𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝕣𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕕𝕒𝕝𝕖

12

That night after the three girls had confronted Chuck in the locker room, Betty suggested that her, Veronica, Kevin and Ara go look for some playbook.

Apparently, Ethel Muggs, the kindest nerd in the world, had Chuck say something like this about her as well. She told Betty and Veronica that stupid Chuck Clayton kept score of his and his possé's 'accomplishments' of objectifying women.

Arabella couldn't be any more disgusted, so she agreed to help her two friends.

The girl grabbed a flashlight, slipped on a stealthily-moving outfit, and headed to the school (which wasn't very far from her home).

Once she arrived she met up with her friends inside, also noticing that Ethel Muggs was there and acknowledged her, Arabella and her crew looked around in the dark for Chuck's locker.

They group of five were about to round a corner when the annoying voice of an all-too-familiar red head spoke, startling everyone. Arabella was in a fighting stance when Cheryl pointed her flashlight on her.

"Oh, calm down, Princess Peach, it's just me," she said sassily, placing a hand on her hip.

"What are you even doing here, Cheryl?" Arabella asked with high levels of annoyance.

"Trev told Valerie, who told Josie, who told Ginger, who told Tina, who told me. And I thought I'd help out," Cheryl explained simply.

"Help? Or derail our investigation?" Betty questioned.

"Get over yourself, Betty," she said walking closer to the group.

Arabella stood up straight again, fixing her clothes, before the whole group heard Ethel whisper shout to them. "Hey guys, get in here," she said.

The young Queen was the first one to find Ethel, whom was holding a large dark book. "Is that it?" Ara asked curiously, walking up to the tall girl.

Ethel nodded and flipped through the pages in disgust and slight shock. And the Queen had the same reaction when she saw how many names were in the book.

Girls were listed down a row next to a guy on the football team's name and some nickname that she was given. It seemed like some kind of game and Arabella had this sickening feeling in her stomach again.

But she pushed back her feelings and walked away from the girls who were now surrounding the book.

"This is horrible," Veronica said in disgust.

Arabella nodded even though she knew no one was paying attention to her. "Is disgusting and perverted and horrific an-" she began, but Veronica cut her off.

"Ara, Eric's name is in here," she said, directing her attention towards the young Queen to see her reaction, "it's right here next to yours."

Arabella looked at her friend with complete unbelieveability covering her face and she didn't want to believe it at all. She didn't want to believe that someone would date her as part of a game.

To give herself proof, the girl walked over to the group once again and looked at the column that Ronnie was pointing at. There was Eric's name in a small box that lead to the name her name with a nickname: Arabella Queen (queen of Riverdale High +20).

The young Queen still didn't say anything, even when she took a picture of her name and made sure that it was saved.

The only time she spoke was when she told her friends that she had to leave.

•••

Arabella arrived home nearly fifteen minutes after she had left the school to find Eric sitting on her front porch with a full pie of pizza.