The Andrews Family: Pt 1: Pureheart the Powerful
"Get up, Chandra! You don't want to piss me off this early!"
Ugh. Cheryl is the bane of my existence. I didn't dare rebel because I'd be punished even more.
"Coming, sister." I get out of bed, put on a red ensemble and head downstairs. Cheryl immediately becomes infuriated.
"Change. You don't have color in your closet for a reason."
"But I like my outfit- and"
Cheryl comes face to face with me. "CHANGE NOW. I can make your life miserable just by one phone call."
"Now apologize, Psycho Barbie."
Tears flood my eyes. "I'm sorry, Cheryl."
"Good." She stroked my face and dug her red acrylic nail into my cheek. I let a yelp escape me. Big mistake. "Now go change into your clothes. Virgin Scary."
My savior in pink arrived when I came down stairs again.
Toni Topaz was Cheryl's girlfriend and she always was nice to me when Toni was around.
"And she tried to leave the house without breakfast."
I walk to school. On the way Archie and Betty catch up to me.
"Oh god, Chandra! Your cheek." Betty cries.
"I'll kill her." Archie says.
"Guys, stop. It was my fault. I came home past curfew and embarrassed her in front of Toni."
Betty and Archie exchanged a look. Then they sighed. "Look. You need to tell Jughead and Ronnie." Archie demands.
I shake my head and then I'm hit with a lecture about how I don't deserve this and how Cheryl was just hurting from mom's abuse.
They repeated the lecture when we arrived at school.
Cheryl was nowhere to be seen and I took a deep breath. Until I got to my locker.
"Cheryl. Please. The day has barely started."
Cheryl pushed the heel of her pumps into my shoe and pushed me up against my locker.
I couldn't breathe. She then took me to the bathroom. She only did that when she was angry with me. Get in. Cheryl points to a stall and I obey. She follows and begins to beat me to a pulp. Punch after punch.
This was the makeup test. I wasn't allowed to wear makeup or what I wanted.
"Cheryl please don't do this!" I plead.
"Help! Someone help!" I yell.
Cheryl pulls me out of the stall and pins my up against the wall.
That's when I see Betty run in with a guy in a beanie.
"Oh my god Chandra! What the hell happened!" Betty says.
The guy in the beanie feels my wounds with a wet paper towel. I'm afraid of what he knows.
"Oh shit Betts! She's got bruises... who did this?"
I look up. I wipe away the tears and I see Jughead Jones kneeling next to me.
"I got into an accident and Cheryl was helping me. It was last night and yeah."
Jughead looks at Betty and Betty cracks.
"Jug, I think it was Cheryl who gave her these bruises..."
"Shut the hell up Betty," I scream, "You don't know what happens behind Thornhill's gates!"
"That's it! I'm going to have Toni talk to Cheryl about this."
Toni? Oh my god this can't be happening... I can't tell her who knows what Cheryl will do to me...
Burn down the house again?
"Don't say a fucking word, Jones, especially not to Veronica."
"My lips are sealed." He winked at me and took me to class. Cheryl was at early cheer practice so she was nowhere to be found at this time.
"I heard what you said Archiekins!"
I walk up to the table with jug and Betty to hear this conversation. "Hey guys!" Veronica greets, then to me:
"Channa! We need to talk."
"Archie told me about your home problems and I'm planning on asking daddy to let you stay in our guest bedroom at the pembrooke."
"But nothing's wrong, Veronica."
"And you," I pointed Archie, "you betrayed me." I walk away but it's too late. Cheryl and the rest of the Vixens have me surrounded. She hauls me onto the table and I don't even resist.
"Oh shit, guys..." Veronica says.
"Are you alright Chandra?" Cheryl asks in a mocking tone. "What's wrong? Let me help you."
"Now girls, we need to get rid of the trash."
"No Cheryl please don't!" I plead.
She pulls my wrist and lifts me off the table and into the trash can. "The trash goes into locker 375!"
Jughead gets up with Veronica.
"Stop this, Cheryl!" A voice says but it doesn't come from either of them.
Toni topaz has just arrived at the lunch table. She slammed her tray down and walked up to Cheryl's face.
"Cheryl. What the hell is this!"
"Oh TT it's simply a little fun."
"Fun? If harassing your sister is your idea of fun then we're done. Bye Cheryl. Oh my god, Chandra are you ok?"
The whole cafeteria was in awe and I cried as Archie called his dad to see if I could stay over. Jughead and Betty run toward me and Veronica daintily follows in her 6 inch heels.
"Let's go, Chandra!" He says.
"Archie we can't- she's gonna- hurt you. ARCHIE CHERYLS GOING TO HURT YOU!" I scream.
Jughead looks at me and tells me he's just in a mood but things get serious when all five of us get into Archie's car and start driving.
"Where are we going Arch?" I ask.
"Thornhill. You left all your stuff." He says.
"Archie... What the hell..."
But it was too late he just pulled up to the mansion.
I run inside to hide the truth. I lived in the barn with mummy and uncle Claudius but Cheryl made me keep my phone and personal belongings inside so she could monitor my whereabouts. The padded walls to my "dungeon" were painted red and adorned with pictures of Cheryl. I ran to my drawers and got out my actual clothes. Unbeknownst to my big sister, I had bought a new iPhone which Veronica was funding. Of course Ronnie kept it and registered me as a lodge instead of a Blossom.
chandelierlodge like uncle, like niece @hiramlodge
HiramLodge Anything for my daughters best
VtoherB Chandra... where's my photo credit love? Also, pleasure to help
BettsCoop what about Archie
SerpentKing Dui remember @bettscoop
Archiekins mama... your knight is here
HiramLodge watch it @archiekins
RonnieLodge all in good fun @hiramlodge love u @archiekins
Daddy let Chandra stay with us because he was happy about mom winning the election. Meanwhile, I still had to contemplate finding a new home. My phone rings and it's Archie's twin sister, Aliyah Andrews.