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Cherry ran up beside her. "Chloe! What are you doing here? What a lovely surprise. Come sit with us…hi Soda." Cherry dragged me a few feet away before I shook my arm free of her grasp.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" I asked, rubbing my wrist.
"Trying to keep you from making another mistake, first you turn down James and now you're here talking to people like him!" Cherry pointed to Soda who was still standing behind me. When he saw us looking he stuffed his hands into his pockets and walked back towards the group.
"Sorry Cherry, but you wouldn't understand." I turned to walk away, but she stopped me again.
"I understand wanting to go slumming, but you have to think about your future now, about marrying well. Look, in high school I had a crush on a grease named Daly and…"
"Don't talk about him like that!"
"Excuse me? You didn't even know him."
"I'm done Cherry, done pretending!" She looked at me, obviously very confused. "I went to middle school with you! Dally used to protect me when Bob and Randy and James would try to jump me after school. I'm one of them Cherry, and if you don't like it then to hell with you!"
I turned around and walked towards Soda who was sitting in the back row by himself. As I walked over I had tears running down my face, yet I was smiling, I was happy. I sat down next to him, and when he turned to speak to me I wrapped my arms around him and hugged him tight. "I'm home." I whispered into his ear.
I pulled back and settled myself into my seat. Soda put his arm around my shoulders, I leaned into him, comfy and content, this was right.
A/N – I know that its not very long…I wrote during class and didn't have a lot of time. Leave me some reviews and I'll try to get another chapter up. I'll try and update "Anne" by the end of the weekend though. Thanks!