DESPERADO | SWEET PEA [2]

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Izzy and Sweet Pea laid down on the bed in the small place Sweet Pea was living at in Sunnyside Trailer Park.

They were both naked with the thin sheet on the bed being the only thing covering them. Izzy was laying her head on Sweet Pea's chest as Sweet Pea ran his fingers through her hair, "Do you think I'm a bad leader?" Izzy suddenly asked Sweet Pea, causing the male Serpent to frown in confusion.

"Of course you're not, Izzy," Sweet Pea replied without hesitation, "Why would you think something like that?"

Izzy shrugged her shoulders slightly, "I don't know," She admitted quietly, "Lately, I can't stop thinking about how I kicked Toni and Cheryl out of the gang. Well, I get why I kicked Cheryl out, but I kicked Toni out too. She was one of my best friends, the only friend I had that was a girl growing up. It was always you, Joaquin, and Fangs with Toni and I as the only girls in the group. Now, she's no longer a Serpent and it's all my fault."

"She knew what would happen if she broke your rules," Sweet Pea reminded her, "Yet, she still did it. It's no one's fault but her own."

"No, it's Cheryl's," Izzy suddenly said, sitting up from the bed as she turned her head to look Sweet Pea directly in the eyes, "Toni would have never done this if it wasn't for Cheryl. It's her fault. I should've never let that bitch join the gang in the first place. Ever since they started dating, Toni hasn't been the same. It's like she's not even her own person anymore."

"Why does it sound like you're planning to get revenge?" Sweet Pea asked Izzy nervously as he, too, sat up.

"Of course not, Sweet Pea," Izzy responded without hesitation, "I'm just saying. Maybe I could convince Toni to join the gang. But I just need to get her alone because I know if Cheryl's there, she will end up speaking for her."

"And how are you going to do that?" Sweet Pea questioned his girlfriend curiously.

"I don't know," Izzy admitted, "But I think I'll figure it out soon enough."

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At school, during one of her class, Izzy was in one of the bathroom stalls. After pulling up her pants, she was just about to flush the toilet when she heard someone burst through the door, "What the hell were you thinking?" she heard Toni shout at Cheryl, who she knew was in the bathroom.

"Just now?" She asked her girlfriend curiously, "About the sweet, sweet revenge I'm gonna get on Mumsy. Hopefully with a little help from you and your trusty camera, O shutterbug of my dreams."

"You just outed Moose," Toni stated, not sounding happy.

"No, I didn't," Cheryl immediately replied nervously, "It was a blind item, Toni. For all anyone knows, I wasn't even referring to him."

"Moose's father could have heard that announcement." Toni reminded Cheryl in a stern tone.

"Oh, my God, is this our first fight?" Cheryl asked worriedly, causing Izzy to facepalm herself as she eavesdropped on the conversation.

"Cheryl, get some perspective!" Toni shouted at Cheryl, "Did you know that my uncle hated the fact that I dated girls? That's why the Serpents were so important to me. Izzy welcomed me into the gang with open arms and she invited me into her small circle of friends. She gave me a place where I could be myself. She and the rest of Serpents were like my nonjudgmental family. And now I don't have Izzy or the rest of the Serpents."

"Toni, I'm sorry," Cheryl tried to apologize in a fragile tone, "I didn't realize."

"Of course you didn't," Toni cut her off, "Because you're too busy being Cheryl, causing chaos regardless of the consequences. Look, babe, I get that you're mad at your mom, and you're pissed that you're not going to some hoity-toity college that I could never get into or afford--"