Keep On Keepin On – Toni got raped three years ago and ended up pregnant. Will the transfer to Riverdale high change Toni's and her son's life?
A/N: I do not own Riverdale or any of it's characters. ©
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Chapter 1: Transfer
Toni sighs as she hops off her motorcycle, she's in front of Jughead's trailer. Toni walks up the steps and sticks her key in opening the door. Toni closes the door, and smiles at the sight in front of her. Her son Tommy and FP are sleeping on the couch. FP wakes up and sees Toni.
"Hey, T." FP said with a groggy voice. FP picks up Tommy and takes him into jughead's room and lays him down. FP walks back out with a sleepy face.
"Hey, you wanna go back to sleep?" Toni asked setting her stuff down on the couch. FP sits down and shakes his head.
"No, I'm fine. How was school?" FP asked running his hand over his face.
"We're going to Riverdale high in the morning. So, hopefully they have programs for teen moms I can enroll into. Southside high didn't have shit." Toni sits down beside FP.
FP sighs. "I'm sorry, T. What happened to you three years ago, should've never happened. The boys and I are sincerely sorry." FP said with a cracked voice. Toni looks over at her father figure with teary eyes.
"I know you guys are, but it's not your fault nor is it the boys. I stayed out late, that was on me. I have a baby by a damn ghoulie, but I wouldn't trade Tommy for the world. He's my heart." Toni said with a smile.
FP smiles. "I love him so much T. He makes me want to be a better father to Jughead, and Jellybean." FP said.
"Your kids love you FP. Don't think that they don't. You know Tommy and I will always love you more than anything. You've been here for me, when my own parents weren't. So, thank you for taking us in." Toni said.
"A Serpent never stands alone, even if you weren't one, I wouldn't leave a pregnant teen out on the street." FP said honestly. FP wouldn't have let Toni suffered even in she wasn't one them.
"You hungry? Want me to go Golden Dragon and grab us some dinner?" Toni asked looking over at FP with a smirk.
FP chuckles. "You know I love that place. Does Fangs work today?" FP asked.
"Yep. Luckily he gives us a discount. They have honey pineapple chicken, that's what I'm getting." Toni said getting up and grabs her bag and jacket.
"Ohhh, that sounds good. Make sure you get extra because Jughead can eat, and so can Tommy." FP laughs.
"Don't remind me, it's like I have two children, actually three." Toni said putting her jacket on.
"Three? You mean Sweet Pea?" FP asked.
Toni snorts. "Nope. I'm talking about you. Do you know how many times I almost fell into the toilet because you left the seat up?" Toni asked raising an eyebrow at FP.
"That was one time, T." FP laughs at the young Serpent girl.
"6 times. In counting. I'll be back." Toni said going to her motorcycle. She sees Sweet Pea outside.
"Where you going, T?" Sweet Pea asked hugging the young girl.
"To Golden Dragon. Wanna go with me?" Toni asked getting onto her bike.
"Fuck yes. I'm starving." Sweet Pea said getting onto his bike as well. They start their bike up.
"Let's motor." Toni said speeding off to the Golden Dragon with Sweet Pea.
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The Next Morning
Toni was about to leave FP's trailer until she hears a pair of small feet running towards her.
"Mommy. Don't go." Tommy said clinging onto Toni's leg. Tommy doesn't like it when Toni leaves him.
Toni picks up Tommy. "Mommy has to go to school, baby." Toni said kissing his head.
"Is Miss Betty going to be at school?" Tommy asked. Toni is shocked that Tommy even remembers Betty. Betty only came over like a few times when Tommy was there. Toni thought she couldn't trust the blonde, but Betty never told Toni's business.
"Yeah, Jughead said she's going to be there." Toni said rubbing his leg.
"Where's Uncle Pea?" Tommy asked looking at Toni with big brown eyes. Tommy looks just like Toni, Tommy looks nothing like his father. Toni thanks Jesus himself for giving her strong genes.
"He should be outside with Jughead. Let's go say high." Toni walks out of the trailer with Tommy in her arms. Tommy smiles when he sees his uncles.
"Uncle Pea!" Tommy yells getting the tall Serpents attention. Sweet Pea runs over to them, and takes Tommy.
"Hi, little man. What's going on?" Sweet Pea ruffles Tommy's hair. Tommy needs a haircut.
"I wanna go with you." Tommy said putting his face into Sweet Pea's neck. Toni rubs her son's back.
"I'm sorry little T. We have to go to school, so we can take care of you." Sweet Pea said sadly.
Tommy sniffs. "Can I spend the night with you later then?" Tommy asked with hopeful eyes.
