Riverdale Oneshots

I Needed Saving (Cheronica)

Veronica's POV

I was walking through the hallway of Riverdale high after school. We had finished cheerleading practice but no one had seen Cheryl. Betty and I took the lead since Cheryl couldn't be there. Normally she would tell us if she wasn't coming and even though we weren't the best of friends, I was a little worried about her

I was walking to my locker when I passed the music room and heard soft sniffles coming from it. I looked in the small glass window and saw Cheryl crying in her practice uniform

I stood there for a minute contemplating whether or not I should got talk to her and make sure she's okay, I finally sighed and walked in the room before kneeling in front of her as she just stared at me with tears streaming down her face

Veronica- (softly) "are you okay Cher?" Cheryl- (cries) "why d-do you ca-are" Veronica- "because I'm a good person Cheryl, now what happened" Cheryl- (cries) "t-things aren't gr-great with Minerva right now a-and my parents hate me. My grades a-are dropping b-but I-I don't need you to w-worry about me"

I put my hand on her thigh and used my finger to move her chin to look at me. Veronica- "because even though we don't get along all the time, I still care" she sniffled as I grabbed her a tissue from the piano. Veronica- "everything is going to be okay" I wiped her eyes and stood up to give her a hug. I leaned in but them felt her pull me in quickly. I felt her tears on my shoulder and all I could do was feel sorry for her

I held her for about a minute before she finally pulled away from me. Cheryl- (sniffles) "thank you" she had a small smile which kind of confused me. Veronica- "for what Cher? I didn't do much" she smiled widely before she quickly left the room and I was left extremely confused. I just shrugged and went to my locker

While I was getting my books, Betty came over to me and smiled. Betty- "so, my house?" Veronica- "s-sure" Betty- "you okay?" Veronica- "Yeah I'm fine, I just had a really weird interaction with Cheryl?" Betty- "when aren't those interactions weird?" Veronica- (sighs) "I guess"

I closed my locker as we started walking towards Betty's house. Veronica- "she was just acting weird and not like herself" Betty- "maybe she's just having an off day?" Veronica- "I didn't seem like it, also she's been acting weird all week" Betty- "I'm sure she's fine Ve, and don't let her trick you she always just wants attention"

I nodded but didn't actually agree with her. There was something wrong with Cheryl and I couldn't just ignore it. After Betty and I finished our homework for Monday, I went home. I thought about Cheryl the entire time, and was clearly ignoring my mom when she was trying to ask me about my day

Hermione- "Mija?" I snapped my head to face her. Hermione- "are you feeling okay?" Veronica- "yeah, I'm just thinking about Cheryl" Hermione- "Blossom? Is there a specific reason?" Veronica- (sighs) "she's been acting weird all week, and today she was crying alone in the music room" Hermione- "well did you talk to her?"

Veronica- "I did, she told me about how she and Minerva aren't in a great place a-and how her grades are dropping but also something about her parents. I just don't know how to help her" Veronica- "maybe you should go talk to Minerva? She could know what's going on" Veronica- "I guess so, but I don't even know why I care so much. It's not like Cheryl likes me or anything"

Hermione- "but do you maybe like her?" My jaw dropped as my mom chuckled. Hermione- "well, there's your answer" Veronica- "what? N-no" Hermione- "mhm" I rolled my eyes and stood up. Veronica- "I'm gonna go vist Minerva tomorrow and see what's going on" Hermione- "you seem awfully invested in this" Veronica- "I know!" I walked angrily and screamed into my pillows

It seemed like nobody seemed to care except me and it was driving me nuts. There's no way I'm overreacting about this and I was worried about her. I eventually fell asleep and woke up in a cold sweat around three in the moring. I sighed and got up to go for a walk. I tried to be quiet and was successful at getting out of the house

I walked around town for a while before I stumbled across the bridge that connects the north and south side. I saw a dark shadow in the distance and started walking slowly towards it.

Veronica- "hello?" I walked closer and used my phone flashlight to see if I knew who it was, and I did. As soon as I saw the red hair and her feet on the other side of the railing, I dropped my phone and ran. Veronica- "Cheryl! Stop!" I grabbed her hand held her tear stained cheek. Veronica- (in tears) "p-please don't do this" Cheryl- (sobs) "just let me go" Veronica- (cries) "you know I can't"

We both started crying harder as her head fell onto my shoulder. I used all of my strength to pull her back over as we fell into a hug. I stroked her hair as she cried into my shoulder

Veronica- (cries softly) "it's all going to be okay" We stayed like that for almost ten minutes before I finally picked her up. Veronica- (softly) "let's go back to my place" she didn't say anything to I stuck my hand out for her to grab. She took it and we started walking in the direction of the Pembroke.

Once we got there, I grabbed her some pyjamas and a hot chocolate as we sat on my bed. Veronica- (softly) "do you wanna talk about it? It may help you feel better" she nodded and set her cup down on my bedside table before letting out a shaky breath

Cheryl- (softly) "I couldn't sleep, Minerva broke up with me because I was too depressed and my parents kept grilling me about school and dating girls that I just snapped. I didn't even realize I was walking until you found me"

My heart broke in half as she started tearing up

Cheryl- (cries) "A-All I want, is to be aloud to have feelings and be a little sad. All of this pressure that's on me is just too much sometimes" I wrapped my arms around her tightly and held her. Veronica- (softly) "you're aloud to feel anything you want when you're with me, I promise you that"

I pulled her in closer as I laid down. I didn't let go of her and I didn't want to. She held onto tight as well, and we just stayed like that in silence until she spoke again

Cheryl- (softly) "why do you care so much"  Veronica- "because you're human, and a girl as smart and pretty as you shouldn't be treated liks this" saw her blush and let a smiled out as I stroked her cheek. Veronica- "there's that smile, I've missed seeing it in the hall" she wrapped her arms around my neck and hugged me. Cheryl- "thank you, I needed saving"  Veronica- "of course" I tucked a piece of hair behind her ear. Veronica- "I'm happy to help, matter what it is"

She looked back and forth between me eyes and my lips before she finally leaned in and kissed me. It took me by surprise but I leaned into it. After we disconnected, I smiled and put my hand on her cheek

Cheryl- "s-so, one of my problems is that I'm single.. do you think you could help me?" Veronica- (smiles) "I would love too help" she laughed a little before I kissed her again

We cuddled up to each other and fell asleep which was the first of many happy nights together. I tried to cheer her up as much as I could and I hated being apart from her  I was glad to be the one to save her.