jock → reggie mantle [riverdale]

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The shriek that tore through me was painful, it felt as if some one was dragging a knife up my throat. I was breathing heavily as sweat rolled down my face, trembling in fear as my door swung open. "Jackie?" My father stood in my door way, looking at me, barely awake. "Daddy." I cried softly, feeling defenseless, I couldn't escape the looming fear, the black hood roamed the streets, every morning it seemed as of someone else had been claimed as a sinner.

"Oh, honey." He sighed, sitting on the edge of my bed, hugging me. "It's fine, you know that, we're going to get him." I could only nod as my eyes stared straight ahead at my vanity mirror. My mind ran, from me, to Reggie. Was he having as hard of a  time as I was? Not seeing him anymore had taken it's toll on me. I forced myself away from him when he crossed a very thin line, getting jingle jangle from who knows where. It was simply too much for me.

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I followed behind Kevin into the school, not caring about my appearance, old sweatshirt, messy bun, no makeup. It was a good feeling, not having to be so concerned about that stuff, for the time being at least. Although the circles under my eyes were alarming. But all the time I've been spending sick is killing me, I have the nastiest stomach bug.

"Hey." Archie put an arm around my shoulder, making my heart jump out of my chest. "Damn it, Arch." I sighed, shrugging him off, not wanting to be rude, and he knew that. "Sorry." He mumbled from next to me. "Reggie's watching us." I froze momentarily, I glanced at the ginger haired boy and made a face. "Like I care? He can go do drugs in the corner and get on with his life." I snapped, shutting my locker a little too loudly.

If only I knew how quickly everything was going to change..

A/N: Long time no see Wattpad!! I know I haven't updated this story in over two years, yes you're allowed to hate me. I know this is an extremely short chapter, and I'm currently working on a couple of longer ones. I had a random urge to just write and I decided since so many of you have loved this story that I'll do my best to continue it. Now one more thing, I'm not totally abandoning my original plot including the tv show, but I feel like focusing more on Jackie and Reggie's story, so less tv quotes from here on out, occasionally I'll try to include some!