Sweet Pea smiles. "Of course, nephew. You're welcome anytime." Sweet Pea said.
"Guys we got to go." Jughead said giving Tommy a high five.
"Come on baby, Uncle FP is going to watch you while we're at school. You're going to the Whyte Wyrm with him today." Toni said.
Tommy gets excited. He loves spending time with FP. "Yay! Love you everybody." Tommy waves at his uncles with a small smile.
"We love you too, bud." Jughead said waving back him along with Sweet Pea.
FP smiles at his nephew. "Ready for today, little T?" FP picks up Tommy and places him onto his hip.
"Yeah. Mommy are you coming to pops today?" Tommy asked looking over at Toni.
"Of course, baby. Mommy has to go, I love you." Toni kisses Tommy's head, and then FP's cheek.
Toni grabs her phone and blows them both a kiss before heading off to Riverdale high school.
"Come on little T. Let's go play some games." FP goes into his room, and plugs up the PS4 he stole.
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At Riverdale High
The Serpents walk into the school side by side. Today is not the day to mess with them, hell any day is the day to fuck with them. Especially Toni. Now, Toni can be more lenient towards people, but her boys not so much. The Serpents walks into the office grabbing their schedules for the entire school year, but Weatherbee stops Toni.
"Miss Topaz. Can you hang back, a bit?" Waldo asked the young teen mother. The boys were going to hang back, but Toni told them to go to class. They leave the office.
"Yes?" Toni asked looking at her new principal. Waldo sighs and begins to speak.
"We noticed your transcripts, and it says that you're a mom. Do you need anything, Miss Topaz?" Waldo asked Toni.
Toni looks away from Waldo. "Do you have any classes for teen moms? Look, the only reason why I'm here is because of my son. I don't need my business getting out. I'm trying to give him a better life, but it's hard being a mom. I'm a sophomore in high school with a 3-year-old son. I do need help getting pull ups for my son, and maybe some food for him, but that's about it. My boys are helping me." Toni explained.
"Miss Topaz, I can assure you that I'm willing to take care of young teen mothers. We do have some young teens moms who are going through the same thing you're going through." Waldo told Toni. Toni sighs.
"Look, I just need some help. Is there a program I enroll in to take care of my son?" Toni asked pressing her lips together.
"Yes, we do. I will enroll you into the program while you're in homeroom. Oh, this is for you." Waldo hands Toni a card with her name on it.
"Is this a food stamp card?" Toni asked looking up at Waldo with a raised brow. Waldo smiles at Toni.
"Yes, Miss Topaz. Every teen mom in this school has one. There's at least 400 on the card. So, spend what you need to. I will make sure everything is okay with the whole pull up situation." Waldo said nodding at Toni.
"Thank you. This helps out a lot." Toni said putting the card into her bag.
Waldo nods at her. "I understand Miss Topaz. My son works at a warehouse, I will tell him to send you some pullups for your son." Waldo smiles at her.
"Thank you, sir. I really appreciate it." Toni said grabbing her bag. "I'll head to class." Toni said walking out of the office. She sees her boys standing there. "What are you guys doing?" Toni asked.
"Watching over you. I don't trust these Northsiders, Tiny." Sweet Pea said wrapping an arm around her small shoulders.
"I agree. We all have homeroom together." Fangs said kissing Toni's head. Toni leans into him, this is why Toni loves her boys so much.
"Thanks guys. I love you, both so much." Toni said to her boys. Sweets and Fangs smile at each other.
"We love you too, Tiny. Always." Sweet Pea kisses her head, and they all walk to homeroom together.
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At Lunch
"So, what happened in the office, Tiny?" Sweet Pea asked biting into his pear. Sweet Pea loves pears it's his favorite fruit.
"So, Principal Weatherbee enroll me into this program for young teen moms for the weekends. Also, he gave me a food stamp card with 400 bucks on it." Toni said.
Sweet Pea chokes on his pear. "What?" Sweet Pea's eyes widen along with Fangs. Sweet Pea didn't expect that to happen.
"Yep, I was shocked too. Guys this helps me out a lot with Tommy. Yes, I will buy you guys the expensive frozen pizzas." Toni rolls her eyes.
"Cool." Fangs high fives Sweet Pea with a smile. Toni sighs shaking her head. It's like she's taking care of 5 boys. Yes, five boys. Fangs, Sweets, Jughead, FP, & Tommy. Damn being a female is hard.
Jughead walks over with Betty. "Hey, guys. This is my girl Betty. Betty these are my friends. Sweet Pea, Fangs, and you already know Toni." Jughead said sitting down.
"Hey, Toni. How are you?" Betty asked nicely sitting down beside Jughead. Betty and Toni didn't get along at first, but they got past their differences.
