-A.N So this is my first story in a while, I'm sorry to those who liked and followed my previous stories, my muse ran away from me with those and then life got in the way. I do have a job and some family issues but I am going to try to update this story regularly (once a week maybe). I already have most of chapter two written and will post it when it is done. This is also my first shot at writing for Riverdale. So if you wish to read and leave me feedback I greatly appreciate it.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own the rights to Riverdale. If I did Beronica would definitely happen.

Chapter One: The Meeting

When Veronica walks into Pop's Chock-lit Shoppe she notices two teenagers about her age sitting in a darkened booth. The boy is cute and notices her straight away, but she's captured by the blonde she sees him sitting with. Even though she really only sees a blonde ponytail. When the girl notices the boys attention has shifted she looks back and Veronica is mesmerized by the short glimpse of green eyes. She walks over to who she assumes is Pop and says, "I called in an order for Lodge."

He looks at her and says, "Two burgers, yeah, almost ready but you gotta wait." and he walks towards the kitchen.

Veronica is standing in front of the booth the two teens are in. "Hi," she says.

"Hey," the boy says back. The girl looks a little uncomfortable now that Veronica is so close. She saw the way the boy was looking at her when she walked in.

"How are the onion rings here?" she asks, and even though she asked such a simple straight forward question, the girl in the booth is a little stunned with how her voice makes her feel. She feels like she could listen to that voice forever and it'd never be enough. She's scared of how this girl is making her feel. She's never felt this way towards another girl before, but then again she's never met a girl like Veronica before. She was instantly drawn into her milk chocolate brown eyes.

"So good," the boy says in response. Giving Veronica a once over with his eyes with no tact whatsoever.

Veronica looks over at Pop behind the counter and asks, "Can we get some onion rings, too, please?"

Pop answers in the affirmative and Veronica thanks him. She turns back around to the boy and girl in the booth noticing that they both were staring at her. "My mom and I just moved here, so…"

"From where?" he asks still staring at her.

"New York," Veronica answers.

"Wow," the boy says. The girl looks at him and then to Veronica and then to the table. The girl doesn't know what to make of the Veronica yet.

"Do you guys go to Riverdale?" Veronica asks, trying to get a response from the blonde. She wants to hear what this beauty sounds like.

"We do. Both of us. Together." the girl says, she looks a little uncomfortable Veronica notices. Maybe this boy is her boyfriend, Veronica thinks to herself. Although if she were my girlfriend I would only have eyes for her. This boy hasn't taken his eyes off me since I walked in here, she thinks to herself again.

"Yeah, we're sophomores," he says at the same time as the girl, drowning out her voice a little, but Veronica hears her and she is transfixed with the sound of her voice.

"Me too." Veronica says, looking between the two. "I'm filled with dread."

"Why is that?" the boy says smiling what he thinks is a charming smile.

"Are you familiar with the works of Truman Capote?" she asks. The boy looks lost, apparent that he has never heard of Truman Capote. Although he nods in the affirmative. "I'm Breakfast at Tiffany's, but this place is strictly In Cold Blood." He laughs like he gets it with Veronica and the girl just looks at him like you are making a fool of yourself. "Veronica Lodge." Veronica introduces herself holding out her hand to the boy.

"Archie Andrews." he responds with his name and shakes her hand. He looks over at his friend across from him and introduces her. "This is, uh, Betty Cooper."

Betty smiles and Veronica is taken aback by how cute she is when she smiles. She wants to make her smile more often.

Veronica is looking at Betty as it dawns on her, "Wait, are you…?" she starts to ask with a large smile on her face.

"Supposed to give you your tour tomorrow?" Betty finishes for her. She's also struck by how beautiful Veronica is when she smiles. "Yes. I'm your peer mentor." she says, not looking thrilled about that. Veronica vows to change that though. She wants to become friends with this girl although she feels like she wants to be more, she doesn't want to come off too strong anyway she doesn't even know if Betty likes girls.

"Do you want to join us?" Archie asks hopefully. "Hey, maybe we can un-fill you with dread."

"My mom is waiting for me…" Veronica declines although she would love to stay and talk more with the very cute blonde. "But, to be continued." she says, giving a small smile to Archie. As she turns to get her order, she looks at Betty and gives her a huge smile. She can't wait to see her tomorrow for her tour. Veronica doesn't remember a time when she was more than excited to go to school.

When Betty saw the smile Veronica give to Archie she was a little disappointed but when Veronica turned and smiled at her she was now officially counting down the minutes until school tomorrow when she would have to show Veronica around.

That night as Veronica was laying in her bed she was think about the girl, Betty Cooper, that she met tonight. She realized that this girl seems different than the girls she dated back home in New York. Those never seemed to last more than a couple months and some less than that. She doesn't want Betty to be like those failed relationships. It kind of scares Veronica to know that she is falling so quickly for a girl she just met. She lays awake almost all night thinking about Betty, hoping that the girl is doing the same. She eventually falls asleep at about 2 in the morning. Across town in her own room on her own bed, Betty still lays awake with the same thoughts plaguing her.