Betty
I sighed rather loudly having to watch Archie and V coo over one another passionately, I wanted that I thought as I looked over to Jughead, he hadn't approached me all day and was instead sat with the serpents cackling away. My head boggled as I sat solemnly, Archie knew something was wrong as he carefully grinned at me from across the table whilst Veronica discussed her father. "I gotta go" I said leaping up from the table and grabbing my back pack swinging it round my shoulder "ouch" I heard someone hiss, I turned to see Reggie, his tongue slyly sipping his bottom lip as he looked me up and down. I swiftly ignored him hitting him slightly harder before grinning amicably before pondering off. I found myself alone in the hallway, a hallway that has seen many horrific moments, as my hands traced the lockers I thought back to his words, a darkness ay I thought. I know I can be cruel, I know I can be the devil with a ponytail and a Peter Pan collar but can I kill, yes. Yes I can.
As I paced around the school, I felt haunted and scared like I knew the conclusion of this horrific story was not yet met or even made. Suddenly as I stared out down the empty hallway,I felt a hand on my shoulder "shit" I breathed "hey" said Arch with a small smile "you ok?" he asked I could see worry in his eyes, I smiled and nodded "fine" I said "I may be a lad but I can tell there is something wrong with you, I've known you forever Betts" I nodded "fine" "hey, how about you come round mine later, we can watch films and. build a fort like when we where little, just us two yeah?" I grinned "yeah I'd like that" he hugged me holding me tightly to his chest "I know its hard" "Arch I'm scared, what if he's right" Archie distanced himself and shook his head "Betts stand there and tell me about how you would kill him" he instructed I shook my head in shock "I would never, I could never" he grinned "and there is your answer, when we where younger and you where a walking 500 facts for kids book you informed me many people with a need to kill know and fantasise about how they are going to kill" I smiled and chuckled before he pulled me back into the hug. His arms where so tight around me, I felt tears linger however quickly blinked them away when I heard the echoing bash of hells coming closer and closer "uh hello" scowled V.
I smiled and nodded, I could see the jealousy and worry bubbling in Veronicas eyes the same mix of emotions I felt when I saw Toni stood so closely beside Jughead. Now I realise that fear was irrational but Veronica hasn't and that unsettles me. She was mysterious but I knew that now, I knew my trust had been mislaid and that I was mislead by this idea that she was someone of greatness and beauty in comparison to me. I know you shouldn't talk of a close friend like that but since the Lodge's plan was released alongside her input I realised my own naivety and that simply a song and some cupcakes flown in from wherever was not enough to conceal the truth or the reality. "Whats going on?" she asked, smiling half heartedly "nothing just hugging it out" said Archie "hugging what out?" she queried further "Betty needed hug, so I gave her one" she nodded "oh ok" was all she could muster as I nodded in compliance. "Anyway Archiekins I need to borrow you is that ok Betty?" she asked her tone had a nastiness that I had never heard before, "of course sorry aha I'll catch you later Arch" he nodded and mouthed 'sorry' before waving as V totted off. What was going on, I thought to myself.
The day went on and soon the bell rang and the sea of teens enveloped the corridors hurriedly. Kevin quickly took hold of my arm dragging me from he class room "come on come on I need to go" I grinned "where, you have another yanno wink wink" he chuckled "you're too innocent" I grinned "that was so boring" I howled as we stumbled out the school, Archie waved at us and we soon joined forces the 3 of us walking down the street together in a mini huddle. "So Kev you're quite the wrestler" said Arch he chuckled "oh yeah, see here you are thinking your so macho I could've yanno done all the hero stuff most definitely" He chuckled "Anyway I shall see you guys" said Kevin grinning as he opened the door to Fangs car and climbed in beside him.
"how was V?" I asked "surprisingly Jealous" he said turning to me as we steadily walked. "her reaction genuinely concerned me, I mean we've been friends for ever why would she feel like that?" I smiled "Arch you cannot be that oblivious at the start of the year I confessed my love for you, a love that was painstakingly rejected meanwhile later on when we where both in committed relationships we seemly went about finding a serial killer together, privately like literally we kept it so secret neither of our SO's knew about it and then we shared a kiss in the dark in a car in front of Cheryl Blossom of course she's going to be like whats going on guys" he chuckled "fuck" he sighed "I never realised we where so, I dunno connected" I smiled and rolled my eyes "yeah and technically we could easily see one another naked from our bedrooms" he laughed ambitiously shaking his head "someone seems better?" I smiled "I am okay, I'm always on edge though as if I've just sat on a cactus" he laughed "right I'm gunna shower and then I'll be over" he nodded and waved "I'll get the movies ready' I smiled and waved.
