light shone through the open blinds causing the now awake girl to block out the light with her hands she groaned she rolled over to be brought into a hug by the person she had shared the bed with she felt a feeling in her stomach like it was churning she slapped the asleep sweet pea on his arm over and over "sweet pea let go now QUICK sweet pea come on wake up " he jolted up letting go of the girl, she just about had enough time to reach where she was needing to go she ran to the toilet and threw up the contents of her stomach from the night before all of the alcohol and food in a way she detoxed herself when she had finished she sat back on her knees "oh my god ugh never drinking as long as i live " she tied her hair up and breathed in and out slowly "are you pregnant? " she turned around to see sweet pea lent against the door frame "i dunno but your gonna have to go buy me a test " his jaw dropped and she laughed " i'm kidding sweet i know what i'm doing which reminds me " she stood up splashed water on her face and walked to the kitchen she opened a cupboard and opened a box then swallowed the pill in it with an old glass of water "see all under control no babies just yet well i mean apart from you and fang" she walked up to him and wrapped her arms around him looking up at him " i love you lets just chill today" he nodded and the spent the rest of the day watching their favourite shows until they fell asleep

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it was the next day and Christmas was approaching and as a tradition they gave back to the southside she had done it last year , so the couple got up early and headed to the wyrm where it all took place they walked in with sweet peas arm around her waist and her hand on the small of his back with her many rings glinting in the dim lights they wasted no time beginning to wrap presents and package things "hey fangs throw me the tape " Celestia said holding a piece of wrapping paper in place and one hand free ready to catch she had her back turned when he threw it just as it came close to her she caught it without even looking and carried on with what she was doing while the other stood astonished "where'd you learn to do that Cella " fang asked "well you get good a catching when your mom throws things at you when she's angry especially wine glasses " she nervously laughed then her brother walked in the bar "hey guys whats going on here " in which toni replied "its serpent tradition every year we give back to the south side toys for tots , meals on wheels , kids and old folks the hells angels do it " "i'm always down for charitable work but wheres my dad ?" Celestia spoke "he's up in hi-" before she could finish her dad started speaking "why aren't you in school " he said walking down the stairs in which his son replied "its half day before break but how comes you didn't ask Celestia " he looked at the boy with an eyebrow raised "i asked her when she first walked in this morning " she poked her tongue out at her brother from behind her dads back "girl i can see you i have eyes in the back of my head" she laughed "anyway you can hold down the fort here jug " "or i could come with you guys " "nice try the answers no " he scoffed then tall boy intervened "we do need an extra pair of hands ,boss" "see let me pull my weight what ever the snake charmer has you doi-" "sweet pea you with us" the girl looked annoyed "Can i come dad please i can handle myself and i've never done a run before " he thought for a few seconds " alright but one slip up and your back here got it " she jumped up "YES thank you dad i won't let you down" she kissed him on the cheek and walked out she had rode her bike to sweet peas then the wyrm so sweet pea got on his and she got on hers while fp and tall boy took the truck they had something in the back of it a crate containing something but she brushed it off she hopped on her bike and raced to the side of the truck her dad was on while sweet pea pulled up at the otherside they all sped down a country road all the way to greendale until they got to a warehouse

they jumped off their vehicles and opened the back of the truck they all hauled the crate into the dimly lit warehouse full of shelves and crates and two people in suits with sunglasses on the one on the left was the first to speak "you got the stuff?" Fp replied "no i left it at home of course i do " his daughter laughed but covered it with a cough causing sweet pea to smirk and Fp to glare at both of them but slid the crate over with his foot and walked out the others behind Fp turned to Celestia and said "what was that i thought i said nothing outta line and you go and do that and you " he pointed at sweet pea "i expected better of you ""listen daddy i didn't mean to i'm sorry" he began walking away but his daughter stepped in front of him and stopped him she gave him puppy dog eyes for a minute before he put his arm around her shoulder and carried on walking "it better not happen again otherwise i won't be so nice next time " she turned to him and kissed him on his cheek while waiting for sweet pea to catch up he looked annoyed "whats up sweetie pie" she said squeezing his cheeks he pulled away "is this about my dad i sorted it all is forgiven and you are still his favourite" his face lit up "really i thought he would've disowned me pulling a stunt like that ""well i smoothed it over with the puppy dog eyes" he laughed and put his arm around her waist walking up to their bikes" so what was with the daddy thing" he smirked "don't even go there sweet pea i had to ,to get forgiveness and thats his weak spot soo" she him playfully hit him she got on her bike first while everyone was getting in the truck or on their bike and shouted to the truck and sweet pea "last one to the wyrm has to play a drinking game with me " with that she raced away leaving just dust Fp rolled his eyes and started up the truck

