Forever And Always

Chapter 80

On Wednesday morning Callie was pouring her dad coffee as the front door opened, a familiar dog ran inside.

" Vegas?" Dad greeted as the dog ran to him, Callie looked and Archie standing in the house, the sun shining on him. His hair wasn't his normal carrot top color.

"Archie..."Callie breathed happily, she ran to him, he dropped his bag and the two embraced each other in a hug. " Your home." The Andrew twins have finally be reunited, haven't seen each other since the night that Archie got rescued from the juvie.

" Hey Callie," Archie greeted, he then let out a hiss of pain.

" What? What's wrong, son?" Dad asked as Callie pulled back, she has happy tears in her eyes.

" It's a long story," Archie answered as he touched his chest.

" Would you like some orange juice with that story?" Callie asked.

" Yeah," Archie agreed with a small smile. For the first time in months, the three of them sat around the table eating breakfast as normal Dad and Callie gave Vegas food from their plate. Archie told him his story from being out in Canada and the bear attack. " I don't remember the rangers finding me. I woke up in the hospital knowing that...I couldn't keep running. It was time to come home, back to a normal life, if that's even possible."

" What Hiram?" Dad asked.

" I survived a bear attack, Dad," Archie reminded him. " I can't live my life in fear of when he might come after me anymore. To be honest I'm more worried about him gunning for you and Callie."

" I survived the Black Hood," Dad reminded him. " Twice. Hiram doesn't scare me."

" He doesn't scare me either Arch," Callie said. " I survived the Ghoulies."

" He's not the only one in towns with friends," Dad stated. " What about Veronica? You reach out to her?" Archie and Callie glanced at each other, but the both knew what he had to do. He left and Callie went played in Vegas, she loves her dog and missed him so much.

***

After Archie reunited with Veronica, Callie, Archie, Jughead, Veronica, and Betty all sat in a booth at pops. She sat next to Archie and across from Jughead. Pops came to them with their drinks.

" Two chocolates, one strawberry, one vanilla, and a rootbeer float for Archie," Pops said as he put the drinks down. " Welcome home, son."

" Thanks, Pop," Archie said.

" Since when do you drink root beer floats?" Betty asked as she gave her card to Pops.

" I'm guessing I'm just not in the mood for a strawberry milkshake," Archie answered.

" New drink, new hair," Jughead listed. " New haunted vacant look in the eyes--"

" Guys," Veronica cut him off. " Archie just lived through The Revenant. Let him order what he wants."

" So what'd I miss while I was gone?" Archie asked the other four all glanced at each other.

" Well, thanks to the town quarantine orchestrated by my father, Pop's was shut down and just reopened," Veronica explained. " And he's also been attacking shipments to the speakeasy. But thankfully, I've hired the Serpents as my full-time protection, and that service extends to you, Archie.

" You don't have to worry about Hiram's goons coming after you, your dad, or your sister," Jughead said. " You won't be able to see 'em but I have guys watching you 24/7. And I have a possible lead that could diffuse this threat permanently." Jughead and Callie nodded at each other.