Romantic Homicide • Jughead Jones

Do You?

3rd person pov

"So, do you like Bella?" Kevin asked looking at Jughead who stopped looking at the four outside and looked at him

"What are you talking about?" he asked looking at him

He shrugged smiling a little "I just see something, and i dont think im the only one"

"I dont know honeslty"

"I think she likes you" Kevin said leaning over and grabbing an onion ring

"Really?"

"Yeah, really"

"Okay, we get it" V sighed

"Betty, say something, please" Archie spoke looking at her

Betty shook her head, they all looked over hearing a car honking

"Get in the car, Bella, Betty. Now" their mom spoke looking between the four teens outside

Betty shrugged before going and getting in the car, as Arabella followed her

"What have i told you guys about those two?"

"Can we just go?" Betty snapped not looking at her mom

"How hard would it have been to give me a little heads-up?" Archie asked looking at Arabella and Jughead, he was currently passing out flyers for the drive in

"Look, i am, by nature, a conscientious objector. Not saying anything to either you or Betty, was the most moral, apathetic choice i could make"

"But, Jug, Bella" Archie sighed stopping the two, "She's not gonna write about me and Grundy in the paper, is she? Like she did with Chuck?" he whispered as Bella rolled her eyes and Jughead scoffed

"Dude, seriously? Okay. Come on" Jug sighed as the three began to walk once more, "Think about what you're asking. If there was even an iota of a chance that something could hurt you in any way, Betty wouldnt do it" Arabella spoke up crossing her arms over her chest

"Probably" she added shrugging, "Oh, my God"

"She's kidding. But maybe she has a point. What do you see happening with Grundy, long-term? What do you want?" Jughead asked as Archie sighed looking around, "I want to be with her. I dont know how, but i wanna hang on to what we have for as long as possible"

"Yup, i feel that. Trying to hold onto something a lot older than me, too" Jughead nodded motioning to the drive in paper, "Just... If Betty's gonna do anything crazy, can you please let me know so i can do something to stop it?" 

"Maybe, i mean that is my sister" Arabella smiled before turning and walking away, "Sh-she would tell me right?" Arche asked looking at Arabella walking away

"Probably not" Jughead shrugged before also turning and walking away to follow her

"Jug!" Archie called out

"I'm sorry but the Twilight Drive-In?" Mayor McCoy asked looking between Bella and Jughead, he tricked her by saying they were getting food and how here she was

"It's a blight that's become a cesspool, and a hangout for criminals... an-and transients, and the deal's done. Andrews Construction is scheduled to demolish the lot on Monday" she added 

"Mayor McCoy, when i was a kid, my family and i would go to the drive-in all the time. We couldn't afford tickets for everyone so my sister Jellybean and I would hide in the trunk until we parked. We'd sneak out. Its lie my home" Jughead sighed as she nodded

"That's a very sweet sentiment, Mr. Jones. But the future of Riverdale is at stake" 

"I thought we were forgetting about this" Arabella shivered following her sister and Veronica over to Grundy's car, "yeah. So much for letting this go" Veronica added

"Bella, please" Betty sighed looking at her sister who rolled her eyes before breaking into the car, "Are we really breaking into Grundy's car right now?" V asked as 

"How do you even know how to do that?" she added as Betty chuckled, "We used to fix cars with our dad. Thank God, she drives an old car" Betty said as Bella smiled opening the door

"Tiny, tiny car" Bella mumbled squeezing in the back, "Okay, before going any further, if im comitting a felony, i need to as least ask the question. Are you doing this because you still have feeling's for Archie, or.."

"No, Veronica. We're doing this because Grundy has Archie under some kind of sexual spell, and he wont listen to reason. We're looking for anything that proves Grundy isn't as clean as she says she is" Betty sighed before the three beagn to look around

"Hey, look" Bella said grabbing a locked box from under the seats, "Okay, Ms. Gyver" V said taking a bobby pin from her hand and passing it to Bella

Who opened the bobby pin before sticking it into the lock and moving it around, "Learned that from the million story's of Nancy Drew Betty read to me"

"Oh! The detective handbook" Betty smiled, "Ok, go" V sighed as Bella opened the box

She leaned forward as she pulled an ID out, "Oh, my God" Betty sighed seeing the name "Jennifer Gibson"

"Oh, my God" V said taking the ID from her, "Jennifer Gibson? Who the hell is Jennifer Gibson?" V asked as Bella pulled something else from the box, "Bell, put that down" Betty said looking the gun wide eyed

"I know what im doing" Bella said rolling her eyes

"Oh, God" Archie whispered seeing Bella, Betty and Veronica outside of his house, "Please dont tell me you're still on this crazy witch hunt"

"It's not a witch hunt, and it's not crazy. We were just in Grundy's car..."

"What?" he asked cutting Betty off, "You were in her car?" he added looking at Bella who shrugged smiling 

"Yeah, and thank God we were. We found a gun" V said looking at him, "What?"

"An an ID with the name Jennifer Gibson" Bella added, "This is proof Ms. Grundy is not who she says she is" Betty said as Archie looked between the three girls

"Th-then who is she?" he stuttered, "Obviously some sketch-queen named Jennifer Gibson" Veronica said rolling her eyes

"Archie, what if she had something to do with Jason's murder" Betty said as Bella shifted uncomfortably, she hated talking about him

"She taught him, she made you lie about him, we know she was at the river, she has a gun" Betty add, "So does Dilton Doiley, but you never thought he killed Jason" Archie said trying to walk away when V stopped him

"Open your eyes, Archie. Jason was her student last year. Everything about her is a huge, boldfaced question mark" V scoffed

"Okay, whatever he name is, she's not a killer"

"You didnt ask her, did you? About her name? And why there's no record of her before last year?" Bella asked as Archie sighed, "Why not" Betty added looking at him as he shook his head beofre walking away from the three