Choni. Till the end of my days.

the lake house

TW: sexual assault; body count (Guys I'm not judging anyone. Your body, your choice. There's no such a thing as high body count. Its all individual so don't take it close to your heart.)

narrator

It's been two and a half weeks since Cheryl lived in Toni's grandpa's trailer. Little by little she got comfortable but she missed her room and nana Rose. The redhead already wore to school all the clothes she brought with her which was a big deal for a Blossom.  That was Friday evening and the girls were sitting in their favorite booth at Pop's. They were playing with each other's hands and talking. It felt like Toni could read Cheryl and today was not  an exception. Cheryl was very good at hiding feelings and she became a professional during the years of tough life but Toni could see her through.

"Cheryl, look at me. What's wrong?" Toni lifted up Cheryl's chin so the redhead couldn't hide her eyes.

"Nothing. Why would something be wrong?"

"Babe, I can see you through and something is clearly bothering you."

"I just think that you will be disappointed and stop talking to me if I tell what's bothering me." Cheryl sounded so sad and that made Toni's heart break into million pieces.

"Cheryl, I will never be disappointed in you. You are the greatest person I've ever met. After kind of stories of how you burned down Thornhill and cut your mother's oxygen I don't think anything can surprise me." A friendly smile was decorating Toni's lips and that melted Cheryl's heart. 

"I'm so grateful to you, TT, and believe me I would never say this if I didn't feel comfortable around you and wasn't sure that you will understand me but I was always raised in huge houses when there is a lot of space, with my nana Rose around. I haven't seen her for 2 weeks and I have no idea how is she doing with my mother. Your grandpa is the sweetest person in the world but I can't get used to living here with the serpents. I feel like I'm in a place I shouldn't be in. I wanna go back home, with you by my side. I feel like I'm a horrible person for feeling anything else than grateful but I don't think I can do this anymore. And if you don't want to talk to me ever again I'll understand that. I'm... sorry.." Her voice was quavering. The kind of high pinched but at the same time deep voice people switch to when they're about to cry. Toni saw that and hastened to grab Cheryl's hand.

"Hey, look at me, beautiful. I can fully understand that and I'm not mad at it. But how are you going to deal with your mother? We can't live with her."

"Yes.. But I think I have an idea.." A cunning smile appeared on Cheryl's lips. This precious redhead had a plan in her head and it was something very Cheryl Blossomy. That was terrifying but it was going to work because Cheryl always got what she wanted. She was right and it worked so the next evening the couple was back in Thistlehouse. 

"Bombshell, may I ask how did you make your mother leave the house?"

"That was easy. All I had to do was making her blood run cold. By the way nana Rose is my legal guardian now." The last part made Cheryl excited.

"Congrats, baby." The shorter girl leaned and kissed her girlfriend. They wanted more and more of each other. Every touch felt like it was the last and they couldn't get enough of it. At the same time their phones got a notification and that made the girls stop enjoying their kiss. That was Veronica in their group chat.

Veronica 💎:  Hey guys. Our autumn break is in a week so I was thinking maybe we can get away to Lodge family lake house in Shadow lake?

"Hey, TT. Wanna go? " Cheryl looked up from her phone to see Toni's face.