Author's Note: I have been dying to do a college AU with these two and I came across this prompt and I couldn't resist. This will basically just be a cute little two parter full of fluff. This is part one. Also I apologise to lovers of the film Twilight, it's not my thing so it's the movie I chose. The Lobster however is one of my favourite films and if you haven't seen it I would highly recommend it (although I do feel like it needs a trigger warning for a certain scene). I was going to go with the classic Bughead film, Rebel Without a Cause but I have never seen it and would find it hard to have the two of them discussing it without seeing it myself.

Part One: The 'Drive In' Dilemma

"You have to be kidding me. Again! Everytime." Betty threw the flyer that had been posted under her door in the wastepaper basket under her desk. Her roommate Veronica looked at her as if she had lost her mind, which wasn't exactly a look she was unfamiliar with receiving.

Betty had braced herself for a year of pain when she first saw her roommate Veronica Lodge walk into their college dorm room with her pearls around her neck, designer dress and Louis Voitton suitcase. Not to mention the man who had arrived with her carrying another set of perfectly matched suitcases. He wore white gloves and was dressed in a uniform. The girl had servants for Christs Sake. But Betty being Betty had smiled politely and offered her first choice of the beds.

Veronica had not turned out to be anything like Betty had imagined. She was not stuck up, well she was, but not in an unkind way. She had been raised in privilege which had shaped her personality in some ways but she was still a good person, a kind person and the two of them had become fast friends.

"What did the piece of paper do to you?" Veronica asked as Betty only humphed in response sitting on her bed cross legged as Veronica continued to lay on her bed flipping through her magazine.

"The college drive in." Betty spat out after she had tried to hold it in. She remembered her elation when she had first heard about the makeshift drive in that the student residences put on every month. Her older sister Polly had told her all about it t Betty's eager ears. An old style projector, onto the side of the student hall, picnic blankets and cocktails in summer and everyone snuggled and cuddled together in warm blankets and hot toddies in winter. The idea of it had captured the imagination of the cinephile in her and she had bounded happily to her dorm room to let Veronica know. That was until she had received the slip of paper under their door the first time. You see they let the student population choose. And in Betty's opinion they had no taste whatsoever.

"Who chooses Twilight?" She exclaimed throwing her hands in the air. "Twilight?" she repeated her face screwed up as she said the words.

"I chose Twilight." Veronica admitted, casually looking up at Betty to see the plain horror on her face before returning to her magazine.

"It's like I don't even know you sometimes." Betty said dramatically shaking her head.

"Come on Betty." Veronica sat up on her bed, closing her magazine. "It's not even about the movie. It's about snuggling up to some college hottie with a multitude of blankets while sipping on mulled wine."

"Maybe for you Veronica. But I take my cinema experience very seriously." She glanced at the crumpled up piece of paper in her wastebasket and could feel her anger and frustration bubbling up again. She hopped up of her bed and stalked over to the basket pulling out the leaflet before smoothing it out. Veronica watched her cautiously.

"What are you doing B?" A hint of trepidation in her voice.

"I'm going to complain." Betty announced as she started putting on her flats. She looked at herself briefly in her wardrobe mirror before smoothing down her sweater and pulling her ponytail that little bit tighter. She gave herself a reassuring nod before spinning around to face the door, Veronica who was still eyeing her as if she had lost it. "I'm taking this to the RA and demanding that they put something of quality on that screen." Veronica sighed as she picked up her magazine again.

"Well let me know how it all goes." She said as she started to look through her magazine again.

"Oh I will." Betty said determinedly as she left the room slamming the door behind her. Veronica rolled her eyes as she left. She pitied the poor person who was about to encounter Betty's wrath.

Betty stalked the hallway leading up to the RA's residence. Her feet hitting the ground beneath her hard, her ponytail swinging side to side, her jaw set in determination. She could hear as she was approaching that the RA was not alone. She cursed under her breath as she waited outside the doorway as she tried to take deep breaths so she wouldn't go barging in there. She didn't have to wait too long until the door swung open and another student, male, was standing in the doorway. He was tall, taller than her and wore a woollen beanie on his head, which wasn't unusual for the weather this time of year. It did seem to be shaped like a crown though which was somewhat more noteworthy.

"This is bullshit," he shouted behind him before he turned to leave almost knocking into Betty on the way out. "Sorry," he mumbled under his breath before he continued past her. An older red headed boy stuck his head out from the door, to catch sight of Betty, his features softening as he saw her. That was until he saw what she was clutching in her hand his eyes widening. Betty regained her composure before straightening herself and looking their RA, Jason Blossom in the eyes.

"I'm here to make a formal complaint about the drive in movie selection," she announced.

