Well since my brother move in I was wacthed constantly but what ever when I got a call from Veronica to come to pop's shop I asked my brother for permission
"Brother dearest." He was on the couch reading a book
"Yeah?"
"Can I go to pop's to hang with some friends" he looked at me
"I don't know Celeste.."
"Please." I gave him the puppy eyes I always knew him or my siblings couldn't say no
"Fine." so he took me on his bike and once at pop's we walked in I see the table they were sitting in.
"I'll be waiting outside" said Marcel I nodded he kissed my head and left I walked towards them
"Hi loves" as I sat Next to Jones
"Who was the guy" asked Kevin
"Oh my oldest brother Marcel or Marcelo he's living with me under dad's rules to make sure I'm safe" they nodded
"So what's going on" I asked
"As the godfather of indie cinema, Quentin Tarantino, likes to say..."
"Please, God, no more Quentin Tarantino references." I laughed
"What? I'm pissed And not just about losing my job The Twilight Drive-In should mean something to us People should be trying to save it."
"In this age of Netflix and VOD, do people really want to watch a movie in a car? I mean, who even goes there?"
"People who want to buy crack"
"And cinephiles, and car enthusiasts Right, Bets?" She looked spaced out then out of it
"Totally."
"Anyway, it's closing because the town owns it, but didn't invest in it. So when an anonymous buyer made Mayor McCoy an offer, she couldn't refuse..."
"Anonymous buyer?"
"What do they have to hide? No one cares"
"I do! Also, you guys should all come to closing night I'm thinking American Graffiti...Or is that too obvious?"
"Tell you the truth I've never been a girl of cinematic movies or any of that matter" I said
"I vote for anything starring Audrey Hepburn Or Cate Blanchett"
"Or The Talented Mr. Ripley Betty, your choices?" We looked at Betty and she looked lost
"Everything okay, B?"
"Yeah, I'm just thinking. Um... Maybe Rebel Without a Cause?" I snickered along with Kevin and Veronica
"Here you go, kids"
"Thanks, Mom" Then over heard
"If I would have known Mama Lodge was working as a waitress at Pop's, I never would have given Veronica a spot on the Vixens. It's off-brand, and sends a false message about acceptance."
"After her TMZ-style take-down of Chuck, all the Vixens kind of like Veronica now."
"Do they?" Then Veronica mom walks over to pick up the money but Cheryl stops her
"Be sure to put all that cash in the register. You are a Lodge, after all, and Lodges are known to have sticky fingers." Veronica glared at Chelry then hissed
"Cheryl..."
"Honey, I got this. Cheryl, I went to school with your mother She didn't know the difference between having money and having class, either"
"Burn" I whispered taking a sip from my milkshake then we turned I see Archie with I think is his dad and a woman
"Now, that's an odd combo of people" Betty looked over and her mouth dropped
"I'll be right back"
"No, Betty" but too late
"No. Don't..."
"Wait, what's happening?" Me and Kevin asked but I just stood up and walked with Betty
"Hey, Betty Hi Celeste" I waved
"Hi, Mr. Andrews, Ms. Grundy" oh so this is Grundy eh
"Archie, can I talk to you?"
"Sure. I'll call you later?"
"No. Actually, now Just school stuff. Outside?" As they did I followed
"Archie, as your best friend, is there anything you want to tell me?"
"I don't think so"
"Ms. Grundy was at Sweetwater River on July 4th Were you with her?" My eyes widen
"Did Jughead tell you?"
"Oh god no way" I said shocked
"Jughead knows about this?" Said Betty shocked
"It's not what you're thinking"
"So, it's platonic?"
"Okay, well, maybe it's a little like what you're thinking..."
"Ew" I became grossed out
"Archie Are you and Ms. Grundy, like, together, like, romantically?" I almost gagged that woman with Archie Ew Ew Ew and on boy was it about to go down
"Ewww Archie that's Ugh!"
"Oh, my God You and your music teacher are having an affair?" I heard Veronica say
"We are...together. Look, I know that sounds bad, but..."
"Bad?" I said as if he lost his mind
"It sounds scandalous" said Veronica
"It sounds like jail time to me. Illegal!" Said Betty
"Betty, don't go there"
"Oh, I'm already there"
"Ronnie, Celeste a little help here?"
"Don't bring me into this I just found out now but Ewww"
"I mean, technically, Betty's right And ethically... Well, what is Grundy to you, anyway, your girlfriend? Your booty tutor?"
