Chapter 1- Sexual Tension
Alice has always been the mother to do everything and anything. To keep her perfect image of a perfect family. She has to hide a lot of her past. Her past stays hidden behind the dark shades of her lies. Eventually the lies she uses to cover up her south side serpent used to be lifestyle. Alice tries her best to keep it hidden. Some of her lies have been discovered already.
Fp Jones was a huge part of her past. She joined the Serpents for him. She grew up on the south side and that was the way of life. You either got the hell of the town or joined the serpents. She worked extremely hard to take charge and change her Reputation. She married Hal and started a wonderful family. But she left behind the only serpent she ever cared about. He loved her more than anything. Her and Fp broke up, because she told him she was in love with Hal. FP was crushed. He felt like he meant nothing to her and she was just throwing him away like he was a piece of trash on the side of the dirty highways of The south side. She could never forget the angry look in his eyes as she told him goodbye. He turned away from her as he felt the hot tears burning back in his eyes.
Alice snaps out her thoughts as she took another shot. Alice stares at her daughter as she starts singing mad world. At first she was smiling, but it quickly turned into a look of horror as she watched her daughter do the serpent dance. Her mind starts think of her serpent dance when she was Elizabeth's age. Alice knows her daughter doesn't like to be called by her real name. The hot tears fell as Betty finished her dance. The crowd was full of whistles and cheers. Alice turned her head towards Jughead, betty's boyfriend. His face was filled with shock and disbelief. He rubs his eyes as his Dad places the serpent jacket on his girlfriend. His mind was boiling with humiliation. How could Betty do this to herself? Jughead kept repeating in his head.
Fp on the other hand. He felt a blinding amount of guilt. But this was his job. Yes it was a retirement party for him. But after he found out what his son made a deal was with Penny, he couldn't leave him to get into more trouble. Fp has already fucked up more times than he can count. He always been a fucked up father, husband and friend. He fucked sometimes his wife decided to live him and took his daughter Jellybean with her to Toledo.
He began drinking. At first it was only a few beers here and there. But that rapidly turned into 5 beers a day before noon. He lost his job at Fred's. Because he stupidly stole from him and was fired. Jughead was barely at the trailer anymore. Fp was either drinking or doing serpent trips. He honestly hated the draining dread of being a SouthSide Serpent. It was mentally and physically draining. It took months to get sober and regain jughead's trust and love back. But that turned into shit when Clifford blossom black mailed him to take responsibility for killing Jason Blossom. And if he didn't he would go after his son. Fp agreed to Clifford's plan and turned himself in. Fp sat on the bench waiting for sheriff Keller to bring him into the station.
Fp watched as Alice his allie ran towards her daughter. She grabbed Betty's arm forcefully but not too much to cause her any pain. "Mom, Let go of me"! Betty scolded as she yanked her arm away from her mother. Alice stood there stunned by her daughter's out burst. FP was shocked himself. He had never seen Betty so nasty to anyone. She was always nice to everybody.
He remembered how he first met her. She was sitting down at lunch table as he brought jughead his lunch for school, because he forgot it at home. He was greeted by her angelic smile as she kissed Archie on his cheek. They were 5 years old at the time. They were just sweet little kids before the real riverdale showed through the fake town.
Jughead watched as the scene unfolded before his very eyes. Even though he was not ready. He knew it was time let her go. He couldn't protect her from Penny. He didn't want her to be hurt. Jughead left Whyte Wyrm with so much anger attacking his heart. He has never been so furious in his life. Why would she do that? She didn't have to become a serpent. He wanted a better life for her then the path he is going. He ended up taking the same path as his father did. When his father found out, he was crushed. He knew his father wanted a better life for him then he got.
He heard loud claps of heels drag behind him. He turns around to see Betty with her makeup smeared down her cheeks and her puffy eyes. He inhales a deep breath before he breaks the news. He's termbling in pain as he opens his mouth. Betty had her lips pursed slightly as she waited patiently for jughead to say something.
