Choni One Shots

Climbing Out Pt. 1

Request by @pineapple_trees7 

"A story where Penelope is abusive towards Cheryl because of her sexuality, so she runs away to live with Toni. Then Toni gets all the Serpents to confront Penelope and give her what she deserves."

This is all Cheryl's POV

**TW: Abuse**

Penelope Blossom was a cruel woman. Everyone knew and she never tried to hide it. To her, being cruel was being powerful. As any true Blossom should be. It would seem that with every death in their family, she became more and more cruel, specifically towards her daughter Cheryl.

It started with hateful words, full of spite and anger, when Cheryl's twin brother died. A few months later when her father took his own life, it seemed as if Penelope wanted to take her daughter's life. Or at least wanted Cheryl to think that she was worthless so that she would then take her own life and simply save her mother the trouble.

Cheryl had done well with hiding her sexuality over the years. She had been caught kissing her best friend Heather when she was 13, and she never saw her friend ever again. Over the years, she had convinced her mother that she had been manipulated by her best friend and that she was interested in men. She took her male classmates to school dances and never danced with the girls, even in a casual way.

She even went as far as making out with boys at parties and making sure she was involved with spin the bottle and seven minutes in heaven. Her mother had eyes everywhere and she wouldn't be surprised if Penelope had paid one of her classmates to keep tabs on her whereabouts.

All of that went down the drain her sophomore year of high school when the Southside Serpents were transferred to Riverdale High and she met the one and only Toni Topaz, who was a junior. Cheryl still tried to keep up her facade of being straight, but seeing Toni at parties and wearing her leather Serpent jacket at school completely ruined that. Toni was hot and Cheryl couldn't contain herself. Every time she got a glimpse of the beautiful, pink haired Serpent, she had to clench her thighs together and turn the other direction.

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The Serpents had been at Riverdale high for two months when Cheryl spotted Toni at a party being hosted by Reggie Mantel on a Friday night, following the win of a football game. She stared at the other girl from afar, with a drink in her hand as she leaned against a wall, pretending to be listening to the conversation between herself, Josie, Betty and Veronica.

"Earth to Cheryl! Girl, did you hear anything we just said?" Josie asked.

"What? Oh, yeah. I totally agree."

"So you think V should go talk to Sweet Pea?" Betty asked.

"I'm sorry, cousin. Who's Sweet Pea?"

"So you weren't listening." Betty chuckled. "Sweet Pea is the tall Serpent that V's been eyeing since the second he walked into Riverdale High." She nodded towards the group of Serpents.

"Oh, right. I think you should go for it, Ronnie. He's cute." She half lied. She didn't really think he was that cute, but he wasn't ugly, and she did think Veronica should go for it.

Veronica chugged the rest of her drink and handed her cup to Josie. "I'm going in. Wish me luck!" And with that, the raven haired girl strutted over to talk to the tall Serpent. As she was walking over, Cheryl caught Toni's gaze. Toni sent the redhead a wink with a smirk, causing Cheryl's eyes to widen as she quickly looked away, hiding her blush by drinking from her cup.

"Maybe those Serpents are the way to go. They've got that whole 'bad' vibe going on, and I'm here for it." Josie spoke, eyeing a few of the boys.

"The girls aren't too bad, either." Betty said nonchalantly, getting a look from her cousin. "What!? No one, gay or straight, can say that Toni isn't incredibly attractive. You would seriously have to be blind."