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Our story begins on a hot summer day in July. More specifically, July 4th. The day where Cheryl Blossom’s dear brother Jason disappeared.
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“Will we be watching the July 4th fireworks today, babe?”, Toni asked. Toni was Cheryl’s girlfriend. She had cotton candy hair, incredible beautiful brown eyes and full lips. Whenever Toni looked at Cheryl you could directly see that Cheryl was her world. You could see the spark in her eyes and that little smirk on her face. Toni was madly in love with Cheryl, even after almost one year she felt that strong and beautiful love even more than ever. Toni was a very independent girl, or rather woman. She always knew how to handle whenever things got tough because she never had a family who supported her, besides her grandfather Thomas Topaz, who passed away three years ago. The only important people in her life since then were the Serpents. A gang of kids, who never felt love nor affection. I said Toni had no family. Well, the Serpents were her family. The Serpents always had each other’s backs whenever someone was sad, angry or just felt alone. Toni never knew love. Well, not until she met Cheryl. The redhead made Toni goon. She made her feel something really special and unique. A feeling she never knew before. Toni would just lay in bed and count all the reasons why she loves Cheryl as much as she does.
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“I’m not in the mood, TT…”, Cheryl mumbled. “Thanks for the offer though”, she added. July 4th was always a good and fun day for Cheryl. She always spent July 4th with Jason. But after Jason disappeared, July 4th was a day filled with anger and sadness. Since then, Cheryl never went out at this day, never spent it with her friends nor watched the fireworks she usually watched with Jason. Not only on July 4th she stayed at home. On almost every other day which was not in school-time Cheryl stayed at home, alone and all for herself. Whenever she was home alone, she grabbed the old photo album and looked through the photos she had taken with Jason. Cheryl didn’t like it when someone took photos of her but when Jason took photos, she felt comfortable. She had a lot of photos with him. Every time she looked at them, tears were running down her pale face. She couldn’t handle Jason’s loss, I mean they were twins, of course it wasn’t easy. But it didn’t get better. Two years after Jason’s disappearance Cheryl still felt like a complete mess. She still cried once a week if not even more. God took away her brother.
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“Okay, well… we could stay at home. Watch some movies, eat some snacks? Or we could hang out at Pop’s if you’re not in the mood for fireworks. Even though it would-“, “Toni, please. I’m not in the mood to do anything right now.”, Cheryl interrupted her girlfriend. You could hear the anger in her voice. Anger turned into regret. “I’m sorry, TT. I didn’t mean to…”, Cheryl said in a quiet voice. “Don’t worry, baby. It’s okay. I’m the one who should be sorry. I didn’t think about what this day means to you.” Cheryl shook her head and tears were running down her face. “Cheryl.” Toni grabbed Cheryl’s face and wiped her tears away. Then she gave her a soft kiss on her forehead. “I love you”, the brunette whispered. Cheryl took Toni’s hand and held it tight. She couldn’t take her eyes off of her. “I love you, too. Oh god, I love you so much.” Toni smiled. It’s this smile filled with adoration and pure love. “I’ll go make us a tea”. Toni stood up and left their bedroom.
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A few minutes later Toni went back upstairs and wanted to open the bedroom door. She held the teapot in her right hand, the cups in her left one. She couldn’t open the door because it was locked. “Cheryl? Why did you lock the door? Is everything okay?” Toni asked in a worried intonation. Then Toni saw that the doorknob was moving. Cheryl opened the door and Toni almost let the teapot fall down. Cheryl was clad in a long red dress with a cute little bow on the right side. She was wearing the necklace Toni gave her to their six months anniversary. She was also wearing black heels which were glancing in the warm chandelier-light. “I changed my mind, TT. I do not want to spend this beautiful summer day at home crying over my long lost brother. It’s not worth it. I’ll just get the car-keys and my purse.” Toni couldn’t say a word, she was still impressed about the way Cheryl’s dress fit her perfectly. She looked beautiful in that tight dress. Toni started laughing. “You’re so crazy. I love you.” While Cheryl was getting her stuff, Toni quickly put on a tight black skirt and her all-time favorite boots. “You’re looking good, babe”, Toni said. “You didn’t have to say that, I already saw the way you looked at me.” Toni rolled her eyes: “Of course you did.” Cheryl smiled and grabbed Toni’s wrist. “Let’s go, mon amour.” “Where are we driving?” “You’ll see”
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And that’s one of the million reasons why Toni loved her girl.
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Cheryl stopped the car at a tall and dilapidated building. “You’re sure we’re right here, babe?” “Just trust me”, Cheryl replied. Toni followed Cheryl into the building. They went up the stairs and it felt like an eternity because the building didn’t have an elevator. When they had reached the last step of the thousands of stairs Toni asked Cheryl what they would do p here. “You wanted to watch the fireworks, right? Here’s the best spot to watch them. And we’re perfectly in time.” Cheryl opened the heavy iron door and counted until three. A bright light appeared at the dark night sky. It turned into a beautiful pink and purple artwork. “Cheryl, this is beautiful.” “I know, TT. I’ve always been here with Jason, every July 4th we were watching the fireworks up here. He showed me the most beautiful places in Riverdale and this one is truly my favorite. I haven’t been here in three years but gladly nothing changed. Let’s get a seat, we don’t want to miss this light spectacle, do we?.” Cheryl pointed at big grey stones. “We always leaned back and just enjoyed the view and the fireworks. And now I want to share this with you.” They took a seat, snuggled up and kissed. It wasn’t cold at all, especially not inside each other’s arms. “Thank you for showing me this. This is incredible.” Toni smiled. “Look! A shooting star”, Cheryl said euphorically. “You can make one wish. But don’t tell me or it won’t come true” Toni closed her eyes and she made her wish. She never wanted to be without her beloved girlfriend, Cheryl Blossom ever again. As she opened her eyes again she accidentally told Cheryl her wish. “TT…”, Cheryl was indignant. “Baby, don’t worry. I’m clumsy but what’s new. Nothing bad will happen. I’ll never leave you, I promise.”
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What they didn’t know at this moment was that their happiness wouldn’t last forever. Maybe Cheryl was right. Do not speak out your wish or it will not be fulfilled.