Sometimes life can be hard and when you fall down people often ask "are you okay". I never really know how to answer.
Toni's POV:
I was peaking around the corner just as I saw Penelope jab a knife into Cheryl's thigh. She let out a curdling scream that filled my ear drums, I couldn't listen it hurt me so bad to hear her like this. I watched as Penelope brought out a belt and whipped her with it across her face then arms then face again.
By now cheryls face was all bloodied up and marks were forming. Cheryl's leg was bleeding profusely from the knife. just as I was about to step in a guy came from behind Penelope, I couldn't see him very well but he took the knife out of Penelope's hand and jabbed it into Cheryl's side, she let out another scream. I covered my ears and froze, I didn't know what next to do.
"Maybe next time you'll learn" Penelope and the man walked out of the barn leaving Cheryl bleeding out while tied to a pole. I came out from cover and ran to Cheryl.
"CHERYL!" I said with a tear rolling down my cheek.
"Toni" she said weekly, I could see the blood draining from her face. I kissed her on the lips and she kissed back. As I got a closer look I could see how deep the wounds were, her eyes were red, blood in her hair, cuts on her face, scratches on her arms. I untied her and put my arm around her waist to help carry her while she applied pressure to her side and leg to stop the bleeding. At this point she was in so much pain that everything was numb to her, not just physical pain but mental.
We were almost at my trailer when Cheryl couldn't take it anymore and collapsed and I caught her on her way down. I kneeled down on the ground taking her head in my arms while she was laying down.
"Cmon Cheryl were almost there, you have to make it" I said as tears rolled down my eyes
"Toni, I love you but I can-" Cheryl was cut off by going unconscious.
"HELP, someone help!" I was crying profusely and screaming for help, I Layed my forehead to Cheryl's as I cried and she lied there dying in my arms.
"You can't die Cheryl, I need you. You're my soulmate, your supposed to stay with me" I said to her as Fangs came running out and lifted me away from Cheryl and FP and sweet pea ran over to Cheryl to help her.
"No! I can't leave her. Don't leave me cheryl" I said trying to get out of Fangs hold while crying but he just put his arms around me and I hugged him and cried.
Sweet pea and FP brought Cheryl to the hospital but fangs thought it would be a better deal to go to my trailer to get away from all of this. We would go back in an hour or so before Cheryl got out of surgery so that way I wouldn't be freaking out in the waiting room the whole time.
Fangs waited outside while i was in the trailer to give me some space. Cheryl's sweater was lying on the table along with a picture of us together. I stormed over to it and flung it off the table screaming and crying. I sat down on the chair by the table and had my head resting on the back of the chair.
At this point I was dehydrated from crying so much so even when I was about to cry, no tears came out. I just sat there staring blankly at the wall. I slammed my fist in to the table and just thought about how I could have done something sooner, instead of watched her get stabbed.
It honestly felt like I was the one being stabbed in the heart by Cheryl over and over again. Now of course I didn't mean this because it was Cheryl's fault, no if anything it's my fault. I'm saying this because I love Cheryl so much that to see someone you love get hurt feels like their stabbing you in the heart.
Fangs knocked on the door and let himself in and told me cheryl would be done surgery soon so we headed down to the hospital not knowing if Cheryl would be fine or not. We were in the waiting room for 30 minutes and in those 30 minutes I was being asked so many questions by Veronica, Betty, FP, Jughead, Josie, pretty much everyone in there that knew Cheryl except Fangs. They were all asking me, am I ok, do I need anything, what happened, I honestly just turned them out.
I wonder if they ever thought that maybe I didn't want to answer because I was hurting or if they even cared how I felt.
"Tones, she'll make it through, okay" fangs said as he put his hand on my shoulder.
Just then a nurse cane in asking for Cheryl's family.
"How is she"
"She lost a lot of blood," the nurse paused as if she was about to say something really bad, and that's when she looked me in the eyes and I knew something was wrong.
"I'm sorry" is all the nurse said and stood there waiting for me to reply. The realization just hit me, Cheryl died, The Cheryl blossom died, and I could have stopped it. The love of my life, is gone. I felt empty.
"Toni are you-" I cut sweet pea off. "SHUT UP, everyone leave!" I yelled.
"We just wanna-" Veronica started
"No! You don't understand what it's like, your girlfriend didn't die in your arms, you didn't watch her get stabbed and whipped repeatedly! DID YOU!" I yelled and they all looked at me and walked out letting me have some room. Fangs stayed to make sure I was okay.
"I didn't even get to say I loved her, fangs" I started crying again and I fell on the floor. Fangs just sat on the floor holding me until everything stopped.
"T wake up, you fell asleep on the couch again" Cheryl said as she kissed my forehead and I sat up.
"You alright you look like you just saw a ghost" Cheryl said to me and I just smiled.
"No I'm alright" I said just as Alex our kid came running up to me. I picked him up and hugged him and stood up, I walked over to Cheryl and kissed her on the lips.
Am I okay, pfft, that's a stupid question.
