basically follows the riverdale timeline but I added another character, Americus which is Jughead's twin sister. Because of this, some scene will differ when I write them in this fanfic
This is also on my Wattpad account under the same name
It was a typical night for us Jones Kids; Jughead and I, Americus. We were at Pop's Chocklit Shoppe eating food and staying there as long as we can, until Pop chucks us out. I was currently drawing in a book my mother gave me while Jughead was typing away on his laptop. Our situations was a bit of problem but Jughead and I always get through it. I looked over to Jughead who was sitting next to me and started reading what he was typing on his laptop.
"That Cheryl dropped a glove in the water, and Jason reached down to get it and accidentally tipped the boat, and panicked and drowned," I read out loud as he paused from typing. "It's sounding good bro," I patted him on he back before shoving my book in my bag.
"I'm just starting it, I need more details though. Right now it's just an account on what happened. If we find out who did it, it will have more," he told me before he clicked saved and turned to face me completely and picking at the chips on his plate.
"Jug, are we going back to the drive in tonight?" I questioned quietly as I swirled the straw in my water, making sure no one could hear me.
"Yeah. I know that it isn't the best but it's all we have, Mer," he told me, calling me by my nickname.
"I know, I understand. I just don't like it when you know who is around," I sighed to Juggie.
"I know but there is nothing we can do," he explained to me. I once again sighed and stood up.
"I'm just going to the bathroom," I informed Jug before leaving and heading to the female door. After doing my business and washing my hands, I looked at myself in the mirror; my pale skin showed all the dirt on me, my dark brown hair in low pigtails under my beanie were becoming ratty, my face had no makeup to hide what I didn't like as I couldn't afford it, my jeans were starting fray. I just shook my head and walked out and heard the bell of the front door ring. I looked up from my semi dry hands and saw a girl around my age walk in with a black dress and overcoat/cape, looking around the place. Her eyes landed on me and she grew closer towards me as I tried to get back to Jughead.
"Hello," she said to me and smiled. I didn't want to be rude so I just smiled back and made my way to Jughead, sitting down next to him.
"You alright Mer?" He asked as soon as I sat down.
"Yeah, just ran into someone new and didn't know what to do when she said hello so I smiled and walked off," I told him with a little laugh.
"You are so antisocial," Jughead laughed at me quietly before returning to his laptop. I looked over and saw that the new girl was now talking to Archie and Betty. I started listening in on their conversation, wondering what they were talking about
"What's that girl's problem? The one sitting next to the guy in the weird beanie," the new girl asked, making my heart crack a little.
"Americus? She's just not keen around new people. She means well," Archie defended me before he saw me watching and gave me a smile. I waved back before turning to face Jug.
"I can tell she is going to be a part of all this drama and trouble, Juggie," I told him
Jughead nodded his head, agreeing with me, as he went back to typing
"As for us, we were still talking about the "july fourth tragedy," on the last day of summer vacation, when a new mystery rolled into town," I watched Jug type before closing his laptop and looking through his wallet, seeing only a $20 note left. I swallowed hard as I tried not let my stomach grumble.
"Sure you don't want any food Mer?" He asked me.
"No, I'm not hungry," I replied with a smile. We started to gather our bags before leaving the diner and trudged our way back to the drive in.
"Do we really have to go back to school tomorrow, Jug? I mean it's not like anyone will notice. Betty is too occupied with Kevin and Archie is now Mr Popular. We could slip away, we could disappear," I tried to convince Jug as the ground beneath my boots squelched with every step with light rain starting to form.
"I know, but we have to stay in school," Jug said, readjusting his bag strap as we walked through the gates of the drive in and straight to the projector room.
I opened the door, using my shoulder to barge it so it would open properly before chucking my school bag in the corner and looking around the place. It was very small, with a bookcase at one end that held our books and our clothes, a wall made out of boxes for us to change behind while at the other end of the room was our beds; Jug's being a semi thick mattress raised off the ground on a camp stretcher while mine was an old one that was thin like a yoga mat. Jug would always argue about me sleepin on the floor and tonight was no different as I sat down on mine.
"No, Americus, if you keep taking that one mattress you're gonna get sick," Jug tried to convince me.
"No, I won't. I'm not even cold," I lied to Jug. He sighed and crawled into his bed.
"Night Juggie," I told him.
"Night Mer," he replied before I turned the light off.
I didn't sleep well that night, barely getting any sleep but it wasn't long until it was 5:45 and Jug's alarm was going off.
"Jug, get up. We gotta get ready," I tried to tell him as I rolled over and shook his shoulder, before I coughed a little.
"You alright Mer?" He asked me as he sat up, rubbing his eyes.
"Yeah, I think I just swallowed some dust," I replied, standing up out of my bed and grabbing some clothes and headed behind a wall of boxes we had made for a changing area. I quickly changed into my jeans from yesterday and a clean shirt before walking out and started to clean my teeth, letting Jug get dressed.
