Chapter 6
When Cheryl got taken to the principals' office, everyone in biology stood right outside of the office, Callie shot a text to Cheryl's parents.
"Can we talk?" Reggie asked Callie in desperation.
"Not now Reg," Callie told him.
"Please, I know we sat by each other in bio, but you texted me all weekend," Reggie pleaded.
"Not now," Callie repeated herself.
"Look I am sorry," Reggie stated, not giving up. " I am sorry for beating up your brother".
"It's not just that Reggie," Callie looked at him. " I asked you twice to stop, you ignored me and then proceeded to beat up my brother".
"Please don't be mad at me strawberry," he pleaded trying to get her to look at him. At that moment Cheryl's parents walked in.
"Where is she?" Penelope Blossom asked Callie.
"Weatherbees," Callie answered. Everyone watched her parents charge into the room before bringing Cheryl out of the office and taking her home. Callie started down to her locker.
"Let me make it up to you," Reggie offered.
"How are you going to do that?" Callie questioned.
"We can a special night," Reggie suggested as they reached her locker.
"No," Callie denied.
"No?" Reggie asked surprised as she opened her locker. " Those usually work".
"Not this time," Callie told him. " First you need to apologize to Archie-"
"Of course," Reggie responded.
"Along with Jughead and Kevin," Callie.
"I can apologize to Keller, but serpent's son?" Reggie questioned.
"If you don't apologize to him, then no special night," Callie bargained, with that she walked away and into the lounge area.
"So, are you a suspect now?" Veronica asked Kevin as Callie took a seat.
" My dad says we all are, including me," Kevin answered.
"Not me, girl," Veronica denied. " I don't know these people".
"Guys, should we maybe re-binge Making A Murderer on Netflix tonight?" Kevin suggested.
"Sorry. Can't. Gotta stay late to work on the paper," Betty denied.
"Count me out too," Veronica said. " I've got a date?"
"You do?" Archie asked.
"Which Riverdale hottie made the cut?" Callie asked as Kevin handed her a twizzler.
" Hey Vee-lo," Chuck Clayton said as was about to leave the student lounge, with Reggie and Moose. "I'll swing by at the Pembrook to pick you up at 8:00?"
"I'll be waiting," Veronica smiled.
"Cool," Clayton smile back. Callie and Reggie made eye contact before the three jocks left the room.
"Chuck Clayton?" Betty questioned.
"You're going on a date with Chuck?" Kevin asked.
"He's kind of a player," Callie warned her.
"Who cares? He's the hottest of the hot, and he's the football coach's son, " Kevin said. " In Riverdale, that's like dating a Kennedy".
"You and Reggie should double date with us," Veronica offered to Callie.
"I don't know, I am still kind of mad at him," Callie shrugged.
" He looked pretty miserable when he left," Betty pointed out. " One date wouldn't hurt".
"We will see," Callie told them.
*****
Later that afternoon Reggie showed up at Callie's door.
"Do you want to do this?" Reggie questioned. " Double date with Chuck and Veronica".
"Yes," Callie answered.
"Don't stay out too late Callie," her dad called from the kitchen. " I want her home at 10:30, no later".
"Yes sir," Reggie. They walked down to Reggie's car. He helped her into the car, before getting in himself. " Are we meeting them at Pop's?"
"No, " Callie answered.
"What?" Reggie asked confused.
"They are going to Pop's, I and you are going to a motel, I got us a room," Callie responded.
"I thought you said no to a special night," Reggie asked as they drove away from the house.
"I changed my mind," Callie answered. "It's been awhile".
"Let us go to Pop's first and then to the motel, so Fred Andrews doesn't find out you told a complete lie," Reggie suggested. "Say there was miscommunication, then I and you went to the movies afterwards".
"I like your thinking Mantle," Callie smirked as they stopped at a red light. Reggie quickly kissed her on the lips before the light turned green. When they got to the room after Pop's, Reggie immediately started taking off his shirt when the door closed. He then smashed his lips into Callie's lips, they somehow found the bed. Reggie gently laid her down. Reggi undid his belt without breaking the kiss as Callie ran her hands all over his chest.
