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Chapter 6: See My Demons...

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Cheryl's POV
I woke up with a really bad headache from yesterday's panic attack, but didn't get a chance to do anything about it when I saw the time.. I was already late for my first class of the day!

So I rush out of bed, get dressed in a hurry before running out of my room, down the stairs and out to my car, completely forgetting to say goodbye to my mom.

I drove as quickly as allowed on every street, quiet quickly reaching the parking lot of Riverdale high, immediately locking up my car and running inside.

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After my very stressful morning, I desperately needed a cigarette to calm my nerves, so as soon as the class before lunch ended, which was my third class of the day, I made my way outside for a smoke.

Just laying down on my cars hood, exhaling the thick smoke through my mouth, over and over again, successfully starting to calm myself down.

"Hey stranger." I looked up with a big smile on my face. Because I knew who it was before even seeing her.

"Hi TT." I greet, getting a big smile in return. "Were you looking for me?" I ask, one eyebrow raised in a playful manner.

"Mhm, I was." she admits easily, winking playfully before climbing next to me on top of the hood, laying down right next to me, with a cute, toothy smile on her face.

"Well then, I'm happy you found me." I state, smiling sincerely her way before taking another blow from my cigarette, exhaling the smoke slowly, eyes closed. And like that, we spent the rest of our lunch break together, just making jokes and talking about whatever crossed our minds.

Penelope's POV
After hearing the front door slam, I quickly made my way to the hallway from my home office, successfully seeing Cheryl getting into her car and driving off in a hurry.

Which meant that she overslept this morning, but I'm not mad at her about it, because after all, she did have a really bad panic attack just hours ago.

And as I was walking back to my office, I abruptly stopped in my tracks, realizing that now was my best opportunity to search her bedroom for drugs.

Because after all, that Toni girl is in a gang, and she might be a dealer, which is obviously causing me to worry about my daughter, who previously committed suicide by taking an overdose..

So as I entered Cheryl's room, I immediately started going through her drawers, her bags, her jackets, everything I found to be a possible hiding place actually.

And after searching every single place I could think of, I released a breath of relief, because I couldn't find anything.

But as I sat down on the edge of her bed, I could feel a small bump under the mattress, and my heart immediately stopped, so I slowly got onto my knees on the floor, reaching in beneath the mattress, feeling extremely relieved when I found it to be one of her sketchbooks.

I quietly chuckle for myself, carefully pulling it out to look through my daughters drawings, because she rarely let's me see them.

So I slump onto the floor, flipping through the pages slowly, with a big smile on my face.. Until I came across some extremely detailed sketches, and my heart just dropped..

Tears gathered in my eyes, and I felt sick to my stomach.. Completely disgusted by what I found.

Cheryl's POV
The last period of the day was finally over, and I together with Toni and the rest of my new friends were actually going Pop's chock'lit shoppe, before going over to my place to study together.