From Ash to Gold (Sweet Pea x Reader )

Chapter.4

I cooled off a little after lunch but I was still ticked about what Reggie said. I still can't believe Archie went and told him. I thought he didn't want the fight to happen either, but I guess he did. I still haven't seen Veronica since we met in the bathroom; she's suppose to be in chemistry with me right now. Everyone is taking a test, but I finished mine already. I raise my hand and ask to go to the office for a cough drop, but really to find Veronica. I grab the hall pass and head out the door towards the office.

"Hi Mrs. Nelson. Have you see Veronica"?. She looks up from her keyboard and looks at the sign out sheet.

"Yes. She signed out at 11:37. Said she had an appointment. " I smile and say thanks. An appointment for what. She usually tells me and B about everything she has to do. I really have to pee. I head to the senior girls bathroom because that's the only one that doesn't smell too bad. I do my business and wash my hands. I didn't even notice the girl standing by the window, smoking.

"Hey, you're that girl who convinced Sweet Pea to stop the fight, aren't you"?.

I turn towards her and knods yes. This girl has pink and purple hair, a nose ring, several ear piercings and very short, short, shorts.

"You must be one brave girl because no one has ever asked us for anything, especially not Sweet Pea." She walks closer to me and puts her cigarett out in the sink. She looks me up and down, "He must like you, or finds you interesting. Good luck with that favor you owe him . You'll need it." She walks out laughing a little. What the hell does she mean by that? Guess I'll find out soon.

I walk back to class, trying not to be too interruptive because there were still people taking the test. We still had about 30 minutes left, so I just layed my head down. This day has been so exhausting; when I get home, I'm going straight to bed. That's if my mother doesn't have anything for me to do. WAIT! WHATTTTT THE HELL!?!?! WHY AM I EVEN STILL IN SCHOOL??? I thought she would have checked me out by now or called up here, or SOMETHING. This is not normal. What the hell is going on?

"Alright everyone, please turn in your tests. We have less than 10 minutes, so please keep it down. And I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. "

Today has been a weird day, it couldn't get any weirder. But I was wrong. The bell rang and everyone rushed out the door. I headed to my locker to put my things away, and then there was a tap on my shoulder. It was Sweet Pea.

"You'll need this for that favor you owe me." He hands me a piece of paper, I take it, and he continues to walk down the hall. I open it, and it's his number. And my day just got weirder. I put the paper in my pocket, grab my bag, and I walk outside to wait for my dad. 5 or so minutes pass and he pulls up. I get in and the twins are already arguing about something.
"Can you two not right now. You're both going to give me an even bigger head ache." They stick their tongues out at me and continue to argue. I get my head phones out to listen to music and look out the window. Before we leave the school parking lot, Sweet Pea and the other serpents are hanging out, he sees me and this time, he smiles and winks at me. That made my heart flutter. Why does me make me feel this way?.

"You're mother had to go to Oklahoma today. One of her aunts died and the funeral is tomorrow. She'll be back Monday." So that's why she never came to the school. I could still hear over my music, I take my head phones out and pause my music. "Oh, how is she over it?." Dad shakes his head, "Not so good. She was very close to her aunt. She was like another mother to her. You don't know this, but your grandma was mean and hurtful to your mother. Thats why she's the way she is now, but she isn't that bad because of her aunt. She was the complete opposite of her, and they were twins. Don't let your mother know I told you or she would kill me." Wow, the history you find out about your family can just be so much. I thought mom was just that way because she was a perfectionist, now I know it's because of the child hood she had. Great, now I feel bad about everything.

"Tom and his wife invited us over for dinner at 8, so be ready by 7:30. I said I'd bring some drinks, so I'm going to have to stop by the store on our way." I smile and say ok. We pull into the driveway and Jughead is waiting on the porch. How did he get here before us? He was still at the school when we left. I get out of the car forgetting my bag. "What are you doing here, Jug? " I say walking to the front door to unlock it. "Hey Jug, how are you?" My dad knows all my friends and treats them like family. "I'm good Mr. *L.N*." I invite him in and before I could get comfortable,

♢ "What the hell happened earlier with you and Reggie?."

♡ "oh, that." I grab a soda from the fridge and offer Jug one. "Reggie was just mad because I asked Sweet Pea to stop the fight and he did. Archie went and told him, so there's that. Why?."

♢ "I heard there was a big argument with you and Reggie, and everyone thought you were going to pounce on him, you were so mad."

I laugh at what he said

♡ "No, but as much as I'd want to, I'd get in some serious trouble with my mom, and no one wants that."

♢ "Where is your mom anyway, I'd thought she'd yell at me and tell me to leave by now."

     I take another sip of soda and sit down.

♡ "Well, she had to go to a funeral in Oklahoma tomorrow, her aunt died. I found out today she was like a second mother to her, and that's why she hasn't lost her mind completely. "

♢ "Oh, sorry for her loss. But *Y*N, the real reason I came here is to talk about Sweet Pea. He's one of my best friends and I know how he is, so please, be careful around him, ok? I don't want to see you get hurt, he can be a real asshole most of the time."

    I smile a little, "You have nothing to worry about, ok. Thanks for watching out for me though. You should probably go, I have to go get ready. Tom invited us over for dinner. I'll talk to you later, ok." Jug smiles, we then hug, and he leaves. I go up stairs to take a shower. As I take my pants off, a piece of paper falls out; it's that piece of paper Sweet Pea gave me with his number on it. I go sit on my bed, grab my phone and type his name and number in my phone. I debate whether I should text him now or wait. Jug told me to be careful around Sweet Pea, so that's what I'll do. I'll just send a simple text saying.

    Hey, it's *Y.N*. Can you tell me what kind of favor you want, so this will be done. And I WILL NOT do anything sexual or anything of that nature. So if that's what you're thinking, sorry bud, I won't do it.

    And send. There, that was simple enough.  I get in the shower, get dressed and down stairs by 5:48, with an hour and a half to spare. I'll just watch 'favorite show' til we leave.

Time skip
    We're in the car on the way to Tom's house when I remembered I forgot to grab my phone off the charger, great. Dad goes to the liquor store and gets some kind of wine I can't even pronounce; after that, we pull into Tom's driveway a few minutes later; they have a nice house.
 
      We eat dinner, dad and Tom talk about houses, and Mrs. Tasha asks me how school is, where I'm going to college, if I have a boyfriend. Just the usual stuff. An hour or so later we leave. We get to the house and I am exhausted. I trudge to my room like I've been working all day with no breaks. I go to take my phone off the charger and the screen says,

          New Message: Sweet Pea.

     I look at the message and it says,

  That's no fun. If I remember correctly, you said you'd do ANYTHING, remember? Plus, I haven't decided what I want you to do yet.         - 8:12

    Oh great, why do I have to say things like that?

          Ok, can you at least have something by tomorrow, please?   -10:33. I send the message and then get in bed.

Bzzz, bzzz, bzzz. That was quick.

  Sweet Pea :
I don't know, maybe. I'll think about it since you said please. :▪) Night.

           Wow, he is an asshole, great.