"I'm good, Betts. Tommy asked about you this morning." Toni said. Betty eyes widen.
"He did? I didn't think he was going to remember me? I've only met him two times." Betty said with a shocked look.
"I know, but he said, "Is Miss Betty going to be at school?" Toni giggles. The whole starts to laugh at Toni.
"Miss Betty? It makes me feel so old." Betty whines putting her face into her hands.
Jughead chuckles. "He's not used to having an aunt yet. All he knows is his Uncles and Toni." Jughead rubs Betty's back.
"I know we got off the wrong foot, Betts, but I don't mind you coming around Tommy. He needs another female in his life. Somedays when I got to work, I don't have anybody else to watch him, and he doesn't need to be at the Wyrm that much anyway." Toni explained.
Betty perks up. "Really? Are you sure? I don't mind helping out Toni. I know you have the boys, but I do have a nephew and a niece. I don't mind watching him if you need help." Betty places a hand onto Toni's.
"Really? Thank you. He loves blondes, too." Toni said with a smile.
Betty blushes. "Oh, well. Hopefully I'm a cute blonde for him." Betty giggles. Everybody is having a good time until Reggie comes up to them.
"Southside scum in our school. Who invited you idiots?" Reggie said nudging Chuck who chuckles at Reggie.
Sweet Pea stands up along with the Serpents. "Don't start something you can't finish, dude. You were so close of getting your ass beat this morning. Are you sure you want to go there?" Sweet Pea asked angrily.
"You don't deserve to be here." Chuck spits. Sweet Pea shakes his head, and looks down at Toni, if he fights, he won't be able to help his sister.
"I'm not even going to hit you, I've got better things to do than to fight dogs with flees." Sweet Pea said sitting back down in his seat.
Reggie was about to hit Sweet Pea until Principal Weatherbee comes into the lunch room. "What's going on in here?"
"He started it. We were just minding our own business." Jughead said to him.
"Let's go, Reggie. Out!" Principal Weatherbee points to the door. The bulldogs walk out of the lunch room with angry face promising they will get back at the serpents.
"I'm so ready for school to be over. I'm ready to get home to Tommy." Toni said with groan.
Fangs chuckles. "Are we going shopping later? I'm craving those Pizzas, T." Fangs leans against the small serpent girl.
Toni rolls her eyes. "The three of you are like children." Toni said. "Betty, how do you deal with Jughead?" Toni asked the blonde.
"Burgers and kisses, Toni." Betty giggles when she sees Jughead staring at her in shock.
Toni snickers causing Jughead to playfully glare at her. "Wow. At least I know what to buy at the store." Toni said.
Toni looks up at the door that just opened, and she sees the hottest girl she's ever seen in her life. The table looks at Toni's face, then their eyes follow to what she's looking at. Jughead shakes his head.
"Don't even go there, T. She's bad news." Jughead warns the small girl. He doesn't want Toni to get hurt by the one and only Cheryl Blossom.
Toni looks at Jughead. "She's hot. What's wrong with her, anyway?" Toni asked. Betty sighs.
"Let's just say my cousin hates the serpents because of her brother Jason Blossom." Betty said rolling her eyes.
Sweet Pea is shocked. "I'm sorry, you're related? To her?" Sweet Pea asked with a raised brow.
"Yep. Sadly, I am. She's awful to me too, so don't think you guys are the only one who has to face her wrath." Betty said sadly.
Toni feels bad for the blonde. "Why is she mean to you Betty? I mean I wouldn't even be mean to my own cousin, especially if she's the only family who sticks up for me." Toni said.
"I don't know Toni. I just want to be there for her, but she won't even give me the time of day. Maybe it's because I blackmailed her too, the whole thing that went down with FP." Betty confessed.
Toni chuckles. "Look, I'm not saying what you did was right, but maybe something else is going on besides her brother. Even if you did blackmail her, Betts, Cheryl has no right to treat her family like shit. One day she's going to realize that she's going to need you." Toni explained.
"I agree with Tiny on this one, Betty. You need to get inside Reds, head." Sweet Pea told the blonde.
"Good luck with that. Cheryl is a tough nut to crack, she won't even talk to Ronnie half of the time. Ronnie is like the only friend she has at this school." Jughead said.
"Maybe, I can get her to talk to me." Toni shrugs. All of them turn to look at Toni with raised brows.
"If you want to be buried 10 feet under, I suggest, you don't Toni." Jughead said patting her hand.
Betty thinks of something. "You could tryout for our squad. One of our River vixens, moved to Seaside high, and we need a replacement." Betty offers.
