Veronica and Cheryl walked around the school. Cheryl didn't seem to know what she was doing. Why did she offer to do this if she didn't know how to give a tour? Even though Veronica had no idea where anything was in this school, she could probably do a MUCH better tour than Cheryl. If her stomach didn't hurt so much. What was going on? She didn't feel sick this morning. Veronica guessed it was because of what Cheryl and the principal had been talking about. Why did Cheryl need to get better? Veronica got so stressed thinking about it she couldn't focus on the tour Cheryl was giving. She told herself it was just because Cheryl absolutely SUCKED at giving tours, which for the most part was true, but Veronica couldn't really tell because she wasn't paying attention. Every so often she would snap back to reality, but she immediately zoned back out.
"oh my fucking god, will you fucking listen to me?" a voice said, frustrated. veronica looked at her, a bit dazed from thinking so much. cheryl faced her, looking expectant.
"what?" she asked, surprised that cheryl was getting angry. she had been so nice up until now. well, veronica thought she had been. she hadn't been listening.
"i mean um, i just asked you a question over and over again. you just stared at the wall in a total daze. i got kind of o-overly frustrated. what i meant was; um, uh, do you mind listening to me, veronica?" cheryl stuttered. veronica stared at her.
"uh... uh... yeah yeah sorry i zoned out for a bit, i guess from the stress of a new school. i'll try harder to listen to you." veronica said, kind of confused as to what was happening. cheryl took a deep breath, then let it out. she closed her eyes for a second, like she was deciding something.
"okay, thanks veronica. i'm so sorry i snapped at you, i can't really control it. i have these anger issues or something. i can't really stop myself sometimes, but i'm trying." cheryl held her breath, like she was scared of what veronica would say. to be honest, veronica didn't know what to say.
"it's... it's okay cheryl. i understand. i'm not always the nicest either." cheryl let out that breath that she had been holding for so long. veronica could tell that made her feel better.
"thank you. for saying that. it makes me feel less alone i guess."
"alone? you're not alone cheryl."
"oh, you have no idea." cheryl looked away. veronica was a bit taken aback. this whole conversation was not one she had expected to have on the first day of school. she didn't know what cheryl meant by "you have no idea. of course there were people who cared about cheryl! cheryl seemed like a great person. she wasn't alone. she was probably exaggerating, saying she was alone. because she wasn't. at least veronica assumed she wasn't. maybe there was something she was missing. even if cheryl DID have major anger issues, veronica was SURE that at least one person in the world cared about her. what about her family? her family was sure to love her. veronica decided cheryl was just exaggerating the amount of alone that she was.
"well," cheryl said. "that concludes this tour. see you ronnie." veronica was surprised that she had called her 'ronnie'. only her close friends would call her ronnie. it was like this right of passage to call veronica ronnie. she couldn't tell cheryl that though. veronica sighed. i guess i'll just have to leave it. veronica thought. she kind of liked it, anyway.
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1/2 - cheronica fanfic
Romance"Everyone thinks I'm this loveless monster, but it isn't true. I loved someone, who loved me, but my mother ruined it. her name was... veronica."
