Grease: Riverdale AU

Summer Nights

Summer had only just ended and things had already taken a turn for Betty Cooper. Instead of returning to her home town, her family ended up moving to a small town called Riverdale. Next door to her there was a girl her age by the name of Antoinette Topaz who attended the local public high school: Riverdale High, where Betty was also starting.

She was bit nervous for her first day. She was in a new town attending public school for the very first time in her life. When she arrived in front of the school, she spotted Ethel Muggs, a girl that her neighbor had introduced her to, among a group of girls. All donned matching pink jackets with the exception of a slender girl with red hair, who wore a red jacket and matching lipstick over her plump lips. Betty had been surprised to see someone dressed so daringly on the first day of school. This girl in particular stood out to her, but something told her that she was probably used to standing out.

"Hi there, Ethel," she greeted.

"Oh hey there. This is Toni's new neighbor, Betty Cooper," Ethel explained to the girls. Betty wasn't sure if Ethel noticed Betty looking at the red head or if perhaps she did this because of her apparent queen bee status, but she introduced Betty to her promptly.

"This here's Cheryl," she said, gesturing to the red head.

"Hi. Pleased to meet you," Betty said with a polite smile.

"How do you like the school so far?" Cheryl asked coolly, not straightened her posture from leaning on the railway of the stairs.

"Oh, it seems really nice. I️ was supposed to go to Immaculata, but my father had a fight with the Mother Superior over my patent leather shoes," she explained.

"What do you mean?" Cheryl inquired curiously.

"Well, she said the boys could see up my dress in the reflection," Betty replied, causing all of the girls to erupt into laughter.

They girls began talking about their summers and Betty listened quietly until Ethel asked her summer.

"I️ spent most of the summer at the beach," she responded.

"What for? We got a brand new pool here in the neighborhood. It's real nice," Ethel asked.

Cheryl rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, if you like swimming in chlorox," she said sarcastically.

Betty looked down for a moment at her brand new patent leather shoes bashfully. She could feel her cheeks growing red as she thought about the events that happened over the summer. She then looked at the girls once again and couldn't quite stop herself from smiling.

"Well, I️ actually met a boy there," she explained.

Ethel giggled.

"You went all the way to the beach for some guy?" she teased.

Betty sighed as she reminisced to herself.

"Well, this was sort of a special boy," she justified.

Cheryl scoffed.

"Are you kidding? There's no such thing," she said.

Betty shook her vigorously, causing her tight blond ponytail to sway with the motion.

"No, he was really nice. It was all very romantic," Betty said, hugging her books tightly to her chest. "We had the summer of our lives together. And the nights were so very romantic. We talked, we went strolling, we drank lemonade, we swam and built sandcastles, and we even stayed out until 10 o'clock some nights! He was so sweet and he had just turned 18."