Dreamers

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J POV
"Dad?" I hear. "Office." I yell and she walks in. "Hey munchkin." I say. "You never told me that mom used to call me that." she says. "I know." I say. "Can you tell me about her, please. She won't tell me anything, and I want to know. Fangs is mad at her because she got into another crash. What does that mean?" she asks. "That woman is going to have brain damage at the rate she is going." I mutter. "What happened almost 16 years ago?" she asks. "You know the farm house? Your mom crashed her bike near there without a helmet on. She used to be the queen of the serpents before I came along. Nobody messed with her. She was one of the most feared people on the southside." I say. "Why does she live on the northside?" she asks. "When she got pregnant with you, she ran so you would be safe. When she came back 3 months later, we fought and she thought everyone hated her, so she moved to the northside. I found out about you the day you were born. She only told Fp, fangs, sweet pea, Toni, and JB. Nobody wanted me to know, because they feared what I would do. If I was able to get the most feared person to leave town and then move to the northside, there was no telling what I could've done." I say. "What does fangs gym have to do with anything?" she asks. "That's her safe place. She used to just use the punching bag, but when you were 2, she switched to matches. She was very reckless, and didn't care if she lived or died." I say. "I heard some of the serpents talking about she killed people. Is that true? Don't lie either." she says. "There was one serpent, that despised her from when she joined the serpents, to day he died. When she came to Riverdale, he tried to kill her, but Fp found her, and took her in. When you were born, he was very disrespectful to his queen and princess, so she shot him." I say, "go to bed. Tomorrow is a school day." She nods and goes to her room.

S POV
I let everything circle around in my head. I know there are some things that he isn't telling me but I got some. I get ready for school and walked in with Emily after being dropped off. The bell rings and I go to English. She smiles at the class and gives us our lesson. She seems really nice, so why would she leave me and dad?

B POV
Everyone turned in the assignment and read books the remainder of the class. The bell rang, and everyone filed out except for one. "Hey Scarlett. What can I help you with?" I ask. "I was wondering if we could go out for lunch sometime." she says shyly. "Of course." I smile, "alright. Get to class before the bell rings. You don't need tardies." She nods and leaves before my next class comes in.

S POV
"So......" I say at the lunch table. "What's the deal between you and Ms. Cooper?" one of them asks. "Yea." another says. "That's none of your business." I say. "Why? Are you in love with her or something?" they pester me. "Leave. Me. Alone." I grit through my teeth. "No. Tell us." they say. "It's none of your business. Leave me alone." I say, getting up. I carry my tray to her classroom, and see if she's there. "Mom?" I say. "In here munchkin." she replies. "People won't quit bothering me at lunch, and I was wondering if I could eat in here?" I ask. "What's happening at lunch?" she asks. "Just pestering me nonstop." I reply.

B POV
I knew she was lying. We talked until the bell rang. Scarlett gets out of my classroom and goes to her next class. I give out the assignment. This is my worst class. It's got most of the jocks, and if they aren't annoying enough. "Get this finished and then you can read the remainder of the class." I say. "What if we don't want to?" One asks. "What's your name?" I ask. "Will Andrews." he says. "Ah. Makes more sense now. I don't care if you don't want to. Fail my class and you won't graduate. Now get the work done." I say. He looks defeated and starts his work.

S POV
I was in my last class period, thank god. I have art, which I'm surprisingly good at. I turn in my work before the bell and get my stuff together. The bell rings and we file out of the room. I bump into someone. "I'm so sorry." I say. "It's fine munchkin." she smiles, but I could see the pain in her eyes. "Do your ribs hurt?" I blurt out. "They're fine." she chuckles. "I'm sorry for bumping into you." I say. "No harm no foul. I'm fine. Nothing was dropped." she says. She didn't sound or look like she was capable of killing a man. Then again, looks can be deceiving. "Ok. Dad is probably wondering where I am. I'll see you tomorrow." I say. "Bye Scarlett." she says.

B POV
I looked up from Scarlett and saw Fp. "What are you doing here?" I ask. "I wanted to see how the new job was going." he says. I smile and hug him. "Bye grandpa. Bye mom." she says and heads for her car. "What are you really doing here?" I ask. "I wanted to know if you would come by the bar this afternoon." he says. "Fine. What time?" I ask. "As soon as you change clothes." he says. "Ok. I'll be there in a little bit." I say.

J POV
Scarlett wanted to go to the bar, and I had to go some work done so I let her. I was in my office, and heard some loud cheering. I head downstairs, and there she is, sitting on top of the bar, like she's been doing it for years. I see Scarlett run up to her, laughing. Betty smiles at her and they were talking, but I'm guessing Scarlett hit a sore spot, because her face went cold.

S POV
I was talking to mom about her past, and her entire posture changed. She sat up straight, her face went cold, and her eyes, her eyes could've killed someone. "Scarlett." I hear from behind me. I turn and see dad. "What are you doing?" he whispers in my ear. "I want to get to know her." I reply. "Well. You hit a sore spot, so stop." he says. Fangs walks over, and tries to calm her down.