Sapphire scowled into her lunch. If she knew returning to lunch at school meant listening to Sweet Pea go on and on about Cheryl, then she would've stayed where she was. Currently, he was answering Jughead's question about what he was getting the ginger for Christmas.
"I don't know," SP stated. "What can you get a girl who has almost everything?"
Sapphire thought back to the charm bracelet she had at her house and snorted quietly into her food. She didn't notice the way Sweet Pea glanced at her before he went, "Got something to say Princess?"
Normally, Sapphire would be all for ignoring the boy, but she was kind of fed up with his talking. "How about a charm bracelet? I know the perfect one for you to give her."
The table tensed at her words herself included. She dragged her eyes to meet Sweet Pea's full on and the stared at each other as the tension darkened and crackled around them like lightning. Neither of them looked away even when Sapphire quirked a brow and Sweet Pea narrowed his eyes. A cough from Fangs broke the two away from their staring contest with annoyed grumbles about the other.
Sweet Pea turned back to Jughead, "And besides, she told me that her mom doesn't think they have enough money to even have Christmas this year."
Sapphire blinked because there is no way that the Blossoms are that fucking stupid. Sapphire sighed deeply before she stood up from the table and walked away without a word.
She had someone to go see.
It was still lunchtime at Riverdale High when Sapphire pulled up on her bike. She managed to catch the attention of the loners as she strutted her way through the school looking for Cheryl. The school's layout was stupid, but she eventually found her way to the cafeteria and immediately spotted the familiar red hair.
Everyone's eyes shot to her as she walked in and she mentally rolled her eyes at how quiet it was. She gets enough of that at her own school, but she paid it no mind as she walked up to Cheryl.
"Sapphire," Cheryl purred a little. "What can I do for you?"
Sapphire quirked a brow and looked around them, "Walk with me, Blossom. We need to talk."
And she turned around just as quickly as she came. The girl could follow her or not. The only thing that remains is that Sapphire did try. But she heard the click clacking of Cheryl's heels as they exited the cafeteria.
Once they were a safe distance away, Sapphire abruptly turned and handed Cheryl not only a check but a copy of the deed to Riverdale.
"I don't need your money," Cheryl sneered but she stilled pocketed the check as she looked over the deed. Cheryl paused before she stared up at Sapphire. "Is this… is this true?"
"Yes, the Blossoms and the Stones were the founding families of Riverdale. So about 10% or more sales from each business on the land where our family mansions stand or well stood goes to us. Except Pop's. We each get 5%."
Cheryl blinked in shock, but before she could say anything Sapphire was already turning around to leave. She done her community service for the day.
Sapphire leaning her head against Jughead's shoulder as she breathed in deeply. Jughead ran a hand over her back as she squeezed her eyes tightly together.
She heard plates being placed on the table, so she could only assume the rest of the Kingpin had made it.
"What happened to Saph," Fangs questioned looking at the girl who was squeezing her eyes tightly together as she breathed through her nose.
"I don't know," Jughead replied as she felt someone's hand starting to run through her hair. "She was lying face flat on the table when I got here."
"Saph," she heard Toni whispered from beside her, so it was more than likely her that was playing with her hair. "What's wrong?"
Sapphire felt a shudder run through her and bit back a moan. She squeezed her eyes more tightly before shaking her head lightly. "I don't know," she breathed out.
Her friends looked at her in worry even Sweet Pea wondered what was wrong with her when Joaquin came storming into their side of the cafeteria dragging a ghoulie with him. The ghoulie little friends tried to follow him but Sapphire's den blocked them off alongside some of the other serpents.
"DeSantos," Sweet Pea questioned looking at the Ghoulie in disgust. Joaquin didn't answer but he through the boy their feet as he glared at them.
"Go ahead," Joaquin snarled. "Tell them what you did to my sister!"
Every member of the Serpent's head turned towards the boy lying on the ground. His face paled at the sight of anger and murder in all their faces. "It-it was a joke! I swear!"
