Betty was fed up. Fed up of the same response from employers "the position has now been filled". She had been looking a job for the summer, having just finished college Betty was looking for something to fund a round the world trip she was planning before jumping straight into her chosen career of journalism.
"Are you sure? I mean Elizabeth, it's an amazing opportunity and it really is the best time to get this travel bug out of you but are you sure?" Betty's mum was the definition of supportive, she had been such a different person when she was still married to her father, Hal Cooper but after their divorce she showed a different, more maternal side to her daughters.
"I'm sure mum." she breathed out "Like you said, it's the right time and Ethel said she is planning on going regardless of whether I go with her so I might as well dust of my passport and go while I have a travel buddy."
"I suppose you're right."
"Yes I am right mother." Betty rolled her eyes and dragged her phone from her ear to check the time "Mum I better go. It's coming up to 6 and I wanted to have dinner done before Juggie gets home from work and he's going to be back soon"
"Alright alright, what is Jughead going to do when you leave?" Alice chuckles
"He has Sabrina." There was an awkward pause between the mother and daughter.
Alice sighed "Betty, why don't you just tell him how you feel? I don't thin-"
"No no no. I've said it so many times, I don't want to mess things up between us."
"What if you don't? Take a chance Betty just like you're doing with this travelling stuff, I hate seeing you so miserable"
"I am not miserable." Betty growled "I will find someone eventually and Jug will have Sabrina and everything will be fine." She wasn't sure who she was convincing at this point, her mum or herself.
"Well as long as you're sure."
"Once again mum, I am sure." She smiles whilst juggling the pasta and kettle in one hand "Juggie doesn't need me."
"HONEY I'M HOME!" She hears as she drops all the pasta she was holding onto the counter.
"Jesus Jug! Could you be any more louder? I am on the phone" chides Betty as she tries to scoop up the mess.
"Sorry." He states as he dumps his jacket onto the floor and scoops Betty up by her knees "Hello my love." he grins. She loves it when he calls her his love so she smiles. He smells like cigarettes and chlorine, a massive contrast but she loves it, almost as much as she loves him.
"Put me down you oaf" she chortled "Mum I gotta go, the man of the house is home and he must be starved" her sarcastic remark earns her the middle finger from Jughead as he places her back on the ground
"Hey Mrs C, Bye Mrs C" Jughead calls from the hallway as he walks towards bathroom for a shower.
"Love you mum" she places her phone down and finally starts dinner.
"So how is the job hunt going?" Jughead asks whilst shoveling a forkful of pasta into his mouth.
"Pretty shit." She replies
"They're hiring at the gym for receptionists, Sabrina mentioned one of her mates were leaving" He sees Betty scrunch up her nose at this but chooses to ignore it "Come on Betts. Me and you in the same building"
"And Sabrina" she mumbles.
"Yes and Sabrina." He sighs "You should apply. You might not even see us at work, I'll be by the pool and Sabrina in the spa, you on reception. Think about it, ok?"
"Ok." She whispers and that's all they speak for the remainder of their meal.
While Betty relied on her parents during college Jughead had to get a job. His family had been divided about his decision to go to college and therefore had to support himself during his journey to becoming an author.
Back in Riverdale, Jughead and Betty had been brought up by completely different families. Betty being from a nuclear family that owned the local paper and because of this they were pretty well off and lived in a nice neighbourhood on the Northside. Typically from the Southside and living in a trailer park everybody thought Jugheads future was already mapped out for him. His father being one of the top dogs in the notorious gang 'Southside Serpents' it was always common knowledge that Jughead would be by his fathers side as soon as he came of age but the older Jughead got the more he showed he didn't belong in the Southside. So when Riverdale High offered a scholarship to the young boy in his freshman year his mother was ecstatic and that's where he met Betty, Archie and Veronica. Archie and Betty had lived next door to each other all their lives and Veronica had moved to the town from New York after her mother and father decided to separate. The four stuck together and were inseparable until graduation. Archie and Veronica made the decision as a couple to move to LA for career opportunities and Jughead having been offered a scholarship at NYU among other colleges, decided to follow Betty to the city where she had decided to move.
Trying to find somewhere affordable to rent between the two of them was harder than they had thought. However just before they were going to settle for the worst of the worst, Veronica and her dad came up with the most generous idea. The Lodge's were the richest family Betty had ever encountered and when Veronica bought up the idea of lending one of the many Lodge properties to Betty and Jughead whilst they studied, free of charge they snapped up the offer. Not having to pay any rent meant that Betty's parents were able to help her get through college without her having to find a job. Jughead however had to look for a job and he found one during his first semester at a nearby gym where he has been working as their lifeguard for the last 4 years. Where he met Sabrina.
Sabrina the Goddess. Long blonde hair, piercing blue eyes and a figure like a model, she was beautiful. She only started working at the gym in the last 6 months but the girl was obsessed with Jughead according to Jugheads best friend from work, Kevin. Betty loved Kevin but at first she thought he was exaggerating, she was wrong. She started to hear Sabrina's name more often in conversations. Then Sabrina started to join them on group outings, it wouldn't be bad when it was Betty, Kevin, Ethel, Jughead and she joined but when she started crashing movie nights with just her and Jughead or she'd come home with him from work and stay for dinner it started to irritate Betty. Not long after that Sabrina asked Jughead to go steady and they'd been dating for the last 3 months.
Although there was nothing outright wrong with Sabrina and she and Betty had never shared a bad word, Betty always felt awkward around her. Jughead never noticed and when Betty bought it up he always brushed it aside. Kevin noticed though and that gave her peace of mind knowing that it wasn't all in her imagination. She wasn't just making a problem with Sabrina because she was jealous of her relationship with Jughead. She didn't need to be jealous, Jughead came home to her every night, he shared his deepest secrets with her, he chased away her fears and comforted her when she couldn't sleep, he watched meaningless tv with her not Sabrina.
