𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝕣𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕕𝕒𝕝𝕖

9

The night before was vivid in the young Queen's mind. She could barely sleep when she found out that Archie could somehow be involved with... what had happened to Blossom.

As much as Arabella wanted to forget what had happened immediately, it would take some time. So the girl just concluded that she would avoid it as much as possible.

Slipping on her beige over-the-knee boots, Ara smiled down at Sirius before throwing her backpack over her shoulder and walking out of her bedroom then casually down the main staircase; the dog wasn't too far behind.

"Freida!" Arabella shouted out, loud enough for the woman to hear from anywhere in the house, "I'm leaving now!"

Upon reaching the bottom of the stairs, the girl was met with a woman who was about her height and was wearing an all-black collared day dress.

"Miss Queen, have a great day at school," the lady with a smile, handing the girl a cup of coffee and a chocolate croissant.

The two kissed each other's cheeks before the young Queen thanked her and skipped out the door; Freida picking up Sirius so he wouldn't run out after her.

Arabella moved quickly down her long walkway as she attempted not to trip, because of how steep it was, towards Eric's white Jeep that was waiting for her.

Before the two began to 'see each other', Freida would always drive the young girl to school. It was fun for a while, but then the young girl wanted to spend more time with her guy friend.

"Hey," she smiled, sitting in the passenger's seat.

Prince Charming smiled back, his eyes never leaving her moving figure, "hey."

"I want to ask you something, that I probably should have asked after the dance," he began with nervousness slightly in his voice. He sounded nearly the same way when he asked Ara to the dance, so she felt like I was an important question.

Focusing all her attention on him now, the girl smiled, "I'm all ears."

"Well, I... I really like spending time with you and I really like... uh.... you in general," he stuttered before Arabella asked him to make him feel calmer.

"Will you please just be my boyfriend and kiss me already?" She smiled, knowing that that was what he was going to ask.

The older boy nodded with a smile and leaned in, pressing his soft lips against her's. Arabella couldn't help but feel... safe.

•••

When the new couple reached school, it was still early in the morning.

Betty had forgiven Veronica before the two were strolling down the hallway and bumped into Arabella and Kevin.

"That's not a Cheryl, that's a Veronica," the young Queen pointed out to her blonde friend.

"Uh, yeah," Betty smiled awkwardly, "I just apologized to Veronica."

"Smart move, Cooper," Ara nodded once with pride for Betty, "so where are all the other sophomore annoyances?"

The four friends walked together down the narrow hall, which was difficult, but they made it work. This may have not been the original R-4, though, it was getting to be similar to it.

The group walked into the Student Lounge where their fellow classmates were either sitting or standing. Arabella ran straight for Eric, as soon as she saw him sitting on one of the old, cushioned chairs, and sat comfortably on his lap.