"mom I'm home" I shouted, I walked closer and found a note on the side "shopping with Polly" it read I smiled glad she was getting out. I carefully switched on all the lights before pacing the house to ensure no one was here. I switched on the shower and carefully climbed in, the hot water pelting against my skin was a great relief, washing off what was a day of sadness I guess. I made my way to my room, my towel pressed against my skin as I wandered around looking for clothes, I slipped on my sweetheart pyjama bottoms, they where pink and striped with sweet little love hearts on before turning around in shock horror as Archie stood wide eyed in the window I raced toward the blind pulling it hurriedly before I grabbing my shirt. I slipped on some Ugg boots hopefully whilst praying he had eliminated the picture of my breasts from his brain.
I let my hair down, placed my phone in my pocket and slowly coated my lips with lipgloss before flicking at my eyes with mascara. I hurried down the stairs, turning off all the lights and ensuring still that no one was here. I galloped over to Archies knocking on the door with a huge grin on my face. "Hi" I said as he answered the door, his eyes still very wide "Betty I am so sorry I didn't mean to look" I shook my head "it's fine if you can forget it I can" he smiled and opened the door further allowing me to walk in. "So for tonight Miss Cooper we have Cheetos, some Pops milkshakes with extra whipped cream, some Twinkies, some cookies and some of your all time favourite Hershey Kisses oh and as for films we have My girl, My girl 2, mean girls and of course our all time fave the Santa clause" I couldn't help but look at him with such love and admiration and then he took me into the living room and I gasped at the sight. There stood a fort, just like the one that we where both snuggled up in as two little children resting gently. I remember that night so well it had just been our first school dance we where around 7 at the time and both of us where so overhyped and captivated by adrenaline that suddenly we where buzzing around the living room trying to be planes and the following that we where painting each others nails and after that we decided to make a fort, in which I spilled purple nail polish all over.
His living room was now a bundle of sheets and fairy lights and enclosed was an array of duvets and pillows, bowls food and more. "Oh wow" I gasped, my hands still cupping my face "come in to our home, look even the stain is still there" I laughed, I hadn't felt this happiness in a long time, hell I hadn't felt this attention in such a long time, I cherished it. "Come on it's starting" he said breaking me from my trail of thought my aggressively patting beside him. He wrapped his arm around me and we chuckled and laughed before both of us where in tears, "oh my gosh" I howled blubbering away as he hugged me softly, tears running down his cheeks too. We debated wether to watch the second one however chose Mean girls instead. I laughed away, I hadn't seen it in so long. I was giggling for ages and then realised Archies eyes where on me, a grin stretched across his face. "Kevin is definitely my Damien" I said before paying full attention to his expression. "Arch whats wrong?" I asked, he placed his hand on mine and clutched it hard not saying a word, I paused the film and turned back to face him, placing my hand on his cheek "Archie" he just began to weep and weep I could do nothing except wrap my arms around him, I climbed into his lap wrapping my legs around his waist and tucking his head into my shoulder.
"It's ok, it's ok" I whispered soothingly. As I held him I grabbed my phone carefully typing the Hannah Montana soundtrack into youtube. , I knew that would cheer him up. I untangled myself from him and lifted up his head placing a kiss to his forehead before dragging him from the fort, our fort. As I pressed play I slowly danced with him, jiggling about like an octopus with some issues, he laughed immensely "come on lets get the old moves out" I said wiggling around. After dancing to nearly the entire soundtrack we fell chaotically and sweatily back into our fort, "you're going to be ok" he said I nodded "so are you" he smiled and switched on the TV. As time passed we slowly moved towards one another his arm slowly resting around me, cupping me gently as I rested my head in the crook of his neck.
Soon I found my eyes faltering, my sight dimming and my senses tingling as I was submerged into a deep sleep, something I hadn't done for so long.
