First time
I lay on my bed and stare up at the ceiling, what a boring weekend. No where to go and nothing to do in the house. Grayson still had me on house arrest and he's making sure I'm having a miserable time. He started coming home during his lunch breaks to check if I was still in my room. It's beginning to feel a lot less like home and more like a cage. I've spent most of my time just scrolling through my phone and listening to music. Not much else to do, other than chores and watching tv.
I hear a little tap at my window, it startled me because the silence has been particularly loud today. I look towards the window and see jughead and his goofy grin. Butterflies in my stomach started when I saw him. I quickly open the window for him and he climbs in.
"Jughead! I'm so happy you came to see me!" I wrap my arms around him and give him a kiss on the cheek. The sheer boredom and loneliness of this weekend made me wish I was spending it with him.
"Of course I did, I have something for you." He smiles, and i look down to see a to-go order of fries from Pop's in his hand. The kind gesture made me feel warm inside.
"Aww, you're so sweet!" I open the bag and take one off the top and eat it.
"I have something else for you too." He then pulls out the S tee-shirt I wore the night we stayed together at the school. I smile at the sight of it. I've never gotten anything like that from a boy before.
"Oh my gosh!" I smiled, and once again wrap my arms around him. I give him a kiss on the lips then on his nose before i pull away and tug him to my bed.
"You know I have really good news." He states.
"What is it?" I give him a confused look.
"I went to my dad's trailer and he seems to be getting his act together. Fred Andrews offered him a job at his construction sight and until he can get the trailer ready for mom and jellybean to come back, I'll be staying and Archie's." He says, that goofy grin never once leaves his face.
"I'm so happy for you!" I exclaim. We're both laying on my bed, and I couldn't help but wish he could spend the rest of the afternoon with me, but Grayson was supposed to be home later. "I wish I got to be there for it."
"Don't worry, there will be more opportunities! When Jellybean and my mom come back you can meet them and-" he trails on all the things we could do with his family but I was stuck.
"Meet your family? Jughead I hate to sound like a pessimist, but we're not even together."
"But that's the thing, I want to be!" He says.
"I don't know how well that will work out..." I sigh and sit up on the bed.
"What are you saying?" He sits up next to me and looks into my eyes.
"My brother doesn't want me to be around you, like for real this time. After the whole sheriff Keller situation, I'm supposed to be done with you." My heart begins to feel heavy with guilt. Not only did Grayson not want me anywhere near him, I felt guilty for ratting out Jughead's dad. He was explaining how happy he was, that his dad was getting his life together and watch me ruin it.
"Well maybe we could... keep it a secret. Just for now, when all this blows past, we can be public!" He stands up and begins to pace around my room.
"Well that's going to be kind of hard now that I kissed you the other day in front of everyone" I sigh.
"I just want to be with you, Hennessy, I really like you and I-" I cut him off before he rambles on anymore.
"I like you too, things are just too complicated right now. Jughead Jones, I promise one day, when things are less complicated we will have our chance." I stand up and cup his face in my hand. I stare hard at his lips. Every time he says how much he wants to be with me, I think of Fp. I ruined everything he's ever wanted, a sweet girlfriend and a happy family.
He catches me looking at his lips and grabs my waist, pulling me into a kiss. I grab onto him tighter as his hands begin to roam my body. He soon slips my shirt off and I tug at his. We fall onto the bed and his lips trail to my neck as he hovers over me. I then pull him in by the belt loop of his pants and he pulls away.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" He asks. I look at how we were laying and I realized where this was going. I knew I might regret this later, but not now. He's all I want and all I ever wanted.
I nodded my head and he leaned in for another kiss before he pulled of his pants and soon, so did I.
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We lay under my comforter as I draw circles on his chest. I was stupid for not making it official with him right then and there. But things were a little more complicated then just being together. I still care about him and wish the best for him although we can't be together.
We lay like this for what feels like forever, and I didn't regret it. But it soon got dark out, but Grayson never came home. We were interrupted by my phone ringing. I quickly look to see who it is... Archie? We haven't talked in awhile, what could he possibly want. I show jughead the phone before I answer it
"Hello?" I asked.
"Hennessy, Grayson is hurt bad." He explains.
"What, what do you mean?" My heart drops. I cannot believe what I'm hearing. What could've possibly happened? Then it hit me, The serpents. They're getting their revenge and starting with my brother.
"Him and Moose were fixing the power after it somehow got shut off and some thugs attacked them. Moose is shaken but okay, I don't know if I can say the same for Grayson." Archie says.
"Just spit it out already!"
"They bashed his knee, I just dropped him and Josh off at the hospital. I think the serpents had something to do with it. Do you want to come with us to the Whyte Wyrm?" He asks frantically.
"I'll be outside in 5." I simply say then hang up. I quickly get up and put on my bra and the S tee-shirt Jughead gave me. I could see jughead in the corner of my eye sit up and have a worried look on his face.
