Riverdale

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Tessa Cooper

Cammie Peabody

Riverdale cast as their representative characters

Tessa Coopers Pov

For as long as I could remember I've always been a good girl. I got almost straight A's school. I was little Miss Popular with dozens of friends and the jock boyfriend. I did what my Mom and Dad told me, I stayed away from drugs and drinking. I did what Mom told me, obeyed my curfew, stayed away from the serpents. But for as long as I could remember whatever I did was never as good as what Betty did. It was always your grades would be higher if you didn't spend so much time with your friends or Tessa why can't you be more like Betty and of course come on Tessa just eat it won't kill you.

The sun was starting to set and the weather was growing colder. The cold wind rustled through my hair making me shiver but it was oddly soothing to my pounding aching head. The good girl in me felt like running to Mom and prattling the same insincere apologizes for the stupid argument, but right now I just couldn't. Instead I was walking in silence through the woods with Cammie Peabody. I smiled at the thought of what Mom would say if she saw me with Cammie Peabody.

Cammie Peabody was the sort of girl I was meant to stay away from. With her leather serpent jacket and the bottle of vodka she carried like most girls carried their lipsticks she was the very definition of trouble. And me. If I failed at being the good girl I was back to sisters of quiet mercy.

The two of us reached our destination and sat in silent, the two of us sat in silence. Both of us were caught up in own misery. One of the things I loved about Cammie was I never felt a need to fill the empty space in conversion's.

I let my hair fall over my face so Cammie couldn't see the tears fall down my face. It was stupid how I let Mom shouting that eating wasn't impossible. But worst than Mom was the memory's I had of the woods.

I closed my eyes for a few seconds and let my mind drift back to bittersweet memory's. It was like I was fourteen years old again and in the woods with Jason Blossom for the last time.  I could almost hear his intoxicating laugh, see his easy happy smile.

The phone rung startling me out of the bittersweet memories. I pulled my phone out of my pocket and groaned when I saw it was Mom. I was surprised it had taken her this long.

"Hello" I said trying to keep my voice calm

"Tessa" Mum snapped angrily "You need to be coming home how dare you shout at me and then walk out the house your grounded young lady and you need to come home now so we can have a talk"

"Jeez Mum your making the idea of going home so sound so fun" I muttered sarcastically finally losing my temper "I'm gonna be home tomorrow I'm staying at a friend's so fuck off and leave me alone are be home tomorrow " I snapped hanging up the phone before Mom could scream at me anymore.

I looked over at Cammie who looked at me in anxious concern but part of me could tell she was proud of me. "You know when I hear about your Mom it makes me glad I live with Penny" Cammie joked "And are you gonna tell me why were here" she added gently

I gave her a half smile and wiped the tears off my face. "I haven't been here in ages" I said softly "I used to come here with Jason he was my best friend and he actually fucking cared about me he was the one that actually noticed when I stopped eating and I really was getting better in till, untill he um died"

Cammie smiled sympathetically "I care, Toni cares and we actually matter. I know it sucks to lose someone but it after a while your get better at dealing with it if you ever need to talk you can always talk to me. Jason would want you to carry on and be happy. Do you want some vodka it always makes me feel better"

"Gimme me" I said laughing through my tears.

I had only met Cammie six months ago, things with her was easy I never needed to worry about what to say. It was adrenaline filled exciting joy. Toni was nice to but I couldn't help the jealously at seeing Cammie and Toni together.

"Cammie" I asked hesitantly "Do you think I could be a serpent, and can you give me a blue streak in my hair."

"Hang out with the serpents for a few months then maybe yeah, you would look hot in a serpent jacket too. But I can do the hair as long as you tell me what your Mom says" she told me

Cammie brushed a strand of blond hair off my face and moved even closer to me. My heart began to beat faster.

The sound of gunshots rang through the air and the sound of terrified screams filled the air. We both jumped to her feet. I sprinted towards the sound of the petrified screams.

"Tessa" I heard Cammie frantically scream

I didn't stop. I didn't even know I was running but I couldn't let someone die, just like Jason had died. I wasn't even out of the breath once I reached the car. A man in a black hood stood by the car clutching a gun. Fear flooded me as I realized their was no way out. The man would kill me.

My heart began to beat uncontrollably fast. I desperately tried to take a breath. To scream. To do something anything.

It was to late he spotted me. The spun around and pointed the gun at my head. I tried to take a breath but it was like I was choking. Fear flooded my body. I was frozen to the spot. Couldn't move. Couldn't speak. I managed one staggered step. I couldn't take my eyes of his face, no not his face, his cold dead eyes.

"Your next" he snarled and suddenly he ran forward. I felt the gun pound into my head and everything went black before I could scream