"You are in for it tonight little strawberry," Reggie said breaking the kiss, before pulling down his pants along with his boxers. Callie smirked when she saw his member sticking straight out like a log.
"Are you already this excited?" Callie asked as she took his member into her hand. Reggie bit his lips. "Well tonight, I am no little strawberry, I'll be your little red devil".
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The next morning Callie woke up with a smile on her face. She checked her phone and saw a bunch of posts of Veronica getting sticky maple from Chuck, her eyes grew wide. She immediately called Reggie and started getting ready for school.
"Good morning strawberry," Reggie greeted into the phone after the fourth ring.
"Was Chuck planning this all along?" Callie questioned as she turned the water on for a shower.
"What?"Reggie asked.
"I'll call you back in fifteen," Callie told him before hanging up the phone. After she finished her shower and got dressed she called Reggie back.
"What is this about the sticky maple?" Reggie asked on the phone.
"Did you know that Chuck was going to do this to Veronica?" Callie asked as she headed downstairs. She saw her brother and dad in the kitchen.
"Who are you talking to this early in the morning?" her dad asked.
"Reggie," Callie asked covering up the speaker part, before returning to the call. "Did you know or not?"
"Yes," Reggie answered slowly.
"Reggie! " Callie yelled into the phone. " I thought you said you wouldn't continue victimizing girl's to this, you stopped before you got with me".
" I remember Cal, but I can not promise on Chuck's word," Reggie explained himself.
"You could have prevented it," Callie groaned angrily.
" Sorry Cal," Reggie apologized, Callie quickly hung up the phone, not wanting to continue the conversation.
"What was that about?" Archie asked.
" Don't worry about it," Callie told him.
"Well solve that problem, I do not want you following behind in school," their dad ordered.
"Yes, dad," Callie responded.
******
When Callie got to school, she saw everyone checking their phones. In the distance she saw Veronica looking at Kevin's phone, Betty was with them.
"You should go to principal Weatherbe," Callie advised walking up to the group.
"About the coach's son? Who is the captain of the football team, and Riverdale High's resident golden boy?" Veronica ranted in anger.
"Or I can expose him in the pages for Blue and Gold," Betty offered. " Yeah, I can do that".
" No. Spoken like a true good girl who always follows the rules," Veronica said. " Well, I don't follow rules, I make them, and when necessary, I break them". Veronica shoved Kevin's phone into his hands, and Kevin into a locker. She started down the hallway followed by Betty and Callie. "You wanna help me get revenge on Chuck, Betty, and Callie, awesome. But you better be willing to go full dark, no stars. What do you say, in or out?"
"I'm in," Callie answered, the two girls looked at Betty for answered. Veronica then dragged both girls into the boy's locker room. The three girls bumped into Archie, almost making him lose his towel. Thankfully he caught it in time.
"Veronica, Betty, Callie, what are you guys doing here?" Archie asked the three.
" Don't worry about it," Callie told him as Veronica continued to walk, Archie got in front of them.
" I mean it, Andrews," Veronica threatened. " Hit the showers and stay out of my way". They soon found Chuck talking to Moose, Veronica cleared her voice making him turn around.
" Huh, B, C, and V," Chuck said. " Menage a right on. Ladies". The boys started laughing. Veronica held up her phone at Chuck, showing him the picture.
"This is disgusting. Take it down," Veronica demanded.
"Whoa, whoa. Why are you so wound up?" Chuck asked her. " It's a badge of honor, and you're not exactly virgin territory after your closet date with Andrews".
"Okay, that's beyond irrelevant Chuck," Callie stated.
"You're not allowed to go around humiliating girls for any reason, under any circumstances, you jerk," ranted Betty.
"Look, I get you're not a closet kind of girl, but hey, if you wanna ride the Chuck Wagon, that can be arranged," Chuck offered.
"Lets keep this simple so that your preppy-murderer half-brain can grasp it," started Veronica. "Take. This. The Hell. Down."
