What Cheryl doesn't expect is that a Southside Serpent becomes one of her favorite people. It's the love story of The Choni relationship. Cheryl has been through a lot with her mom and her brother, Jason being murdered by their father, Clifford. Toni has been through a lot, too. Her mother never being emotional stable and her uncle locking her out of the house constantly. Cheryl let's herself be open to be vulnerable and finds the one thing that wants most in life: love. Despite what Cheryl's mother thinks, she truly feels loved.