Summary:
We all were kind of disappointed in how last night went for Choni, so I rewrote their scenes in a way I imagined it would've gone had they not cut the scenes. - Love Shiloh :)
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"Kevin!" Cheryl exclaimed, flagging him down in the hallway as she wrapped a hand around his forearm. Kevin had been walking in pursuit to history class, his eyes going wide slightly upon seeing Cheryl.
"Hi Cheryl, look I have to get going to-," Kevin said, rather exasperatedly.
"I just wanted to thank you for casting my girlfriend in the Carrie musical!" Cheryl smiled brightly, causing Kevin's eyebrows to raise slightly in surprise. "It means a lot that you're trying to incorporate the majority of the school into this."
"T-Toni?" Kevin asked, as students walked around them. He quickly regained his composure and Cheryl knew he would be spreading the fact she had called Toni her girlfriend around the school like wildfire. It wasn't a secret that Cheryl had been living in Toni's trailer, but Kevin always liked gossip.
"Who else, silly?" Cheryl asked, she didn't care who knew. She had snagged someone gorgeous named Toni Topaz, that was something to show off.
"I just didn't realize you guys were on that level yet," Kevin said, clearing his throat. Cheryl caught the eye of the girl they were talking about down the hallway, having just exited her math class. She made eye contact with Cheryl and smiled slightly.
"Speaking of the woman of the hour, I have to go," Cheryl said, patting Kevin's arm as she walked with purpose down the hallway.
"Hey...how was biology?" Toni asked as Cheryl approached, subconsciously intertwining their fingers.
"Boring as always. I'm glad you're here though," Cheryl smiled, leaning down to peck Toni's lips. "Come on, let's go to trig."
She had been sitting alone in the gym for less than five minutes when she heard the metal doors open and slam shut, followed by the sound of boots on the waxed wooden floors. Cheryl's face was in her hands, trying her best to suck up the silent sobs that had been escaping her lips. Whoever it was, they were getting closer. The sound of heavy boots hit the bleachers, stepping up each stair on their pursuit to her. Cheryl just wanted to be left alone.
The feeling of a warm arm wrapped itself around her back, the familiar smell of the girl she had been living with for the past few weeks filled her nose. No words were exchanged once Cheryl realized who had sat down next to her and pressed her knee against hers. Cheryl rotated her body to open her eyes and look at her girlfriend, the one who Cheryl was sleeping next to in her ridiculously small twin bed. God, she couldn't be any more grateful for her.
"I heard what happened," Toni said softly, rubbing small circles into Cheryl's back. "You're still Carrie White in my heart."
"Screw the musical," Cheryl sighed, practically on the verge of tears again. She forced herself to look ahead towards the gymnasium floor. Toni watched her with a concerned look plastered onto her face. "I just wanted to prove to everyone that I'm still me...but maybe I'm not."
Cheryl sat up from her hunched over position, looking back at her girlfriend and into her soft brown eyes, "Toni...even Carrie White could stand up to her mother."
It was true, Cheryl was pathetic. Her mother had the upper hand when she showed up to see the principal and tell him she was not going to allow Cheryl to be in the musical. She could only fire back angrily, unable to say anything sinister like she used to. Toni watched Cheryl with her undivided attention, all of her previous sorrows that she felt moments ago began to disappear.
