste electricity?" Charlie challenges, holding a stareoff with the redhead.

"I thought these trailers came with everything included?" Firecracker gestures to the trailer, using one hand.

Charlie is about to argue until Chad clears his throat from in the living room. She went pink, unaware of current company. "Chad, who's- wait, is that-?"

"This is Precious Blake. The fraternal twin brother of Lady and he tutors some kids in school. I have to graduate this time." Chad murmurs, motioning to the brown skinned boy sitting in the middle of the sofa.

"You sure? For a fourteen year old, he looks like a giant." Charlie smartly remarks in sarcasm of a whisper.

Chad sighs, "Okay, your point?"

Charlie shrugs, "I don't have one."

"Aren't you failing in Math?" Firecracker asked, nudging the brunette. She began to strip off her leather jacket- tossing it on the table.

"Charlie, you can't afford to fall behind. You're going to have to let him help you with math." Chad informs his adopted sister with no room for her to protest.

"Oh, who wouldn't want a younger guy up showing them?" Charlie sarcastically bites off, making her disapproval evident.

Chad sighed, dropping his pencil onto his notebook.

"Don't you mean upstaging?" Precious softly asks, finally meeting her gaze in a curious manner.

"Nobody asked the goody two shoes, Asian!" Charlie semi hissed as Firecracker pinched her arm.

"Don't start." Firecracker hissed, jabbing a thumb in the direction of Charlie's bedroom.

Charlie knew the redhead was right. She had no beef with Precious nor should she start a war. She found it in herself to build a bridge over her inner feelings of hatred for no reason. She took a few deep breaths, shooting the brown eyed boy an apologetic glance. "I'm sorry."

"Don't apologize. I'd be stressed if I were forced to confront my sister like that. The way you two did earlier tonight." Precious waves it away, softly beaming at her.

"Cj, this is the first step to building friendships. You two are both Asexual so you have that in common to start off with." Chad chirped, squeezing her shoulder.

Firecracker rejoined them, sighing as she snatched up her red leather jacket. A disappointed look sat on her pale features.

"Where are you going? I thought you were spending the night." Charlie spoke, perking up at the distraction.

"Jughead found a new drive-in theater on the outskirts of town where he wants me to meet him. He wants to have a horror movie marathon with his girlfriend." Firecracker scrunches her nose up in disdain.

"How about you take Charlie with you? Or we could all go." Chad volunteers, snatching up his black leather jacket.

"I'll get my brother to meet us there." Precious chirped, watching Firecracker blush pink at the mention.

"Sure." Firecracker agrees as Charlie latches onto Chad for a minute.

"If you have your Serpent jacket then who's am I wearing?" Charlie rose both eyebrows.

Chad lightly chuckles, smirking as he would never tell. He pet her head of hair, messing it up. "I can't tell you."

Firecracker gripped the shoulders of Charlie once they arrived to the abandoned, closed off, spooky drive-in. She chewed on her bottom lip, wanting to get advice on how to see if someone liked you. "How do you know when you fancy someone?"

"I, uh, I...I mean, I suppose you'll know when it strikes you. I honestly have no clue how to answer. Gutted, I've been with someone who used me. I think I like someone when evidently I don't. I'm sorry for being unhelpful." Charlie softly replies, feeling stupid for not having more.

"You'd die for the other person. You'd sacrifice everything even if you end up with nothing to make sure their needs are met including their happiness." Chad spoke up, coming to the rescue as he interjected himself into said conversation.

"Wow, you could teach chemistry." Precious pipes up, withholding meaning in his tone.

"How would you know? You never actually liked Lady." Firecracker reminds her half brother.

"I cared for her, but I've had my eye on another this entire time. I don't think he knows I exist since he's with someone else." Chad solemnly informs, briefly growing sad.

"It's not Jughead, is it?" Charlie softly wonders.

"He's my brother, dummy! No, it's Archie." Chad sighs, releasing one of sadness.

"We should take V down. She shouldn't have the redhead all to himself." Charlie perks up, ready to wage war on her half sister.

"Charlie, that is not how it works. You can't decide to blow someone up for the fun of it. Archie isn't gay." Precious informs her with a narrowed, worried eye on the brunette.

"No, but he could be bi or pan." Charlie softly muses, knowing nothing is impossible.

Chad nods, pulling his sisters into a sidhug. He kisses the top of their heads, making them squirm. "You girls are my rock."

"I had a pet rock once." Charlie mumbles into his arm. She is unamused with the contact, shoving her brother from hanging onto her. Her hair is rather messy, but she doesn't give a flying cheetah about it.

"Please tell me you didn't name it Rocky?!" Firecracker chuckles, letting her brother keep his arm around her.

"Um, no. His name was Rock. I have some class." Charlie states, rolling her eyes.

Firecracker snorts, "How is that any better?"

"It's not meant to be." Charlie shakes her head at the crude gesture.

"What do you think they'll show?" Precious asks, switching the topic.

"Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street. All the old ones. None of the newer films." Firecracker replies, watching the boy turn pink.

"What? You don't like horor?" Charlie asks in disbelief, poking his cheekbone for the fun of it. She was in a slightly better mood than earlier.

"I just...those films...they have nudity and blood in them." Precious speaks, clearly disgusted by his own revelation.

"Okay, no one said you have to like it." Firecracker nonchalantly shrugs.

"They have cut versions of it to where there isn't much. Watched it last night on syfy. I was bored. No one said you had to come either." Charlie softly yawns, growing on edge. She got the sense of dread, trying to fill her heart for whatever reason.

"Right." Precious blandly stated, narrowing his gaze on the brunette.

Chad snickered, tugging them into the cool yard showcasing the field of grass. He brought a long blanket for them to sit on since he failed to buy a vehicle. "I'm going to get snacks."

The night may have been long, cold, and peaceful. A night of horror movies is just what they needed to lift their spirits from current events. The small town wouldn't be quiet forever.