**I DO NOT OWN RIVERDALE, BUT I DO OWN DIANA LODGE AND HER STORYLINE**
Diana split from the gang, their dark chatter of a recently deceased not sitting well with the hazel eyed girl. She had seen enough death in her life that the novelty wore off long ago. Plus, she was in the mood to explore the mysterious relic known as Riverdale High.
Turning around another corner, she collided with a solid object and fell a few steps away.
"I'm so sorry" She hurried to say as her gaze met a set of vulnerable brown eyes hidden behind thick black lashes.
The brick haired girl was dressed in a plum dress, her make-up running down her cheeks from tear-stains that had yet to stop. She had a defeated slump in her shoulders that Diana recognized as someone who had recently lost someone.
This girl was a beautiful mess and Diana was stuck between feeling sorry for her and feeling awe.
That was until the young woman opened her dark pink lips and sneered "Watch where you're going".
Before Diana could reply, the woman tossed her waves behind her as she sashayed away.
Above her head the bell rung, knocking her out of her daze. Diana shook her head, instantly forgetting about the demonic angel with sad brown eyes.
Diana hurried to grab a tragically deformed piece of pizza from the lunch line with a grit of her teeth. If one more person "politely" asked her how she was coping with her family's misfortunes, she would snap. Even the lunch man looked to her with curious eyes to which she answered with a frustrated hand through her hair as she handed him the money for her meal.
As she walked to the outside lunch hall, her hazel gaze glanced around for a familiar face. They finally caught sight of a certain Cherry who sat across from a blonde beauty, a peppy brunette and her very own twin.
Before she thought about walking inside, Archie looked to her with a smile. He waved her over to them, his eyes leaving her no choice but to obey.
"Umm, can I sit with you guys?" Diana asked, biting down on her ruby lip as she looked to the group.
"Of course!" Archie replied, signaling for Kevin to scoot over to make room for her beside her twin to which she answered with a grateful smile and a "Thank you".
As she slid in beside Veronica, Diana heard a husky voice sing out into the air. She looked around for the source of the sound to discover it came from a laptop in front of Archie.
"Is that you Cherry?" Diana muttered, pointing to the screen with wide hazel eyes.
The boy blushed deeply and quickly shut the music off. "Yeah, it's a little rough I know, but…"
"No, it was good!" She replied with haste causing Archie to smile, his blush somehow matching his flaming hair. "Incredible actually; did you write that yourself?" Diana added taking a bite of her pizza, letting out a moan as the surprisingly decent taste that hit her taste buds.
Archie chuckled, his blush fading into his natural pale skin as he said "Thanks and yeah, I wrote it over the summer".
"Well if you ever want a third party opinion, I'm your girl. Ronnie and I both are singers as well" Diana spoke before taking another bite of her food. "You should definetly do something with your talent".
"I'm trying" Archie replied with a sigh then looked between the twins. "So how's your first day going?"
"Yeah, I hope no one's giving you a hard time" Betty chimed in, her sympathetic blues wavering with suspicion as she glanced at Diana.
Diana grunted as she bit into her pizza while her sister answered "Not be a narcissist, but I thought more people would be a little more…"
"Obsessed with you?" Kevin filled in with a smirk to which Veronica answered with a nod. His smirk turned into a full blown smile as he regarded something off the distance. When his eyes met Veronica's, Diana caught a glimpse of mischief behind his gaze. "Any other year, you'd be trending for sure. This year however, has been overthrown by Cheryl trying to win Best Supporting Psycho Oscar for her role as grief-stricken Red Widow"
Archie shifted around uncomfortably before proceeding to pack up his things. "Hey, I gonna go. I have a meeting with Grundy then football tryouts…"
"Gosh, is there anything you don't do?" Veronica squeaked out with a chuckle, much to the amusement of the group and the embarrassment of Archie.
Once Archie had left, a deft smile fell onto Veronica's lips. Turning to Betty, she opened her mouth to question the blonde.
