Hope Sophia Blossom is the youngest of the blossom siblings and the one with the most secrets. When her brother mysteriously disappears, how many secrets does Hope know to discover the killer?
Like the Red Death showing up in an Edgar Allan Poe story, the Black Hood had come to Riverdale. With that grimmest of reapers looming over us, how did we cope? In the case of Archie and Veronica, it was through carnal defiance.With every kiss and embrace, they seemed to be saying: "You have no power over me, Death."
In fact, "Varchie" became the opposite of death. In Archie's bedroom... In his garage... Even in the Pembrooke. After all, if our young lovers dared to defy the Black Hood, why not risk Hiram Lodge's wrath as well?
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I sat on the bed as Jordan stood in front of the mirror in a plaid shirt and black jeans. I smiled at him lovingly, and he smiled at me in the mirror. "What?" he asked and I just shook my head. "You're cute," I told him and he chuckled. "Come to the Wyrm with me," he told me and I bit my lip.
"I don't know babe. The Wrym is strictly serpents only. You know how they get" I told him and he nodded sighing. "Yeah I know," he told me and came over to me side the bed, as he kissed my lips. "I gotta go," he told me and kissed my head.
When Jordan left I laid back as I remembered when I first met him.
-FLASHBACK-
I walked into the Whyte Wyrm with my head up as my heels clicked against the floor. "Lost princess?" I heard one of the guys said but I ignored them. I went straight up to the bar and asked, "If FP here?" the girl smiled at me and said "Yeah honey, I'll go get him" I nodded and sat on one of the bar stools.
I grabbed my compact mirror from my pocket and checked my makeup and high ponytail. A couple of guys came in laughing and I closed my compact. "Little lost don't you think?" I heard and scoffed. "Please."
One of the boys walked off while the other sat next to me. FP and my brother made their way to me and I stood up. "Thank you," Jason said and they shook hands. Jason came over and wrapped an arm around me as he pulled me outside. "I forgot my jacket inside, stay out here," he told me and turned walking back inside.
I sat on a tall curb as the same boy came out. He sat next to me and I smiled slightly. "I'm Hope," I told him and he nodded, "Sweet Pea." I nodded and he then said "But you can call me Jordan" I smiled as he said, "Maybe we can get to know each other." I scoffed and giggled. "It's dangerous to associate with a Blossom," I told him and he scoffed this time.
"I can handle it, I'm a serpent." When I didn't reply he said, "What scared?" I let out a disgusted scoff and said "Please. I'm not scared of anything." Jordan nodded. "Got a phone?" I asked and he handed me one. I put my number in and sent a text to myself. Jason came out and I stood up, "Text me if you're not too scared" I teased and walked away.
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I smiled to myself as I remembered.
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Jordan and I walked into Pop's as he leads me to a booth. One of the boys came over and took our order, and soon enough two milkshakes and a boat of chili cheese fries sat in front of us. We laughed about a joke as Jughead and Betty came in and made their way over to us.
"Hey. We gotta tell you something" Betty spoke up and I raised an eyebrow. "We're throwing a retirement party for my dad. At the Wyrm" Jughead said and only after we agreed to go did they leave us alone. When we finished eating we made out way out of Pop's, and on to his bike.
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I zipped up my heeled ankle boots, as Jordan called out "Are you ready?" he asked and popped his head in the room. "Yeah let me just," I told him and stood up, I checked my hair remained in place.
My hair was in dutch milkmaid braids as the strands fell around my face. "You look beautiful," he told me as he came up behind me. He placed his hands on my hips and kissed my neck. "We have to go," I told him and he hummed as he continued to kiss my neck.
When we finally left and made our way to the Whyte Wyrm. We walked in and Jughead smiled pulling me into a hug. Pulling back Jordan lead me to Toni who was at the bar. When the karaoke was getting good we stood in the back against a wall.
We watched as Archie and Veronica sang 'Mad World' Veronica looked conflicted as she sang but then took off. People started booing even Jordan. Betty then climbed up on stage and took over singing. Except as she sang she stripped. Jordan looked interested and I smacked his arm. He looked at me and kissed me.
When Betty stopped I took a sip of my drink and said "Yikes." Jordan wrapped an arm around me and pulled me to him as they started clapped after FP did. "There he is!" One of the serpents called out and I laid my head against Jordan's chest.
"Quite the show," he called out and took his serpent jacket off and gave it to her. "Let's give her a round of applause! And show her some of that Serpent hospitality we're known for." FP said and everyone around us cheered.
"You know what? I've been in and out of the Serpents since I was younger than my son. And it's been a... A wild ride. Good times, bad times, but through it all, the Serpents stuck by my side, while most other people turned their backs on me. My own family included. Now, the letter of the law says that I can't be here in the Serpent den. That I can't associate with my friends. My real family." FP started a speech as someone yelled out "Yeah!" FP just continued again.
"My blood. But I've been thinking about that. And it'll be a cold day in hell before a snake lets a pig tell him what to do." People started cheering and Jordan leaned down and whispered to me, "Whenever you want to leave just tell me and we can go alright?" I nodded and he kissed my head.
Later in the night when we finally got back to the trailer, we cuddled in the bed together. Jordan kissed my head and said "I love you" I smiled and said, "I love you too."
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That night, I realized it was like we'd been playing a game of Snakes and Ladders. Me, Betty, Hope, Archie, Veronica. And in one fell swoop, we all slid off the board and into free fall and not just us, other people.
Maybe innocent, maybe not, had been dragged into our game, as old wounds reopened. And as feelings that had long been buried shook loose. And a boy looked out his window at the girl next door as if for the very first time.