Fangs and Sweet Pea stood up slowly cracking their knuckles as they went. The boy in questioned tried to scramble away but Toni's foot on his chest kept in place. "What did you do to Sapphire," Toni snarled even Jughead glared down menacingly at the boy as Sapphire struggled to contain herself.
"It was a joke! It wasn't meant to be harmful," he cried out dodging around the question. Nathan from Sapphire's den moved to hold her as Jughead stood up with the rest of the Kingpin.
"That's not what she asked you," he stated calmly as all of them surrounded the boy. Sapphire was losing control as she began to squirm in her sit whimpering and whining.
"THEY TOLD ME TO PUT LIBIDO PILLS IN HER THERMOS," he screamed out as Toni began to press her foot down harder.
Once he screamed out the words, everyone turned to Sapphire who was looking back at them with a look of pure undeniable lust and unsated hunger.
"Fuck," nearly everyone except Joaquin stated at the look on her face. Joaquin, however, was snarling and sneering at anyone that looked at her too long. He marched over and snatched his sister out of the arms of Nathan before turning to look back at the Kingpin. "Handle him."
Fangs and Joaquin exchanged keys to their respective vehicles before Joaquin carried his sister out of the school as she whined and groaned at the burning heat and lust running through her veins. He managed to strap her into the passenger seat while he moved to secure her bike onto the back of the car.
He sped away from the school as Sapphire groaned and mentally tried to reign herself in. Joaquin was her brother! Adopted or not!
Joaquin growled and sat curses at the little punk that did this to her and pulled out his phone to call FP. The man picked up after the second ring.
"Joaquin," he stated.
"We've got a problem," Joaquin replied. "Can you meet me at my house?"
"On my way," FP said as he hung up the phone and Joaquin floored the car to go faster. He pulled into their driveway before getting out quickly to grab his sister and lead her into the house. Sapphire pressed her nose into his jacket as he took her to her room. He placed her on the bed before kissing her on the forehead and leaving out quickly.
He heard the unmistakable sound of motorcycles pulling up as he was filling up a glass of water for her. FP and Tall Boy walked into the house as he rushed past them and back to Sapphire's room.
Sapphire who felt that heat under her skin was becoming unbearable and was stripping of her clothes. Joaquin managed to duck the jacket she threw his way, but Tall Boy hadn't been lucky to dodge her shirt.
Joaquin placed the water on the table send ran a soothing hand over her forehead.
"What's wrong with her," FP demanded as he moved closer into the room. Joaquin almost snarled at him but just managed to hold himself back when he remembered that this was FP and he only sees Sapphire as his daughter.
"A ghoulie spiked her drink with libido pills," Joaquin muttered as he helped Sapphire sip the water. FP and Tall Boy's features twisted into snarls.
"They're dead," Tall Boy declared. Even he once was considering an alliance with them, he didn't care for their existence now. "They're ALL dead!"
It was a few days after the drugging incident and Sapphire was feeling the after effects strongly. But no one had seen her. She had pushed everyone away and no one could understand why. All of them had tried to get her to talk and come out of her room, but she wouldn't say anything to anyone. Hell, they couldn't even get into her room.
Joaquin suspected she pushed her dresser in front of the door and her bed in front of the window.
After a while when it was clear she wasn't going to talk, they all stopped. No one else bothered to try. They were going to let her come out on her own.
All except one person.
He stared at her door wondering what should he say. Its not like she even cares about him anymore. She probably hated him. He broke her heart. He took a deep breath and sank to the floor in front of her door.
He waited a beat. He didn't even know if she was awake or not, but at least he could tell himself that he tried.
"Do you remember when we used to always say we were going to join the Serpents," he started. Sapphire, who was balled up in a corner of her room, turned to look at the door.
"You used to always say how you were going to complete your initiating before me," he laughed a little remembering little Sapphire with badly cut bangs who had just got glasses. "You had to watch Hotdog before I could, and you didn't want to give him back afterwards. Poor Hotdog, the second. You used to dress him up and carry him around in your purse. You even got him a little side car for your bike back when we used to ride our bicycles everywhere."
Sapphire's brows furrowed. Where was he going with this?
