Something Different- Fangs Fogarty

Eight

     After Alex had been welcomed back by all of us he'd gone to get ready whilst all the party guests arrived, with my still making her guacamole or something I was left to welcome everyone, "How's it going, sweetie?" Dad places a hand on my shoulder as I stand by the table that's full with snacks

     "Honestly Dad, this is the last thing I want to be doing right now" I mutter sticking another chip in my mouth "Like seriously the last thing"

     He starts to laugh as the doorbell goes off again, "Guess I'll answer it then" As dad opens the door I see a certain Fogarty on the other side, stood with his hands behind his back "I don't believe we've had a formal introduction, Mr Fogarty"

     "Oh sir, Mr.. Uh... Mr, I'm so sorry" Fangs stutters across his words as my dad holds out his hand for him to shake it

     "Fangs, It's okay" I laugh as he shakes my dad's hand looking utterly embarrassed by the whole interaction he just had "Dad, This is Fangs, Fangs this is Dad... But don't call him that"

     "Call me Mark" Dad grins as he ushers Fangs in before disappearing into the kitchen again

     "I want to curl up in to a ball and never be seen again after that, oh god" He covers his face with his hands as we both take a seat on the stairs "Do you think he hates me now?"

     "Fangs" I chuckle, placing my hand on his leg and turning my body towards him so we're facing each other "I know how nervous you are and I know how much you wanted to make a good impression on my parents, and I'm 10000 percent sure you made a great impression. They like you already because it's so easy to like you"

     He sighs whilst running a hand through his hair, "It makes me nervous, you know? I've never met a girls parents like this before, sure I've met some girls parents but I've never really had conversations with them so I have no clue how to act"

    "You're doing great" I stand to my feet pulling him up with me,  "If you weren't, Well I would tell you"

     "Saskia" Alex sings as he hops down the stairs behind us "Introduce me to this fine specimen" He holds his hand out to Fangs with a grin on his face

     "Alex, Fangs" I pause point inbetween the pair "Fangs...Alex"

     "I'm her delightful brother, She just adores me and I clearly don't embarrass her one bit" He winks as he squeezes my cheeks before passing us to get downstairs "You can tell, can't you?"

     "He really does love you" Fangs laughs as I open the door to see Veronica and Betty stood there talking about Archie "What's he done?"

       "Oh nothing too bad" Veronica shrugs as she follows us into the house "He cancelled tonight to work with my dad instead? Who cancels on their girlfriend to hang out with her dad?"

        "Archie Andrews" Betty and I both start to laugh as I pass drinks around "So what are they doing? Anything serious?"

     Veronica just shrugs ending the conversation suddenly whilst she sips her drink, a silence hangs over us for a while. "So, hows things going with Jug? Good?"

      "Oh yeah, we're good" I look up at Fangs as the conversation comes to an end suddenly with us all standing in an incredibly awkward silence 

      I give him look indicating for him to start a new conversation. However Fangs being Fangs shakes his head at me "What? What do you want me to do, babe?" I roll my eyes at him as he finally catches on to what I'm trying to tell him "Oh, So how about that black hood guy, huh? Brutal, right?"

     I close my eyes and inhale as Fangs just stands there whilst grinning at me, "Fangs for the love of god when I mean for you to start a conversation I mean bring up a conversation that we could actually talk about, not a murderer" 

Veronica and Betty start to laugh as he huffs and crosses his arms "Personally Saskia, I think it was a fairly good conversation starter. It's something that we can all have a discussion about" He whispers not looking up from his phone "However, Midge and Moose were super lucky to get away from the guy without being murdered but that Grundy lady wasn't so lucky so that's a shame"

     "Is it really a shame, though? Is it?" Veronica retorts pointing her glass towards him with a stern look on her face "Because I don't think it is a shame, Fangs"

     Fangs looks between Betty and I as we both look away from him, "Am I missing something?" I look at Betty who looks at Veronica "Can someone please explain the situation? I'm begging?"

"Well, It started the summer Jason got murdered"

    _

    I lean against my locker as I wait for the others to arrive, I look to the left to see Archie storming down the hall with his arms across his chest and I can tell you that his hair wasn't the only thing red "Archie?" I catch his arm as he goes to walk past pulling him back slightly "Are you okay? You're as red as a beetroot?" 

    "It's just no one is doing anything about the shooting. My dad nearly died and they've done nothing whatsoever, I'm so angry" He snaps, leaning against the locker next to me "Will they ever do anything? Or are they just going to let some guy get away with it forever?"

    "I don't know, Arch. I honestly don't know" I sigh, pulling him to a hug "I know much this has hurts you, I really do"

     I push through the crowds of people in the hall to get to the rec room, I push open the door to see everyone sat around as Kevin taps his foot against the floor "Take your time why don't you" Kevin groans as I next to Toni 

    I look up at him with frown "You didn't tell me  it was an emergency Kevin, so I stopped at my locker?" He crosses his arms with a frown "Well it is, Saskia"

    He coughs before pulling some papers out of his bag, "Okay so I don't know how many of you want to be involved but I'm hoping it's all of you otherwise I'm going to be extremely disappointed"

    "Do I have to sing? Because if so I don't want to be involved and I'm doing that to save everyone's ears" I laugh as Fangs nods along "I tried to sing once but I sounded like a cat being strangled"

    "It's okay I still love you for it" Fangs smiles whilst laughing, we both suddenly look at each other as we realise what he said "I mean, I still like you for it, even."

    "Uh you guys can have this conversation in your own time but for now we're talking about me" Kevin frowns as he hands round some paper "So how about this, huh?"

    "A musical?" Moose points at the paper whilst looking round at all of us "Are you sure you want us all to sing?"

     "And Dance! Don't forget about dancing" Kevin insists with a wide grin spread across his face "It'll be fun, Okay? I promise you all"

     "We'll be right up there" Veronica grabs Bettys hand with a smile "So what musical?"

      "Dream girls? Mamma Mia? How about The Phantom Of The Opera?" Midge questions leaning forward towards Kevin 

    He shakes his head whilst laughing "None of them, Midge but I do wish we went for Mamma Mia now" 

    "How does Carrie The Musical sound?"