*~A cold night~*
A Riverdale/Bughead AU
~Betty's POV~
As I got dressed in the morning I was thinking about the Blue and Gold. I needed a partner to help me write. It's not like I can make an entire school newspaper once a week on my own. I needed help, but none of my friends were good authors-well, other than Jughead, of course, but we weren't friends anymore-I betrayed him. He wouldn't trust me until the day he died. (a/n which he didn't, but wouldn't that be dramatic) I got dressed, and walked down the stairs, grabbed a waffle, and asked my mom to tell Archie I already left if he comes by, since I'm going early for the blue and gold.
As I was organizing papers on my desk, I texted Jughead to come down to the office real quick so I could tell him something.
Their Conversation:
Betty: Jug? I need to talk to you at the blue and gold office. Will you come down please?
Jug:...
Jug:Sure. Why? I've got more time on my hands then you ever did. Correct?
Betty:Please Jug. I don't want to argue with you about this stupid thing that happened 2 years ago. Please. I'll tell you why when you get here.
Jug:Fine. Meet you there in Five minutes.
Betty: cool. I'll finally get to talk to you.
~Jughead's POV:~
It was early, but of course, I was already at school reading the blue and gold newspaper. Betty's writing was wonderful. So was she, but he couldn't let her know that. So when/if I ever talk to her it has to be a snarky or sarcastic comment. I'd much rather see her from a distance and keep a grudge from an argument that happened 2 years ago then embarrassing myself very badly. Then I got a text from her. I was not ready to talk to her, and most likely wouldn't be for a while, but now was the time to be incredibly mean and most likely hurt her feelings. She asked me to meet her at the blue and gold? That was a new one. Though there wasn't really one to compare it to.
~FIVE MINUTES LATER~
"Hello?" I said, trying not to stutter or trip over my words.
"Oh! hey Juggie! Before I say this, I'm hoping that you won't yell at me for expecting you to say yes. I don't, but please, please don't yell at me." At that moment I realized how mean I'd been. "Betty-I-I'm so sorry. I can't tell you why now, but I swear, I don't mean the comments that I say. I swear." I said, letting out the breath I didn't know I was keeping in. "what? I didn't quite catch that. Never mind. Let's just get this over with. Do you want to join the blue and gold?"
she sighed, not hearing what I had said. "Yes! Thank you! I bet I could improve your amateur writing." I said, having to include a rude comment. "Yeah right. That's why I hired you. Duh." She included, Adding one back. "ayy! you're catching on!" I cheered. "And, you know that I don-" The bell rang leaving me and her mid conversation. "Awe, frick. The first genuine conversation with my best friend in years, and interrupted by school?!" I had to yell, since I was ahead of all of my classes, there was no point to school at this point.
She sighed, obviously hoping I would call her my friend all the time, but now, my friends are Toni, Sweetpea, and Fangs, who cared and are loyal to me.
Just like she was.
~Betty's POV~
After school that day, I went back to the blue and gold. I needed to start writing for the newspaper today, because I only had 6 days since the last one was over due, and yes, I know. That wasn't like me. I should've gotten it in early, but Archie wanted me to go to his stupid football game. After six months of dating, you would think it was still fine, but I've come to the conclusion that Archie is a massive player and is cheating on me with Veronica. We are very on again-off again, and when we break up, Veronica is always there for him. That is very suspicious.
That evening I went to the White Wyrm as a 'date' with Archie, but it wasn't technically a date because Jughead, Cheryl, and Toni were there. I didn't really care though because our dates are little, short, and far between. Jughead seemed to ignore us for the most part, and hat was very odd to me, because Archie and Juggie were best Friends. I wonder what happened between them? Archie seemed to be glaring at Jughead the whole time, and whenever he looked at Jug, he wrapped is arm around me tighter. Also very suspicious. I was very confused the whole time, but I had some nice conversations with Cheryl and Toni. I needed to let off some steam from Archies "behavior" so I asked to go outside.
