I Choose You | Charles Melton

one

LILA STUDIED the boy sitting across from her. He was talking about some show he watches last night, but Lila was focused on his emotions while talking about this show. How his face lit up when he talked about it.

"Lila this show is so amazing! you have to watch it with me tonight!" Charles, her friend excalimed.

"Charles I'd would, but my mom would never let out the house when the whole town is on curfew." Lila responed to him.

"Right, that stupid murderer. I can't believe the police hasn't found him or her yet." He sighed.

A couple weeks ago, Lili Reinharts (Lila's friend) sister, Tiera, was found shot in the heart. Her body was placed infront of their house, but neighbors claimed to have seen no one. The Mayor thought it would be best to put the town under curfew until the murderer was found.

A week after the town being on a curfew, the murderer stroke again. Killing an the old art teacher of the High School they went to. She was Drowned in a lake by her house and also placed infront of her doorstep. Again, none if her neighbors saw whoever killed her.

"Do you think Lili is still going to write for the schools newspaper? I mean the only news going around this town is about the murderer." Lila asked Charles.

"To be honest. I'm not sure, writing is her passion and she'll probably stay." Charles shrugged. His voice lowered when he saw the one amd only Camila Mendes. His crush since elementary.

"Hey losers, heard you guys talking about that girl Lili, where is she? its not a loser club with out her, am i right?" Camila laughed. Truth is, Lila hated Camila, she caused Lila's self confidence to decrease, and was the reason her clothes started to chamge through out the school year.

"Camila can you please go? Charles and I qere talking." Lila kindly asked the raven haired girl.

"Shut it. Talk to me when you look like me. Otherwise dont speak to me." Camila snapped on her.

"Hey Camila, do you want to take a seat?" Charles asked his crush.

"Yes please, my shoes are killing me." Camila smiles at Charles and takes a seat in his lap. Her action caught both Lila and Charles .

Lila got angry, angry at Camila for sitting in her crush's lap. And angry at Charles for even talking to Camila after her several rude remarks about her physical features.

"Wow Charles, your legs are so toned! I should sit on them more." Camila gushed, she looked over to the jealous girl and smirked.

Camila always knew about Lila's gigantic crush on Charles. They both were friends in middle school throughout hhalf of high school. Both of the girls were bestfriends, that was until Camila got a jock boyfriend. (they broke up)

"Im just gonna go." Lila mumbled.

She got up from their lunch table, her phone in her hand. She typed in her password and went to her imessage app.

lila
mads, wher r u?

Lila impatiently waited for her friend to reply, but was relievedwhen she heard a familar ding.

madelaine
in the gym with
kj, please come its
weird.

Lila didn't respond, but she did walk fat to the gymnasium fast. She was mad, no, furious. She wanted to punch a wall. Better yet; Camila.

She reached the big doors, she took a peek seeing Madelaine and Kj laughing and holding hands. Which was a new sight for Lila.

Lila swung the doors opened and stomped her way to the two individuals.

"Why so mad little Lila?" Kj asked her. Little Lila was a nickname he called her, of course she hated it due to her insecurity about her height, but was scared to tell Kj.

"Fucking Camila. and Fucking Charles-"

"What the hell did Charles do?" Kj furiously asked. Kj never got along with Charles, but had to get along because they were both on the basketball team.

"He likes Camila! After all the cruel things she's done and said to me!" Lila raised her voice. She paced back and forth hoping that would help her clear her mind.

"Kj im sorry but can you leave i have to talk to Lila about something?" Madelaine asked her new boyfriend.

Kj nodded and planted a kiss on his new girlfriends head. Within that, his presence was no longer with them in the gym.

"Sit." Madelaind demanded and Lila obeyed.

"Lila, you're dressing differently."

"I know-"

"Stop let me finish. You're dressing differently. You're starting to put less effort in your grade. For jesus sakes you got your first C yesterday. your hair looks like you just put it up. And your natrual beautiful, but wears the girl who always use to wear make?" Madelain asked. She looked her bestftiend in the eyes, sincerly and meaningfully.

"Im just tired of Camila picking on me. She lives her perfect life while theres me on the other hand. She makez me feel empty and i cant even look at myself in the mirror without hearing Camila's voice in the back of my head." Lila's voice cracked.

"Lila, stay with me from now on. Stay away from Charles as well, If hes not going to pick you up when you're down, your friendship is not worth it. But you are beautiful and wonderful and Camila isn't perfect. No one is, but you better believe me when i say that you are perfectly imperfect. You're my best friend and I'll kill anyone who hurts you." Madelaine calmy spoke to her bestftiend.

"I love you Mads"

"I love you too Little Lila."

Madelaines words didnt help Lila. Lila still knew Camila wouldnt leave her alone. And that her feelings for Charles will still remain within. But Lila thought about making a change. a good change.

a/n. ik its already problematic but idc. and basically the cast of riverdale are reversed. its complicated but im sure you guys will get it as the story continues.