Wrong Side of the Tracks

Chapter Nine

It was the night of the First annual Taste of Riverdale. I was left alone at home after saying I didn't want to go, but after last night's ordeal, I just wanted a drink. I slipped into a pair of black shorts with fishnets underneath, a black long sleeve shirt that laced up in the back, and a leather jacket to finish the look. Grabbing my already packed bag, I made my way towards the Southside.

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"Guess whose back again."

"You know it." I said, sending a wink towards Fangs.

"Hey, you're back." Toni said happily. I nodded.

"Easiest place to get some drinks." She smiled at me.

"I'm actually about to get of my shift, Sweet Pea, Fangs and I were going to head over to Sweet Peas and have a movie night, care to join?"

"Hell yeah. What movie?" She shrugged as she headed towards the back to clock out. I quickly sent a text to my dad saying I was staying at a friend's house again, and that I might not be home tonight. I turned my phone off and looked up, only to see Sweet Pea sitting across from me. I quickly looked back down.

"Why haven't you told them yet." I shrugged.

"I, I don't know. I'd probably get kicked out. I'm surproses you hadn't told them." He glared at me.

"You know why." I smirked at him.

"You're right, I do." I leaned in really close to his ear. "Its because of my smoking hot looks." I whispered, before pulling away and shooting a wink at him. He only rolled his eyes and mumbled under his breath. Unfortunately, I forgotten Fangs was there, but fortunately, he wasnt paying attention to what we were saying, only to the fact that I had gotten really close to Sweet Pea. We locked eyes, and he shot an eyebrow up.

"Don't even think about it Fogarty." He held up in hands in defense, and I took another gulp of beer. Toni arrived, out of her apron, and smiled at the 4 of us.

"Alright, I'm ready."

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I found myself stuck in between Sweet Pea and Toni on the small couch, with Fangs claiming the chair by running and jumping on it the second Sweet Pea unlocked the door. We had decided to watch The Avengers, a movie I had watched a gazillion times. 

10 minutes into the movie, and I was already shifting uncomfortably with the close proximity it Sweet Pea

"Fangs, can you get me another beer?" He looked at me, confused, but he got up and headed into the kitchen. Once I made sure he was out of sight, I quickly stole the chair that he was sitting in. 

"Oh wow, that's cold." Toni laughed. I sent her a smirk before turning to face Fangs. His mouth was dropped in offsense as he stared at me. He closed his mouth, scowling at me before tossing a beer my way. I catch it, and give him the sweetest smile possible.

"Thank you Fangs" He glared at me, and I turned away from him, happily opening my beer. One moment, I was taking a sip if my beer, and the next there was a body jumping on top of me, causing me to spill half of the bottle on both myself, and him. "Get off me" I groan, trying to push his body weight off of me. I managed to push him off of me, only for him to grab me and pull me to the floor with him. As we made our decent, Toni managed to jump over to the chair, laughing at Fangs and I. I rolled off of Fangs, my sides hurting from laughter. I sent a glare towards Toni, who stuck her tounge out at me. I got up and grabbed my beer, frowning at the half empty bottle. I glared at Fangs, pointing to the bottle.

"That's what you get for stealing my seat." I sigh in defeat as I made my way over to the couch, sneaking a glance over at Sweet Pea, who barely made an effort to smirk at our performance. I quickly averted my eyes to the floor as I sat down. I bit the bottom of my lip, suddenly feeling guilty. I didn't notice that he was lenaing over to me until I felt his hot breath hit my ear. I felt a shiver run down my spine, which I tried to ignore as he spoke to me.

"You should tell them before I do, Northsider." He practically spat the word, causing me to shrink down a little. I gave him a quick guilty look, letting him know that I got the message very clearly. He still did not welcome me here. I took a deep breath in, not really wanting to break the news to them.

"Guys-" I stopped, not knowing how to continue. Toni and Fangs turned to look at me in confusion. "I-i," I bit my bottom lip, making the mistake of looking at Sweet Pea. His stare was intense, almost as if he was burning a hole into me. I knew what he wanted. He wanted them to get mad at me. He wanted me gone.

"What is it?" Toni asked.

"I'm glad that you guys accepted me," I breathed, trying to figure out how to say tell them. It wasn't really that big of a secret, but you could never tell with Southsiders. A lot of them, such as Sweet Pea held a grudge against the Northside, and I couldn't blame them.

"Of course, why wouldn't we?" Toni was eyeing me, knowing that something was going on.

"I lied to you guys and I'm actually from the Northside and my real name is Skyler Keller and I actually really don't like the Northside and I'm really sorry about lying to you guys but I'm not a spy I promise and you guys are literally so cool and better than almost everyone at my school and I'm sorry please don't hate me." I took a deep breath in and held it, waiting for their response. I squeezed my eyes shut, scared for the lash out of rage.

"Why did you lie to us?" I let out the breath and looked over to Toni.

"I wanted new friends, but I was scared that you wouldn't accept me if I was from the Northside." I heard Fangs let out a cough, catching my attention.

"Keller, as in, Sheriff Keller?" He asked. I bit my lip and nodded.

"He doesn't even know that I come to the Southside, and I promise I'm not giving him any information."

"Did Sweet Pea know?" 

"Yes Toni, he did. He found out the first night I came over." She shrugged. "Look, I want to be your guy's ally. I usually know when things are going to get bad for you. Please just trust me  and I promise that I can help." I bit my lip and waited their answer. I snuck a glance at Sweet Pea, but his face was a blank expression. 

"You know, I don't know if you actually are a Northsider..." Toni paused, causing me to hold my breath. "You are way too cool to come from that place." I felt a smile spread across my lips as I gave her a thankful nod.

"She's right." I looked over to fangs and gave him the smile. 

"Thank you guys." I said, feeling greatfull that they took the news well. I turned to face Sweet Pea, but his face was still blank. I leaned back, turning my gaze back to the TV. "How about we finish this movie."