Innocence | Choni

Eleven

Cheryl awoke the next morning safe and sound in Toni's arms. She heard the sports Chanel quietly playing from downstairs, so she decided to go down.

"Hey JJ, where's Emma?" Cheryl asked him as she sat besides him. "She's dropping Ollie off at his friend's house." He smiled as he stood up and walked towards the kitchen. "Do you want anything?" He asked his twin sister. "A coffee please, and then can we have that talk?" She asked her brother. "Of course." He nodded before he went into the kitchen to make the drinks.

When Jason came out with two coffees, one for him and one for his sister, he sat back down besides her and turned off the TV. "What's up, sis?" He asked her. "Why didn't you tell me that you got married or that you had a kid?" Cheryl asked him quietly.
"Because you were doing so well in university and I didn't want to distract you from it. You had such a promising future and having a pregnant girlfriend at twenty would've made you panic about me and then try and come back home. I also didn't want you to come back home." He explained slowly.
"Why?" She asked him, tapping her fingers on her knees. "Because mum and dad hated you. They would've hurt you, Cher." His voice shook.
Cheryl nodded. "I'm sorry." Jason sighed as he tightly embraced his sister. "No, it's fine. I understand." She nodded, pulling away when she saw her girlfriend walk down the stairs.

***

Cheryl and Toni had been in Riverdale for two days by now, and they were currently looking at the house that they may raise a family in.

"It's perfect." Cheryl admitted when they left.
"It really is." Toni laughed softly to her girlfriend.
"We're buying it." Cheryl deadpanned, taking Toni's hand and dragging her back to their car. "Where are we going?" Toni asked, following her girlfriend.
"Back to Thornhill so that we can buy the house online." Cheryl smirked as she got into her car.
"Yay!" Toni beamed like a child as she got into the passengers side.

***

When the couple got home, Ollie was sitting on his mums knee and Jason was watching the football.

"How was the house?" Emma asked the pair as they sat down. "Exquisite." Toni mocked a stereotypical posh person. "That's good." Jason nodded.
"Auntie Toni?" Oliver asked his auntie.
"Yes Ollie?" Toni replied to her nephew.
"What does exquisite mean?" Ollie asked her.
"It means very, very good. Just like Auntie Cheryl." Toni explained. "Oh, ok." Ollie nodded as Cheryl blushed. "Are you gonna buy it?" Jason asked his sister. "Yes." Cheryl smiled as she picked up her girlfriend's laptop. "In fact, I'm buying it right now." Cheryl grinned. "Really?" Toni's eye's widened. "Mhmm, I can't wait anymore. I want a family with you." Cheryl sighed to Toni as she played with her hand. "Are you sure, Cher?" Toni asked her girlfriend. "I have been sure since I was seventeen." Cheryl promised, making Toni beam.

A few clicks of the keyboard later, Cheryl turned it off.

"And we have officially got a house." She smiled.

***

It was moving day and Cheryl and Toni had packed all of their stuff and were loading it into the van with Jason and Emma.

Once everything was packed in, Jason hugged Cheryl. "We'll be round to help unpack at the end of the day. We haven't had much time for Ollie lately." Emma told them. "Of course. Thank you for everything." Toni smiled softly as she held Cheryl's hand. "Good luck, call us if you need anything crucial." Jason nodded as Cheryl and Toni got into the van. "Will do." Cheryl nodded as Toni started the ignition. "Alright, bye!" Emma waved as Ollie appeared by her side. "Bye!" Ollie beamed as Toni and Cheryl drove away.

"This is it." Toni smiled as she looked at the road in front of her. "This is what?" Cheryl asked.
"This is where I get the future I have been dreaming of since I was seventeen." Toni smiled adoringly.
"Oh, is it now?" Cheryl chuckled lightly.
"Oh yeah." Toni nodded confidently as she turned right. "Just... for closure... I've wanted to spend my life with you since I was seven." Cheryl admitted. "That is the cutest thing I've ever heard you say." Toni blushed furiously. "Mhmm. I was ten years ahead of you." Cheryl winked.
"Yeah I guess you were, but you're also ten years ahead of me mentally." Toni giggled.
"Oi!" Cheryl fake-slapped Toni's arm.
"I'm sorry." Toni apologized as she placed her hand on Cheryl's thigh. "You're cute." Cheryl sighed.
"And you're mine." Toni whispered.
"You're my world." Cheryl whispered back to her.
"I can't give you the world, you deserve it, but I can promise to give you mine." Toni shrugged as she moved her hand to change gears before placing it back on Cheryl's lap. "And that's all I could ever ask for." Cheryl melted under Toni's embrace.