Cherry Lipstick [Choni]

Chapter 17- Come Out. Please? (Part 2)

(Toni's POV)

"Hey," I said as I got into the bedroom.

"Hey," she said back.

I walked over to the bed then she motioned me to sit down so I did. We sat in a silence that was neither awkward nor comfortable. After a little bit I finally started to talk because Cheryl probably didn't want to start the conversation.

"I'm so sorry Cheryl. I'm sorry I laughed. I didn't mean to hurt y-" I said starting to ramble when she stopped me.

"Toni. Its okay. I-I over reacted and I thought you were laughing at what Reggie did to me," She said as she intertwined her hands with mine. When she did that I felt sparks shoot through my body. Well not literal sparks but you know what I mean. Even though its only been a few days I craved the soft touch of her hands in mine.

"I would never laugh at what he said and did. I laughed because of what YOU did. I love that you stood up for yourself and the ones you love and showed people that you're not this hurt and helpless little girl. He definitely deserved that broken nose," I said to her.

"Wait, so I actually broke it?!?"

"Yeah. It looks kinda wonky now," I said as I made a wavy hand motion.

She giggled, a giggle that my ears have longed to hear for days, then said, "Oh my. I didn't think I hit him that hard!"

"It looked like you hit him with all your might and I didn't know you could punch that hard."

"But you weren't there. How did you see me punch him?" She asked confused.

"Veronica showed me a video of it," right when I said that she gasped.

"There's a video!?!?!?"

"Yeah, but Weatherbee has tried his best to get rid of all the copies of that video and others," I told her.

"Oh and also did anything else happen while I was here?" She asked.

"Sweet Pea and Fangs switched to Riverdale High because of an incident with them and this other student. I haven't gone to school so I don't know how they are settling in," I told her and she looked at me wide eyed.

"Oh, well you can go to school with all of your friends now. On a different note, how are Betty and Veronica?"

"I think they are still trying to figure out their feelings, well less of Veronica and more of Betty. Veronica really loves Betty so she wants to do what is best for Betty and what Betty wants. Betty loves Veronica too but she doesn't know if it's a romantic love or a friend love. She keeps on going back and forth between the two. Betty has totally gotten rid of her feelings for Jug and just wants to be friends with him and he thinks that is a good idea because he wants to be single for a while and he said he needs time to get over Kevin, who is now dating Joaquin," I said then took a deep breath because that was A LOT to say.

"Okay geez. So to sum it up, Betty is trying to figure out her feeling and Veronica is waiting for her to, Jughead is going to be single because he need time alone to get over his feelings, and Kevin has a new boyfriend who is Joaquin," She said as she did a thing with her eyes that she does when she is trying to figure something out.

"Yeah, exactly."

"Geez. That's a lot and its kinda complicated. It seems like everyone is trying to figure out their feelings. Even us, well I'm pretty sure we have everything figured out," She said.

"We finally do?"

"Yeah. I love you TT."

"I love you too Cher"

We locked eyes and then a little later I saw her eyes look down at my lips then back up at my eyes. Then she asked, "Can I kiss you?"

"Definitely," I told her as I scooted closer to her. She put her hands on the sides of my face and pulled me into a soft kiss that tasted like cherries and vanilla. When she pulled away she looked at me then giggled. Oh that giggle.

I smiled at her then asked her softly, "Whats so funny?"

"Your face," she said and giggled again

"Whats wrong with it? Is there something on it?"

"No. You just look cute. After we kissed you looked like a toddler who just got a piece their favorite candy."

"Well you are my favorite piece of candy," I said and tucked her hair behind her ears.

"Oh my god. Why do you have to be like that?" She asked laughing.

"Like what?"

"Thirsty and boyish and flirty," She said scrunching up her face probably pretending to be disgusted.

"Come on, I'm sorry I have such a cute and beautiful girlfriend."

"You don't mean that."

"Yes I do. I don't know how many times I have to tell you that," I said and smiled at her.

"I missed you so much. I'm sorry I got so mad," she said as she put her forehead on mine.

"I missed you too my beautiful Cherry."