Thank You Toni Topaz - A Choni Story

Part Seventeen- You're Not An Idiot

Cheryl's POV

Tuesday, October 31st 2017

Today is the day we get our history assessment grade back. I've been tutoring Toni as much as I possibly can, she's smart so I know she can pass it with flying colours. She thought she did good when we finished it so I hoped that all of her hard work eventually payed off.

I met Toni at my locker that morning, she had a nervous look on her face. "What if I failed? What if I'm not smart enough? Maybe I'll get held back next year too if I can't get my grades up. God I'm gonna fail." She began rambling so I grabbed both of her hands and she looked up at me. "You're so gonna pass it TT, even if you don't. I'm proud of you. But I know you will." I smiled at her and hugged her. "I have to go to the lounge to give Fangs the chem notes, wait here I'll be back in a minute." She pulled some papers out of her bag and began to walk towards the student lounge.

Not even a second after she walked away from me, Ginger and Tina were at either side of me. "Aw lesbo finally got a girlfriend. Cute. Wait until she realises what a fucking disappointment you are." Tina sneered. "I don't know why Topaz would ever like an ugly freak like you." Ginger spat out at me.

Tears began to spill from my eyes, I didn't care if I was showing weakness in front of them right now. Next thing I heard papers and a bag drop beside me. Tina and Ginger were slammed into the lockers. It was Toni. She had a hand wrapped around each of their throats. "If I catch either of you say another fucking word to Cheryl I will take you to the basement of the Wyrm myself and let the serpents go to town on you. My father runs that gang, meaning not only does he make decisions but I do too. I have members who couldn't give a shit if they go to jail, so they'd happily slit each of your throats in front of this whole town." Toni screamed in their faces. "Cheryl is nothing that you described, she is not a disappointment, many more people love her than I can say for the two of you bitches. She isn't ugly, nor a freak. I'd never abandon her. Now leave her the fuck alone and run you sluts." She finished, realising their necks, they caught their breath quickly and ran down the hall.

She leant back down to pick up her bag and the papers on the floor. She had got quite the attention from everyone else in the hallways, meaning everyone was now staring at us. She grabbed my hand and pulled me into the bathroom door which was just a few feet away from us. No one was in there so she pushed me against the door and wrapped her arms around me. "Are you okay Cher?" She asked, her voice was laced with worry and she began to cry. "I'm okay TT, what's wrong?" I pushed her back slightly so I could look at her and brought my hand up to caress her cheek.

"I shouldn't have left you alone. I'm sorry." She sobbed. "TT god don't blame yourself, I got through all of my school life putting up with this. It's not your fault. What you did was amazing, and nobody ever did that for me before other than my brother or Betty, and they certainly didn't do it to that extent." I chuckled. She wiped her eyes and nodded. I pulled her back into a hug. "Thank you for standing up for me." I whispered into her ear and kissed her cheek.

"Come on, let's go to history." I said, holding out my hand for her to hold. She grabbed onto it and clutched the strap of her backpack with the other. We walked through the halls, hand in hand. We got stares but neither one of us cared about it. We walked in to history a little early meaning we were the only ones there. We took our seats beside each other and got our our binders.

When the teacher walked in to the class, she had the papers in one hand. "Okay I'm going to hand back your papers, for today's lesson I'd like you to all correct mistakes, use your textbooks to find where you went wrong. Since some of you don't have much to correct, raise your hand when you're finished and I'll hand out worksheets for you to complete." The teacher began to hand out the papers. She went through in alphabetical order meaning I was one of the first to get it. I scored a 98 on this one. I held my paper so Toni could see it and smiled at her. She mouthed a 'well done' to me just as the teacher was placing hers face down on her desk.

She turned the paper over to find a 97 on the front of it. Her face beamed, as did mine. I gave her the biggest smile. We began to do our corrections however it only took the two of us around 5 minutes to do so. "I'm proud of you TT, well done." I congratulated her, since the rest of the class had begun chatting amongst themselves by this point. "Thank you Cher, you too" she replied to me. We each raised our hands for the worksheets to be given to us.

Mrs Abbott brought over the worksheets for us both and smiled at Toni. "I told you that you're bright Miss Topaz. Well done." She smiled. "Thank you." Toni said in a happy tone back to her. "I guess your tutoring paid off Miss Blossom. Thank you for helping her." Mrs Abbott looked towards me. "S-she barely even n-needed help m-miss." I smiled at Toni who returned the smile back to me.

At the end of the class, I packed away my things and walked to the student lounge with Toni since we each had a spare. "Hey Cher, could I take you to the Drive-In and Pop's tonight to thank you for all of your help? Pleaseeee." Toni begged me, knowing I didn't like her paying for things. "Deal but I get to pay for the tickets and you can pay for Pop's?" I negotiated. "Fineee." She whined, sitting on the couch next to me.