Cherry Lipstick [Choni]

Chapter 17- Come Out. Please? (Part 1)

(Toni's POV)

"Cheryl please talk to us," Betty begged her as I knocked on the door. Its been four days since Cheryl was suspended and she only leaves her/our room to go to get stuff to drink and eat. Otherwise she locks herself in the bedroom. I've had to sleep in one of the guest rooms since Cheryl won't talk to me or anyone for that matter. Sleeping in there doesn't bother me, its Cheryl not talking to anyone that bothers and worries me.

"Cheryl? Babe?" I ask. No answer.

"Should we call a therapist or maybe my mom?" Betty asked me.

"I have no clue. Maybe we should call your mom. She's the only mother figure Cheryl has had since her mom died," I told her as we walked into Veronica's room.

"Did she say anything?" Veronica asked us.

"No," Betty said as she shook her head.

"Damn it. What are we gonna do?" She asked Betty and I.

"We are gonna call Alice and see if she can get Cheryl to talk," I told her.

"Should I call now?" Betty asked.

"Yeah," I told her.

"Okay," Betty said as she took out her phone.

Alice- Oh! Did she talk yet?

Betty- No. We called you to see if you can come try and talk to her.

Alice- Yeah I can come over right now and try and talk to her.

Betty- Okay yeah

Alice- Okay honey I'll be there in a bit.

Betty- See ya. Bye

Alice- Bye

"Can she come over," Veronica asked.

"Yeah, she'll be here in a little bit."

I sighed then said, "That's good. Lets hope she can get her to talk."

"Yeah," Veronica said.

"I'm just so worried about her," I said as I started to tear up and quietly cry, "I don't want her to be hurt and I don't want her to be- I don't know. I just feel like this is all my fault and-and."

Veronica grabbed my hand then said, "Toni, it'll be okay. Its not your fault."

"Yes it is! Its all my fault. If I didn't laugh at what she did, she wouldn't be angry and depressed and sad!" I yelled at them.

"Well to be honest Cheryl kind of overeacted to that. You said you were sorry and she ignored it and got pissed off," Betty told me.

"Yeah but still. I am the cause of her, I don't even know what to call it, depression? Fit of anger?" I say to the two girls in front of me.

"I think the word you're looking for is probably depression," Veronica told me.

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*knock* *knock*

I ran down the stairs and opened the door and saw Kevin and Alice.

"Come on," I said as I waved them in.

As we were walking upstairs I asked, "Why is Kevin here?"

"Kevin wanted to try and help so I picked him up on my way here," Alice told me.

"Oh."

Once we get upstairs Kevin goes to talk to Betty and Veronica while Alice and I try to get Cheryl to talk to us or let one of us in at least. Lets hope that this works.

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(Cheryl's POV)

"Cheryl, sweetie, It's Alice. Can I come in and talk to you?" I hear Alice say as she lightly knocks on the door. I'm pretty sure Toni is with her, ugh. I just don't want to talk to anyone or see anyone or go anywhere.

"Go away," I say as I grab a pillow and put my head under it to muffle the noise.

I hear her sigh then say, "I'm worried about you honey. I don't want you to be hurting and I know what you are going through. I know what its like to have a baby at your age. I know the pain of people bullying you for something that you had no choice in."

What is she talking about? Alice only has two kids, Polly and Betty.

"Fine, but Toni can't come in," I say as I get out of bed and unlock the door and then get back in bed.

When Alice sees me she has a look of shock and worry on her face and Toni just looks hurt and walks away. Probably because of the way I look. I'm wearing cherry pajama pants, a tank top, and my hair is probably a mess.

"Oh honey," Alice says as she sits down on my bed and gives me a hug.

"What did you mean when you said you know what its like to have a baby at my age?"

"When I was 16 almost 17 I got raped when I was walking home from a football game that I went to with my friends. Because of that I fell pregnant and I got bullied bad from it. I was called a slut, whore, and much more. My boyfriend at the time broke up with me because he said and thought that I cheated. And no one believed me when I told them about what happened to me," She says starting to tear up.

"Oh. What happened to the baby and what was his name?"

"I named him Richard and I gave him up for adoption when he was born, but when he was a year old he died from drowning. His adoptive parents left him unattended while he was taking a bath. I still blame myself for what happened to him. If I hadn't given him up for adoption he'd still be alive."

"I didn't know that happened. I'm sorry that happened to you and him," I say as I give her a hug.

"Okay enough about that. Lets talk about why you're mad. So why are you mad?"

I sigh then say, "I- Toni just- Its just- I don't know. I over reacted when Toni laughed when I told her what happened with Reggie. Alice, she laughed at the fact that Reggie was being mean to me and her and Bubba!"

"Sweetie, I think she laughed at the fact that you punched him and broke his nose and kicked him. Toni would never laugh at what happened. She cares about you to much. She cares about both of you," She says as she points at my bump, "so so much. Toni has been worried out of her mind about you. She hasn't gone to school since your fight because she wanted to be here with you in case something happened."

"Really?"

"Yes really. She's been having Veronica and Jason bring her school work here. She's actually doing her school work. For you," says Alice as she points at me.

"Oh. Can you go get Toni so I can talk to her?" I ask.

"Yeah," she says then gets up.

A little while later Toni walks in.

"Hey," she says

"Hey," I say back.
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Chapter 17- Come Out. Please? (Part 2) will be out later this week or next week. Thank you for reading and don't forget to vote and comment!