Archie
I looked down at her, her long eyelashes batting gently as she slept, her small hands on my chest caressing me unnoticeably. I remember back to when we where young and I'd hold her so close, I never thought anything of it, of that love and that closeness that I always wanted to have with her. But now, now its different, now theres hormones and sexual awakenings and desires, now there was attraction our clueless attitudes had suddenly become knowledgable and I can't say we haven't been through a lot.
My eyes slowly went to and I could feel myself pull her closer, slowly I fell into a dream, it was me and her we where sat her hand pressed against the glass, as I sat on the other side Hiram's doings. We reminisced about old times, laughing away until a man walked in. He had a hood on, but not a black one it was a clean white. I watched in horror as everyone around us paused, no one taking notice as this man pounced on Betty, dragging her from her seat. A gun strapped to his belt as I banged and banged against the glass screaming out her name as he pulled out the gun, his foot repeatedly hitting her in the stomach as she screamed. I hit and hit but nothing, suddenly heard her scream "Archie" as he shot.
"Archie, Archie" Betty yelled her hand wrapped around my bicep as she stared down at me with worry in her eyes, I looked into her big green eyes and slammed my lips to her, my hand slowly resting on her neck, my fingers wrapped behind her neck as my thumb caressed her cheek. Neither of us pulled away, our lips where scrambling at one another with desperation and need. "Arch" she whispered as we pulled away, her nose resting against mine. I stared at her with wide eyes as she looked back at me with panic, "I'm so sorry" I whispered she blinked astonishingly before shifting slightly towards me placing her hand on my cheek sweetly, she slowly moved towards me and then much to my surprise gently pressed her lips to mine. I kissed her back and we moved with care and content as I shifted her back on her back. Her head laid against the pillow as I leaned down and kissed her, I slowly moved my leg between hers, parting them gently. My fingers now running down her body caressing underneath her shirt as my lips fell to her neck. I sat up and pulled my shirt off, her fingers pressed into my back as she clutched me. I got on my knees looking down at before I asked her if I could take her shirt off, she nodded and smiled undoing her top button and commencing down until her body was unveiled. I had never felt like this, there was a burning passion between us, this need I wanted and needed to make love to her, not just sex but love. I gently cupped her as I kissed down her chest to the hem of her trousers, I looked up for reassurance and she nodded, I slowly slid them down and she burst out in giggles "what?" I asked a grin on my face "please don't look at my knickers" she said and there they where these white knickers with an imprint of sleeping beauty, I chuckled and she grinned as I ignored them and kissed around her thighs my hands tracing the top of her thigh. She wrapped her hands around my neck and I went back u to kiss her lips, her sweet taste had gotten to me.
"Are you sure?" she asked I nodded "I'm sure, are you?" she nodded and pulled me into a burning kiss "I'm sure" she whispered as she bit my bottom lip. I slowly pulled down my shorts and boxers slightly before she laid back slowly sliding myself in her. I loved seeing her, her expressions, her reactions as I slid myself in and out of her, thrusting gently. "Harder Arch" she breathed clutching the sheets. My hand slowly stroking her as she closed her eyes. Her moans slipping through bringing me great pleasure. I slowly lifted her legs up resting them on my shoulders, her arms reached behind her, gripping the pillow she rested on "oh Arch" she breathed "right there" she added. Suddenly she slid her legs off my shoulders so the where by my sides, I kept going as her finger tips dug further into my bag and my hands cupped her shoulders.
We soon finished, I rested my lips against hers in a small loving peck, the pair of us nude and sweaty. What have I done I thought as I remembered Veronica however then she stood up and I couldn't believe my eyes, this girl, this woman was so beautiful, was so enthralling I couldn't believe what I was seeing as I watched her prance looking for her pyjamas as I cleaned myself up. "What did we do?" she said passing me my shorts, "fucked up" I said she nodded "most certainly" "was it ok?" she sat up starting to do her buttons up, "it was amazing" she sighed "why do you sound so disappointed then?" I asked wondering if I had really fucked up. "Because it was amazing, but how can it be amazing when both of us 'love' others". My heart ached at this and it hurt even more when she replied "maybe we should just pretend it never happened, I know you love Ronnie" I nodded "''yeah um course" I replied as she laid back down and swung her hair up above her head.