"Betts, Why did you think I would be okay with this"? Jughead argues as he is seething with so much anger. Betty was shocked by his reaction. She thought he would be happy they finally had the same path. But she missed his signal of anger. "Juggie, I thought you would be happy for us" Betty let out a huge sigh as she stared at her heels, which were killing her. That just made jughead more fumed. "Why the fuck would I be happy about this"! Jughead snapped as he face contorted into hot red fiery. Betty was taken back about his outburst. Betty never has seen jughead so angry before it was scary. The serpent life changed him and her. She now thought about what she just did on that stage and she was disgusted by herself. Why would she do that to her body. She's not some male toy they can play with whenever they want. "I'm sorry, Juggie. I shouldn't of done that" Betty apologized to jughead as she wiped the last of her tears. Jughead watched Betty wipe her eyes. Her eyes were bloodshot from crying. Jughead took a deep harsh breath. He turned his head and dropped his hand to his waist. He then cupped Betty's face with his hands. "Betty, I can't protect you anymore. You're not safe, I'm sorry but I need to keep you safe" Jughead stated as tears burned his eyes. Jughead walked away from her fighting his tears.
Betty was left alone in the parking lot. Betty started breaking down in middle of parking lot. Betty had no idea what just happened. All she knew was she was alone. It was starting to get dark and she was supposed to be home by now. Her mother was furious with her. And Betty didn't blame her. She did a foolish sunt up there. She ended up embarrassing her and mother.
Alice watched jughead storm out. Her daughter raced after him. She knew exactly how Betty felt. Fp wasn't happy when she joined herself. That was years ago, she still feel guilty for leaving him after he found out about her being in love with Hal.
After Fp's long speech about not leaving the serpent, he went outside for a cigarette. When he got out there, he saw Alice sitting on the ground with hands burying her face. But Fp knew Alice more than anyone. When she broke down like this. He couldn't let her be alone. He loved her with all his heart. She shattered his world when she told him she was in love with Hal Cooper. Fp still hates Hal to this day. He also never stopped loving Alice. His Aille was his world. He wouldn't let anything happen to her ever. He walked over by her and sat down. He placed a hand on her back. He moved his hand gently in soothing motion as she continued to cry desperation. Alice felt a hand on her back. She lifted her head up to see how was there. Who was there she didn't expect. She looked up and saw Fp. Fp had a smile, it wasn't a mocking smile. It was a sympathic one. She always left happy when she was with him. She hasn't been happy since Jason Blossom fiasco started a year ago.
"Allie, you okay"? Fp worriedly asked as he continued rub her back. Alice was stunned by how nice, gentle Fp was being. She raised her hands to her face and wiped her eyes.
"Honestly, my life is going to shit. And now Betty is making the same mistakes as I made when I was her age. I didn't want her to do what I did. I regret the whole Southside life I had. I don't regret meeting you, though" Alice rambled as more tears streamed down her already red cheeks. Fp listened to every word. But those particular words stuck out to him. She didn't regret meeting him. Fp felt his heart race in his chest. He didn't want to get his hopes up.
"Allie, You are doing your best. That's all you can do. You don't have to be the perfect mother. You don't have to try to make everything perfect. You should be more happy for yourself. I don't think you have been csring about yourself. You need to do that more than you have been" Fp expressed as he kissed her forehead.
The way he called her Aliie. It made Alice's heart pound happyily. She hasn't been called that since they broke up. And the way he kissed her forehead, it just felt right. She didn't know how to explain it. She missed his soft gentle lips pressing to hers. She missed his constant I love you's. Alice regretted letting him get away. But Alice didn't regret having Polly and Elizabeth. Most of the time she regretted having to have the perfect image. It got repetitive and exhausting. Hal always wants his daughters to be the best, perfect angels. Nobody should have to deal with all the rules he has in place for her. She can't associate with the Serpents or Fp.
Ever since that fight at prom. Alice had to give her baby up to the sisters. She has regretted it everyday. She hated Hal for it. It wasn't even his kid. Alice has never told Fp he has a child out there. She wouldn't even know where to start. Fp noticed Alice being quiet for sometime. He started to worry about her. Fp raised his hand and cupped her face. Alice finally started to regain her thoughts.
"Thanks Fp for making me feel better. I really needed to get that off my chest. It felt good to finally get that out there" Alice thanked and hugged him for a couple seconds.
