It had only been a month since the serpents had transferred to Riverdale High and Cheryl's life had changed dramatically. She had gone from having only one and half friends, Kevin and Betty, to having a whole group of people that she could depend on. The serpents had quickly become her friends after Toni had saved her from her parents abuse that night. They hung out after school all the time and managed to get along very well, which was a little surprising. One would think that a Blossom could never get along with a serpent, much less form a close friendship with them, but Cheryl had always an exception to what a traditional Blossom was supposed to be.
The rest of the school did not really accept the serpents too much yet, some were ok, but the Bulldogs were constantly bullying and messing with the serpents along with anyone who was kind to them, and Cheryl of course. Because of the danger of being kind to the southsiders, most people didn't talk to them or associate with them so they were one their own. The only people that were there for them was Cheryl, Betty, and Kevin. They were the only ones that hung out with the southsiders on the daily and were always nice to them no matter what. Sure they got bullied for it, but the serpent's actually gave them protection and stood up for them when they could.
Fangs was always there for Kevin, ready to speed by anyone who dared to mess with his boyfriend. Yes the two started to date soon after Kevin first started to eat lunch with the serpent's outside and they are still in the honeymoon phase of their relationship. Kevin would also heal anyone who got hurt, doing whatever he could to the most people that he could. Jughead and Betty protected each other. Jughead going invisible to stop whatever possible attacks and Betty would often look into people's head to figure out if they were planning to do something. Together the pair helped whoever they could out.
Cheryl couldn't do a lot to protect the serpent's or Toni, but she was good at providing information about the people who could be targeting them. She was surprisingly observatory and noticed a lot of the patterns that the Bulldogs And their many bullies estimated, because of this she would often warn the others about possible threats. Toni was always protecting Cheryl, constantly putting up shields to stop her from getting hurt and blocking a lot of the attacks on the brown haired girl. One time when Jason almost punch Cheryl, Toni made a shield right in front of Cheryl's face and Jason's hand bounced off. He had jammed most of his fingers from that incident. So Cheryl's life had changed for the better, and it was all thanks to Toni.
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For Cheryl, lunch was a safe haven. It was the best time of the day because she got to hang out with her new friends and let loose a little bit. Over the past month she had opened up to the group and shown herself to have a sarcastic and sassy personality underneath the timid exterior that she put up for the rest of the world. Whenever the weather was nice enough the group would eat outside and when it wasn't they would eat in the auditorium where Kevin, Betty, and Cheryl used to eat. Today the weather was exceptionally nice, the sun was out and it was nice and warm. Not so warm that it was drained, but a good warm especially compared to the inside of the school, which was always cold. Everyone was laying around, eating, talking, soaking in the heat, and just goofing off. Betty had her head on Jugheads chest as he leaned up against a tree. Kevin and Fangs were sitting as close to each other as they could, their fingers intertwined as they whispered sweet nothing into each others ear. Sweetpea lay on the grass with his arms under his head and eyes closed. Cheryl and Toni sat next to each other with Toni using Cheryl's shoulder as a head rest.
"This is the life." Sweetpea said, not opening his eyes and taking in the sun above him.
Cheryl felt Toni smile, "Tell me about, this is perfect."
Jughead perked up, "You could say that again, I got friends, my girl, and the sun what else do I need?"
"No school would be nice." Fangs said with a laugh.
