The day after the incident in the bathroom with the self proclaimed, red-headed "bombshell", Toni saw her sitting alone in the cafeteria during lunch.

"Hey Juggie?", she asked the serpent boy sitting next to her, "What's her deal? The Blossom girl, I mean."

"Huh? Oh Cheryl. Yeah, don't mess with her, Toni," he replied, looking away from Betty, who was sitting next to him, well, almost as on top of him, kissing his neck.

"Ohhh she's the one with the brother, and that vendetta with.., oh gross, can you, like, get a room?!" she exclaimed, tearing her gaze away from the red-head to look at the pair.

"Oh yeah, Jug, turns out this is actually a public place, dude," she heard Sweet Pea say, "I know you love your girl and all, but maybe showing her just how much is something you could do when we aren't around? Or even just when we're not in the school cafeteria, you know, with a bunch of wierd-as horny teens..."

"Of which you are one, perv," Fangs remarked, while Sweets scowled at him. Toni burst out laughing at his moody expression, before the rest of them cracked up too.

"Douches," he muttered, causing them to laugh even harder.

Sweet Pea, Fangs and her had known each other their entire lives. Sweets and Toni had joined the Serpents together, aged 14, learnt to ride motorcycles together, got their very first tatoos together. Fangs hadn't joined the Serpents until a few years later, since his parents had been very firm that they didn't want that life for him. But being with the Serpents was like having one big family, they had each other's backs, and she considered those guys her brothers. Stupid, crazy brothers, but brothers nonetheless.

Neither Sweet Pea nor Toni had any parents, or immediate family, since Sweet Pea was given up soon after he was born, and Toni's parents were long gone. It was a long story, and not something she enjoyed talking about.

"You assholes are so mean," Betty said annoyed, looking up from her position, square on Jughead's lap now, "can't you leave us to make out in piece?!"

"Can't YOU leave us to eat our lunch without wanting to throw up?" Sweet Pea asked. The Cooper girl sighed, resigned to the fact that this wasn't something she was gonna win. "Just don't look then!"

"Not looking, not looking, not looking, not looking..." Toni muttered, purposely looking anywhere but at the couple on the seat next to her. So she instead let her gaze drift around the cafeteria, stopping halfway to inspect the red-head she was so curious about.

She looked the girl up and down, almost like she had done at the drag race that day. Cheryl sat regally, looking almost like she owned the school, which given her familiy's immense wealth and ties to literally everything in Riverdale, probably wasn't far from the truth.

She had stunning red hair, which was draped over her left shoulder, and a little gold brooch adorned the other side of her top. She had on black leather pants and bright red Louis Vuitton heels, which matched perfectly to her cropped top and matte lipstick, something she had noticed the girl wore everywhere.

Suddenly the girl turned, fidgeting slightly, as if she could feel Toni's eyes on her. Meeting the Serpents curious gaze, she smirked slightly before turning back to her lunch.

Suddenly Toni stood up, and much to the surprise of her friends, and pretty much the whole school, sat down at the table, across from Cheryl.

The girl looked at her in surprise, clearly uncomfortable with the unexpected presence.

"Hey," the girl just looked at her. "Cheryl Bombshell, right?" Still nothing.

"Ok well, I'm Toni. Toni Topaz. Anyway, if you remember the drag race, turns out, since it didn't officially finish, everything's staying the same. Or at least, that's what my friend Fangs said. But he can't really be trusted. There was this one time where..." The girl looked taken aback, and more than a little bit confused, as Toni continued talking to her, waiting for the red-head to say something.

"Why are you being nice to me?" The girl asked finally, interupting her spiel about the time Fangs stuck his finger in an electric sharpner.

"Because...," Toni started, looking down at the table between them. "Because I want to be you friend." She looked up, meeting the other girls gaze, holding back the smirk that was fighting it's way onto her lips. "Oh and, you know friendship is mutual, right?"

"Well, I don't want you to be," Cheryl said abruptly, pushing back her chair and standing up. "Leave me alone, Scum."

Toni just sat there, unsurprised by the reaction. "Mutual, Bombshell!" She called after the girls retreating form.

Sighing, she moved back to her spot next to Jughead, as Fangs spoke up.

"Something wrong, Topaz?" he queried, smirking.

"Unhappy in love??" Sweets added, wriggling his eyebrows suggestively. Laying her head on the table, she gave them both the finger, before replying, "she looked lonely..."

"Woah, Topaz! Nevermind. Please don't go there. You don't like this girl," Sweet Pea said, waving his hands in her face, as if to remove all memories of what had just happened.

Fangs widened his eyes, before grinning.

"Toni has a crush!!" He whisper-yelled. "On the crazy girl!!"

"Fuck off," she replied, getting up from the table and walking off in the direction Cheryl had gone.

"Go get your girl!!"

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Bonjour, mes amies!

Yes, I know I missed my posting time, I'm sorry. I have a concert tonight for my Pipes and Drums band.

Here is Chapter 4!! I'm really starting to get into the story and the increase in support helps. Thanks once again to JPOTdaBeast. Your support continues to amaze me.

Now, I have to go tune up. Sorry this chapter wasn't as long as the last, but it's the first one not based on the actual script, so I'm still getting used to writing from my own ideas.

Love y'all,

-G