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Two days after her nightmares had seemingly come to fruition, Cheryl was sitting in her room. Thinking.
Cheryl often didn't have time to just sit and think, what with dealing with her mother, school work and the vixens. Actually, as much as she denied it, Cheryl usually made sure she didn't have any time to herself to wallow in her thoughts. After Jason's death, it was just too hard, and would almost always end in tears.
So she made sure she always had something to do, something to distract her from herself.
But today? Cheryl had decided that it was time to finally sort out her head. There were too many thoughts and ideas floating around, and unsurprisingly, they were mostly concerning two people.
1. Claudius Blossom. Her father's "twin" had showed up out of the blue. Honestly, Cheryl did not believe his bs about her father pointing a gun to his brother's head. Not that she wouldn't put it past her father to do something like that, but there was something just off about the story.
Anyway, person number 2 was... Toni Topaz? Yes, Cheryl's obsession with Josie was still lurking under the surface, but she had kind of moved on. Like, a bit. And she wasn't obsessed with Toni (thankfully). She liked the girl's persistence, and admired the way she survived on the Southside, especially since it's such a masculine environment.
Cheryl was just genuinely happy that someone was here for her. But thinking of the petite serpent made her miss the other girl, even though they had been up until 11 the night before, talking on the phone.
Quickly checking to see who was around, Cheryl texted Toni, asking her if she could come over. Within 10 minutes, Cheryl could hear the sound of a motorbike engine, before it cut out and Toni could be seen running down the side of the drive.
She was half hidden in the shadows from the trees, probably to make sure Cheryl's mother didn't see her.
Watching her, Cheryl smiled. She climbed down the side of her house, out the window, and rolled at she hit the ground. Standing with a flourish of her hand, Cheryl grinned as Toni doubled over, panting, in front of her.
Her dark hair fell around her face, and her face was flushed pink from the exertion. She looked... beautiful. Suddenly, Cheryl felt the unexpected need to kiss her.
Even though she had already come out to Toni, she didn't want any romantic feelings getting in the way of their friendship. Anyway, Toni didn't like her like that, Cheryl was positive.
So instead, she focused once again on her FRIEND. Toni had straightened but was still trying to catch her breath. She was frowning slightly.
"Umm hey? You ok?" Cheryl asked, her smile fading slightly.
"I thought... you were... in...trouble" Toni panted, running her hand through her hair. Immediately Cheryl smiled again.
"No TT," she chuckled. "I'm fine. I just wanted to hang out with my friend. Is that a such a crime?"
"No.., yeah, damn. I really thought something was wrong, Cher." Toni replied, shaking her head at herself.
"Nice to see you care though," Cheryl smirked, giving the other girl the side eye as they walked away from Cheryl's house. They both laughed, the sound echoing in the quiet of the surrounding forest.
"Anyway, now that I know your alright, where do you wanna go?" Toni asked, stopping to look at Cheryl.
"Let's just get going, we can decide on the way. Come on, my car's this way," the red-head replied, gesturing with head to where the red convertible was parked.
Toni started forwards before stopping, tugging on Cheryl's arm to get her stop too. An evil smirk grew on her face.
"What? What are you planning, Topaz? I know that face!" Cheryl exclaimed, crossing her arms over her chest. She would normally be worried, but she knew Toni would never do anything to hurt her.
"You. Me. Now. My bike." Toni demanded, still smirking, and slipping her hand into Cheryl's, she started dragging the other girl towards her bike.
"Toni..." Cheryl whined, running her hand through her hair. "There is no way I'm getting on that... that... death trap".
Toni rolled her eyes, still half dragging Cheryl towards her bike. She knew that the other girl's protests were mostly for show, and if Cheryl didn't want to do this, she would have been back inside with the door locked the second Toni had suggested it.
"Come on, beb. If it makes you feel better, I'll even sign a waiver..??" Toni said hopefully. Cheryl waved her off.
"Oh Topaz. I'm almost worried you don't know how a waiver... hold on. What's beb??" She asked, confused.
Toni immediately blushed scarlet, looking away, determined not to meet Cheryl's eyes.
But that only made it worse, because Cheryl, after seeing the serpent girl's reaction, was about ten times more curious than before. Staring hard at the girl in front of her, she waited until Toni finally spoke.
"Beb, well... umm... basically... it's... well... it's like... it's like babe, I guess... Except I'm lazy... so.. beb. Um.. is it ok?" Toni asked, still not meeting Cheryl's gaze.
Cheryl clapped her hands together, bouncing on the ball of her feet. "I love it!"
After a moment of silence, Cheryl started to get worried that maybe she had broken the other girl.
"Topaz? Toni?" She asked desperately, concerned when she didn't get a reply. "Will you say something if I agree to get on the bike?"
Toni looked up, an evil grin spreading across her face. Cheryl smiled back, moving to the bike. Toni got on first, and Cheryl sat behind her.
TO BE CONTINUED
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So, how did I do? Feel free to review; feedback is greatly appreciated! I have a couple of questions for you all today:
1. Did I make the right choice in cutting the chapter down? What should be the max words per chapter, because right now Ch.16 was 3700, and I feel like that's way too many. Help please!
2. You're a punk girl in a gang, playing truth or dare with a bunch of girls from school. It's your turn and you ask the blonde princess girl. She says Dare. What's a good dare that doesn't involve leaving the building you're in?
And that's all from me today, so I will be back in three days with the next chapter! Love you guys.
-G