riverdale

Sleepovers at the Allcott's

it was Friday night As with every other Friday night throughout fall in Riverdale, there was a football game; and as they had so many times before the Bulldogs won. Though, this week, after a victory dance and a change of clothes the APCs slid into vehicles and made their way back the the Alcott's empty home.

The Alcott's had always been the most emotionally supportive of all the APC parents, they were also the most absent. Gone four out of seven days in a week, even when James and Lily were young, left the two to grow up with the most independence of the all children of their group Not that they weren't all independent, none of the APcs had helicopter parents by any means but Jmaes and Lily had always been a little more prepared for the world. While Carter and Cheryl were having tea with their mother's every wednesday at six and eight, Lily was home with the family chief learning to make meals. While Jason and Mason learned to play tennis and golf with their fathers every tuesday at eleven and twelve, Carter was learning to fix cars from their neighbor. But there was never a question of if their parents loved them. Whenever they were together their parents showered them in love and affection. There were twice daily phone calls to say how much they loved and missed them and family vacations during school breaks. Lily and James knew they were loved far more than the other kids ever would.

Even their home felt more loving than the B or P homes ever did. From the moment you walked in it felt warm and inviting. The walls were cream colored and were covered in both priceless art and family photos. The floors were a medium colored wood through the house, the furniture was comfortable and light shined through the millions of windows and glass doors of the mansion. Carter always felt most at home when at the Alcott's, she thought that this is what home was supposed to feel like. 

It was dark by the time the teens arrived but the house still felt full of light. They kicked off their shoes, the dropped their bags and scurried toward the kitchen as the boys smiled and took the belongings upstairs. When they flicked on the kitchen light the girls found an array of snacks, both store bought and homemade, spread out on the kitchen island. The girls squealed in excitement then Lily picked up the small sticky note attached to a bottle of Soda.

'For my four favorite girls. Love Mother Alcott'. Lily read the note aloud and all the girls smiled at the sweet words. Amanda Alcott always treated all of the children like her own, sending gifts for birthdays and other events she couldn't attend, get well card and flowers even when the children had only come down with a cold. She was a loving and caring woman despite being absent the majority of the time. 

Cheryl : "I love your Mom." Cheryl smiled, pulling a cookie from a package laided out on the counter.

Carter : "same" "Carter agreed reaching for one herself.

Lily smiled and nodded. 

Lily : "Yeah, she's pretty great sometimes. Oh look she left den key which means we'll be able to watch movies! Come on, let's go change then we can come back down for snacks before going to the den." The other three nodded and began to make their way up to Lily's bedroom.

Lily's room was all white with accents of black and teal scattered about. The boys had dropped their bags off in the room before making their way to hang out in Jame(s)'s room for the night. They changed into their pajamas, grabbed a yearbook and a notebook then made their way back downstairs. 

Once settled into the den with their snacks the girls found a movie to watch and dug in, laughing and giggling the entire time. They were downstairs for an hour when the boys showed up to the door.

Mason : "Knock knock, what are you ladies up to?" Mason asked as he leaned against the door frame, the other two boys just outside the room.

looked up and smiled at him. 

Lily : "Watching a movie and junking out, we're going to start narrowing the list soon. Do you want to join us?" She offered.

Mason sighed 

Mason :  "As tempting as that sounds, and as lovely as you ladies look, Reggie just called to invite us to a last minute party at his place. Just the guys from the team so we're going to head over there."

Cheryl : "Alright, don't be gone all night then come crashing and banging into the house at dawn you know how we all like our beauty sleep." Cheryl smiled at the boys across the room

Jason :""We know, we won't be out too long but don't wait to do the list, we trust your opinion." Jason replied, moving into the room to give Carter a kiss on the cheek 

Megan : "so we should get started on the list. Don't want to wait until we're falling asleep." Megan offered before picking up the yearbook.

Carter nodded then picked up the notepad and they got to work. It wasn't a long process, most people were invited to B party but it was a process that took a lot of discussion among the parties involved.

Lily :" "Let me start by saying that A party was a total success and seeing as there weren't many debacles this is going to be difficult." Lily said, flipping open the yearbook. 

Cheryl nodded 

Cheryl :  "Well let's start with the obvious, Polly can't come."

Carter : "why not? " Cassie asked the girl beside her.

Lily chuckled 

Lily :"Ding , Ding , Polly, Jason, where have you been?" She explained.

Carter : ""No, I know that, all I'm saying is that." Carter paused for a moment to find the right explanation. "I was with Jason all night, he and Polly said hello to one another and that was as close as they got all night."

Lily : ""This time, but what if next time you aren't by him all night." Lily replied with sad eyes.

Carter : "Says the one who can't KEEP HER OWN BOYFRIEND FROM CHEATING ON HER , We have to trust Jason. If he says things are over with Polly then we need to leave it at that. Besides, we should punish Polly for Jason's indiscretions. He went after her in the beginning and you all act like it was the other way around." Carter said, annoyance beginning to bubble inside her.

Cheryl : ""Fine, Polly can come." Cheryl scoffed and rolled her eyes before continuing. "However Carver Yates, he has got to go. He downed an entire bottle of whisky and took his pants off. That is a penis I was never interested in seeing." The four girls laughed and added his name to the list. This continued for almost two hours, coming up with names and reason to exclude them from B party. The girls laughing and smiling the entire time; sometimes it was nice to sit a top the social pyramid, though the four never knew anything else.