The Sun and Her Moon | CHONI |

Seven

The music was loud and the alcohol buzzing through her body made Cheryl feel free, she danced near the bar as she ordered herself and Veronica another drink. 'Hey Cheryl should we go down to the main dance floor?' Veronica asked. 'Sure' Cheryl knew she said she didn't want to be near strangers but she just felt like dancing. They left their purses and such in the VIP area and made their way down the stairs. Veronica had Cheryl's hand in her own as they moved towards the dance floor. When they reached their destination Veronica span Cheryl around with a giggle as they danced together. It was provocative and gained a lot of attention from people around them but every time someone tried to dance their way over to them they laughed and moved away. A couple of times if strangers didn't get the message they'd have to verbally tell them to leave them alone. They were here to have fun together tonight, nothing more.

The brunette and redhead were just on their way back up the stair for more drinks after dancing up a thirst. Hand in hand they pulled each other up the stairs in between drunken giggles. 'Hey Cheryl!'. Cheryl turned to Veronica with a 'great' before turning around to face the person calling her. 'I'll meet you in our booth' Veronica said to Cheryl as she shot a glance to the girl stood behind the redhead. 'Madison, can I help you?' Cheryl put on her best fake smile. Madison was Cheryl's most recent hook up, it only happened a couple of times and to Cheryl it was nothing serious but the other girl got weirdly attached. The redhead cut it off instantly and the girl wouldn't leave her alone. Don't get it wrong Madison was beautiful, long brunette hair, tall, sun kissed skin but Cheryl just wasn't feeling a relationship with the woman. 'I've missed you Cheryl'. 'Look Madison I've told you it was a short term thing, nothing serious' the redhead shrugged. 'I thought what we had was special, you made me feel things I've never felt before' the brunette smiled stepping towards Cheryl and twisting a piece of her red hair in her fingers. Cheryl cringed inwardly. 'Madison I'm sorry but the feelings not mutual, plus I'm not looking for a relationship right now'. Cheryl was holding the rail to keep herself upright suddenly aware of how much alcohol she had drank. 'Look I've got to go' Cheryl turned around and made her way back to Veronica in the VIP area leaving Madison stood on the stairs.

'What the hell was that about?' Veronica asked with her nose scrunched up as Cheryl plopped down next to her. 'She was basically confessing her love for me' Cheryl answered her facial features mimicking the brunettes. 'Ew desperate much?'. 'I know right' Cheryl laughed. They had a little more to drink before looking at their phone and it reading 3am. 'Maybe we should call it a night?' Veronica asked as the redhead was leaning on her shoulder. 'Sounds good' she mumbled. Veronica pulled out her phone and ordered a Uber to pick them up in fifteen minutes. They gathered their belongings and held on to each other as the stumbled out of the club. 'Pizza?' Cheryl asks as she points across the street to the pizza shop. Veronica nods and they navigate their way through drunken bodies stood in the street. A large pizza ordered and carefully balanced in their hands they made their way back across the street to the Uber that had just arrived.

They kicked off their shoes as soon as they got through the front door and went straight into the kitchen putting the pizza on the island in the middle of the large room. Pulling themselves up on the stools they opened the pizza box and dug in like they'd never been fed before, laughing drunkenly as the pizza burnt their mouths. Cheryl pulled out her phone and only just noticed all of her notifications sighing at the multiple messages from Madison, she must have text her the minute she spotted her in the club. She also had multiple social media tags from Veronica who felt the need to tag her in everything she uploaded throughout the night. Rolling her eyes as she went through it 'Madison has literally messaged me a worryingly amount of time' her eyes lifted to look at the brunette. 'She's borderline psycho girl, cut her off' Veronica said pushing another slice of pizza into her mouth. 'I've tried, she won't drop it' Cheryl shrugged as she carried on scrolling through her notifications until she noticed a message at the bottom from Toni Topaz. Her eyes flicked to Veronica before she clicked on message.

Toni Topaz
*Video attached*
Sorry Cheryl but for some reason Tommy said he couldn't go to sleep without sending you this. I hope we're not bothering you too much, have a good night and stay safe!

Cheryl clicked on the video turning up the volume. A smiling Tommy appeared on the screen waving vigorously. She heard Toni in the background tell him to start so she could get him to bed. 'Hi Cheryl! Thank you for coming with me and Mommy to the park. It was fun. Okay goodnight'. Cheryl didn't know what to think and to be frank she didn't have time to speak because Veronica's eyes were wide on her. 'Okay what the hell was that?' Veronica asked. 'A message from Tommy saying goodnight I guess, Toni said he wouldn't go to bed until she had sent it' Cheryl wasn't sure of what to make of it, she'd never received anything like this before so she was out of her comfort zone. 'That is the cutest thing ever' Veronica squealed. 'Okay calm down' Cheryl laughed. She locked her phone deciding it was too late to reply now. 'I'm going to bed' Cheryl signed pushing herself off the stool and barely making her way to her room. She stripped out of her dress and put on some pyjamas she had prepared earlier. It didn't take long before Veronica was in her room too. 'I have guest rooms you know?' Cheryl raised an eyebrow. 'I know' Veronica shrugged. The brunette always did this, if she stayed at Cheryl's and they came home alone she would crawl in next to her best friend. Cheryl didn't really mind it either if she was honest, it was nice not to be in this huge house by herself every so often.

'Did you text her back?' Veronica asked as she crawled under the duvet. 'Huh?' Cheryl grunted as she was pulled from her thoughts. 'Toni, did you message her back?'. 'Isn't it a little late?' Cheryl asked. 'Nah most people have their phone on silent and it looks like that little boy is missing you already. He'll be glad you replied'. Cheryl thought about it, she didn't want Tommy to be disappointed when he woke up if she didn't reply, she didn't know what time she would be waking up and she didn't want to keep him waiting. 'Fine' she said as she reached over to grab her phone pulling up the message from Toni before typing on the screen.

Cheryl Blossom
Hi Toni, sorry for the late reply, I hope it doesn't wake you. Tell Tommy I said Goodnight although it's definitely too late now. Also tell him the visit to the park was my pleasure. Goodnight Toni.

'Happy?' she asked turning to her friend but Veronica had already fell asleep. Her mind drifted back to the mother and son, if on the slight chance Toni was interested in her could she really deal with a child being involved. Sure he was cute and well behaved but would Cheryl even be a good role model. Her parents never cared for her well-being they only groomed her from a young age to take over the family business. She had zero experience with children and she had decided a long time ago that she wasn't going to have them to prevent messing them up the same way her parents had messed her up. Also if things got serious there would be another person involved, someone else who could get hurt, an innocent little boy and she didn't want that. She shook her head at her drunk mind making up unreal scenarios. She was sure her and Toni could become friends, surely that made more sense. She turned over facing away from Veronica as she willed sleep to take over her exhausted body and eventually it did.