Hush

6

I sat in history class as we had work time for our project. Sweet Pea and I had this class together, but since he seemed to be avoiding me I was sitting with Reggie.

"Why were you sitting with that serpent trash today at lunch?" He asked. I rolled my eyes.

"I don't even know. I just needed somewhere to sit and I kind of thought Toni and I were friends. But I'm never doing it again." I said kind of loudly. I looked over to see Sweet Pea watching me.

"Well you deserve to sit with the best. So save your time and come sit with us bulldogs tomorrow." Reggie offered. I smiled.

"I think I'll take you up on that offer Reggie." I giggled. I started to play with my hair.

"Hey Cam. I was wondering if you'd like to go to Pop's with me sometime for dinner?" Reggie asked. I got a wide smile and nodded.

"I'd love to." I said while leaning towards him. I could feel Sweet Pea's eyes burning into the back of my head.

****

After school Friday it was the same routine, Chester picked us up and rice us to Pop's where dad picked us up. Then we drove to his trailer.

"He could you guys go hang with Toni and Jughead tonight. I have some business tonight with Tall Boy and FP." Dad asked. I shrugged while flopping on the couch.

"Sure dad. But we'll see you tomorrow?" Finn asked. Dad nodded. Scarlett came and jumped next to me on the couch. I took a deep breath.

****
After dinner Dad dropped us off at Jughead's and picked up FP. We got out and slowly made our way in. Jughead came out from the bathroom.

"What are you guys doing here?" He asked while walking towards us. Finn and I looked at each other all confused because we thought he knew.

"Our Daddy said that you and Toni are going to hang out with us." Scarlett said with her arms crossed. Jughead nodded his head. I checked my phone to see that Toni texted me.

Toni: Sweet Pea fangs and I are on our way to Jughead's

I sat on the couch quietly as I heard the sounds of Dad and FP formulating a plan. Finn and Jughead were in the kitchen talking about something. So I was sitting there next to Scarlett in silence.

"When is Toni going to be here?" She whined. I chuckled and ruffled the hair on her head.

"Soon Scarly. Just have patience." I said. And as soon as I said that Toni and the gang came through the door. I stayed in my seat as they filed into the living room.

"Fangs! Toni! Sweet Pea!" Scarlett shouted excitedly. She ran over and gave them each their own individual hug.

"Scar!" Toni yelled back. It made Scarlett giggle. "Okay. So my grandma and nana offered to baby sit Scar tonight, don't worry my sister will be there. And then I thought we could go down to the quarry?" Toni said. I shrugged. I looked over to see Finn nodding.

"Sure why not." I said as I stood up.

****

When we got to the quarry some serpents were already there, and were pretty wasted. I walked timidly behind Jughead with Finn.

"Welcome to the quarry." Toni said. Everyone kind of walked away and did their own thing but I stuck close to Toni. "So are you going to go talk with Sweet Pea? Or go with him?" She asked with a smirk on her face. I rolled my eyes.

"Sweet Pea clearly doesn't want to be with me. So I'm fine with that, I'm over him. And you can force someone to be with you, so now hand me a beer." I said. Toni just nodded and handed me a red solo cup. I looked down into it.

"Are you sure?" She asked quietly.

"Here's to assholes." I said before downing half of it. Toni just stood there with her jaw on the floor and wide eyes. I shrugged.

"Well I'm with you on that then." She said while cheering with my cup. I nodded back at her with a wide smile. We walked down to over where the boys were. Some of them were sitting on a rugged old brown couch while the rest were either standing or sitting on the ground.

"Oh everyone bow down. The Northside princess is here." Sweet Pea said while rolling his eyes. I rolled my back at him. I downed the other half of my beer quick. Finn then came and stood next to me.

"Please tell me that's coke in your cup?" He asked quietly. I stood there with a smug smile and shook my head.

"Nope." I said to my twin before walking away. Finn was always the more sane one between us. Always thought things through and had to calm me down. Or tell me I'm wrong.

But tonight I wasn't going to listen. I never get a chance to let loose so that's what I'm doing tonight.

"Cami, Toni do you guys want to play truth or dare?" Fangs asked. I shrugged.

"Sure why not." Toni said while sitting on the arm rest of the couch.

"I'll go first." One of the ones didn't know said. He crossed his arms and looked around a little bit. I leaned over to Toni and asked who he was.

"That's Tiger. He's Hogeye's son." Toni explained. I nodded a little bit. A few rounds went by until it was Fang's turn to ask. He turned to me and had a smirk on his face.

"Cami truth or dare." He asked slyly. I took a deep breath.

"Truth." I responded. He chuckled with a smug smirk.

"What happened last weekend when you and Sweet Pea when we all left on Saturday?" He asked. I could feel my chest start to tighten. I looked over at Sweet Pea to see him giving me a glare.

"A real lady doesn't kiss and tell." I said with a smile. Fangs rolled his eyes. I saw Sweet Pea take a deep breath and relax in his seat.

"So I take it as a yes? Something did happen between you 2?" He asked crossing his arms. I felt my cheeks getting warm.

"W-well. Um probably not as much as you all think happened." I finally blurted out after stumbling on my words.

"So please tell." Fangs said while walking up to me. I looked down at the ground and played with my hair. I looked over at Sweet Pea and he was on edge.

"No thanks. You asked me more than one question." I said with a big smile on my face. "Okay my turn. Umm. I picked Sweet Pea, truth or dare?" I asked with a small smirk on my face.

"I don't know. Just give me a truth and make it quick before I start drinking." He said. I just rolled my eyes at him.

"Hmm. Well how about, why have you kept avoiding me and being distant after I refused to have sex with you?" I spat at him. I crossed my arm and stood across from him. Everyone's jaws were on the floor from being surprised. I even heard someone gasped.

Sweet Pea sent me a death glare. He stood up and crossed his arms. He had a very serious face while I still had my smirk.

"I'm waiting." I sang. He rolled his eyes at me.

"Can we do this later?" He asked quietly.
I shook my head

"Nope." I spat back at him. I chuckled a little bit. He took a deep breath.

"Fine it's because I didn't know how to react I was upset. Because I do really actually like you." He said before storming off. I stood there just stunned. Toni ran after him.