"Oh God, another one." Jason dragged his hand over his face. "Look," he sighed. "I'll tell you what I told Jughead. We live in a democracy, we put what movie is shown out to a vote by the students. Everyone votes and we show that movie."

"But surely the movies that are shown in college should have some substance, some meaning to them. We are in a place of learning." Betty argued.

"Listen….," he paused realising that he hadn't caught her name.

"Betty," she supplied. "Betty Cooper."

"Right, Betty. Yes we are in a place of learning but that usually means people want to have fun when they're not learning. The drive in provides that."

"But what about the sacredness of the cinematic experience." Jason sighed again as he felt he was reliving the same argument he had just had with Jughead all over again.

"Did Jughead put you up to this?" He was getting frustrated now, he had had this argument with Jughead every time his suggested movie was not picked by the student population, it seemed he was now recruiting fellow students to make his life hell.

"I don't know a Jughead." Betty would remember meeting someone called that. "Wait was that the guy who just left. With the crown beanie."

"Yeah he also came to share his disapproval with me, despite the fact, and I'm going to say it once again because maybe then it will sink in. I have no control over what plays." Betty took a deep breath and was about to launch into another argument when the RA's door was shut in her face and the click of a lock was heard. Betty stood fuming outside the door, her fists balled tightly as she tried to take deep calming breaths. She thought about raising her fist and banging on the door until it opened but thought better of it. Jason wasn't going to budge. He'd made that clear, and if this Jughead had been trying for months then she was hardly going to sway his decision.

She slumped her shoulders in defeat before she started to walk back to her dorm room her feet dragging along.

"So how did it go?" Veronica asked as Betty came through the door. Betty glared at her before laying down on her bed face first. "That well hey." Veronica teased as she came to sit next to Betty on the bed. She rubbed her friend's shoulder gently and Betty turned to face her.

"He said there's nothing he can do. Democracy." Betty spat out. Veronica squeezed her shoulder sympathetically before smiling brightly at her.

"You should still come B. We can make it a girl's night."

"I thought you were going with Archie." Betty sighed moving herself upright sitting up with her legs dangling over the side of her bed.

"I can tell him I need to spend some quality time cheering up my girl." Veronica nudged her playfully and Betty couldn't help the smile that was forming on her face. She felt so lucky to have found a friend like Veronica.

But then she remembered how happy and excited Veronica had been when she had burst through their door exclaiming that Archie had invited her to the drive in. They had gossiped all night that night. Veronica swooning over her new found love and Betty was happy for her although also wishing that she had someone of her own who could make her feel like that.

"No it's okay." Veronica's eyebrows furrowed in concern. " Really I'll be fine."

"You could come with us?" Veronica suggested. Betty balked at the suggestion.

"No, I don't want to be a third wheel."

"Please if anything Archie would be the third wheel." Betty laughed and Veronica smiled proudly happy to see the smile return to Betty's face.

"I'll just watch my movie here. Sure my laptop and bed are no substitute for the drive in but I can make it work."

"Okay. If you are sure." Betty nodded. "Well can you help me choose something to wear for tomorrow night then?"

"Of course."

Betty decided after trying to concentrate on her notes for a good half hour without being able to focus that she would take a walk around the campus. Veronica had gone to cheer practice, after they had picked out her dress, leaving Betty alone in their room. She walked down the path pulling her coat tighter around herself to protect herself from the cold biting wind. She thought about what Veronica had said about having someone to snuggle with. Betty hadn't dated much. She had had one boyfriend in high school which had never really progressed further than some awkward kisses and hand holding. Betty was always so focussed on her future that sometimes she forgot to be in the present.

Veronica always encouraged her at the parties they attended together. Trying to get her to participate in the games they played but Betty felt she had transcended the game of Spin the Bottle since attending college. Veronica said she was just being a spoil sport. Veronica would try to get Betty to talk to boys, or boys to talk to Betty, but she found she couldn't connect with them and they couldn't with her. Although she didn't actively pursue a love life it didn't mean she didn't yearn for one. She couldn't deny that little pang of jealousy she felt when Veronica announced that Archie had invited her to a date at the drive in, not because she was interested in Archie or Veronica for that matter but she was jealous that they had been able to find a connection in each other.

It was while she wandered the grounds not quite sure of her destination that she saw the boy from earlier. Jughead Jason had called him. A strange name sure to have some deep and poignant meaning behind it. She hesitated whether she should approach him. To him she was a stranger coming up and chatting with him wouldn't that seem odd, what if he thought she was a crazy stalker or something but she rationalised that people struck up conversations with each other everyday. She was good at talking to people, why couldn't she talk to him especially if he was as passionate about film as she was.

