south side serpents || sweetpea [in progress/edition]

chapter three: the watcher in the woods - part iii | edited

toni rolled her eyes, a small smile on her lips as isabella recounted her afternoon with fangs. the two passed several people in the hallway before making it to the door of the red and black. isabella pulled the door opened, letting her friend go in first, only to see jughead and a blonde talking.

"oh sorry guys," toni apologized, making the couple in front of them to turn. "i didn't see the sock on the door."

after a few moments of silence, jughead stepped forward. "it's okay. betty this is toni and isabella." as he introduced the two serpents, betty looked between them with a forced smile. "toni is the photographer for the paper and isabella helps out sometimes. guys this is betty, my girlfriend."

betty furrows her brows onto isabella. the blonde knew she has seen the serpent before. she bit her lip, glancing up a jughead, her eyes widening as she realized. "you're the girl that fp watches over."

feeling the awkwardness roll off isabella, toni quickly stepped in to change the subject.

"you are not at all what i pictured." toni said, studying the blonde bombshell in front of her.

betty raised a brow, a curious smile dancing on her lips. "really? what did you picture?"

"uh, emily the strange."

"winona ryder from beetlejuice." isabella added after with a soft snicker. "toni had a lot of ideas."

feeling her pocket vibrate, isabella took out her phone seeing a message from her boyfriend to meet her in the cafeteria. silently thanking him, she put the phone back and glanced between the couple and her friend.

"i have to go," she told them, handing the box she was holding back to toni. "it was nice meeting you betty."

giving a small pat to toni, the dark haired teen turned around and made her way over to sweetpea. the only problem is to get there, she had to pass the ghoulie and isabella hated the ghoulies.

lifting her chin up, isabella moved her feet, taking big strides to cover more ground and get passed the ghoulies faster. right when she thought she was in the clear, she felt her arm being tugged back roughly.

"get off," she sneered, pushing the hand of the ghoulie member off her. he only tighten the grip on her, squeezing his finger tightly making isabella wince.

he gave her a cocky smirk, tilting his head down slightly to look at her. "oh come on baby, i know you been wanting this. i see the looks you give me."

"god no," her nose wrinkled in disgust before she stood up straighter, standing to her height of five'nine. looking straight into the ghoulie member's hazel eyes, she pried one finger off her wrist. she gave him a sweet smile, putting pressure onto it. "you have five second to let go before i break your finger."

the ghoulie snickered, not believing that she was actually going to do something. the smirk on his face only grew which made isabella rolled her eyes in annoyance. in a swift motion, she pulled the finger she had a grip on back. the ghoulie bent awkwardly, letting out small grunts of pain.