italy | sweet pea

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Marci

"I promise I will love you. I promise," Vince says. I took a deep breath and walked away. He starts calling out to me but I ignore it. It wasn't until he said, "Whatever I don't need some serpent slut." I turn around and march towards him. I grabbed his collar and pulled my fist back, striking his face.

"Call me that again, I dare you," I say. I let go off his collar and stormed away. I made it to my house and ran up to my room.

"Marci! What did I say about running up the stairs?!" My mom calls out.

I lived with my foster mom and dad. I had a 'sister' who hated me. They were fostering me for a while and I don't know why they won't give me up.

I laid on my bed and turned on my radio. Fangs Fogarty was convicted for the murder of Midge Clump. Apparently, there's this video going around school with Midge and Fangs in the dressing room, incriminating him. I sighed and turned off the radio.

I went on my phone and started deleting pictures of Vince and I. He was my boyfriend until the serpents came to the school over a month ago. He's been begging for me to take him back but I always refuse. The Bulldogs were harassing the Serpents so I stood up for them. Making the football players back down.

The next few days, word has it, Fangs is getting released today. I joined the riot outside the police office, and watched the serpents exit the building covering Fangs. I started pushing people out the way trying to make room for them to pass. I struggle to push someone out the way when I hear a gunshot. I look up and Fangs falls to the ground. Sweet Pea and the other serpents rush to him.

"Someone get help!" Sweet Pea yells.

I quickly shove out the crowd and called the ambulance to get Fangs. As the paramedics show up, Sweet Pea and some other serpents leave Fangs to FP. I watched as they got onto their bikes and ride off. I got in my car and followed them. They ended up at the school and so I got out trying not to be noticed.

"Hey Sweet Pea, we got company," one serpent says, point at me.

"Who's over there!" Sweet Pea yells. I watch as he pulls out his switchblade. I take a step back and reveal myself in the light.

"It's some Northsider," Sweet Pea says, walking towards me. Flustered, my heart starts beating rapidly and suddenly I zone out. I snap back to reality when Sweet Pea is inches away from my face.

"Marci? Why are you here?" He asks. I stutter but nothing comes out. "Get home, I don't want you hurt."

I nod and I quickly walked to my car. I took a deep breath and drove home. I got inside, but it was silent. For the amount of noise the riot made, the house was dead compared to the chaos. I walked around the house and found a paper on the dining table. It was the same paper I saw in every foster home. I sighed and walked up to my room. I packed every bag of mine and walked back down to sit on the stairs.

Abel

I walked into Fangs Fogarty's hospital room. He was awake but he was weak. My dad was in the room next to him for a leg injury. I walked up to his bed and stood by him.

"Abel?" Fangs says weakly.

"Oh—Uh, yea Fangs?" I say.

"Please-" He starts but he groans in pain. "Do me a favor."

"What is it Fangs?" I ask.

"Find my sister." He says. "Her name is Kathryn. She's missing-"

He starts coughing violently and so I call out for the nurse. I step outside and the nurses take over. Jughead's dad walks in and back out with devastation across his face. "He's gone.." He states. I took  a deep breath and looked at my phone.