"Before you ask Blue Jasmine…" Kevin cut her off with a smile to Diana at a mention of her movie reference before looking back to Veronica, "No, she has not asked him to the dance yet".
The twins frowned at Betty to which she replied with a shrug "I will ask him; there just hasn't been a good time…"
"Then make time girl!" Veronica answered with a playful eye roll as she said "As my darling Audrey Hepburn said, Opportunities don't often come around so when they do, you grab them"
Betty shook her head and smiled. As she went to reply, her eyes darted past the raven haired girl; a nervous glint settled into her expression as she looked down at her food "I'll ask him, just let's stop talking about Archie okay".
Before Diana could question the blonde's abrupt demeanor change, a siren dressed in a black top and a bright red skirt stood before their table. Diana almost dropped her food at the sight.
This was the demonic angel with the sad brown eyes.
A deceivingly sweet smile fell onto the young woman's ruby lips as she said "Diana and Veronica Lodge, I heard whisperings. I'm Cheryl Blossom, may I sit?" Not waitng for a reply, she went to sit next to Betty who hurried to move away with a roll of her eyes.
"So what are you hens gossiping about?' Our very own Archie Andrew's chrysalis of puberty?" Cheryl asked, her false smile turning positively devilish as she looked to the twins.
Seeing that Cheryl didn't remember her, Diana let a sigh of relief as her sister said "Extra-curriculars, Weatherbee wants us to sign up for something".
"Cheerleading is a must then. I'm senior captain of the River Vixens and I bet I can a spot for both of you!" Cheryl anwsered with a gleeful flip of her hair.
"Is cheerleading still a thing?" Kevin snarked causing Cheryl to glare at him and reply "Is being the gay best friend still a thing?"
Once Kevin was silenced, Cheryl glanced back at the twins with her plastered on smile "Some people say it's retro, but I say it's eternal and iconic". She finished with a glazed expression, as if she were reminising about the good o'l days.
Finding her voice, Diana replied proudly "At Spence, we were on the Elite squad and Veronica sat on top of the pyramid. I'm in if you are?" She looked to her sister's joyous expression and smiled. Looking back to Cheryl, she anwsered confindently "We're in" Then she glanced to Betty and added quickly "Betty, you're trying out too".
Betty's shocked displeasure read clear across her face as a bubbly Cheryl exclaimed "Of course, anyone's welcome to try out. It's just Betty's already got so much on her plate and being aVixen is kind of a full-time thing, but it's open to all!"
With that, Cheryl stood up. Offering her final smile to the twins, she said "Follow me on Twitter and I'll do the same. My handle is cherylbombshell . See you at try outs!" Then she sashayed back to her table.
Diana immediatly turned to Betty "Hey, if you don't want to try out, I understand. I just didn't want..."
"No" Betty anwsered with a shake of her head, sending Diana into a silence as she continued "I'd love to be a cheerleader. It would look amazing on my college apps, but last year... last year when I tried out, Cheryl said I was too fat". Betty finished, looking down as she pushed away her food with a sad expression.
Diana rushed over to Betty as Kevin remarked " Too Season Five Betty Draper. It was a great line, but not at all true".
Diana smiled at the blonde, offering her a pat to her shoulder as she said "Well you're a total babe Betty Cooper. Honestly with how smart and hot you are, you should be running this drab hive". Betty blushed as Diana continued with a nudge "If you want to be a River Vixen, I can make that happen. Veronica and I will help you prep".
At the mention of her name, Veronica quickly added "We have moves. Cheryl won't know what hit her".
"What do you say Betty? Ready to show Cheryl what you're made of?" Diana said, glancing at the teen girl in question with curious eyes.
After a few moments of thinking, Betty looked to Diana with fire behind her gaze. With a nod, she replied "Okay, you know what? Show me your moves?" she challenged bringning a smile to everyone's face.
"Alright, then we'll get ready after school" Diana said as the bell rang out, signaling the end to the lunch period.
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