Walking into school, Cheryl's head was spinning with thoughts, almost all of them concerning a certain tiny, pink-haired serpent girl.

This would be the first time she saw Toni since their chat at Pop's yesterday evening, and Cheryl was... surprisingly nervous.

She desperately wanted the other girl to keep hanging out with her, and she was really enjoying their newfound friendship. It was just so nice to have a friend again.

Walking down the corridoor towards her locker, Cheryl kept scanning the room, hoping to at least spot Toni first so she would have a few seconds to calm down.

Searching for the telltale pink-hair, Cheryl was slightly disappointed not to see Toni in the crowd. Quietly telling herself not to panic, Cheryl started going through her locker, getting out the books she needed for first period English. Suddenly she heard a voice from near her shoulder, a voice she had been waiting to hear for the last 20 minutes.

"Hey, Blossom," Toni Topaz said, smiling at Cheryl's shocked, then slightly sheepish expression. She laughed, a bright, tinkling sound so unfit for her bad-girl persona.

Cheryl smiled back. "Topaz" she greeted.

"Interacting in public now? Be careful Bombshell, or people wil start thinking you've gone soft!" Toni teased, secure in her standing with the Blossom girl now.

"Never. But if it's a big problem for you, I can always just go back to how it was before?" Cheryl replied sassily. Truth be told, she would definitely not be able to keep up her HBIC persona around Toni. But the other girl didn't need to know that.

Cheryl stopped, staring at Toni as the serpent girl struggled to keep a straight face.

"No, Cheryl," Toni whined, knowing it would make the other girl laugh. "How will I live??"

Cheryl burst out laughing, much to the surprise of what looked like the entire school in the corridoor. Heads turned but Cheryl ignored them, so Toni did too.

Finally stopping to catch her breath, Cheryl looked over at Toni. "Just so you know, I always have interacted with you in public," Cheryl confirmed, looking back to her locker before turning to Toni, who stood there, leaning against the adjacent locker.

"Well yeah, but now you're like, actually being nice. Anyway, have you met Fangs and Sweet Pea?", Toni asked, waving her friends over, glaring at Fangs as he made suggestive movements with his hands, leaving no doubt as to what he meant.

Cheryl looked at Toni for a second, wondering why the girl felt the need to introduce her to a pair of idiots she had already met. Not that she was going to say anything. She really liked Toni, and didn't want to jepordize their friendship before it had even started.

"Yes, ummm hello," Cheryl said nervously.

"Hey. I'm Fangs, that's Sweets. I heard your friends with our girl Topaz now? When did that happen?" Fangs asked, before Toni gave him a very pointed look.

"What Toni?! It's not like she's your gi-"

"Ok. That's enough. Goodbye now, see you in biology." Toni interrupted, pushing them away. Turning to Cheryl, who stood next to her, holding in laughter for the second time that morning. "What do you have first?"

"English, you?"

Same," Toni stated, narrowing her eyes at Cheryl's smug expression. "What??"

Shaking her head, Cheryl laughed once. "Why do they think we're dating?"

"Uh, I don't actually know," Toni said blushing slightly. "Anyway, English. We have to go or we'll be late."

"Smooth, Topaz. Real smooth." Cheryl said, smirking. "But yes, we should go. Just so you know, I have a 4.0 GPA and I'm not letting that drop just because I'm associating with the wrong sort now."

"Wrong sort, Blossom?"

"Well, obviously," Cheryl replied, gesturing down at Toni's ripped jeans and leather serpent jacket.

Both girls laughed, turning and slipping into the stream of students heading to first period.

\--/

Afterwards, during their break, the two girls were sitting and talking. Cheryl was nervously rubbing her hands together, twisting her fingers around and around, until Toni reached over and covered Cheryl's hand's with her own.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Toni asked hesitantly.

"Oh umm, it's not a big deal, but, well this morning, Mother and I had a visit from Daddy's lawyer. Turns out he had a secret will..."

"Of course he did," Toni muttered, more to herself then Cheryl.

"Anyway," Cheryl continued, "I was wondering if you would come to the will-reading. As my guest."

"Oh sure. A room full of Blossom drama! How could I ever say no?!" Toni laughed. Cheryl frowned slightly, and Toni suddenly stopped her laughter.

"But yeah. I would love to be your guest, Cher." Toni said seriously.

"Thanks, TT." Cheryl replied, side-hugging her friend. The two girls just continued to sit there, enjoying the peace and safety they had together, until the bell went for 3rd period.

\--/

Hola!!

I received a review in Spanish on the latest chapter, and I thought that was really cool, so I'm going to add in a little reply, also in Spanish.

Estoy tan feliz de que estés disfrutando tanto de mi fic. Me encanta escribirlo, y creo que es muy amable de su parte seguir buscando actualizaciones. He estado trabajando en hacer mis capítulos más largos, creo que hay uno, tal vez el capítulo diez (?) Que tiene casi 1500 palabras. Gracias su apoyo, y lo siento si esto es terrible español, pero Google lo traduce en realidad mi mejor amigo en este momento. Besos!!

Ok, now that that part's done, I have quite a bit to say.

1. I have decided I'm finding staying canon kinda boring. You will see in later chapters, but I'm just letting my imagination run wild, and it's actually been more fun than sticking to the script. So, I'm asking you guys for advice: should I split this off from the script or should I continue following the script and just adding in extra parts where I see fit.

Or... I just thought of something. The last option is for me to start on a new fic, completely my own creation, so I can keep this one mostly canon and still keep writing fun. Yeah, I think that's what I'm gonna do, but I would still love your input, guys.

Ok, 2. I have been thinking about finding a few beta readers to help me with cleaning up the storyline, and just fixing any little errors like grammar and spelling.

It would mean spoilers and everything like that, but if you guys can recommend anyone, or would like to volunteer, that would be greatly appreciated.

And now, I will proceed to fangirl my little heart out:

OMFG S3 HAS A RELEASE DATE OCTOBER 10 LIKR DIDIDJEUEISNOAOAOEHD MY HEART IS SO FULL OF RIVERDALE LOVE AND CHONI DAMN I LOVE CHONI.

Done. Love you guys!!!

-G

P.S: I don't know if I told you guys this, but Choni, with BeChloe, have really helped me when I was questioning my sexuality. Both those ships helped me realise that a relationship with another woman is something that I might want. And now I'm a proud Bi-sexual, even if I'm the only out person in my entire fricking school. Like, high school sucks, you guys. And I know 14 is kinda young to come out, but I hated having to hide who I am from everyone, so now I am completely and unapologeticly me.

Sorry, I'll go now