Just The Two Of Us <Sweet Pea FF>

21. Secret

~Monday morning at Riverdale high

After the emergency meeting sweet pea held yesterday the serpents meet again in their room.

"I can't believe what happend" fangs shakes his head "we need to help her"
Toni gets into the room "guys have you seen Cheryl? She is nowhere to be found" she worries
"I haven't seen her. When was the last time you saw her?" Jughead asks
"At her slumber party with Julia and the others" she clears up

"What if her disappearing is connected to julias? After what you told about what happend with nana rose..." Jughead thinks
"The sisters of quiet mercy" sweet peas voice groggy like he hasn't slept all night "that's where they said they took her" his voice still filled with anger.

"I know that... my sister was there. It's an awful place with cruel measures" betty speaks up
"Then we need to get them out of there as soon as possible" Toni and sweet pea simultaneously.
"Slow down, we need a plan" veronica throws into the round. And the planning begins.

~at the sisters (saturday)

It's been nearly a week and I start giving up. Every day the same routine work and movies, im exhausted but i still wonder did they all forget about Cheryl and me? Sweet Pea knows where I am, why-why isn't he coming?

I'm escorted to see a movie again but before that I get my medicine. I usually get a bit tired when I take it but today I feel more dizzy. My vision blurres a bit it's like I'm walking through a tunnel. Cheryl and I don't talk anymore. I didn't speak much these last days, I just sit here and absorb the movie when suddenly the door opens. I don't care who it is. But I notice Cheryl now standing in front of the screen kissing a girl. Is that Toni?

I feel someone shaking me and I look to the side to see sweet pea. I don't know what is going on but he pulls me up the bench and the four of us run out the room. Cheryl and I still shaky on our legs a bit slower then the other two.

We just keep on running until we reach a tunnel. I can hear people behind us but the door opens we run out and the door closes.

Slightly confused I look around we are in a forest. Kevin closes the door and says something but I'm not listening. Toni, fangs and Kevin hug me and Cheryl but I still feel so dizzy that I can't really process everything.

Sweet Pea turns me towards him cups my face with his hands and looks at me before he leans in for a kiss. I couldn't really return it and now he looks at me worried. "Julia, babe are you alright?" I slightly nod but my head hurts too bad so I hold it.

"Let's get out of here" fangs says and we got on the bikes. Cheryl on Tonis, Kevin on fangs' and I one sweet peas.
We arrive at pops where the others already wait. With the time my vision gets clearer and I return to reality.

"Guys, I'm so happy you're fine" Ronnie pulls me in her embrace.
We slide in the booth on one side Jughead, betty, fangs, veronica and Archie and on the other side Cheryl in Tonis arm, Kevin and I in sweet peas arms.

"Can we order some food I'm starving" Cheryl laughs tiredly.
"Of course" Jughead replies and orders. The food arrives and everybody starts eating but I'm not hungry I don't get one bite down. I notice sweet pea worriedly looking down at me but I'm sunk in my thoughts. This whole week was a blur. I was at the sisters of quiet mercy where I unnecessarily took medicine, watched 'movies' and  worked until Toni, sweet pea, Kevin and fangs came to save Cheryl and me and now we are at pops eating. I can't help but wonder if this is even real. At the sisters I lost the line between dream and reality.

Archie and the others start asking questions and Cheryl is happy to answer them but I'm just so tired that I can't even get my head off sweet peas shoulder. "...wear those hideous clothes...work all day...weird movies..."

"Cheryl, Toni" veronica raises her eyebrow "I in fact heard about that kiss", "Hashtag Choni?" Kevin is enthusiastic but Cheryl and Toni just exchange amorous looks.

"Why did you know where the tunnel was?" Archie looks at Kevin.
"You know when I used to run in the woods and now and then hook up with some guy? It's because they escape an antigay camp through this tunnel" Kev leans back.

"Guess you running in the woods wasn't that bad in the end" betty giggles. My head is ringing worse every second, luckily sweet pea notices "I think we should head home now. Thanks, see you" he pulls me up and we walk outside.

At home I stumble towards the bed and lay down moaning. Sweet pea walks towards me and pushes my hair out of my face.
"I don't know what they gave me" I sigh
"It will be alright" he lays down beside me and I fall asleep as he locks his hand around my waist and pulls me towards him.

~meanwhile

Betty walks home when her phone starts ringing. Unknown.

"Hello" she answers it and a familiar deep voice sounds through her ears
"Betty... you got my message, I'm waiting"
"But..."
"Betty you know how this works, you do it or I'll do it"
"Ok ok I'll break them up" her voice cracks And the call ends.