The Missing Part of Me | a Choni Story

Chapter Eleven

The conversation goes like this:

"We should have a party!" Veronica exclaims, as she, Betty, and Cheryl sit in their booths at Pop's.

"A party?"

Betty widens her eyes, "Veronica, you just got here. You've only been here no more than an hour and you're already planning a party?" A slight chuckle falls out of her mouth, "Have you even been to the Pembrooke yet?"

Veronica shrugs, "My belongings have already been arriving here periodically, the only thing that needs to be moved in is me."

Cheryl finishes sipping her strawberry milkshake, "Will you have enough time to get everything ready?"

"I'll have to see the Pembrooke to know," Veronica calls over Pop Tate, indicating she wants the check. As soon as he comes over, she snatches it up from the girls and gives him her card. "Shall we?"

"Shall we what?" Betty asks, though getting up to get ready with the two girls.

"Go to the Pembrooke, of course," Veronica takes her card back and hands Pop a sizable tip. "Great services as always Pop, even better than I remember."

The three file out together, Cheryl pulling out her phone once they decide on meeting each other at the Pembrooke. She opens her text messages with Toni and begins a new message.

Cheryl
I apologize once again for my hasty exit. I wish we could've been together longer but I haven't seen Veronica in ages.

Within seconds:

Serpentina
Don't worry about it. I wish we could've been together longer too but I wouldn't want to keep you from your friends.
Sweet Pea was getting increasingly jealous that you've been taking up most of my time anyways.

Cheryl grins and buckles her seat belt.

Cheryl
The Jolly Green Giant just might have to get used to it.

Serpentina
Heh, Sweets won't like that.
We'll finish the game another time.
Just
Don't go playing Scrabble with anyone else now.

Cheryl can't help but scroll through their messages. The two have began texting each other more, as well as spending time together in person. In the two weeks Cheryl has been in Riverdale, the girls have spent a good portion of their days together, and they wouldn't want it any other way.

A grin creeps onto Cheryl's face as she sits in her car. At one point she remembers that she must go to the Pembrooke so she puts her phone away and starts her car.

And so, the three girls all meet at the Pembrooke and see it's in pristine condition, much to Veronica's delight. She begins to describe the decorations she'll get in order and the food she'll serve. She turns around to the girls and exclaims to invite the whole town, North and Southside alike; all would be welcome. Cheryl's stomach flips at the thought of the Southsiders here, mostly because that would mean the invitation is open to the Serpents.

She tries to hide her eagerness, she hasn't gotten excited about parties in a long time and Veronica knows it. She can't show she's excited for this one, lest the mountain of questions begin. It's not that she's ashamed, so to speak, of the Serpent, in fact it's quite the opposite. Cheryl hasn't enjoyed herself more. But it's becoming increasingly harder for her to tame the butterflies in her stomach and all she ever feels is warm because the furnace in her soul is getting fueled by the touch of one Toni Topaz.

She says she doesn't have feelings for the pink haired girl but she, at least now, will admit to blushing when Toni strokes her hand with her thumb.