"juggy? how far away are we from the closest town?" i asked him.
"uhhh," he checked out the map we brought with us. "72 miles."
"we need to stop at some point, why didn't we stop at the last town?"
"i was distracted. i didn't realize that was the only town for a while." he admitted.
i sighed out loud, hating to sound mad at him.
"look, can't we just sleep in the back?" he suggested, nodding towards the back of the truck.
i sighed out loud again, but this time i wasn't mad. i was happy that i was spending time with jughead because we haven't been spending much time together because of his switch to southside high.
"you're not mad?"
"no jug, i don't care if we need to sleep in the back of the truck as long as we get to spend time together." i smiled at him, leaning my head down on his shoulder.
"aww, i love you betts."
"i love you too, juggy."
we laid out our blankets and stuff in the cargo bed (the back of the truck) and fell asleep among the stars.
-morning-
"good morning, betts." i awoke and heard jughead's attractive voice. he was laying next to me on his side, looking at me.
"good morning juggy," i said, turning to my side to look at him. "how much farther are we going to drive before we head back to town?"
"well, i was thinking that we could drive until the nearest town and do some stuff there, get lunch, and drive back. we would get back to riverdale by nighttime."
i nodded as we got up to leave.
as we got on the road again, we started to talk more about our current lives.
"how's the foster family and southside high?"
"eh, they're tolerable. it's like they think i'm a child, too young to do things on my own. otherwise they're fine, just like any other family." he told me.
"and southside high?"
"it's good as well. i like it better than riverdale high, i blend in more and have friends."
i could feel tears well up in my eyes. i didn't want to cry but i couldn't keep it in.
"betty?" jug turned to look at me. he pulled onto the side of the road.
"it's just that, i don't want us, me and archie, to be replaced by people at southside." i sniffed.
"betty, i transferred over six months ago. why are the feelings hitting you now?"
"well," i cried, "i got depressed when you moved. i've been sad ever since. and archie, he misses you, jug. even though we all still hang out a lot, it's like there is a hole in our lives."
"betty. i'm happy at southside. i do like it better. you want me to be happy, don't you?"
"yes, jughead, i do! but why aren't you happy with us at riverdale high?" oh boy, i sounded real selfish right now.
"i'm not going to forget you guys, ever. i haven't forgotten you in the last six months, have i?" jughead sounded a bit mad.
"no." i wiped my tears.
"please don't be sad, ok? we are still together, and i'm not going to let anything come between us. come here." i leaned over to let him hold me.
"ok, jug. i believe you." i hugged him, not wanting to let go.
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the end
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i'm sorry it kind of cut off at the end, i felt like the story wasn't going anywhere :/
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