"The second trial watching you yell out the laws into FP's face with all the attitude and confidence in the world. And how you just walked over to the tank to get the knife casually throwing a mouse that you got from who the fuck knows where into the tank and grabbing it. Both of us running our hands over each other tattoos. I think my Grammy almost died of shock when I walked with mine. You got off easy because it was winter, and you wore long loose-fitting pants."
"I wasn't there for your gauntlet because I was going through my own, but damn seeing you afterwards with a bloody nose and bruises to last a lifetime and you had this huge proud smile on your face as you showed off your jacket."
"And you said, 'This is the best day of my life!'", Sweet Pea chuckled a little. "I can't remember where I was going with this, but Saph- I mean Sapphire, if you need someone to talk to, I'm here for you."
And honestly, that was the wrong thing for him to say.
"You're here for me? Where were you when I was in the hospital needing my boyfriends comfort? Oh, that's right! You were off kissing some skank! Get the hell away from my door, Sweet Pea. I don't need you in my life anymore, so you can go run off into the sunset with Cheryl. The happily ever after for Sweet Blossom no one asked for," she snarled out. Sapphire turned towards her music player, plugged her phone in, and turned the first song she could think of to full volume.
I Don't Love You by Cruel Youth
No one was prepared for the day when Sapphire finally emerged from her room a few days later. Her face was pale, and she had bags under her eyes, yet she was still beautiful. She walked into the cafeteria of the school but anyone with eyes could see that she didn't plan to stay long.
She held a box in her hands as she made her way over to the Serpents' side and to the Kingpin table. All of them looked up at her with smiles slipping onto her face but they stopped short at the looked of frustrated determination in her features.
Her brother opened his mouth to speak, but she slammed the box down in front of Sweet Pea before turning on her feet to leave. When he opened the box, he felt his heart stop at the sight of the charm bracelet he had given her.
It was truly over for them. There was no going back.
It had been two weeks since Sapphire returned the bracelet to Sweet Pea. It had been a week and half since Sweet Pea gave that same bracelet except without the sapphire charm and instead a cherry charm to Cheryl.
Sapphire noticed something about her friends. Hell, if she could even call them that anymore.
Whenever she asked to make plans with one of them, they were all busy. She had figured that it was payback for when she was doing it to them. And if it wasn't, she hadn't really had problem. Sometimes people are too busy to hang out.
But she hadn't needed to pull up to Pop's and see them joking around with the Northsiders over milkshakes. She breathed in deeply before getting off her bike and heading inside.
She felt the moment when they turned to look at her, but she kept her face unreadable as she walked up to the counter. "I'm here for a pickup for Sapphire Stone," she told the worker and pulled out her phone for the short wait. Sapphire heard someone getting up from her seat to approach her when the worker appeared with her food. She handed him a fifty, "Keep the change," before she walks back out the restaurant ignoring the call of her name.
She secured her food onto her bike even when she heard Fangs, Toni, Jughead, and Joaquin running out to speak to her. Because yes, she asked all four of them to hang out, but they were all "busy".
She was speeding down the road right as they made it to where she was. Once she made it back to her house, she stormed into her room, packed a week's worth of clothes before she was once again leaving out and headed for Stone Manor.
She could deal with busy friends, but she couldn't deal with lying friends.
Sapphire was leaning against her bike outside of the Whyte Worm. She supposes she should go in for karaoke night, but she had been managing to ignore all her so-called friends for the past few days. She didn't really want to walk in and have to deal with them.
Her head was tilted towards the sky as she tried to let herself relax. She was done stressing over other people. It wasn't good for her skin.
The sounds of heels caught her attention and she scowled as she knew only two people who wore heels to the Whyte Worm. And she was fairly certain she knew exactly which one would bother her.
"What do you want, Little Red Riding Hood?"
Cheryl scoffed as she moved closer, "I just came out here for some air until I realized that they hadn't moved their trash away from the door."
"I'm not in the mood to deal with you, Blossom. Run along back to your friends and leave me be," Sapphire stated opening her eyes to glare at the other girl.