We woke up in the morning, her tucked in my arms as I held her gently. We went and had breakfast at Pops and then meet Jughead and Veronica. I could feel her eyes on me as Ronnie cooed over me, pressing her lipstick lined lips to my cheeks repeatedly whilst Jug just went on and on about the serpents and Penny. I looked at her pitifully, "hey Betts come outside a minute" Jughead said and Ronnie began clapping "come on Arch". As we stepped outside we where greeted by the serpents, the whole lot. Jughead headed other towards Fp and took hold of a pink serpent jacket, 'Betty Cooper, we need a queen yanno and I think you would be the perfect candidate" she looked at me doubtfully and then shook her head as Jughead paced towards her, getting down on one knee. "I don't want it" everyone looked shocked and Jughead hurt "what?" "Jug I'm sorry but I don't want it, I wanted to be a serpents for you, so I could empathise with you but the truth is I shouldn't have to become something other than myself for you, I shouldn't have to represent a vile snake to be something of significance in your life and these past few weeks I needed you, I needed you and you where too busy, you where preoccupied you didn't even talk to me for god's sake" "Betty" he shouted she shook her head "no, no, no I have to go" she said running down the steps passed the serpents and out into the street.
"Betty" I shouted running after her, leaving Veronica on the stairs, Jughead stopped me "Arch what does she mean' he asked a sad look on his face "Jug, do you even know what he said to her, how he made her feel, did you even know she went to see him" he stared at me "what are you talking about?" "she saw her dad Jug, and he tried to convince her and hurt her and you weren't there to protect her" I shouted "oh what and you where Archie the hero, if she needed me she should've come to me" I sniggered "Come to you, no Jug it doesn't work like that, you actually have to communicate with someone for them to even contemplate telling you something, letting you in. You ignored her, she didn't wanna tell you because she thought you didn't want to know". "Hold on a minute Archie you should've told me" I shook my head "you're never going to get the fact that you acted so selfishly to the point where your own girlfriend the woman you supposedly loved felt like she couldn't turn to you in a time that she needed you most, the only reason she spoke to me was because I bothered to ask, I shouldn't have to tell you, you should've known, you should've bothered to give a shit" he glared at me before a fist came flying towards me.
Betty
Guilt and anger riddled me as I walked and I walked further and further, stop running Betty I thought to myself, it was time I faced my demons. I made my way back to pops in a fit of rage I could hear Archie, his voice seething as I walked up the drive I saw them in a row, aggressively beating one another the serpents rooting for Jug. "Stop" I yelled, none of them listened "I said shut the fuck up!" I yelled and all went silent, Archie fought of Jug, and eventually I pulled them part "I said stop" I yelled, and they did frightfully quick. "Come on Jug lets do this in private" he shook his head "anything you have to say you can say in front of the gang" I cringed at the word gang, a gang run by a 16 year old so smart.
"Fine" I huffed "I thought this love we had was something of bliss I really did, I thought it was magical and everlasting but as it commenced I realised we're so young and I, I need someone to love me and I think you loved me I do but you weren't in love with me because if you where you'd have been able to detach yourself from them even for half an hour but id send you text after text and nothing, I'd say hi but nothing, id stare at you longingly but still nothing cause it's all about you and your 'gang'" he looked at me astonished "so what I wasn't there so you hoped on the literal guy next door" I shook my head tears in my eyes, "I turned to the person that held my hand as my dad was sent down, the guy that even called back when he was in prison, the guy that built me a fort, the guy that wakes up screaming my name because he's so scared I am going to get hurt, the guy that breathes relief when he sees me and knows, knows when I'm not ok' he stood there, heartbreak in his eyes and anger. "I knew this would happen it was only time" he said shaking his head throwing his helmet and kicking the jacket.
"Veronica" I said turning to face her, she ripped off her necklace and said know words "I recall the words of Kevin, Archie and Betty are endgame right, ha so stupid, pathetic even" she spat strutting past me "you always deserved more Jug" she sneered. "Did you sleep together?" she stopped in her tracks and turned "go on Archiekins make this worse for yourself" I looked down to the floor "yes we did, I am so sorry to both of you I really am but it just happened" he looked so disappointed it hurt, "look Jug I'm so sorry" he shook his head and climbed on his bike before starting it up deserting me and Archie before stopping to pass Veronica a helmet "I'll take you home" he said glaring at the pair of us. "Fp" I said he smiled "make things right Betty, please" I nodded "but don't worry, he'll get over it I'm sure maybe he should've bothered ay, like I should've with your mom". I looked at him wide eyed, "what?" I asked but he was already on his bike.