The Story of Emma Andrews

You're Family

Stepping out of her car, Emma walked towards the white trailer.

Night had fallen on Riverdale and all the strawberry-blonde wanted to do was lay in bed. However, her plans for after work were placed on hold the moment Sweet Pea texted her saying that Fangs needed to speak to them.

She walked up the steps and knocked softly on the door. Hearing the door unlock, Emma was greeted with Sweet Pea smiling down on her, "Hey there, Little Red."

"Hello, Gigantor." She tiredly mused back.

He opened the door wider to let her in, "You're an hour early."

Emma rolled her eyes and walked in, "Well, you caught me before I went into my cave and the minute I set foot in my house, I would be a goner."

He shook his head and pointed for her to sit on the couch as he walked over to his kitchen. She had been in his trailer a few times often with Toni or Fangs on account to their movie nights. Since his trailer was closer to Toni's than Fangs', they usually raided his closet for blankets.

An odd trait of Sweet Pea was that he probably owned more blankets than he should. So, naturally Emma grabbed the one off of the arm rest and threw it over her body. She noted his scent on it, pulling it slightly closer.

"Long day?" His voice carried over into the living room.

He notice she had placed her head back and slightly closed her eyes; His blanket covering her smaller form. Sweet Pea looked down and smiled softly at how relaxed she had become as opposed how she was when they first met her.

She hummed before speaking, "I just want to put it out there: Minetta is probably the biggest asshole I have ever met."

"So, it was a long day then."

Emma heard his footsteps near her as she spoke, however, her eyes were still closed. She could feel her eyes burning, "He prolonged my shift because he wanted me to sit and go through Midge's diary. I mean I really did like Midge, but if I had to read another page of her having sex with Moose while eating my dinner, I'll vomit."

He chuckled softly as she continued on her mini rant, "Also, it's a Saturday and I was held hostage until he went home. And we all know he doesn't have a life. I can't believe they replaced Keller with that jackass." She grumbled.

Sweet Pea sat next to her. "I think the bigger question is why were you eating and reading that at the same time?" He teased her.

Emma laughed silently. Her eyes opened to be met with the raven-haired boy handing her a mug.

Her eyebrows knitted together, "Is that tea?"

He nodded as she smiled, happily accepting it.

Emma took a sip of it noting it was lavender and found herself oddly suspicious of who Sweet Pea was behind closed doors. "It's about time I found someone who has taste. I can't stand that liquid tar."

"My mom was big tea drinker, so it kind of stuck." Sweet Pea gestured the mug in her hand, "Plus, it's the only thing that you drink at Toni's."

Emma smiled at him. From the bits that Toni told her about him after she interrogated her, he wasn't one to talk about his home life. All that Emma had learned was that his dad died in the army when he was young, serving alongside FP and then extending his tour once FP became Serpent King, and his mom passed a few years after.

She could tell by the dog tags he wore, they were most likely his father's or in remembrance of him. He never took them off either.

"That's because Toni drinks straight sugar."