Choni one shots

177: The One Where Toni Finds Betty and Archie

TONI POV:

I walk into the garage at Archie's house. I look up and see him and Betty down each others throats. I sit there for a minute. They both pull away. "What are you doing in here Toni?" Archie ask quietly. "Your mom asked me to help mow the lawn since you are busy making out with Betty and cheating on your girlfriend to do it and after Fred died I told her I would help out with anything she needed." I explain. "You're not gonna say anything! How much do I have to pay you?" He ask. I take a deep breath. "Well, Jughead is my best friend, same with Veronica and I'm gonna tell Cheryl and we all know she's in capable of keeping her mouth shut. So! I'll give you about a week if you haven't told at least Veronica, I will and I would like about 1,000 dollars until then, another 1,000 will give you 2 weeks, I think you get the concept." I explain to him. "I'm not paying you 1,ooo god damn dollars." I nod. "So I should text Jughead and Veronica and tell them." They both jump. "No!" They yell. "Ok then 2,ooo dollars for the week." I say quietly. "You said 1,000." I look at Archie. "When?" I ask pretending to be confused. "Just a minute ago." I shake my head. "I don't remember saying anything like that."

I walk into the bedroom counting the money. "The hell did you get all of that?" Cheryl ask quietly. "I found Archie and Betty making out in his garage." I say quietly. "Why were you there?" She ask quietly. "Because I told Mary that if she needed help with stuff like mowing the lawn or something like that." She nods. "I didn't think she would actually do anything." She whispers. "Why do you care so much about the Andrews?" She ask quietly. "Because when the serpents were falling apart Fred and Archie were like the only people in this town that cared." I explain. "I don't know, I just honestly feel like I owe his family the same thing." She nods. "I get it." She pulls me into a kiss. "How did you manage to get 2,000 dollars out of Archie Andrews?" She ask quietly. "Betty and Archie down each other's throats."

I walk over to Veronica. "Veronica, I need to tell you something." She closes her locker. "I can't be friends with you and have this information." She looks at me. "Just tell me."
She says quietly. "I saw Archie and Betty making out a few days ago." I confess. She looks at me. "I'm sorry, I thought I could wait for them to tell you but I couldn't." I word vomit. She doesn't really do anything. "I'm sorry." I whisper. "Why?" She ask quietly. "Because I should have told you." I say quietly. "Toni, you can be a bad ass and honestly sometimes you are the biggest ball of anxiety I have ever met." She explains. "Does Jughead know?" I shake my head. "I think Cheryl might have said something because she doesn't like him. She didn't want to tell you and I needed to." She storms off. Slightly scared but curious I follow her to the student lounge. "Archie Andrews!" She yells. My eyes widen.

I walk into the bedroom and just have a panic attack on the floor. I look at Cheryl. "You ok?" She ask quietly. "You told Veronica didn't you?" I nod. I look at her. "There's nothing the panic about. I talked to Veronica, she doesn't blame Betty." She explains. "It was mostly Archie. Not saying Betty isn't at fault but it was Archie finally having feelings for her and everything from kindergarten to about sophomore year came back and she got lost in the moment. It was just that time, Betty and Veronica are coming over to cry and eat ice cream." She explains to me. "And before you ask I already got you some dairy free ice cream, but I'll only let you have it if you give me a small taste." I smile. "You hate that stuff!" I say quietly. "Well, I'm not the once who decided to have a lactose problem!" She jokes. The door bell rings. Betty and Veronica come in. "So! We have chocolate, vanilla and mint chocolate chip." Cheryl says. "What about the small one?" Veronica ask. "That's mine, I can't have any of those." I explain. "What flavor?" She ask quietly. "Salted Caramel because it's the only one that doesn't scream the fact that is doesn't have dairy in it." I say grabbing the ice cream and spoon. We go into the bedroom and we all just eat and talk. Well, Betty, Veronica and Cheryl talk. I just sit there quietly watching everyone. "Toni? You ok?" Veronica ask taking me out of my thoughts. "Wha-? Yeah!" I lie. "Really?" She ask. I sigh. "I just feel like this is all my fault." I say quietly. "I know it needed to be said. I just didn't really want to be the one to do it." I explain. "I don't- I don't know. I just-." I stand up. "I just don't want to be a burden or anything. This is all my fault." I say before walking out. I don't really know how but I end up at Jughead's trailer. "Toni? What are you doing here?" He ask confused. "I'm sorry! I ruined everything. I just couldn't live with myself if I didn't tell one of you." I say panicking.

CHERYL POV:

My phone starts ringing. "Oh, god!" I pick it up. "Yeah?" I ask. "Hey, I have Toni. She came to my house upset about everything and I tried to calm her and she kinda just fell asleep on the couch. I don't really know what to do." Jughead says quietly. I stand up. "Yeah! I'll be there in a few minutes!" I say before grabbing my keys. I hang up. "Toni ended up at Jughead's trailer and I need to pick her up." I say quietly. "I'll be back, you guys can do whatever you want. Just don't go into the basement. It flooded last night and it's still filled with a few inches of rain." I explain. Betty and Veronica nod. I walk out and go to Jughead's trailer. He opens to the door. "Is she ok?" I ask quietly. "Not really." He says quietly. "What's wrong with her?" He ask quietly. "I don't know."

I walk into the kitchen. "How's Toni?" Jughead ask quietly. "I think I need to call her mom." I say quietly. "She's never been like this." I whisper. "What will calling her mom do?" He ask quietly. "She might know what's happening to her." I say quietly. "What about until then?" He ask quietly. "Why do you care so much?" Betty ask. I groan as they start fighting. I walk out because I don't feel like listening to them! I go to upstairs. I walk into the bedroom and go to Toni. She looks at me. "I'm sorry." She whispers. "Look Toni, I'm not mad. Why would I be?" I ask quietly. "B-be-because! I can hear them fighting downstairs!" She says sitting up. "Toni, that was me! I started it." She nods. "Cool." 

I walk into the student lounge. "Did you talk to Toni's mom?" Jughead ask. I nod. "She said that Toni gets like this and she will out grow it in a week or two." He nods. "She gets anxious like this sometimes and it leads to a week or two of her in bed. I already talked to Mr. Honey. He already knows about this and they have a plan for when this happens." I explain. "Shouldn't you already know this shit?" I ask quietly. "I've known Toni for 2 years, so have you. I've only known her for like a month longer than you and she hasn't really gotten to this yet." He says before getting up and walking away. I take a deep breath.

Toni walks into the kitchen. "You called my mom." She whispers. "You weren't telling me what was going on." I looks at her. She nods. "Why don't live with her?" I ask quietly. "My dad died a few years ago, you already know that, but ahh... her job caused her to move to Canada but I had already had my shit together here and I didn't have a passport and I didn't feel like getting one, but I talk to her all the time and I'm getting enough money to visit her this summer." She explain. "When I'm not here, I'm with my grandparents and they're amazing I just can't stand them all the time so I come here and kinda forget to leave." I laugh a little. "You can stay here when ever you want obviously." I say quietly. She nods. "I'm sorry about the past week. I'm not bipolar or anything that bad! I just get depressed sometimes and sometimes my meds get out of balanced." I whisper. "I should have ah... I should have said something before." I nod. "It's ok. I saw the meds in your bag a few months ago, I figured you would tell me when you were ready." She nods. "I still should have said something sooner." I shrug. "It's ok." I tell her.