When I Met You | CHONI |

Chapter 17

Cheryl said her goodbyes to Veronica as she was getting out of her car when they arrived at school. She spots Toni leaning against her bike and makes her way over to her with a smile plastered on her face.
'Hey' Cheryl smiled suddenly shy, how did Toni do this to her.
'Hey Cher, you ready?' Toni smiles back.
'Yeah let's do this' Cheryl said grabbing hold of her girlfriends hand.
They confidently walk into school hand in hand a smile on both their faces, they could see people staring in shock and whispering, Cheryl was unsure if it was because they were both girls or because only a couple of weeks ago everyone thought Cheryl couldn't stand the serpent.

As they were walking through the halls, chatting and laughing Cheryl spots her brother leaning against his locker. She falters a little at him watching her and Toni not knowing what to expect. He just smiles at her and sends her a wink letting her know he was happy for her, she smiles back knowing she needs to speak to him soon.

'This is my stop' Cheryl says slightly disappointed that she had to let go of Toni. Veronica, Archie, Betty and Kevin were outside of the classroom waiting for the bell to ring watching the interaction between the girls.
'Okay babe, I'll see you soon' Toni said letting go of her girlfriends hand instantly missing her touch.
Cheryl leaned in to place a kiss on her girlfriends lips, she could feel everyone watching.
'See you later TT' she smiled and made her way over to her friends as Toni walked to her class.

'I ship it' Kev says as soon as Cheryl is close enough to hear.
'Stoppp' she smiles back, her friends pull her into a group hug. She wasn't used to this much contact from people but she feels so content, so relieved her friends accept who she is and her relationship with Toni. Her friends have never seen Cheryl smile so much and they are just thankful she isn't in the dark place she was a couple of weeks ago. They know they need to support Cheryl even if only because of her nightmare parents. The bell rang for first period interrupting the hug and everyone's thoughts.

Soon it's time for lunch and Cheryl let's Toni know that she's planning on speaking to Jason, he's always looked after her and she doesn't want to lose her relationship with her only brother. She searches the hallways and finds her brother chatting with his friends, she taps him on the shoulder.
'Can we talk?' She asks.
'Of course' Jason stands. After saying goodbye to his friends the twins sit at a table away from prying ears.
'I've missed you' Cheryl simply says.
'I've missed you too' Jason looks at his sister, her face looks more relaxed than it has in a while but he can tell she's nervous.
'How are you' he asks.
'I'm doing good, how are you?' Cheryl still couldn't meet her brothers eyes. Jason knew he'd have take lead addressing the elephant in the room.
'I'm better after seeing how happy you were this morning, so you and Toni?'
'We're dating' Cheryl quietly says, she's been so confident with everyone else but her brothers opinion meant a lot to her.
'I'm happy for you Cheryl, you look like a great couple and I think Toni is a great girl'.
Jason stood up to pull her into a hug.
'I can't come home JJ ever, Mom and Dad will never accept it, I'd be miserable'.
'That's ok Cheryl, you have to put yourself first, do you have somewhere to stay?'.
'I'm staying with Veronica for the foreseeable future, she said I could stay as long as I needed'.
'Ok Cheryl if you need anything just let me know, I mean anything' The bell rang to say lunch was over. Cheryl smiles as her brother gives her one last hug.
'Oh' he says as he walks away, Cheryl turns around and looks at him 'make sure she treats you right I wouldn't want a problem with the serpents' he smirks. Cheryl smiles back glad her brother accepts her.

Cheryl checks her phone on her way to class, she has a text message from Toni.

TT
I hope everything goes well with Jason.
Read 12.30pm

Cher
It went great :)
Delivered 12.21pm