Fangs and Sweet Pea starts laugh. "Tiny, as a cheerleader? Oh, I've got to see this." Sweet Pea said wiping a tear from his eye.
Toni punches Sweet Pea in the shoulder. "Shut it, Oak Tree." Toni hisses at Sweet Pea. "I don't know, Betty, I've got Tommy. How will this work?" Toni asked.
"Bring him to school, Toni. No one will know that Tommy is your son, just say he's your brother." Betty said.
Toni sighs. "I mean it would be best if he came here. I don't want him at the wyrm that much anyway, and sometimes FP has things to do. Okay, I'll bring him." Toni said with a shrug.
"Cool, I can't wait to see him again. Come by tomorrow. I'll let Cheryl know." Betty said with excitement.
"I hope I wont regret this." Toni said with a whine. The boys shake their heads at their serpent sister.
"Trust me, you will." Jughead said sipping on his drink.
Betty hits his shoulder. "Juggie." Betty hisses at her boyfriend.
They all laugh when Betty threatens to give Jughead a sex band. Now, that brought Toni to tears.
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At Pops
Finally, school is over, and the gang heads to Pops. As soon as they walk in, they see Tommy in Pop Tate's arms.
Tommy is just like Toni in many ways, he loves being around people who cares about him, but don't take this little boy as a fool, he's a baby serpent, and he's dangerous. Tommy has his own Serpent jacket custom made just for him.
Tommy knows the law of being a serpent, and he's only 3. Tommy looks over at Toni and smiles.
"Hi, mommy." Tommy reaches out for her. Toni grabs her son, and kisses his head.
"Hi baby." Toni said. "He wasn't too much? Was he Pop?" Toni asked. Toni doesn't like depending on other people sometimes.
"No, Toni. He's fine. I told you he's welcomed here anytime. He's already eaten, so he should be okay until later." Pop said with a smile.
Toni sighs. "How much do I owe you, pop?" Toni goes to grab her wallet, but Pop stops her.
"Nothing. I told you he's free. I'm used to helping single mother's Toni. I'll bring you and your friends' food over." Pop winks at her and heads to the back.
Toni goes to sit with her boys. "I can't believe I'm doing this on my own." Toni said.
Fangs reaches over to touch her hand. "T, you have us. You know we're not going to let you fall." Fangs said gently.
"Yeah, Tiny, you're our girl. We got your back." Sweet Pea said rubbing her shoulder. Toni needs a lot of comfort since her baby daddy if you even want to call him that, is not doing anything for Toni. Toni needs a break from all this. The only thing is, she can't let her son down. She wants her son to be proud of her.
"Thanks guys." Toni smiles at her boys. Toni kisses Tommy's head who playing with his hot wheel cars on the table. "Hey, I'm going to the bathroom." Toni puts Tommy beside her, and heads to the bathroom.
The bell to pops jingle, and Cheryl walks in.
Tommy looks up and sees Cheryl leaning against the counter. He smiles and gets out of the booth, without Sweet Pea and Fangs knowing.
Tommy walks up to Cheryl. He tugs her on skirt to get her attention. Cheryl was about to smack whoever touched her, but she looks down and sees the cutest child ever.
"Hi, cutie. What's your name?" Cheryl asked looking down at Tommy with her beautiful brown eyes.
"I'm Tommy. You're pretty." Tommy smiles showing off his cute little baby teeth.
Cheryl blushes. "I'm Cheryl, and you're so handsome." Cheryl ruffles his curly hair. Tommy grins at her.
"Here you go." Tommy hands her a red car. Cheryl smiles at him and takes the car. Toni walks out of the bathroom and sees her son handing his hot wheel car to Cheryl. Toni's eyes widen, Tommy never lets anyone near his hot wheels.
"Do you want this back?" Cheryl asked him with a smile. Tommy giggles at her.
"I have another one. Bye Cheryl." Tommy waves at her turning to walk back to the booth.
"Bye, Tommy." Cheryl said with a smile. She turns back to the counter and puts the car into her purse. A waiter comes out handing Cheryl her food. When Cheryl turns to leave, she sees two Serpents talking. Tommy looks up and waves at her.
Cheryl smiles at him. Cheryl waves back and leaves. Cheryl heads to her car, and gets in driving home for the day.
Toni walks over to the booth, and slides in. "Did you two just see that?" Toni asked glaring at Sweet Pea and Fangs.
"See what?" Sweet Pea asked looking at Toni.
Toni rolls her eyes. "Nevermind." Toni said ruffling her son's hair. Pop comes over with their food, and they all dig in. Pop gave Tommy a strawberry milkshake.
Toni must admit, this is the special part about being a mom, being there for your child.
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End of this chapter. Hope you guys will like it. More to come.