Goodbye Angel

Five

Adeline's P.O.V

First day of school. I felt nervous but excited. I had everything prepped the night before and I was excited to start off the new school year right.

"Do you want me to drop you off to school?" Mom asked me as I ate breakfast.

"Yes please."

"What about after school?"

"I'm hoping Archie will give me a ride but for anything, I'll walk or find another ride," I tell her.

"Okay. Well don't want to be late now right?" Mom asked.

"Nope," I smiled as I finished up eating.

After my mom dropped me off, I looked around to see everyone talking to one another. I saw Sweet Pea talking to some of his Serpent friends and Beckham talking to some of the Bulldogs.

"Which group will you go to?" I heard. I looked over to see Kevin walking over to me.

"I don't want to choose a group. I need my own group of friends," I tell him.

"Why's that?"

"Well ninety percent of my friends are all older than me," I sighed.

"It is a new year, you should go out and talk to new people," Kevin encouraged.

"Thanks, Kevin. Wanna walk into the school together at least?" I asked.

"Sure. Come on," Kevin smiled.

I sat in my first period and looked around. Make friends with someone my own age. How hard can that be? I looked around and sighed. This was more difficult than I could imagine.

"Hey, Adeline," I looked over to see Carly O'Donnell.

Carly O'Donnell was the same grade as me. She had dark hair that went past her shoulders and was really shy. I almost didn't recognize her from her change of style.

"Hey, Carly. How was your summer?" I asked her.

"It was great. I'm so sorry about your dad. I didn't find out until I came back to Riverdale," Carly mentioned.

"Thanks. Where did you go?" I asked.

"I went to Florida. I had family over there and my dad wanted a bit of a breather from Riverdale," Carly mentioned.

"Totally understand."

"Do you want to have lunch together today?" I smiled at her and nodded.

"Yeah. Lunch would be cool," I tell her.

During lunch, I sat with her as we talked about the books we loved to read. I saw Beckham and Sweet Pea walking over to our table.

"So, are you planning on going to the game on Friday?" Carly asked me.

"Yeah."

"Hey, Adeline," I smiled at the two boys who stood by us.

"Hello boys. Carly, this is Beckham and Sweet Pea. Boys, this is Carly," I introduced.

"Hi," Carly waved.

"Hey. Mind if we join you ladies?" Beckham asked.

"We promise to be on our best behavior," Sweet Pea told me.

"Yeah. The more the merrier," I tell them. Beckham sat by Carly and Sweet Pea sat by me.

"So, how are you ladies liking the first day of school?" Beckham asked.

"It's fine so far," I tell him.

"Yeah. It's not so bad," Carly smiled. 

"Adeline!" I looked over to see Cheryl walking over to me. 

"Yes, Cheryl?" I asked.

"Will you be joining with us on practice today?" Cheryl asked me. 

"Yeah. Yup. I will be there after school," I nodded.

"Good! I can't wait to see you in the uniform!" Cheryl smiled before walking off. 

"You joined the Vixens?" Sweet Pea asked me.

"Yeah. I got convinced to do it," I explained.

"So will you be cheering for me at the game then," Beckham smiled over.

"I will be cheering for everyone," I tell him. 

After school, I headed over to the locker room to change into my practice clothes. I walked over to the gym where the Vixens were gathering around. I walked over to Cheryl who stood in front of everyone. 

"You look perfect!" Cheryl told me.

"Thanks. Do I look okay?"

"Yup. Vixens!" Cheryl called out to get everyone's attention. "If you have been living under a rock, this is Adeline Andrews. My little mini me and our newest member on the team! Now, let's go ahead and start off warm ups and then the routine."

After warm ups and learning the first steps of the routine, we all headed back over. I took a quick shower before getting ready to go back home. 

"Vixens!" I heard Veronica yell. We all headed over to see some guy with a camera. Veronica held him against the lockers. "This pervert was taking pictures of us while we changed."

"Collecting photos for your sad, pubescent spank bank, are you?" Cheryl asked him.

"No! No. A reporter from Rumordale. com reached out, and he told me he would pay five hundred bucks for a photo of Veronica. How am I supposed to say no to that?" The guy asked.

"You just say it, you worm," Veronica said before taking his camera and breaking it.

"Should we teach him a lesson?" I asked.

"Do you even have to ask?" Cheryl questioned. 

After I got ready, I headed over to where Archie was. I knew he had tryouts and practice the same time I was done. I couldn't help but feel unsafe about what happened in the locker room. 

"Hey. Are you okay?" Archie asked me as he walked out.

"Some perv came into the locker room to take pictures of Veronica for some gossip website and I was underdressed," I tell him.

"What?!" Archie asked upset.

"We took care of him but I still can't help but feel disgusted," I explained, shivering from the memory. 

"Come on. Let's go home," Archie said before leading me over to his car.