Cheryl's pov
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I woke up having rolled off my sleeping Matt and closer to Toni who.... ohh wasn't there, umm okay that's kinda strange. I get up and put some shorts on and a hoodie along with my shoes and go out to look for Toni.
As I'm walking around everyone I see her standing talking to Archie and the gang with two paper plates in her hand "hey I wondered where you'd got to" I say to Toni who's face turns into a fake annoyed but soft expression " Cheryl your supposed to be in bed so i can bring you breakfast and win some major points" she says which makes me smile at her cuteness "well t I'm here so we will just have to eat with the rest of them" I say gesturing to all our friends "hey we're not that bad" Archie says pretending to be offended "yeah Cheryl you eat breakfast with me every morning and I'm usually the one that makes your breakfast, are you trying to say that you don't appreciate it" Betty says with a joking tone "no guys she's just saying that I'm so much better that you all, but don't worry cause I'm pretty amazing so it's kinda hard to compete with me" Toni says jokingly as we sit down with everyone who just laughs at Toni.
It was that last day and tomorrow we would head home to our separate house with parents and other people in them houses which makes me a little sad cause Toni had really grown on me this past week, I was so used to waking up to her and her stupid jokes but once I went home that might change because she would start to know my home life and maybe she wouldn't like it maybe she won't be able to handle all the baggage that I have, and I'm really scared she'll leave so I decided I need to talk to my cousin Betty and best friend Veronica because they always gave good advice and they know Toni plus they know how to calm me down and get me out of my head so I ask them to go a walk with me and leave Toni with Archie, jug and reggie.
"You okay Cheryl" Betty says as we were quite a bit away from camp now "no, yes, I don't know" I say as I sit on a rock and both girls kneel down in front of me "Cheryl what wrong" Veronica says worryingly "It just Toni" "if she's done anything" Veronica says cutting me off sounding angry "no no it's not that v it's just" I look at both girls "well she doesn't know about my past, any of it she doesn't even know that I stay with you Betty and I feel like once she know she won't want to be with me cause there's no denying that some serious stuff has happened and there's no denying that I'm a little messed up or really messed up but I feel like right now we're in this bubble, this little bubble where everything is amazing but once we go back to riverdale that little bubble gets burst and then she finds out all my past and she doesn't like me anymore or just isn't ready to hear it or deal with it yet" I say sadly holding back my tears as Veronica hugs me "Cheryl I know Toni and I know she really likes you and cares for you and I know that the last thing she'll do is run a mile, she'll want to help you though every little hurdle and she'll care for you and protect you no matter what because that's the Toni topaz that I know Cheryl and I can't wait for you to meet that Toni the Toni that comforted me when I had doubts about jug the Toni that protected me when jug head and Archie got into a fight and made sure I was safe before going to help her friends because that's Toni that's the Toni that we all know and we can't wait for you to meet, Cheryl okay" Betty says which really reassured me "thanks guys" I said to them and we got up to go back to camp.
I stop as I saw Toni talking with the boys, I couldn't hear what they where saying since we were still quite a bit away from them, they were laughing and joking and all I could think was if Toni is anything like Betty says she is then I really can't wait to meet her because yeah here in this bubble it's great but I still feel like I don't know the real Toni topaz and that's no ones fault it's just that this happy little bubble allows us to be happy really happy but when we get home I feel like we'll just get to know each other more and see into each other's life's which may be scary but I hope it makes us stronger and I do hope she stays. "Cheryl" Veronica says and I snap out of my thoughts "you okay?"says Betty "yeah I think I am" I say still looking at Toni and thinking that right now I just need a hug from Toni because that is what will make everything okay because it always seems to.
"Hey the girls are back" says Archie and Toni turns around cause she's the only one not facing us "hey" Veronica and Betty. Toni looks at me with her big brown eyes and her face turns to concern as she stands up and takes my hands "are you okay" she says pulling me in for a hug "yeah, I am now" I whisper into her neck as she hugs me, I was still upset a little bit hiding it as best as I could which I was really good at but Toni always seen through it.
As we broke away holding my arms as I held hers she asked me if I was okay to which replied saying I was and we sat down. She put her arm round my shoulder pulling me closer to her and continuing the conversation while I just sat leaning my head on her shoulder feeling protected. Toni always knew how to make me feel safe and comfortable which was one of the may things I really liked her for because I never really had that before, only jj who is dead now which makes me sad but now I have tt who has filled his roll of making me feel safe and cared for something I thought I would never feel after his death.
"Come on then gorgeous let's get changed and we can go swimming" Toni says which I'm kinda confused at because a was completely zoned out of the conversation that we're having "that is if you want to, you don't need to we could do something else or nothing if you'd prefer" Toni rambled " no no swimming sounds fun" I said with a smile as we started to walk back and get changed
Once we were changed we started to walk to the lake Toni holding my hand and swinging our arms as we just talked about getting packed when we got back since we left early next morning when we caught up with everyone a fell into a conversation.
We hand splashed and played around for hours having fun with Toni darting her attention everyone not leaving anyone out which was always something I liked about her you never felt forgotten because she always does her best and makes an effort so you don't. Jughead said he was hungry and wanted to go back to get something to eat so we all went back to do just that.
We ate and talked and then parted ways to go get packed and have an early night because we were up early for the 3 hour bus ride back to riverdale me and Toni got in our tent and she started to rake around getting her stuff and putting it into her case while talking to her self which was so cute. I just sort of sat and watched her since I was already organised and only took out what I needed and put back what I wasn't using. Finally Toni was done and came and sat down on my sleeping bag next to me and yawned "tired much?" I said jokingly and she giggled "yeah a little" she replied "well what you wanna do, watch something or go to bed?" I asked and she looked at the time on her phone "8:52pm hmm I definitely want to go to bed because I'm 84 years old" she said sarcastically making me laugh "well get your phone and put something on" I said and she put on Brooklyn nine nine again since we decided to watch it from the start even tho we had seen every episode.
As we sat giggling away Toni occasionally yawning I felt her kiss my cheek "I'm gonna go to bed so once your done can you set an alarm and just set my phone in the middle or something" Toni said now standing up and going into her own bed "yeah sure, good night" I said as she got comfy in her sleeping bad "night Cher" she replied and within 5 minutes she was snoring away.
It had bed 2 and a half hours since Toni went to bed and I decided I was tired to so I set the alarm on Toni's phone then put it in the middle like she said and got into my sleeping bag, I just kind of looked and Toni for a while thinking how lucky I was to have her and after mine Betty and Veronica's chat today I honestly was quite excited to know Toni more and I was still scared and nervous for her to know the real me but a little excited aswell and I think I trust her enough to open up to her although it still might not be all at once but I will get there eventually as we work on or relationship and keep building it up.
