It all started with a game of hide-and-seek when they were six. They were at Archie's house, and so was Betty. Jughead had been the seeker, and Archie was hiding on he couch, underneath two pillows.
"Aha! Found you!" Jughead had said after lifting up the pillows. And then, Archie caught Jughead off guard, and he kissed him. It was just a quick peck on the lips. Nothing much. But something still went through both Jughead and Archie. Archie blushed and jumped off of the couch as Jughead shook his head.
"Sorry," Archie apologized, still blushing.
"No, no, it's good. I don't mind," Jughead smiled, "Can we just, ya know, not tell Betty?"
"Sure." Archie said, "Let's go find her."
"We may have had a moment." Jughead admitted. And that was the moment Archibald Andrews felt his heart break into millions of pieces.
"I-It's totally cool, no, I get it. I'm just curious." Archie lied through his heartbreak. To keep up his act, Archie changed the subject. He felt like crying. The boy he was in love with, dating his other best friend! But Archie lied, and continued to for a long time.
It had been a week after his dad had been shot. Archie hated his life at that point. He was stuck dating a girl who he had absolutely no interest in while hanging out with the boy he was in love with and the girl Jughead was dating. It was one fateful day at Pop's that was the start of everything. Archie was sitting with Veronica at his side, Jughead across from him, and Betty across from Veronica. A girl no older than ten walked in, and immediately caught his attention.
She had short brunette hair with a pink streak in it, and brown eyes that matched. She wore a pink leather jacket that stopped right below her chest, and a Pink Floyd t-shirt under it. On her lower half, a pink tutu covered a small part of black leggings. On her feet, she wore sparkly, pink Converse.
"Archiekins Andrews," she said, "It's been much too long." And from the moment she walked in, Archie had known that Jellybean Jones was in his presence.