Choni - New Attractions

Regret

Cheryls Pov

Sitting in Wetherbee's office, I knew this was never going to end well. Especially with Toni getting emotional and stroppy at Principle wetherbee. I have to admit, yes it was nice knowing she was caring for me and trying to help me out, but I couldnt bare to watch her get torn to shreds. I wanted her to stop. I needed her to stop. I told her I was fine with a punishment, if anything I deserved it.

"Toni, please stop." I started crying, my eyes flooding with tears. She still didnt shut up, shouting at Wetherbee, i was unstable right now, and all this shouting didnt help. All those people in the corridor had broken me enough, but I out up a brave face. But now I was breaking. "Please! Toni!" Then she snapped. After every single thing that she has supported me through, and she knows how weak and unstable I am right now.

"Shut the hell up Cheryl!"

I sat and stared at her blankly for what felt like minutes but was only seconds. I get that she only told me to shut up but it is the smallest things that break me, she completely ignored me when I tried to get her to stop, which pushed me over the edge. Her neck snapped to face me and saw my broken face and she instantly filled with regret. However in one quick action I ripped off her leather jacket and stormed out of the office, tears falling the whole way as I was pushing through the crowds of students in the hallway. I heard Toni shouting after me, telling me to come back. I just ignored her and ran out the front of the school, I took her bike keys out of her jacket before I took it off so thats where I ran to.

I hopped onto it and put her helmet on, I had never driven her bike before, but I had seen her ride it so many times before, it can't be that hard. I saw her run out of the entrance and spot me, she ran over to me screaming.

"Cheryl! Do not drive my bike thats really dangerous!" I couldn't care less, and she she obviously didnt care about me, completely disrespecting my choices, so I was leaving.

"I don't care Toni, just how you obviously didnt care about me when you didnt listen to me." Toni finally reached the bike and grabbed my hand, trying to stop me from going.

"Please Babe, let me drive you home and we can talk about this." She was obviously upset, she had been crying, her eyes were red. I knew I shouldnt be running away from her in a time like this but i couldn't help it.

"Im sorry T, but you really uspset me."

I flicked down the visor of the helmet and revved the engine and started to move, I was going slowly, wobbling from side to side, she was running behind me, able to catch up with me, so I picked up the pace and became more steady, and Toni was trailing behind. I didnt know where I was going or how long it would take me to get there, but I just kept driving in circles. I was picking up this whole motorcycle thing pretty fast.

After going around Riverdale for 2 hours straight on the bike, I realised I was getting low on fuel, so I decided to stop at the park, where me and Toni had our first "date" so to say, and where we found out she was moving to Riverdale High. Part of me wished that it never happened, so we wouldn't be in this situation now. I went and sat under the tree where we had our first pity party together and all the memories came flooding back to me. The moment where I opened up to Toni, told her everything about Heather and my sexuality, she was one of the one people I was confident enough to talk to talk about this. Then when she comforted me, telling me that I wasnt bad, I wasnt deviant. I couldn't help who I loved or why I loved them. I was just me, thats why I fell for her, she accepted me for who I was no matter what.

I broke down and into tears, I loved her, and there was no way I could stay angry at her. This whole thing happened because I was being stupid and overreacting, all she was doing was trying to protect me. I opened up my phone to see 5 missed calls from Toni and one text from over an hour ago.

Toni ❤️: I'm sorry Cheryl, just come back to school. We need to talk this out, please don't get on my bike, I don't want you to get seriously injured. They are so dangerous and I care about you way too much to see you in a hospital bed. Just please. Come back. I love you x

I started crying even more than I was before, she cared about me even more than I though I did, and my head was just filled with regret. I wiped my tears away and stood up, putting my phone back into my pocket. I knew my eyes were still bloodshot and that I was a mess, but I didnt care, I just wanted to apologise. I started to walk over to my bike when I heard a voice behind me.

"Hey are you ok?" It was the voice of a teenage male.

"Who are you and why do you care." I turned around and rolled my eyes at a tall dark, curly haired figure.

"The names Nicholas, Nicholas Saint Clair..."