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

7 - New Serpent

Will's POV

I sat in the corner of the holding cellholding Sweet Pea's hand through the bars. "Don't worry Will, they have no evidence that we did anything." he said. "They'll let us out." 

Suddenly, they opened the door of Sweet Pea's holding cell. I looked up only to see one of the deputies pushing Fangs into his cell. 

"They got you too." I said. "Yep." Fangs said and slumped down next to Sweet Pea.

***

After a few hours, Sheriff Keller opened both cells. "You're free to go." I quickly left the cell and went over to Sweet Pea. He hugged me, and then we left and went back to his trailer. It was about three in the morning when we arrived back and we went straight to bed because we were exhausted.

If we could, we would've slept 'til noon, but we had school. I got on the back of Sweet Pea's bike and we rode to school.

Most of the Serpents were gathered around the table in the parking lot of Southside High, discussing plans. Jughead came out of the building, "Nice article your girlfriend's mom wrote." I said to him as he approached us. "Yeah, I saw that." He said. "Dilton Doiley said he was stabbed and a bunch of you guys jumped him." 

"The idiot stabbed himself, with his own knife." Fangs said. "And we didn't jump him. There was a fight. Bulldogs versus Serpents. and you see this?" Sweet Pea said and pointed to his black eye. "Your boy Andrews gave it to me, just before his girlfriend shot a gun into the air." "What happened?" asked Jughead, as if he didn't listen to the things we were saying.

"And, of course, Northsiders get off scot-free, and the rest of us are hauled in by the police." I said. "It's payback time." said Fangs. "What are you guys talking about?" Jughead asked. "What is---? What is that?" he looked at our diagrams. "Is that a pipe bomb?" "Fogarty's cousin served in the Army. He's gonna build us something." said Sweet Pea. "We'll do it after hours. It'll shut the Riverdale Register down once and for all." I added.

"You think blowing up a building is going to make things better?" asked Jughead. "It can't get any worse." said Sweet Pea. "Yeah, Sweet Pea, it can." Jughead answered. "Let me talk to Archie, figure this out okay."

"Man, that's your answer for everything. Talk and more talk." I said. "And we don't even know who you stand with." Sweet Pea added. "Us? Or them? You can't be half a Serpent." We rolled up our plans and left Jughead with Toni.

***

That night, we were at the Wyrm, and I was beating Sweet Pea's ass at pool. "I think this Northsider's lost." said Sweet Pea, when Jughead walked into the bar. "I'm not." he replied. We walked over to him, as did the rest of the Serpents."I'm over being half a Serpent." 

"Wow. You'll do anything to protect your Northside buddies." I said and shoved him with my shoulder as I walked around the pool table. "My father was a Serpent. He led you." he said, glancing between me and Sweet Pea.

"I wanna stand with you guys. Tall Boy was the one who gave me this jacket. It's finally time I start wearing it." 

"So, now you wanna be a Serpent, huh?" Tall Boy said walking towards Jughead. "Let's see if you survive the initiation first."

We then all got back to doing what we were doing before, in my case, beating Sweet Pea in pool. "Twenty bucks says I can beat you." said Sweet Pea. "Sure, I'm beating you anyway." I said and shook Sweet Pea's hand. I pulled the cue back and shot the number 10 ball into a corner pocket. "You're about to lose." I teased Sweet Pea. 

I shot at the 8-ball and I missed. "Shit!" I said annoyed. "I promise to use the twenty bucks wisely." said Sweet Pea. I needed to disract him. I whispered some dirty things in his ear so he shot and missed. "Yes!" I said loudly. "You're such a tease Will." said Sweet Pea. "I know." I said, and successful shot and potted the 8-ball. "Hand it over." I said. He reached in his back pocket and pulled out a twenty dollar bill.