Through Thick and Thin

Chapter 1: Secrets Exposed

Veronica

I sat down on the couch, feeling the warmth of Archie's arm lightly touch mine. As our arms crept closer together, I felt shivers go up my spine. Archie's arm moved up the small of my back to my shoulder. I leaned into him, letting out a grave sigh. I could feel all of our friend's eyes sticking on to us like glue. As if they were in sync in realizing that we were now dating, they quickly peeled their eyes onto the flash drive in Betty's palm. My moment of peace was threatened as Betty inserted the flash drive into the computer. I could feel Archie stiffen at the light sound of the drive being inserted. Here we go. The truth was about to come out, and Jason Blossom was the prime source of it all.

Archie

We all saw something that couldn't be unseen. As Clifford Blossom shot his son in-between his eyes, Veronica fell into my chest. I could feel her wet tears streaming out of her eyes and onto my shirt. As I lightly rubbed circles on her back, there was a silent chatter in the room. Everyone was speaking with their eyes. We all new who had killed Jason Blossom, and we had witnessed something that no sixteen year old should see. Without a thought in mind, Betty pulled out her phone and dialed Cheryl.

"You need to get out of the house now! Your dad killed Jason. Cheryl please be careful, I called Sheriff Keller and he's on the way." 

"I understand," was Cheryl's monotone reply, and quickly, she hung up. I contemplated on what to do as Veronica was recovering beneath me. Finally, she looked up at me with now dry eyes, and gave me a look that could shatter me to pieces. I caressed her face as the rest of the group sat in silence. Betty was tightly squeezing Jughead's hand as Kevin sat there with his covering his mouth.