Chapter 9: Opening up, Sneaking and Sluts. ✔

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"Hello?" Mary said grabbing Veronica's attention in the blue and gold room. 

 "This story is bigger than we thought." Betty stated. "I started asking around, to see if what happened to you happened to anyone else, and if anyone would go on record."

"I sure as hell will." Mary stated proudly, attracting smiles from the other girls. 

 "I will."  A River Vixen said. 

"100%." Another River Vixen stated. 

 "Okay. It's five guys on the football team. Chuck and his posse. Ethel was about to tell us." Betty replied, ushering Ethel to speak. 

"One day last year, Chuck and I talked in the library for 10 minutes.I helped him with a Pre-Cal problem, and nothing happened. But the next day, he started telling people that I let him do stuff to me. Like, sex stuff. And then he or one of his goons, wrote, "Sloppy seconds" on my locker." Ethel said defending herself, that was until Cheryl came in. The girls were all looking at her sympathetically. 

"Yes, yes, we've all heard your tragic origin story." Cheryl said, earning a glare from Mary. She was not happy with Cheryl and her rudeness. 

"I'm so, so sorry, Ethel. That's horrible." Betty replied nice and sweet. 

"Not as horrible as being a suspect in your own brother's torture-murder case, but we all have our crosses." Cheryl snapped back walking into the room. "In the meantime, River Vixen practice starts in five minutes, sluts, so..."

"They're ruining our lives, and to them it's just a game.- They keep score and" Ethel interrupted before being interrupted herself by Mary. Ethel was crying. 

"Wait, what do you mean, keep score?" Mary wondered as she had been in relations with both Reggie and Chuck, she was just praying that Reggie wouldn't be apart of the book, he wouldn't be right? 

"Each conquest earns them points.They keep track in some secret playbook." Ethel replied to Mary. All the girls began to look scared, they were all in the playbook.

"I am not allowing this, do you think Archie would know anything about it?" Mary asked, "I could call him?" Mary offered. Betty just shook her head as she held onto her notebook. 

"No, we have to talk to Weatherbee." Betty stated, taking charge, taking charge like a real Cooper. Mary realised that she was dependent on Archie and she did not like it. 

"I already tried. Weatherbee said that he didn't find anything." Ethel said. Mary knew that wasn't good enough. 

"Okay, we need undeniable proof." Mary stated, taking control being independent. 

"Proof of what, Nancy Drew? That boys will be boys? And that playbook reeks of suburban legend." Cheryl stated as Mary rolled her eyes at her snarky comment. 

"How would you know, Cheryl?" Veronica asked turning around to face Cheryl. 

 "Because, Frida Shallow," Veronica just rolled her eyes at the analysis, "before he died, my brother was co-captain of the football team with Chuck, and Jason never mentioned it, and he never would've allowed it." Veronica turned around and laughed as Cheryl stood their defending her brother and the football team with her arms crossed. 

"Okay, well, I never met your brother, but I'm not lying about what happened to me. And Ethel's not lying. And proof or no proof, book or no book, I am going scorched earth on these privileged, despicable miscreants. You wanna get caught in that backdraft, Cheryl? Call me, or any of these beautiful, young, strong, intelligent women "slut" one more time." Veronica said standing up for all these beautiful and incredible women that stood before her. Cheryl smirked and walked away. Mary stood on a chair and shouted.

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