"So..." Toni broke the ice after having walked in silence side by side with Cheryl, since she had met up with her at her locker.
She squinted down at the asphalt that paved the front parking lot of Riverdale High, the tiny rocks in the ground reflecting brightly from the sun.
"So?" Cheryl shrugged, and offered her right arm to her, wrapping it around her waist instead when she failed to acknowledge the gesture.
"So, how did Hayley take things? She was shooting me horrible death glares during math, but I guess that's to be expected." Toni shrugged it off, though she truly felt more guilty than she let on. At the beginning, when Hayley had what she wanted, it was easy for Toni to hate her, but now, Toni had to deal with the feeling of being in the "winner's" position.
"She was really angry with me." Cheryl confirmed, "But, you know, she's still a pretty even tempered person, no matter what the circumstances."
Now Toni rolled her eyes, despite how badly she felt for what she had done behind Hayley's back. The blonde had taken the opportunity to tell Toni off the previous summer, even succeeding in hurting the indestructible Toni's feelings, and she still had a hard time with the fact that all times before and after that, Hayley's character had almost resembled that of a saint. Why had the mini Mother Teresa's vicious side been spared of everyone at Riverdale High, save Toni? Of course, mental images of Toni moaning underneath Cheryl while her phone rang, flashing a picture of then girlfriend Hayley reminded Toni that karma perhaps had played a part, and that if it were truly a bitch as the expression went, maybe that came even in the form of Hayley Kiyoko.
"I think it bothered her more to realize that I really care about you." Cheryl continued, humming softly as she gently stroked Toni's hip, "It was hard for her to lose me to someone else. She never loses at anything."
"Do you think that's because of karma?" Toni mentioned, while it was on her mind.
"Huh?" Cheryl furrowed her brow against the sun, straining to make out the outline of her sky blue truck.
"Do you think that Hayley seems to win at everything without even trying, because of karma? You know, because she's so nice twenty-four seven." Toni elaborated. She opened the passenger door, by now immune to the students' stares, and climbed in.
"Well I wonder what she did for me to screw her over like this." Cheryl mused, sliding in next to her.
"That's just it. I don't think she did anything. I think this thing- our baby- is the product of karma."
"You mean like our punishment for running around like we did?" Cheryl chuckled.
"Exactly." Toni answered in all seriousness, "And I think Hayley will end up coming out on top somehow. Getting rid of you will probably be the best thing that ever happened to her."
"Gee thanks." Cheryl said sarcastically, letting a pout form on her lips.
She turned the keys in the ignition and then glanced over at the pink haired girl. Her usually glowing face had paled into a sickly shade, and she looked somewhat queasy.
"Are you making that face because of nerves or pregnancy sickness?" Cheryl asked, "I don't really know how all this works."
"I don't know. Nerves I guess. I think whenever I get sick it's usually in the morning. Not always though." Toni inhaled deeply and held the breath, glancing down at the car seat and spotting a tiny hole in the interior. She began to pick at it with her thumb nail, using it as a form of distraction from her upset stomach and clammy palms.
"Don't do that." Cheryl grabbed her hand and pulled it away from the seat. She finally pulled out of her parking space, not in any hurry to make it to their next destination.
