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"Not the kind of drag race I ever imagined going to,but at least the guys are hot" Kevin stated rolling his head back to look at Maren who was sitting on the hood of his car next fo Reggie Mantle.
A drag was happening. North vs South. Just like the old times. Racing for the Northsiders was non other than Rens very own brother, alongside Aaron would be Jughead Jones and Archie Andrews. Almost like the Northsides newest trio. And racing for the Southside were two very unfamiliar, yet insanely hot guys.
Ren hopped off the hood of the car making her way to Aaron, the cool breeze causing a light chill up her body. "Look I ain't gonna give you any sappy speech,just be careful and don't crash....Reg would literally kill you" She stated looking everywhere except her brothers eyes. She was anxious and he could tell.
Aaron pulled her into his side, placing a light kiss atop her head. "We'll be fine Ren, just stick with our people I don't know what kind of trouble might happen" The girl internally rolled her eyes and pushed her brother away from her.
"Let's do it!" A tall man with a long beard and long hair yelled, the crowd cheering and yelling in response.
As the guys discussed the final details Maren had already taken her seat beside Reggie, eyes wandering through the crowd. As she was scanning through the faces of Southsiders her eyes met a pair that were already staring back at her. His smirk was evident,slicked back hair and eyes wild. Ren had to admit that he looked extra good, beautiful even. The way the sunlight bounced off his golden skin made her thoughts go to unholy places.
"Checking out the Serpents are we?" Kevin poked the younger girl making her eye contact with Sweet Pea to break. Maren scoffed loudly at the idea whispering a small 'as if'. Though all Kevin could do was laugh at her reaction to the simplest of teasing.
Cheryl being her usual extra self, stole Toni's job and raised the flag even more dramatically signally the start of the race. The two cars starting with grumbles and away they went.
As the race was going ahead people were socialising,not mixing, the south stayed with their pack and the north stay with theirs. Somehow without getting noticed Maren and Toni were able to talk in peace, Fangs and Sweet Pea joining a little bit later.
Maren was gnawing at her bottom lip and staring into her red solo cup, drowning out the laughs coming from Toni and Fangs. Sweet Pea quickly noticed when he couldn't hear her incredible laugh and looked over at the younger girl. He took note of her nibbling on her full,bottom lip and the distant look in her eyes. Sweets only assumed it was her anxiety about the race.
"He'll be fine yano" He simply stating, still looking ahead of him. Ren looked up as he spoke. "Trust me there's plenty worse they could be doing right now" He took small sips of his beer and finally looked down at her, he took in her appearance and the goosebumps that covered her paleish skin.
"Oh yeah because there's something so much worse than illegal racing?" Ren snapped looking up at Sweet Pea with a raised brow. Sweat Pea just smirked and before he could respond with a witty remark Maren butted in. "And don't answer that question"
The cold was hitting Maren now and she regretted wearing her short sleeves, rubbing up and down her goosebump covered arms Sweet Pea again took notice but this time he decided to to something about it. Shrugging and pulling of his leather Serpent jacket he quickly threw it over Rens shoulders before she could even comprehend what has happening she was engulfed with warmth. The girl blushed and glanced up at Pea who was too busy internally panicking, his eyes focusing on the crowd. She didn't need to thank him, they both knew that.
Ren was now surrounded by Serpents, although they weren't exactly happy to be around her they found her to be quite unlike the other southsiders. Toni had said something funny which made the close knit of snakes laugh, a laughter that soon tore into panic as a man ran into the crowd.
" Everyone scatter! The cops are rounding up Ghoulies!" Screams and frantic shouts ran through the crowd as people did whatever they could to get away. Before Maren could even run towards the ongoing dispute between her friends and Tall Boy, Sweat Pea had grabbed her by the arm.
"They can deal with it themselves"
"But Sweat Pea-" Her gaze met his desperate one, one she couldn't say no to even if she wanted to. So she took his outreached hand and let him lead her to his bike.
As she placed the helmet on her head, Sweat Pea had thought that he'd never seen anyone else so beautiful. No one was like her and no one could ever compare to her, he knew it could never work knowing what the Campbell family was like...but it didn't stop him from dreaming...hoping.