"I don't know, I don't know what to call her"
"You said you were at the river alone You lied to Sheriff Keller, to all of us Why? To protect her?"
"She believed in me when no one else did"
"Okay, we get it"
"Betty, say something, please" then we heard a car honk
"Get in the car, Betty. Now" that must be Betty mom and she left leaving me and Vero but before I said anything
"Celeste let's go?!" Shouted my brother he never liked me being around boys for my safety I turned to Arch
"She's using you archikinss get it into your head" I turned around
"Coming" I walked away from them got onto my brother's bike and left that nigth I told my brother everything and let's just say it was about to get crazy. The next day
I was in the lounge hanging with V and Kev eating small of glazed donut holes
"It's this quintessential rite of passage, making out with your boy or girlfriend at the movies."
"Why don't we go together? I can't promise you any action, but maybe I'll bring you good luck."
"Great. Another night, another hag." We laugh
"Speaking of hags..." Oh great Cheryl
"Veronica, it's so devastating to me that your mother has to sink to such unspeakable lows just to keep those knockoff Hermes bags on your arm. What's next, selling her hair extensions?"
"My mom's a waitress, Cheryl, not Fantine. And your faux concern reeks of ulterior motive. What is it?"
"Only to remind you of your place in this school, nay, the town's social hierarchy."
"Ooooh."
"Threatened much? Don't worry. You may be a stock character from a '90s teen movie, but I'm not. And what does any of this have to do with my mom being a waitress?"
"It's just that I saw her talking to a Southside Serpent last night, in the alley behind Pop's. They were having an extremely heated, intimate discussion. See for yourself." She showed us a picture then happily walks away I knew about the serpents my dad was one of them before taking over the mafia from my grandfather
"Who or what is a Southside Serpent?"
"They're this gang of bikers who pretty much stays on the south side of town And thank God, 'cause they're sort of dangerous. Drug dealers and petty thieves."
"Then what was my mom doing with one of them?" Odd then a day
later me Veronica and Betty went to speak with Archie about what she found about Ms. Grundy
"Ms. Grundy showed up in Riverdale a year ago, out of thin air. There's no record of her before that. Her Facebook, her Linkedln account, they were all created one year ago. Before that, she's a ghost. She doesn't exist. The only Geraldine Grundy I could find was a woman who died seven years ago."
"How... Where did you find all this?"
"The deep web. The dark internet." Veronica joked
"Check it, it's all online. Simple googling."
"And did you cyber-stalk Ms. Grundy before or after you interviewed her for a fake article? Why are you doing this, Betty? I'm not in any danger."
"You don't know that."
"Yeah, I do, I'm with her. I know what we have, and you don't."
"She taught Jason Blossom. Did you know that?"
"She's taught a lot of people, Betty. What's your point?"
"My point is, you don't know anything about her, Archie. Doesn't that worry you?"
"Betty, let this go."
"Archie, please..."
"If you're really my friend, you'll let this go." Okay now that just a sorry ultimatum
"Okay. I'm sorry. I'm done. I'll stop digging." At night I was fixing my outfit for school tomorrow when I get a text from Betty to meet up with her and Veronica so I sneaked out and we went to check Ms. Grundy car
"So much for letting this go."
"Yep."
"Are we really breaking into Grundy's car right now?"
"How do you even know how to do that?" I asked
"My dad and I fix cars together. Thank God, she drives an old..."
"Huh." I was impressed I jump in before Veronica in the back
"Okay, before going any further, if I'm committing a felony, I need to at least ask the question."
"Was going to ask the same thing?"
"Are you doing this because you still have feelings for Archie, or..."
"No, Veronica. Celestes. We're doing this because Grundy has Archie under some kind of sexual spell, and he won't listen to reason. We're looking for anything that proves Grundy isn't as clean as she says she is." I looked around into the back and found a box so I gave it to her
"Bobby pin."
"Okay, Ms. Gyver."
"I learned that from the Nancy Drew detective handbook."
"Nice."
"Okay, go." Betty pulled out an ID but it had a different name on it
"Oh my God."
"Oh, my God."
"Oh, my God. Jennifer Gibson"? Who the hell is Jennifer Gibson?" I asked confused
"That's not the only thing." Betty had a gun
"Holy cow." I moved away we had to tell Arch
"Please don't tell me you're still on this crazy witch hunt."
"It's not a witch hunt, and it's not crazy. We were just in Grundy's car..."