"Okay, that high-toned bitch attitude may have worked on the betas you dated in New York, but you're in Bulldog territory," Chuck told her. Moose made a barking noise, some of the boys followed and laughed. " But pleases, fight back". He went to walk away, but he had a couple more things to say. "You'll only make it harder on yourself". The girls made their way to the exit.
"Not cool Chuck," Callie growled at him, as the other girls went ahead of her.
" Sorry, I'm not whipped like your boyfriend," Chuck stated, they looked over at Reggie who was looking at them." Lets not forgot who almost got the same thing, happened to them". Callie glared at him before leaving the locker room.
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Later that day Callie met with a bunch of girls in an empty classroom. Ones that have all been victimized by the sticky maple.
"This story is bigger than we thought," Betty said when Veronica walked into the classroom.
"Nancy Drew here started asking around, to see if what happened to you happened to anyone else and if anyone would go on record," Callie informed.
" I will," Ethel volunteered, " 100%"
"Okay," said Betty.
"It used to be five guys on the football team," Callie said. " Chuck and his posse. Now it his Chuck and his posse minus Reggie".
"Ethel was just about to tell us," Betty said.
"One-day last year, Chuck and I talked in the library for 10 minutes. I helped him with a Pre-Cal problem, and nothing happened," Ethel explained. " But the next day, he...he started telling people that I let him do stuff to me. Like, sex stuff. and he or one of his goons wrote, " Sloppy seconds on my locker".
"Yes, yes," " Cheryl began as she entered the room. " We've all heard your tragic origin story".
"I'm so, so sorry, Ethel. That's horrible," Betty comforted her.
"Not as horrible as being a suspect in your own brother's torture-murder case, but we all have our crosses," argued Cheryl. " In the meantime, River Vixen practice starts in five minutes, sluts, so..."
"They're ruining our lives, and it's just a game," Ethel interrupted Cheryl. " They keep score and..."
"Wait, what do you mean, keep score?" Veronica asked.
"Each conquest earns them points. They keep track in some secret playbook," Callie explained.
"Okay, we have to talk to Weatherbee," Betty proposed.
" We all already have tried," Callie said.
" Weatherbee said that he didn't find anything," Ethel added.
"Okay, we need undeniable proof," Betty suggested.
"Proof of what, Nancy Drew?" Cheryl questioned. " That boys will be boys? And that playbook reeks of suburban legend".
"How would you know Cheryl?" Veronica asked.
"Because Frida Shallow, " Cheryl began. " Before he died, my brother was co-captain of the football team with Chuck, and Jason never mentioned it, and he never would've allowed it".
"Okay, well I never met your brother," Veronica pointed out. " But I'm not lying about what happened to me. And Ethel's not lying".
"I'm not even lying Cheryl," Callie spoke up.
"And proof, book or no book," Veronica started back up. " I am going scorched earth on these privileged, despicable miscreants. You wanna get caught up in that backdraft, Cheryl? Call me, or any of these beautiful, young, strong, intelligent womean...slut, one more time". After the practice, Callie started to walk home when Betty caught up with her.
"Callie," Betty began. " How do you know about all of this?"
"You really want to know Nancy Drew?" Callie asked.
"I know we haven't been friends since like the 7th grade," Betty began. " But please, this could help with the paper".
"Fine, but you have to promise not to tell Archie," Callie said.
"Callie-" Betty began.
"Promise!" Callie snapped.
"I promise," Betty nodded.
" It was Reggie that was going to do this to me," Callie began.
"Why are you with him then?" Betty asked.
"Do you want to hear what I have to say or not?" Callie asked her.
"Sorry," Betty apologized.
"Well I and Reggie actually did do sexual stuff," Callie began to explain. " He was about to send out the photo, but he like the way I looked asleep on his chest, and he didn't want to ruin that, and he actually started to fall for me".
" I didn't know that Reggie Mantle was possible of having a heart," Betty said in shock.
"And after that night, he told me everything, including the playbook, " Callie informed her. " I think he said the playbook is hidden in one of the guy's lockers in the locker room. "
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