"Hmm, yes. My friends. You know I thought it was going to be a little harder taking them from you, but it was honestly so easy. I hardly had to put in any effort," Cheryl mocked not stepping down at the other girl's ferocious glare.
"I know you're not as stupid as you look. Nobody could be. I said to leave me alone," Sapphire growled getting angrier by the second.
"Our friendship is actually so strong. I doubt that I'll ever let them slip through my fingers like you did," Cheryl continued.
"Cry me a fucking river, Cheryl. You only want the life I've been living because its better than the one you have. Look at me, the sad little twin who wishes her brother wasn't dead. Who's glad its her daddy instead. Look at me, sad little Cheryl who wished mommy loved me."
Sapphire's head whipped to the right as Cheryl's hands connected with her face. She felt the anger in her boil before she pushed it away. She was done fighting even if she wanted to do nothing more than rake the girl's head across the gravel beneath their feet.
Her eyes flickered up to Cheryl who wore a small look of fear. Sapphire could only guess the girl was waiting for her to retaliate. "Can't take what you dish out, huh, Blossom."
Sapphire walked towards the door of the bar. "If you'll excuse me, I think I wanna join in on the karaoke session."
She walked on in without waiting to hear if the girl was following. She went up to the DJ booth not noticing the way her friends were looking at her. Queue up to songs before walking over to the mic.
"How's everyone doing tonight," she questioned with a smile that grew as everyone cheered out. "That's good. That's good. I got two songs for ya that I want to do. Are you ready for them?"
She smiled again as everyone yelled out a YES before turning a little to nod at the DJ. "This is right here is called Same Old Love by Selena Gomez."
The music drifted in and those who hadn't heard her sing before jaws dropped at the at her voice. She hadn't taken all those singing lessons before her parents died for nothing.
"Take away your things and go You can't take back what you said, I know I've heard it all before, at least a million times I'm not one to forget, you know."
Everyone was quiet except for the cheers here and there as she sang. Her body swayed to the beat of the music as she slowly got into the song. A small serene smile on her face as she heard the awed gasps from those right in front of the stage.
"I'm so sick of that same old love, that shit, it tears me up I'm so sick of that same old love, my body's had enough Oh, (that same old love) Oh, (that same old love) I'm so sick of that same old love, feels like I've blown apart I'm so sick of that same old love, the kind that breaks your heart Oh, (that same old love) Oh, (that same old love)"
Sweet Pea froze because he was one hundred percent sure that she was singing that to him. And his thoughts were only confirmed as she opened her eyes and flickered them over the crowd until they got to where he was sitting with the rest of their friends.
They made eye contact and they stayed that way for the whole song.
"Oh, (that same old love)"
As the beat drifted away, the sounds of cheers and clapping filled the bar and Sapphire laughed into her mic. "Who's ready for the next one? I swear this one is a personal favorite as of recently."
A loud chorus of cheers rang in the air and Sapphire nodded with a smirk. "This one is called FFF by my girl Bebe Rexha."
She motioned to the DJ and began to bob her head to the beat.
"Friends come and go, friends come and go Go like the seasons I never know, I never know what to believe in And it's getting old, it's getting old But no hard feelings 'Cause friends come and go, friends come and go without a reason And I, I've been in Riverdale for way too long Can't get this air inside my lungs It feels like I'm suffocatin' from all the lack of the realness here."
Toni, Fangs, Jughead, and Joaquin flinched back at the cold look in her eyes as she gazed upon them.
"Fuck fake friends, we don't need 'em Only thing they're good for is leaving Fuck fake friends, we don't need 'em I've had it up to the ceiling Fuck fake friends, we don't need 'em Only thing they're good for is leaving And I ain't got the time, money on my mind I'll say it to your face, fuck fake friends."
No one really connected the fact that she was singing this towards a certain group of people. They were too enthralled by her voice and how her body moved along to the beat. The only people to only notice would be FP and Tall Boy, but they couldn't really do anything that wouldn't set someone off.
And with the impending war between the Ghoulies, they didn't need anyone being set off. They also didn't need problems within their ranks.
"Is there anybody real out here? Got my middle, middle up while I'm singing.."