"You ready to go to school?" Jughead asked as he grabbed a pop tart, ready to leave.
"Yeah, okay," I replied. We grabbed our bags and turned off the light before heading to school.
The whole school filed into the auditorium, sitting in the bleachers and looking at Cheryl Blossom before she started her speech about her brother.
I tuned out and leant my head on Jughead's shoulder as he typed away. But as soon as I placed my head on his shoulder, he turned to look at me.
"Are you okay?" He whispered to me.
"Yeah, just tired," I told him, not opening my eyes. I was tired, I couldn't sleep because of the hard ground.
"Don't worry, we will get to pop's this afternoon and you can sleep there," he whispered back. It wasn't long until the assembly was finished and Cheryl announced that the semi formal was not going to be cancelled. Jughead and I didn't care about it because we weren't going to go. Everyone left a bit happier, heading into the lunch break. Jug and I headed in separate directions as our lockers were in different areas. I finally made it to mine and started to place my books away when I looked up and saw Betty waving at me. I waved back thinking that's all she would do but she started walking towards me.
"Hey Mer, you been okay? I haven't seen you in ages!" Betty exclaimed with a smile. She still looked the same as usual; blonde hair curled in a pony tail, blouse and skirt.
"Yeah I've been alright," I replied with a small smile. Betty stepped forward, grabbing me in a hug before stepping back
"Come have lunch with me and Archie," Betty pleaded with a huge smile.
"I can't, I've gotta get back to Jughead. I'll talk to you later," I told her as I walked towards the library. I walked in and saw Juggie sitting by himself with his laptop.
"Not having lunch today?" He asked me, not looking up from his laptop. I sat my books on the desk and sat beside him.
"No, not hungry. Just tired," I replied lying my head on my books and taking a nap until the bell went off and it was back to class.
It was about 11pm and Jughead and I were at our usually place, Pop's. Jughead was typing away once again while I was doing my maths homework which was due the next day. There was a comfortable silence between jug and I as we did our work, that was until the door bell chimed which made us look up and see Archie. I watched as Jughead's shoulders tensed at the sight of him. Archie turned around and started to talk to Pop before walking over to us.
"Can I sit Jughead ?" Archie asked uncertainly, his eyes flickering between mine and Jug's.
"If you want," Jug replied and Archie sat.
"I'm just gonna go talk to Pop's about that thing," I excused myself and got up before sitting back down at the bar near Pop.
"What are you working on?" I heard Archie ask Juggie.
"A novel. It's about this summer and Jason blossom," Jug explained to Archie.
"Seventeen years old and how will he be remembered? As captain of the water polo team?" Archie questioned, seeming interested.
"The aquaholics? Considering how he died, probably not," Jug chuckled.
"No what I meant was…" Archie retorted, "was he doing everything he was supposed to do? Everything he wanted? Did he even know what that was?"
"Just to let you know quickly, I'm gonna have to ask you to leave after Jug and Archie are finished," Pop told me and I nodded, tuning back into their conversation.
"No, in fact I'm kinda terrified I lost my best friend tonight," Archie explained. I knew that this would hit a sore spot for Jug.
"If you mean Betty, whatever happened just talk to her. You know, it'd go a long way. Would've gone a long way with me," Jug replied back, dropping hints about their friendship.
"Anyway, we've gotta go now, isn't that right Americus?" Jughead called out to me. I swing my legs around the seat and stood up.
"Yep, nice seeing you Archie," I told Archie with a small smile. Archie smiled back and left the diner.
"Pop said we have to leave," I informed Jughead as I packed up my school books.
"Okay," he replied as he typed the last of his paragraph. After packing up my books I looked over his shoulder, looking at what he was writing.
It was midnight and my old friend archie andrews arrived at the one place in town that was still open. He was looking for the girl next door, instead he found me. And so, it wasn't one heart that broke that night it was two and the night was far from over.
Jughead closed his computer and soon we were ready to leave.
"What ever happened between you and Archie?" I asked Jug as we walked home, hands shoved in our jackets so they wouldn't get cold.
"Like the usual, he ditched me for other, better friends," Jughead told me, his pace he was walking at speeding up, which was a sign for me to not ask questions and just keep them to myself.
I woke up the next morning to the door being opened and light streaming into the room.
"What's up juggie?" I asked he walked in and sat beside me on my bed.
"They found Jason's body in the river with a gunshot in his head," Jughead informed me before pulling out his laptop and starting to type.
By the morning everyone would be talking texting and posting about it, we would all be feeling it. That the world around us had changed, maybe forever. That riverdale wasn't the same town as before that it was the town of shadows and secrets now.
This was very short because Kughead isn't very involved with the others in the first episode so I was kinda limited. Thanks for reading this chapter though ~ FanfictionByA