Fire and Flames

27(s3e10)

I get to pops with Betty and jug

"Two chocolates, one vanilla, one cookies and creams and a root beer float for Archie" pop says "welcome home son" he adds

"Thanks pop" Archie says

"Since when do you drink root beer floats?" Betty asks Archie
"I guess I'm just not in the mood for a strawberry milkshake" Archie says

"New drink, new hair, new haunted vacant look in your eyes-" Jughead starts

"Guys Archie just lived through the revenant let him order what he wants" v says

"So what'd I miss while I was gone?" Jughead asks

"We'll thanks to the town quarantine orchestrated my our father pops was shut down and just re opened" v says "and he's also been attacking shipments to the speakeasy but thankfully I've hired the serpents as my full time protection and that service extends to you Archie" she adds

"And I'm coming back to work here when I'm not doing protection detail with the serpents" I say

"You know you don't have to work protection working here is enough" Jughead says

"Jug I own half of this place, I left v to run it by herself for a month. Imma do as much work as I can to pay my debt off" I say to her

"You don't have to worry about Hiram's goons coming after you or your dad. You don't be able to see em but I have guys watching you 24/7 and I have possible lead that could diffuse this threat permanently" Jughead says

"What jug?" Betty asks

"You can't tell anyone, fangs is deep undercover in the gargoyle gang" jug says

"He hasn't met the king yet but he's still working on it" I say

"And when we get access to him we're gonna take him down my bet is that it's hiram underneath the mask" jug says

"I think our dad is hiring someone to put the mask on and he's feeding him information" I say

"Sorry Veronica" Jughead says

"Don't be I wouldn't put it past him" v says

"We'll there goes studying for the SATs" Betty says

"What SATs? Archie asks

"Yeah they're this Saturday" Betty says and he sits back

"Don't worry arch I'll help you study and get you caught up okay? We all will" Betty says

Pop walks back "I'm sorry Betty but your debit card was declined" pop says and gives it back to her
"I got it just put it on my tab pops I'll pay it with my check" I say and he nods and walks away

The next day we sat in Archie's bed room helping him study for the SATs
Jughead was holding up a card and arch had to tell him the meaning of it.
"Iconoclast. Ok iconoclast....that is...." Archie's mumbles

"A person who attacks another's cherished beliefs" I say

"Ding ding ding" Jughead says and points to his nose then me.

"I'm in high school how am I supposed to know that" Archie asks

"Why don't we start thinking about the SATs in terms of strategy, when in doubt why don't you just fill in all the bubbles marked d?" Jughead asks

"Betty how did I do on the practice test?" Archie asks "I tanked it did I?"

"Um" she says but Archie grabs it

"I got a 600 on this part" Archie says

"That's your combined score arch" Betty says

"It's in the bottom 10th percentile" I say Jughead phone buzzes