"What is it, Hennessy?"
"Grayson got hurt, Archie is going to the Whyte Wyrm to confront the serpents that did it. Are you coming or not?" I say as I pull my pants up and button them.
"I don't think that's a good idea..."
"My brother is in the hospital, I can't just sit here and do nothing when the people who did it are just on the other side of town!" I tie my last shoe and stop and stare at him blankly and ask, "so are you coming or not?"
He nods and begins to put his clothes back on. We rush out the door and wait outside in the cold, for Archie to come pick us up. When he pulls up, he rolls down his window and asks, "Jughead, what are you doing here?"
"Homework, don't tell Grayson." I quickly say and hop in. Jughead slides in next to me and shuts the door.
The plan was, we were going to have Kevin's boyfriend , Joaquin, was going to lead us in there. We lay low until Moose can point out the guy who attacked him and my brother. The plan seemed very reckless but there was nothing we could do is such a short time. Justice would never be brought if we didn't do it ourselves. We knew damn well Sheriff Keller wasn't about to do anything about it.
On the way to the Whyte Wyrm, my anxiety began to grow. I felt shaky and nervous. I can't face Fp or any of the Serpents. They know exactly who am I, there is nothing stopping them from completely ripping my head off the second I walk into that bar.
Pulling up, I see long lines of motorcycles and a rugged looking building. It looked just as dangerous as it was. This was really about to blow up in my face.
We all pile out the car and make our way inside. I could feel the stares and the muttering as we walk through the bar. The play was crowded and smelt of straight alcohol. The people in there all looked older and rough. We stuck out like sore thumbs. FP always said he hardly had to even have a glance at someone to know if they were the north side.
I followed close behind Archie, I knew he wouldn't let anything happen to me and frankly, where ever Archie goes trouble follows. Right as we were about to reconvene, I felt someone snatch my arm. My face got hot and my heart dropped to the floor. I knew what was about to happen.
"You have a lot of nerve showing up here" Fp says. He grasps my arm tight and pulls me close to his face. I feel like I could die in this moment with the amount of fear and embarrassment. I can only handle so much, but I can't forget the task at hand.
"Let me go! You know why I'm here!" I yank my arm back and he backs up.
"No I don't frankly, so you better explain or leave." He says in a deep, angry voice.
"Two serpents beating up two North siders and destroying Andrew's Construction sight. One of those people was my brother. That doesn't sound familiar?" I glare.
"It wasn't one of our guys, he's just a kid-" I tune FP out as I hear Kevin say "we're going to die." Then yelling and rustling from the other side of the bar.
FP and I's heads snap to the action. Archie shoves the Serpent and he retaliate with punching him in the face. All of the sudden, all the north siders and the serpents were attacking each other. FP and I look at each other once more before running into the action. I try pulling someone off of Archie before some girl starts hitting me.
Everyone suddenly stopped when they heard the gun shot noise fill the air. I turn my head to the door to see Sheriff Keller. "Everybody out!" He screams. He ended up grabbing a few younger serpents and busting them for whatever illegal stuff they had on them.
Soon enough, the crowd mellows out and I couldn't find Jughead or Archie. I was worried about a ride home, until I say the car. It was my mom. She rolled her window and sternly said "get in, now." Nothing could've prepared me for the lecture I'm about to get.
I walk around and get in the passenger seat of the car. The second I close the door, she instantly starts yelling at me. This wasn't very out of character of her. She would get so mad at me for not doing a simple chore, I always wondered what would happen if I actually did something worth yelling about.
"What the hell were you thinking?" She simply says.
"Grayson was attacked by two serpents, mom! You and I both know Sheriff Keller wasn't going to do anything about it, I had to do something" I respond.
"No Hennessy, you didn't because that's isn't your place. You don't need to worry about gangs or drug runs. You're in high school, you can worry about that when you're grown. I don't know what twisted idea your dad put in your head that it was okay to do stuff like that, but it's wrong." She exclaimed. I roll my eyes at her comment. I feel like her comping mechanism is just to be angry, at anyone and everyone. Today it's, me because I did something stupid. But yesterday it was my dad just because he isn't here to defend himself.
"It's what I have to do! When both your parents leave you, you learn a lot about growing up." I sit back in my seat and stare into the air.
"When will you understand you're not the only person hurting. I loved your father more than I loved myself. How can I take care of three kids when I couldn't even take care of myself. I'm sorry I left you and your brothers, but I had to get away. Things in Riverdale were crazy and I had my reasons. I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me one day because I love you, Hennessy. I can't stand you seeing mad at me, but you need to learn that I'm your mother and you will respect me." She says. I stayed silent, that really struck me. No one has told me they loved me in a long time. I missed my mom, although we weren't the closest I still loved her.
She simply sighed when she realized I wasn't going to say anything back and put the car in drive. She pulled out of the Whyte Wyrm and began heading back the apartment complex.