I Scream in Your Arms || Sweet Pea [Book 1] [COMPLETED]

1 - Meet Will

Will's POV

I was blinking slowly, looking at the ceiling of Riverdale General Hospital.

"Stay with me Will, stay with me." cried Sweet Pea. Then my mind went black. How did I get here? I'll tell you.

 ***

I woke up to the sound of my 7 am alarm. I rubbed my eyes and took in my surroundings. The familar essense of my rundown bedroom. I got out of bed and walked to the kitchen of my awful trailer. I made myself some breakfast of jam on toast. I heard a knocking at my door.

"Who is it?" I asked loudy. 

"Your best friend." said Toni. I went to the door and opened it. "Hey," I said and I went back to the kitchen. "I forgot to do my homework." she said collapsed onto my couch. I gave her a death stare. I threw her the answers to the biology homework and went to get dressed. "Thanks Will! Love ya!" she called out. I got dressed in my usual attire, black fishnet tights under a pair of ripped black jeans, a black crop top, a leather jacket and my black combat boots. I went outside my bedroom grabbed my backpack and me and Toni set off for Southside High.

"Topaz." said Ms Greene, our biology teacher. Toni got our her seat and handed her the biology sheet. "Wilder." I got out my chair and over to her desk. I handed her the sheet and went back to the table. "Now class, turn to page-" But before she could finish there was a commotion outside and the whole class ran outside. The Ghoulies and the Serpents were getting in a fight. Fangs and Sweet Pea, Toni's best serpent friends, were throwing punches at the Ghoulies, and the Ghoulies were throwing punches back. 

"Break it up!!" yelled Ms Greene, coming out our classroom. Toni and I went over to Sweet Pea and Fangs, to try and push them away from the Ghoulies. "What are you doing?" Toni yelled at the boys. The Ghoulies stumbled backwards and into the lockers. Sweet Pea whispered something in Toni's ear, which I couldn't quite hear, and all of a sudden Toni punched the Ghoulies leader. I ran over to Toni, to find out what brought on this sudden change of attitude. She whispered it in my ear and I punched the same Ghoulie and the nose and he was knocked out. Sweet Pea and Fangs looked at me impressed at my punch, and then the principal pushed us towards his office.

***

"What do you think you're doing!" yelled Principal Penne. 

"We were sticking up for Toni!" yelled Sweet Pea as he jumped up from his chair, and it fell over as he started pacing the room. "Sit down." Principal Penne said. "What exactly did these boys do?" "Well, Principal." said Fangs. "Malachai. He was talking about Toni." Toni was slumping in her chair at this, and nibbling at her fingernails. "Threatening her." Principal Penne looked annoyed. "Still, that is no reason to start a fight." he said. I was fuming at this. I jumped up from my chair, and it fell over; just as Sweet Pea's did. "What the hell!" I yelled at him. "You should be calling Malachai in right this second!" "Sit down, miss Wilder!" Principal Penne said and he stood up. "No! I will not sit down!" I replied and I banged my fists on his desk. "Out! Now!"

***

"That was badass." said Sweet Pea, later that night. "I did get suspended." I said and took a sip of my beer. We were at the Whyte Wyrm, the serpent bar. "Well, I'm glad that Toni has a friend like you." he replied and he sipped at his beer. Fangs came over to us. "Hey, Peas and Carrots." said Fangs. "You want to play pool?" "Sure, and maybe lose the nickname." he said "Na." Fangs said. Sweet Pea jokingly punched Fangs, and then followed Fangs to the pool table. I laughed at them. Toni came over to me. "Thanks for sticking up for me." Toni said, she sat beside me in the window seat. "That's what friends do." I said. Toni hugged me. "I can't believe him." I said "Do you want to stay at my trailer tonight?" "Sure," Toni answered. 

***

The next morning, I woke to the noise of the shower turning on. I rubbed my eyes, and saw the empty space next to me were Toni was last night. "Toni?" I called out. "I'm in the shower!" I heard coming from the bathroom. I got out of bed to make me and Toni some coffee. But I got a surprise. "What are you doing here?" I asked Sweet Pea who was sitting on my couch. "Here to go with Toni to school." he replied and he stood up. "Shit!" I said and I ran into my room. "You're suspended." Sweet Pea shouted. I came out into the kitchen again and leaned against the doorframe. "Oh yeah." I said. Sweet Pea laughed. Toni came out the bathroom in a towel. She saw me, then Sweet Pea and then legged it into my room. Sweet Pea and I laughed. "Hey Will?" shouted Toni from my room. "Yeah." I yelled back. "Can I borrow your black skirt?" she asked. "They're all black." I yelled back. "But, yeah okay." "Thanks!" I went and got changed into a pair of black leggings, dark purple t-shirt, my signature black combat boots and a black and white hoodie.  I went back into the kitchen where Toni and Sweet Pea were helping themselves to my food. "Do you mind." I said annoyed. But before they could answer, there was a knock at the door. Is it Fangs? I thought to myself. "Who is it?" I called out. No answer. Toni and Sweet Pea stopped eating for a second. I opened the door. And standing there with her brunette locks and dark eyes, and in a soaking wet blue raincoat was none other than my older sister, Wren. And when I saw her I slammed the door right in her face.