a little while later Fp ,tallboy and sweet pea arrived at the bar when they entered Celestia was sat there with her legs crossed and her arms folded "what took you so long old timers ?" "watch your mouth " Fp said playfully before getting a drink "i better get going jughead probably opened those bags tallboy bought earlier Celestia you comin" she stood up and walked out with her dad "i'll see you later sweet pea she kissed him and caught up with her dad "so what was in these bags that makes jughead so curious of them" presents but since this penny problem we're having he seems to be paranoid and overly eager to solve it " she nodded"so penny greased your wheels thats why you got out?" he replied while he unlocked the truck with her bike in the back "yep and now she's got me doing drug runs for her" she got in the car and though about what had just been said they sat in a comfortable silence until they got to the trailer

where jughead was waiting Fp threw Celestia the house keys while he locked up the truck she opened the door to see jughead staring at bags that had been placed on the table when he saw Celestia he stood up "hi jug " she ran a hand through her hair then Fp walked in "did you open them?"Celestia could already see an argument unravelling "no dad out of respect for you..but your parole officer mr walsh he sure was curious " Fp took off his jacket and hung it up while Celestia sat on a kitchen chair "walsh was here?""yeah don't worry i got rid of him but he already heard the serpents are moving into narcos territory" theri dad walked over to the bags and unzipped them with one clean sweep "ta-da" "gift boxes? with drugs in them ?" then his daughter chimed in "no you idiot with gifts in them" "yeh for you, your mom ,jelly bean and Celestia on christmas day i thought we'd take a ride up to toledo and deliver them in person" "dad this isn't going to work today its gift boxes tomorrow its drugs or weapons or god knows what and how long is this going to go on for?" Celestia rolled her eyes "as long as penny wants jug its always been that way always will be " jughead ignored her "And if her favors keep getting bigger which you know that they will, what happens when she asks for more Serpents in on this?" Fp was now in the kitchen he threw his wallet onto the counter and shouted "THEN I'LL BRING MORE SERPENTS" causing jughead to flinch but Celestia saw it coming "you are right.This isn't going to work.You and I living together, so maybe you can go back to Fred's or to Betty's." jughead scoffed "betty? i split with betty" "well then what do you want me to say "jughead looked up guilty "i just want you to let me fix this mess that i made" then Celestia piped up listening to the two arguing "get this through you thick skull jughead we're trapped we've got no leverage " then Fp finished off with "if it means i've gotta be penny's dancing monkey for the time being then that's how it goes now i'm going to get some rest i've got a long night ahead of me " and he walked off to his room and slammed the door

Celestia stood up ready to walk out "you couldn't have just let it alone could ya jug ?" he snarled "well sorry for trying to help" Fp walked back out for some water "break it up you two Celestia go to sweet peas or something before someone gets hurt" she stormed out slamming the door behind her she go on her bike and sped away to let off some steam

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it was a while later and the young serpents were hanging out sweet pea on an old worn couch on one side and fangs on the other Celestia was sat on sweet pea's lap sideways laying her head on his shoulder with her head in his neck and toni on the opposite side leaning against the bike with a worked up jughead by a trash can with fire in it "penny Peabody has got my dad dealing drugs.I know this, 'cause she had me doing it before him." sweet pea replied "man, if you pissed because your old man tapped me and your sister" he could feel Celestia smirking into his neck "no sweet pea i'm pissed because i don't want the serpents to end up like the ghoulies And I doubt that any of you became Serpent just to be at the beck and call of a drug queen pin.I know where this ends.Death.Jail.Which is why in the interest of self-preservation, we have to take out Penny." sweet pea looked at him with a funny look "Snake Charmer's helped some of us." he could feel his girlfriend glare at him "Oh, yeah? And what did she ask for in return, Sweet Pea, huh? How many favors? Now, if we don't stop Penny tonight, she is going to get every single one of us in on this."Celestia said with disappointment "I promise you.I promise you, Sweet Pea.What I am asking is, are you willing to risk your necks to save my dad's life?" jughead added in then toni stood up straight and said" What is the first law? No Serpent stands alone." and one by one they all agreed Celestia being the first standing up and walking to jughead giving him a reassuring smile "i'm willing to do anything for our dad " then sweet pea stood up and walked next to his girlfriend and put his arm around her "i'm in" then toni "Me, too." everyone gathered around the trash can then Celestia said with a smirk on her face "Let's do this."