There's No Place Like Home

Chapter Eight

"Is she okay?" Toni asks, looking at Jughead. She was asking about Cheryl.

"She's missing you." Jughead said.

Looking down at her hands, Toni sighs. "She is?" she asks.

Jughead nodded. "Yes."

"I don't know what to do." Toni admits softly.

"Yes, you do." Jughead said. "Accept what happens and be with her."

Looking up at him, Toni sighs. "She cheated on me Jug, with you. Instead of talking to me."

"She knows what she did was wrong." Jughead said.

Toni nods her head and looks back down. "I just don't know how to forgive her."

"Try talking to her." Jughead said.

"I don't know what to say." Toni responds instantly.

"Just talk to her, like we are now." Jughead said.

Toni takes a deep breath and stands up. "Okay."

"Okay." Jughead repeated.

Getting up, Toni grabs her bag and her keys.

Jughead watched her go.

****

Cheryl was still curled up on the bed when Toni arrived.

Toni knocked on the front door.

Getting up, Cheryl makes her way toward the door with a sigh.

"Hey." Toni said when Cheryl opened the door.

"Hi." Cheryl says quietly.

"I'm sorry for being a bitch." Toni said.

The redhead instantly shakes her head. "I cheated on you."

"And I reacted badly." Toni said.

Cheryl looks up at her. "You reacted as someone who was cheated on."

Toni sighed deeply, running her fingers through her hair.

"Do you want to come inside?" Cheryl asks softly.

Toni seemed to hesitate for a moment before nodding.

Stepping back, Cheryl gives her room to come inside.

Toni slowly stepped into the house.

The redhead makes her way to the living room after the front door is shut.

Toni followed Cheryl.

Sitting down, Cheryl looks over at her.

Toni sat down across from Cheryl.

"Are you thirsty?" Cheryl asks after a moment of silence.

"No. Thank you." Toni said.

Nodding her head, Cheryl looks down at her hands, one was resting against her stomach.

Toni sat there awkwardly for a moment. "Did you have feelings for him? Is that why you cheated?"

Cheryl instantly looks up, shaking her head. "No! I-I was hurting and he was familiar and-and safe."

"Hurting?" Toni asked. "Because of me?"

"Not just you." Cheryl admits softly.

Toni frowned. "Not just me?" she echoed.

"Things with Peaches, missing Jason." Cheryl continues, looking back down.

"Peaches won't bother you anymore." Toni said.