DUSK TILL DAWN ~> JUGHEAD JONES (BOOK 1, SEASON 1)

Chapter 21

"It's okay." I said smiling. I gave him a short nod before walking towards my friends. I sat next to Veronica as Kevin budged up. "Why did you and Reggie come here together?" Veronica asked.

Jughead looked up at the mention of Reggie and i's name in the same sentence. "We bumped into each other when I was shopping, he asked if I could give him a ride here." I responded like it was nothing, because it was.

"Anyway, what were you guys talking about?" I said after a few seconds, Jughead suddenly went serious. "The Drive-in closing is just one more nail in the coffin that is Riverdale...no! Forget Riverdale, In the coffin of the American dream."

I was shocked, I knew how much Jughead loved the drive-In, my heart broke as I watched him rant about it. "As the godfather of indie cinema, Quentin Tarantino, likes to say." Jughead continued.

"Please! God, no more Quentin Tarantino references." Kevin exclaimed.

"What? I'm pissed, and not just about losing my job, the Twilight drive-in should mean something to us." Jughead said.

"It does, we all love it, Juggy." I exclaimed.

"Well people should be trying to save it then." Jughead replied, looking me in the eyes, I could see the anger and sadness radiating through them.

"In this age of Netflix and VOD, do people really want to watch a movie in a car?" Veronica stated, I raised my hand, but she ignored me and continued. "I mean, who even goes there?"

People who want to buy crack." Kevin replied, I looked at him and raised my hand again. "And cinephiles, and car enthusiasts." Jughead replied. "Right, Juliet?"

I looked up and made a 'hmm' noise. "Yeah, I love it there, it's magical." I smiled. Jughead smiled at me. "See, this is why I love her. She loves all the things I do." Jughead spoke, winking at me.

Veronica smiled and nudged me. "Betty?" I asked, asking for her opinion. She looked up from her daydream. "Totally." She replied.

"Anyway, it's closing because the town owns it, but didn't invest in it." Jughead started to rant again, Betty looked slightly uncomfortable as she pushed her milkshake towards me, I took a sip and listed to Jughead continue to rant. "So when an anonymous buyer made mayor McCoy an offer, she couldn't refuse."

"Anonymous buyer? What do they have to hide? No one cares" Veronica asked, I stood up and slowly started to make my way towards the counter, luckily Jughead was too interested in his conversation with Veronica to notice I left.

Hermione Lodge walked passed me holding some food in her hands, obviously for the table I just left as she walked over to them, I sat down on the stool and placed my head in my hands, a headache was beginning to form as I bit my lip.

I heard Cheryl speak as I heard a loud sound of a hand hitting the table. I looked up to Cheryl holding her hand over the check, Hermione was going to pick it up, Veronica made a quick move over to them both, why more drama? I already have a headache, Hermione took care of the situation as she walked away. Veronica going back to the table.

"Are you okay, sweetheart?" Hermione asked me, placing her hand on my shoulder. I shook my head, wincing at the pain.

Hermione walked around the counter and poured me a drink of water and placed it in front of me. "Drink this, keep hydrated if you have a headache."

"Thanks." I smiled before I took a sip. 

The door jingled as I looked over to see Archie, Mr Andrews and Grundy walk in. What an odd sight to see.

They sat down in a booth, Betty got up and walked over to them, she and Archie spoke before he got up. Both of them walking outside.

Fred Andrews saw me and waved me over, I got up, leaving my drink behind. "Hi, Ms Grundy, Mr Andrews." I politely spoke.

"Please Juliet, call me Fred." He said smiling. I felt dizzy as I lost my footing and fell hitting my head on the side of the booth. Fred stood up and helped me get off the ground, i felt a pain in my forehead and reached up, pulling back to see some blood on my fingers.

"Are you okay?" He asked, I nodded. "Yeah, I'm just clumsy." He placed me into the booth next to Grundy, she placed her hand on my arm and placed a napkin onto the cut. My falling hasn't seemed to be noticed by anyone other then Mr Andrews and
Grundy since nobody else seemed to be looking, thank you Jesus!

"I'm going to ask pops if he has anything we can put on that cut." Fred said as he walked over to the counter, pops looked over at me and grabbed something as he and Fred walked over.

"Being clumsy again, Juliet?" Pops asked smiling. He cleaned the cut and placed a plaster on my head, I laughed as I knew I probably looked stupid. "Well good things is, it doesn't need stitches." I gave him a smile and let out a small "thank you"

"Thank you." Fred said. Pop's walked away as Fred sat down, I looked over at my friends table to see Veronica standing up, walking outside. Jughead and Kevin only just noticing my missing presence as they both looked around.

"I think they're looking for you." Grundy said. I nodded. "Thanks for helping me." I smiled.

"If The dizziness comes back or the headaches, come and find me and I will take you to the doctors." Fred smiled. "Will do." I waved as I walked over to Jughead, sitting in Betty's old spot.

"There you are!" Jughead said wrapping his arm around my shoulder. "What happened to your head?" He asked, worry lacing his voice.

"I fell and hit my head a few minutes ago, I'm fine." I replied, lifting my hand to ghost over the blaster on my head before dropping my hand back onto my lap.

"Was it your headaches again?" Kevin asked as I nodded. "Yep, they're making me go dizzy most of the time."

I looked outside and saw Betty, Veronica and Archie talking, before I saw my moms car pull up. "The devil has arrived." I said.

"I need to go." I spoke kissing Jughead. "Love you."

I ran outside, "get in the car Betty, now!" Alice demanded. She then noticed me. "You too, Juliet!"

I passed Veronica and Archie while I  got into the backseat of the car and shut the door, Betty got into the front. "What have I told you about those two?" Our mom questioned "And what happened to your head?" She asked me.

"Can we just go?" I asked. "I'll tell
You at home."

Authors Note,

Sorry about the long chapter! I'm trying to get into the habit of fitting as much into one chapter as I can! So some chapters may be longer!!
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~Robyn