She had been a run away for months now. At first, she had slept on park benches and then set up a tent on the Northside of Riverdale. No one ever bothered her and it being the Northside she didn't have to worry about things that went bump in the night. All summer she had spent living in the woods and no one had questioned her until someone finally did.

She wasn't a scary individual in any way she looked twelve years old and couldn't hurt a fly. Maybe that's why when FP Jones stumbled upon her he decided to take her in. Some would wonder why a teenage girl would have complete and utter faith in a stranger when she knew how bad the world could be and she didn't have a good answer. She just knew in her gut that even though he was rough around the edges he wasn't a bad man. As time went on she realized he had taken her in because he couldn't help his son the way he needed too. But he could help her by simply letting her sleep on his couch and helping her forge papers to go to the local high school.

Even though FP wanted her to go to Riverdale High she decided on Southside because she knew that she would draw more attention at Riverdale than the SouthSide and she didn't need anyone asking questions.

She had been surprised by two things. One, FP Jones had been arrested and it would seem that he would spend a long time in prison for his crime. Two, it had taken forever to meet Jughead Jones even though she had lived in his trailer for quite a bit of time.

She had felt bad for him when he was made to switch schools to the Southside leaving behind Betty and his friends but was happy to have a friend at school. On the first day he had made friends with the Serpents so she had left him alone because she tried her best to avoid the drugs and gangs. The next day Jughead had sat with her in the library instead of the Serpents in the lunch room, but your school bonding didn't last long. She had heard what had happened to Jughead late one night and knew hanging with the Serpents was better for him. His father was the leader making him a target while she was a no one and survived just fine.

But to say she was beyond shocked when she woke up to the loud sounds of someone being in the trailer and was greeted by a group of Serpents and a puppy just didn't sum it up well. When she saw the puppy, she dropped the bat she had been holdin0g, probably wrong. Bringing attention to herself. "You can go back to bed Nova it's just a joke." She knew it wasn't anything terrible but knew it wasn't just a joke.

"So, we have a puppy now?" She couldn't help it she had always wanted a dog, but had never been allowed one. It was so fluffy.

One of the Serpents answered for Jughead. "His name is Hotdog and he has to take care of it for his initiation." She was pretty sad at that the pup wasn't a permeant fixture in their life but it would be nice to have a dog in the trailer.

Hotdog jumped off Jugheads bed to walk over to you. "Well I'm going back to bed I have classes in the morning. Do you want to come to bed with me Hotdog?" At that Hotdog barked and followed Nova back into her tiny room and jumped right into bed with her. Shocking not only Jughead but the Serpents present. They knew this was not Betty Cooper and had no idea who this girl was living with their leader's son even though they had promised to look out for him. Leaving them curious to the girl who had just stolen Hotdog.

Hi everyone, I know there is no mention of Sweet Pea but there will be soon. Since Riverdale has introduced Sweet Pea and Toni I love them so much and couldn't find much in the FanFiction for Sweet Pea so I decided to write some lol. So far Tumblr has been a good place to find short stories. But I hope you like it and please review. Thanks for reading!