Chapter Fourteen : Secret Anniversaries.
Eleanor groans and opens her eyes. She glances around, not moving her head. She sees two people, Toni, who sitting at the foot of her own bed that Ellie was laying in, and a very tall very angry old Serpent with crossed arms.
"You were in a car accident. You passed out as soon as I got you here." Toni says. "Do you remember any of that?" Eleanor closes her eyes.
"My head hurts." She mumbles.
"Yeah a car crash will do that." Toni responds.
Ellie reaches into her jacket pocket only to find its empty. "Give it back." She demands, sitting up and glaring at Toni before instantly wincing in pain and laying back down. She grabbed her leg where the metal had been removed, unaware that she would forever have a limp.
The old man looks at Toni with an 'explain' look.
"Her head must be messed up from the crash." Toni tells him. He nods.
"She can stay here for the day to rest but then I want that Ghoulie out of my house." he orders.
"Okay." Toni nods.
"Sneak her out at night, no one can know she was here." He adds. Toni nods again and the man exits the trailer.
"Your grandfather I presume?" Ellie says.
"How'd you guess?" Toni smiles. "Thank you." She hands Ellie one of the JJ tubes she took out of her pocket while she was asleep.
"What did I do?" Ellie asks, taking it and using it right away.
"You crashed the car so it wouldn't hit me. Thank you." She stands. "You need rest. I told the cops he was driving alone and must have swerved to avoid me so you should be good."
"No. Stay." Ellie tries not to let the tears welling up in her eyes fall but fails to keep them back. Toni looks at her and sits back down.
"Okay." She nods. Ellie looks away and silently let's tears slip from her eyes.
She chuckles slightly. "My life is just so fucked up right now." She shakes her head. "You know I never told anyone my dad died?" She looks at Toni. "It's stupid, I know. But I never told anyone at school. I knew administration would send me here, to Riverdale, to my mom."
"Wasn't there a news story when his bike crashed?" Toni asks. Ellie shakes her head.
"I was there when it crashed. I was riding next to him. He was helping me learn how so I could get my license." She says. "It was raining. His tires slipped. You can guess the rest." She tries to dry her eyes but more tears keep coming. "I knew he was dead. I scattered the bike parts in the woods before taking him into them too."
Ellie hesitates but continues. "I...I spent an hour digging through the mud and...and I…" She trails off. "Two months later he got a call on his cellphone, I let it go to voicemail but something told me to check it." She takes a breath and looks at Toni. "It was FP. I knew that someone had to come here to Riverdale and keep up the family tradition. So I bought a bus ticket to Greendale and called Steve to pick me up. He did, and I told him everything that happened."
She reaches for her neck tattoo. "The only things I have now are this tattoo, and stains of mud and blood on a pair of my jeans. I had his jacket, but…" she stops talking and they're both left in silence for a moment.
Toni doesn't say anything. She knows she doesn't have to. Instead she just lays down next to Ellie and holds her close, letting her cry in silence.
Betty and Amanda waiting for school to end. After school they were going to celebrate one month of their secret relationship at Amanda's trailer. Her dad was working late so they would have the trailer all to themselves for the night. They had been at her trailer for only ten minutes when a knock came at the door.
When Amanda opened the door she came face to face with Black Eye and Veridian.
"Hey guys what are you doing here?" Betty had walked up behind Amanda watching what was happening.
"We just came by to wish you and Betty a happy one month. That is today right?" Black Eye asked as though he didn't just pretty much out Betty.
"What!?" Amanda asked loudly.
"Don't worry we just wanted to come by to support." Black Eye and Veridian smiled as Betty put her arm around Amanda's shoulder. " We're also together but no one knows because Veridian's dad doesn't want her dating and he's terrifying if I'm being honest." Amanda chuckled and stepped aside to let them in.
"Oh what? The big bad Black Eye is scared of my dad?" Veridian teased.
"Hell yeah!" Black Eye handed Amanda a case of beer he had brought for the occasion while answering matter of factly.
It wasn't long before everyone was sitting in Amanda's living room sprawled out on the floor. An old beat up Monopoly board sat in the middle. The cards used were hand made and the pieces were random things found around the trailer. Many pieces of clothing lay around the four teens, recently discarded during the game. Regular Monopoly was too boring and main stream for the Serpent and Serpent adjacent Southsiders so they decided to play strip Monopoly instead.
Veridian somehow still had most of her clothing still on her body to the displeasure of Black Eye who was almost completely naked. The only thing covering his body was his boxers and one sock. Betty was topless, a marvel to see in Amanda's mind. Betty's shoes were laying at her side, perfectly placed next her thigh. Amanda had chosen to keep her sock but got rid of her top and pants leaving her almost naked with Black Eye.
"Well this doesn't seem fair. I mean Amanda and I are over here practically naked while you and Betty are sitting pretty with almost all your clothes." Veridian ignored Black Eye's complaints and moved her piece around the board. She was forced to pick up a card and do as it says. She smiled at the card and then at Blackeye before ripping her shirt off in one fluid motion.
"Better?" Was all she said before throwing her shirt at Black Eye's face.
"Much." He winked in her direction causing Betty and Amanda to laugh.
By the end of the game Amanda had a few pieces of Betty's clothing and Blackeye's shirt. Blackeye had not acquired any clothing that was not his and managed to lose everything except his boxers. Veridian held onto most of his clothing holding it over him the whole time. Betty had managed to strip down to just her underwear and only had Amanda's pants as collateral.
Veridian and Black Eye argued over whether or not he would get his clothes back as Amanda cleaned up. Amanda handed Betty her beer to finish it off while she did the same with the rest on the table. Amanda packed the empty bottle back into their container and handed it to Black Eye as he left fully clothed. As much as she wanted to get the cash back her dad would have killed her if he found out she had been drinking.
The door closed shut with a slam leaving Betty and Amanda alone once again. "So do I get my clothes back?" Betty asked Amanda and she followed her back to the couch.
"Hm- I don't know… I think I like you better like this." Amanda waved her hand up and down Betty's clothingless body. The alcohol, although not a lot, gave Amanda more courage than she would have ever had sober.
Amanda moved in closer crowding Betty with her arms. Her lips brushed Betty's but didn't connect right away like she so desperately wanted.
A few breaths came and went before she broke and moved her lips that millimeter closer to Amanda's.
Before Betty could really fully process what was happening her bra was being ripped off over her head and thrown to the floor. Amanda's hands roamed her body while Betty tried to peel off her shirt. Eventually she lifted her arms helping her out.
Amanda marveled in the sight that was Betty Cooper. It wasn't to long later, when moans filled the trailer, that Amanda prayed her dad wouldn't come home.