"What? You were in her car?"
"Yeah, and thank God we were. We found a gun."
"What?"
"And an ID with the name Jennifer Gibson. This is proof Ms. Grundy is not who she says she is."
"Then who is she?"
"Obviously some sketch-queen named Jennifer Gibson." I said
"Archie, what if she had something to do with Jason's murder? She taught him, she made you lie about him, we know she was at the river, she has a gun."
"So does Dilton Doiley, but you never thought he killed Jason."
"Open your eyes, Archie." I said
"Jason was her student last year. Everything about her is a huge, boldfaced question mark." I said finish
"Okay, whatever her name is, she's not a killer."
"You didn't ask her, did you? About her name? And why there's no record of her before last year?" He sighed
"Why not!" But he just walked into his house. A couple days later I was playing poker with my brother when I got a call from Betty called me to meet her at school which she sounded heck but whatever so I got dressed
my brother handed me the keys to his bike and I left once at school I walked into the music class and saw Archie ms. Predator Betty's mom his dad and Betty their all
"Um hi this must be a bad time but I'm Celeste Cruz um Betty's friend..... I'll just stay quiet" I said awkwardly as I stood next to her
"Can someone tell me what's going on here?" Asked Ms. Predator oh this is about to go down
"Of course. Archie, would you like to share with us what you and Mrs. Robinson have been doing during your "music lesson?" And please don't leave out any of the lurid details, because Betty here keeps a very meticulous diary, and I'm more than happy to fill in the details" my eyes widen ooooooh....
"I never thought that I would live to see the day I thought the one thing that we could keep our Riverdale safe from was child predators"
"Ms. Grundy's not a predator. She's a good person"
"Archie, you don't have to defend me"
"No, he doesn't."
"Well, they're not denying it, are they?" Said Ms. Cooper
"They're clearly guilty. I think the next step is we take this to Sheriff Keller, and let the wheels of justice take over"
"Dad, you can't let that happen"
"Son, it's complicated."
"She didn't force me to do anything, I went after her Everything that happened, I wanted it to happen"
"There's no surprise there"
"Why are you doing this, Mom?" Said Betty in tears as I comfort her
"Putting Ms. Grundy on trial? This isn't just about her This is about him" her mother pointed at Archie
"I want you see what kind of person Archie truly is" 'huh'
"Wait a minute, that is what this is about? Your crazy grudge against my teenage son?"
"I'm never going to stop being friends with Archie, Mom Ever"
"We are done here"
"Oh, we are far from being done here"
"Stop Shut up Stop! Please You're right, Mrs. Cooper. You're right. I'm selfish, and I'm stupid, and I don't deserve to be your daughter's friend But please, don't hurt Ms. Grundy because you wanna hurt me" 'really Archie some friend you are'
"This isn't about hurting anyone, Archie It's about doing what's right, and, of course, informing our neighbors" I was getting uncomfortable at that point 'i should not be here' so I ran out jump on my bike and went back home once their I see my brother on the couch asleep and just crashed
Marcel
I woke up to see Celeste sleeping right on my shoulder so I picked her up took her to her room and put her to bed and went to crash on my bed
Celeste
The next
I woke up and decided to go and take a ride down to anywhere has this place not gone down hill enough when I see a tall boy and my eyes widen I stopped my bike at some type of quarry
Sweetpea
I was at the quarry with the Fangs and Toni when I heard
"Pea" I turned and my eyes widen and a smile spread on my face
"Celeste" I ran to her and hugged her
"Pea I didn't know you lived at Riverdale"
"Southside but yeah wait what are you doing her what did You do" i asked her sternly
"Nothing you know how dad is Always wanting me to stay out of trouble but I managed to drive into all the time"
"That's my cousin" we laughed
"Oh but I'm not the only here"
"Who's here too"
"Marcelo"
"Ugh him" she hummed in response i like my older cousins but their such a pain and annoying
"I'm so happy I found you my favorite older cousin" she screamed happily
"Oh here some guys I want you to meet" I told her as we walked over
"Toni Fangs met my cousin Celestia Cruz"
"Hi"
"Hey" her Toni shook her hand then Fangs I see could not take her eyes off her
"Ugh I have to go home you know how Marcelo gets about me"
"Yep tell I said hi and to come over that punk owe me"
"Oh yeah nice to meet you guys Serpents see ya cous"
"Bye Cel" I shouted as she drove off