Fp loved the feeling of having Allie in his arms again. It just felt right. But he knew it was wrong because she's married to Hal cooper. He hated him for making her change. He didn't like Alice being a south side serpent as much as anyone. He knew she had to dangerous jobs. It made him so anxious every damn time she went out dressing like a slut. Yes a slut. No he never thought she was one. She had to slay at the bar. She also had to be a stripper. Fp hated when she first did the serpent dance. He watched the same way his son did when Betty did the serpent dance. He was horrified. He didn't want her to follow his steps.
"You're welcome, Aille. You know I'm always here for you, whenever you need me or just to see the old serpent gang" Fp stated as his face was so close to hers. He could feel her hot breath on his neck. He wanted so much just smash his lips onto hers. Fp knew it was wrong. But he couldn't help himself to just grab her tiny waist and hold her close to his body.
As he reaches, Alice snaps his hands away. Her face scowled as her cheeks were raging red. She couldn't believe he would make a move on her when she was emotional."Fp, No"! She snapped with rage burning through her soft blue eyes. He couldn't help but feel devastated that he will never get his Allie back. Alice saw a flash of hurt in his eyes. She didn't mean to be harsh. She was happy the way her life is. She keeps lying to herself about how she is happy. If she was being honest, she would of let him kiss her. She wouldn't have a care in the world.
"Alice, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that. The old feelings just grabbed of hold of me" Fp apologized honestly as Alice looks down at her feet. She had the same look on her face as when they broke up. As soon as they broke up, he regretted it. He missed her even more than he ever did before. Alice draws her eyes up at Fp. A smile formed on her round lips.
"FP, Look I know you still feel a connection. I don't feel that spark anymore. I'm married now. And you just got of prison. Maybe you just have some sexual tension. Like I said when I picked you up with Jughead and Betty. You're probably sexual frustrated too" Alice stated as a hint of a smirk broke through. She knew she lied. She's great at lying. She still did have that connection. And there was more connecting them together. They have a son together. And she wants him to know about him. She's just not sure how to break the news. It happened when she was seventeen.
Hearing that shattered FP's already broken heart. He felt like the world was crumbling underneath him and he was trapped under all the debris. He forced a small fake smile through his gridded teeth. It felt almost near impossible not to break down and want a drink. He worked so hard on his sobriety. And now all he wants is a drink or 15 drinks. He honestly didn't give a fuck anymore. "Yeah most likely sexually frustrated" He laughed as he wanted a drink more and more.
Alice knew she really hurt him with her words. She felt awful about having to lie to him. She couldn't let her guard down. She would get suck up into his love and charm. The same charm she fell in love with when she was a teenager. She remembered the words he said to her at pop's. "Well then leave him. At home". She went to the party as an old friend and left as a mother of a serpent. Alice looked into his eyes once more before turning back to see her daughter sitting in the parking lot in tears. "I have to go Fp, it was nice talking to you" She said as she walked toward her daughter. Fp watched as Alice walked away. God he really need a drink.
Betty was still upset. She hadn't stopped crying since jughead left her in the parking lot 30 minutes ago. Her mother cradled her head once they got in the car. Alice saw her daughter so helpless. Alice was very worried about her daughter. "Betty, what happened"? Alice curiously asked as she pulled up to their driveway. Betty took a short breath as she blew her nose. "Jughead, He broke up with me" Betty stuttered out into tears. Alice felt so sympathic towards her daughter. "Awe, Betty I'm so sorry. It's going to be okay. You will get through this" Alice states to Betty as Betty lifts her head a little. Betty continued to ball her eyes out. Alice's heart broke for her daughter. She knew how her daughter felt. Fp broke up with her when she did the serpent dance.
Fp walks back into The Whyte Wyrm dragging his feet. He propped himself up on the stool. He shouted at Tall boy to pour him a shot. Tall boy pours him a shot. Fp grabs the glass and lets the burning liquid slide down his throat. It felt so good to have a drink again. Fp knew he was going to regret it later, right now he didn't give a fuck. He's always been fucked. Sweet Pea sits next to him. Sweet pea had this corncerned look on his face. Sweet Pea knew all about Fp's drinking problem. He was told to look out for the leader. "FP Jones, Are you alright"? Sweet Pea asked his leader. Fp was surprised that someone actually cared enough to check up on him. He set down his third shot on the bar top. "Not really, kid" Fp grumbled as he grabbed the shot glass once again and threw the liquid down his throat for third time that night. "What happened, sir"? Sweet Pea questioned as he watched Fp throw another shot down his throat.
