1/2 - cheronica fanfic

18: cheryl

how did i let veronica talk me into going to this stupid party? cheryl thought as she put on her dress. it was simple, red (her signature colour), with off the shoulder sleeves. nobody there was going to enjoy her presence. except for maybe veronica, but she definitely wouldn't if chuck spilled her secrets. i mean, maybe he wouldn't this year, because everyone already knows i'm a total bitch. cheryl thought. also, who would even come to the party anyways? well, there was obviously chuck, moose, tina, ginger, reggie, and her and veronica, all the popular kids. maybe some unpopular people would go too if they were really desperate. still, that wasn't TERRIBLE. betty and her friends never went to things like this, thank god. so maybe it wasn't that bad. she wouldn't have any drama made up about her, she was usually the one helping chuck do it to other people, so that was nice and all.

cheryl snuck out of the house, and went to pops where she and veronica had planned to meet. ugh. this place brought back so many memories. her and betty at pops, sitting-- wow, exactly where cheryl was sitting right that moment. i guess i just chose it out of habit. she thought, exhaling. she smiled, thinking of how they had gone here every Saturday, just talking about things kids in 7th grade talked about, celebs, boys. oh my god was that the time when betty had that huge crush on reggie mantle? cheryl chuckled. but that was in the past. betty hated her now. maybe she was unstable. all the other parties she had been to were made up of her and chuck digging up dirt on every single student at riverdale high.

"cheryl blossom." a voice said behind her. cheryl quickly snapped back to reality and turned around. in front of her stood a raven haired girl dressed in a black sleeveless dress and a pearl necklace.

"ronnie, i was getting worried. why are you always lateeee?"

"a queen is never late, everyone else is simply early."

"shut up."

"anyways, so i got a driver for us, smithers."

"oo i love him hes so nice."

"yep, oh and you're sitting in the back with everyone else. i own the car so i get shotgun."

"...everyone else?"

"oh yeah, i got betty and kevin and archie to come."

"what? oh my god no. why the hell would you do that?"

"well, i know you have something like a rocky past with them or something but--"

"rocky past? how do you know that? who told you? it was betty wasn't it?"

"and kevin technically but cheryl at some point i was going to find out, its not like it's a secret to anyone. the question is why didn't you tell me yourself?"

"because if you did you would hate me!"

"i could never hate you cheryl."

"you would if you knew, like everyone. they don't believe me when i try to explain, everyone believes betty, aka miss perfect. they tell me to chill out, 'it happened 4 years ago cheryl you should be over it.'"

"...what happened?"

"dammit, i should've told you myself, you wont understand! You're probably just like everyone else, huh? just another one of those bitches!" cheryl screamed. veronica looked a bit taken aback.

"veronica, i- i'm so sorry, i didn't mean to yell at you i just got--"

"it's fine lets just get going. everyone is waiting."