She quickly pulled her ponytail a little tighter as she approached the table that he was sitting at hunched over the keyboard of his laptop and takeaway coffee cup to the side of it. She hovered near him, waiting for him to look up at her presence but he seemed too engrossed in his work to notice her.

"Hey Jug-Head?" She said softly the name sounding foreign on her tongue as she spoke it. He looked up at her hearing his name, and his eyes moved over her carefully before realisation seemed to strike.

"Hey, oh, you were outside Jason's room today." His face softening as he recognised her from their very brief encounter earlier that day.

"Yeah, you almost took me out." She joked as she nodded towards the spare seat next to him and he moved over with his laptop providing her more space so that she could sit.

"Sorry about that I was pretty pissed off." His eyes flicking back towards his laptop before he minimised the document he had been working on.

"About the drive in."

"Yeah, how did you know." He eyed her curiously.

"Jason told me. I was kind of there to complain about it too."

"Twilight." The disgust in his voice was clear. "I mean, if you are going to choose a vampire movie at least make it a good one." There was an edge to his tone. He obviously was still unhappy with the decision much like Betty herself.

"I mean Nosferatu would be classic." Betty answered.

"Exactly." He said as he turned his body to face her. His laptop forgotten and his focus now directed at her. "I am glad there is at least one person on campus who shares my opinion." There was a gleam in his eye and a smile spreading across his face that did funny things to Betty's insides. "I am trying to suggest films that will make us think about things not just blindly absorb what we are shown. To question the narrative, the story, the character's motivations. But my suggestions only ever seem to garner a few measly votes."

"Well I think The Lobster would have been a much better choice," Betty said encouragingly, her hand itching to touch his hand in comfort. The need to be someone's comfort was overwhelming at times. "I saw it at the Bijou when it opened. On my own couldn't convince anyone else to come with me."

"Hey I work at the Bijou, although in the projection room so kind of out of sight." She could imagine him in the projector room, it seemed right that he would be there, strange woolen cap, suspenders, those tight jeans, the light from the projector flickering across his face catching the angles of his cheekbones.

"You are so lucky," she responded snapping herself out of her own thoughts. She would have loved to have worked part time or even casually at the Bijou but with her course load and other pressures she couldn't commit the time. That and her parents had worked so hard so that she would have the time to solely focus on her course work and not be distracted by working. But the Bijou had still become a safe haven for her. But she couldn't imagine sitting up there in that projection booth getting to see every movie, she was jealous.

"Yeah I guess I am." He nodded, as he took a sip from his coffee cup.

"Well I think your choices are always inspired. I just wish one of them would win, just once." She sighed wistfully. She wanted nothing more to go to the drive in and actually watch something that meant something to her. It wasn't just about snuggling next to a cute boy for her, it was a far greater experience and besides she didn't have a cute boy to snuggle up to. As she kept reminding Veronica.

"Well I think the track record shows that I do not have a popular opinion." A self deprecating smile crossed his face.

"I was so looking forward to watching it again as well." Betty bowed her head in disappointment.

"We could." Betty looked up at him. Had he really just suggested? "I mean, I have a copy of the movie if you wanted to - "

"I would really like that." She agreed without considering further. She yearned to watch the film with someone who was as interested in the narrative as she was. Maybe it would be better than watching it on her own in her dorm room as she had already planned to do.

"Well, my roommate is attending the travesty that will be the drive in tomorrow night so if you wanted to come over to my room. Or I can bring the copy to your room if that would make you more comfortable." He was playing with the sleeve of his shirt, not quite meeting her eyes as he spoke.

"I don't mind going to yours. I can bring snacks," she said cheerfully.

"Good, ah, my roommate is leaving pretty early for his date so anytime after 5.00pm would work."

"Great it's a date," she clasped her hand over her mouth immediately as the words left her lips. "I mean it's not a date, date, but like a calendar date. It's a time, a meeting point." She was rambling and she knew it desperately trying to grasp at words and dig herself out of her own embarrassment. The widening of his eyes had not gone unnoticed as she started to get up. She almost tripped over the seat as she made her legs move in the direction of her dorm before she started to blush and further embarrass herself.

"It's 42C Jameson Wing." Betty stopped for a moment to look at him confused. "My room," he clarified.

"Great 42C." she repeated back to him as she swung her bag over her shoulder and gave a quick wave as she walked away from the table the blush she was sure now fully across her cheeks. She was flustered, her stomach feeling like it was doing cartwheels and flips and all kinds of things a stomach should not be doing. He was cute, he had great taste in movies, and she was going to his room, just to two of them to watching a movie. She couldn't wait to tell Veronica.