Fp wasn't in the mood for small talk or chit chat. All he wanted to do was have a fucking drink in peace. Fp grabbed his shot of snakebite. He brought the poison into his mouth and swallowed it. It went down his throat like fire on drugs. After he finished his drink, he slammed the glass down on the bar top. The glass broke in hands as it slammed down. The glass went every where. His hands had 3 inch cuts spread across his palms. Tall boy snatched the bottle of snakebite away from Fp's hands. This resulted him attacking Tall boy on the dirty bar floor.
Fp threw the first punch. Tall boy was sent flying towards the back of the room. Fp started swaying back and forth with his arms. Each time Fp swug his arm. The more Tall boy wanted to kill him. Tall boy larches and slammed Fp on the ground. Fp felt his head slam onto the ground. He is still raging and pushed himself back up to his feet. Fp was hammered, sluring his words. His face was bruised and bloody. All the rest of the Serpents grabbed Fp and held him back. Sweet Pea watched the fight unfolded. It didn't take long for Fp be knocked out. Sweet Pea grabbed his phone out of his pocket and dialed Jughead's number. He then puts his phone back in his pocket. Sweet Pea tends to knocked out Fp Jones on the floor with his bruises, broken hand and black eye. He places the ice pack on Fp's blackened eyes and the rest of his injures.
Jughead was sitting at home on the couch waiting for his dad to get home. Jughead always hated waiting for his dad. He was still very upset about what Betty did at The Whyte Wyrm. Jughead wasn't an idiot. He knew darn well that was the serpent dance. He used to watch as his dad would be there. Jughead's phone rings, he answers it. It was Sweet Pea telling him to come pick up his dad. Of course he would slip. Jughead felt embarrassed that he thought his dad could actually change.
Jughead slammed the trailer door behind him. He was so outraged at his father. Why couldn't he quit being a serpent a long time ago? When jughead was a kid. He would of been a great dad if it wasn't for the Southside Serpents. Yes they took him in and gave him a family. But the family he really needed was his dad, mom and his sister Jellybean. Once again his father fucks up and he has to start all over.
Jughead got into his dad's truck. He couldn't take the motorcycle because of how drunk he was. When Jughead got there, he saw his father knocked out. He first thought was who the hell did this. That answer was answered when he saw Tall boy come out with a black eye and a bruised lip. Jug was ready to pounce at Tall boy. His father worked so fucking hard to make a better impact, Tall boy goes and fucks it up. "What the hell happened here"! Jughead demanded as he pushed his way toward Tall boy. Sweet Pea grabbed jug and pulled him back. Jug snaps around to sweet Pea. Jughead was beyond furious at this point. It was really hard for him to keep his anger in check.
"Hey listen, kid. You're old man asked me to pour him a shot. The shot turned into 5 shots before I grabbed the bottle of snakebite from him. He was so drunk that he attacked me. I have no fucking idea what caused him to fell back into his old habit. Just let you know I was so close to killing your old man" Tall boy threatened as showed jug with his two finger how angry he was.
Jug couldn't believe his dad got drunk because of him and his deal with Penny Peabody. He just broke up with Betty and now he has to deal with his father's shitty habits and behavior. Jughead knew it was too good to be true. Why did the world find his life so entertaining to fuck with? Jughead and Sweet Pea carried, his father to the truck. After they put him in the truck. Jughead and Sweet Pea hugged goodbye. Jug put the keys in the ignition and started the pull away. He sped out of there so fast. He was still furious about everything that happened tonight.
It was 3 in the morning when he tried his best to carry his dad into the trailer. He put his father in his bed. He went over to the kitchen to get a glass of water. His dad is going to have a shitty morning when he wakes up. Jug heads to his room. He gets under the covers with hot dog by his side. Jug closes his eyes and stops thinking about the whole night. Jug honestly wants this day to be over with. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day.