She even emphasized this line by sticking her middle finger into the air smiling brightly at the sounds of encouragement from the crowd.
She sung the chorus once more before she placed both hands on the mic and kept her friends pinned to their seats by the look in her eyes.
"And I ain't got the time, money on my mind Say it to my face, don't pretend And I ain't got the time, money on my mind I'll say it to your face, fuck fake friends And I ain't got the time, money on my mind Say it to my face, don't pretend And I ain't got the time, money on my mind I'll say it to your face, fuck fake friends.."
She turned from them as she sang the last part before stepping away from the mic and smirking smugly at the sounds from the crowd.
"ONE MORE"
"ONE MORE"
"ANOTHER ONE"
She rose a brow at the crowd before she was laughing slightly and moving further away from the mic.
"SAPPHIRE!"
"SAPPHIRE!"
"SAPPHIRE!"
She blushed at the yelling before she moved over to the DJ booth once more. She whispered into his ear before moving back to the mic.
"See, I had wanted to leave you all on a good note. But you all forced my hand. Get your tissues out. This song is a little emotion. Its called The End by Little Mix."
She took a deep breath before she motions for the DJ to hit play and then she let all her heartbreak out.
"I can't keep breaking up with you You messed with my heart babe Now it's black and blue But love isn't fair So I swear That this time This is the end…"
Her voice moved through the lyrics with ease going higher and lower at the appropriate times as she started to sway lightly.
"And I can't keep lying Lying to myself Oh I'm thinking you'll love me right But you never will It's too much to bear (too much to bear) So I swear (this time I swear) That this time This is the end (I mean it baby) …"
Her eyes slipped close as her mind gave her and instant reply of all the memories she shared with Sweet Pea. From when they were younger and first became friends.
"Said I'm gonna leave But I'll never leavin' Now I know that I really don't need to have your fun Now the party's done And you beg on the floor As I walk out the door Boy we're through…"
To when he and Joaquin were teaching her how to roller-skate. When he would let her paint her nails or how he would sit outside her door when the grief of losing her parents became too overwhelming.
"All the tears I've cried All the lonely nights Boy I lost my mind But now I'm sure (now I'm sure now I'm sure) …"
To when they started middle school together and Sweet Pea always shared his milkshake with her when they went to Pops. When the two of them would go over to each other's houses and help with homework and projects.
"You can say all you want but love isn't here anymore…"
When Sweet Pea's dad walked out on his mother when she was five months pregnant with the triplets. When Sweet Pea started to help around the shop to try to make sure ends meet. When she and the others would join in even though it was against the law for them to be working at such young ages.
"And I won't be missing, missing you And no one can love you The way I used to do But love isn't fair (love isn't fair) And I swear That this time This is the end…"
When they first joined the Serpents. When she gave him her virginity. When they went picked out their bikes together. The smiles and laughter they shared after they finished running an errand for the Serpents. The smirks on their faces as they quickly moved up the ranks.
"Oh
I promise baby
This is the end
You know it's the end
Oh, hey, yeah This is the end…"
All the way to the moment he broke her heart and left her in pieces.
It was quiet in the bar aside from the occasional sniffle of tears. Sapphire slowly opened her eyes to see people leaning onto each other for support and others furiously wiping their eyes.
She didn't spare the others a glance. She nodded once and moved away from the mic. It was FP that started off the round of applause and Sapphire smiled shakily. She was doing her best to keep from crying as she moved off the stage. She walked through the crowds accepting hugs from everyone and giving her gratitude for everyone that complimented her voice.
She did all of this until she reached the doors of the Whyte Worm and walked out. She hoped onto her bike and took of down the streets without looking back
She was sitting on a cliff over looking Sweetwater River. She was crying harshly into her arms.
"I'm alone. I'm all alone," she repeated brokenly. Her head whipped around at the sound of someone stepping on a branch. She squinted into the darkness and a strike of fear jolted her when the figure stepped into the moonlight.
Sapphire stared at him in fear before her features twisted into a glare.
"What," she sneered at the man. The effect being ruined by the sight of her red puffy eyes and drying tear tracks. "Come to finish what you started?"
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