After dinner her and Jughead had retreated to the sofa to watch tv in their spacious Upper East Side loft. It was her turn to choose what they binged together and much to Jugheads dismay Betty had chosen Gossip Girl.
"I feel like Dan is my soul sister" Jughead adds whilst putting a hand in the popcorn bowl
"I have been saying that from the beginning, Jug."
"Yeah well I didn't think so before but now I guess I agree"
"If you're Dan then who am I?" She wonders as she places her feet on Jugheads lap.
"Blair." he responds back and that gets him a kick in the chest "Chuck then." That gets him another kick to his chest before he grabs her feet and started massaging them.
"Mmmmm" She groans
"Darota?" he offers "Cause you look after me like she looks after Blair"
"Hmmm, I'll take that one" she sends him a small smile before sinking further into the sofa to relax. She feels a phone vibrate under legs which instantly dissolves the happy feeling she had just adopted. She lifts her legs so Jughead can remove his phone from his pocket.
"Hey … Yeah ok, umm I'll be right there" He says and he hangs up. Betty sighs as he moves to grab his beanie and keys "Sabrina" he whispers as way of explanation. "Don't wait up, XOXO" he waves from the door.
As soon as he's gone Betty lets out a sigh and pauses the show. She pulls out her own phone and sends a text to Veronica.
*Hey u up for a skype sesh?* - Betty 8.49pm
*Soz B. Me and Arch are just headed to an award show hes performing. Everything gd?* - Veronica 8.51pm
*Don't worry V. Just a lil lonely enjoy 2nite* - Betty 8.52pm
*Jug ditch you for medusa again huh?* - Veronica 8.55pm
*lol yep sucks 2 be me, gonna get an early nite, have fun and tell arch I said good luck xxx* - Betty 8.57pm
She places her phone on the tea table, grabs a blanket from the back of the sofa and settles down for a nap. A rather long nap as when she wakes up again its pitch black outside and she can hear Jughead trying but failing to be quiet.
"Jug, what time is it?" She moans
"Sorry Betts, I woke you and I didn't mean to I am so so so so sorry its so late and I knew I would wake you up no matter how quiet I try to be and its so late and I wanted to just get some water and go to bed because it is really late its past 3am and I have work in the morning" He continues to ramble and it makes Betty smile. Jughead was drunk and whenever he was drunk like this he spoke way to much which was unlike Jughead who was a man of few words.
"Juggie sit down, I'll get you the water" she dictates as she lifts up her heavy limbs and pads her way to the kitchen as he replaces her on the sofa.
"Thanks Betty" he takes a big mouthful of the water and sighs "I love you" she cringes at his words, not in the way I want you too she thinks. She grabs the tequila and parks herself next to him. There's obviously something bothering him. He never drinks because he is happy, always when he is sad and she's going to find out why he is sad.
"So what happened?" She says downing her 1st shot and pouring him one.
"Nothing." he downs his shot
"Why do you bother trying to lie to me? Is it your family? JB?" 2nd shot
"No" Shot
"Then what? Kevin, Ethel, Me?" 3rd Shot
"Jesus Betty no." Shot
"Sabrina?" That gets her a look, 4th shot
He has another shot and takes a shuddering breath. "I think we broke up"
Betty's eyes widen she throws her 5th shot down her throat "I'm so sorry Jug" she mumbles. She's unsure of what to say to the boy she's loved for years, she doesn't know how to comfort him so she just hands him the tequila bottle.
"She said we should take a break, whatever that means" he hands the bottle back to her "she said that I'm not the person she imagined I would be in a relationship which is bullshit cause she knew who I was before we became this shitty couple"
She hums in response as they finish the bottle between them. "Maybe she just needs time to figure out what she wants." this is the best reply Betty can give considering how drunk she already is and how much she despised Jugheads relationship with Sabrina.
"Well I don't care." he stands up and heads for the same cupboard where the tequila came from and grabs the vodka "Wanna play a game? I'm in the mood for fun, lets play a drinking game" he babbles.
"Sure"
"Maybe we should stop now, Jug. You have work in a few hours"
"Don't wanna go, don't wanna see her." He spits as she places the now empty bottle of vodka next to the tequila.
"I think you should talk to her, maybe she'll see what she is missing" Betty offers.
"I don't care Betty, I know I'm different, I know I'm not normal but I think I deserve better than someone who doesn't appreciate me for me" He slurs.
She throws the blanket off herself and straddles Jughead, she cups his cheeks in her warm hands "You deserve the moon and the stars Jug." It's so silent in that moment that they can hear the morning birds chirping over the 5am traffic.
He looks into her eyes and sees the love she holds for him, his best friend Betty. He leans forward and their lips meet in a soft kiss.
Then another and another.
"Jug, we should stop." she breathes on his lips, he can smell the alcohol on her.
"Why?"
"We're drunk"
He kisses her again and she groans "This is the best time, Betts, we can just blame it on the drink"
The kisses get more passionate as her tongue traces his lips and she grinds onto his lap. Her hands grab onto the hair at the nape of his neck. His hands wander under her shirt and his thumb grazes under her bra. He groans into her mouth and starts to remove her top. Her arms stretch over her head to assist in the undressing. She climbs off of him and removes her sweat pants.
"Take your clothes off" She says in the most seductive tone she could muster up.
He stands up and removes his clothes until he's just in a his boxers.
"Come here" he says and grabs her up, her legs link around his waist as their lips meet again in a frenzy.
"Bedroom" she murmurs.
They get to the bedroom and fall on the bed. He hovers over and looks into her eyes as he pulls down her panties.
"I'm going to fuck you so hard, Elizabeth" she shudders at this. He moves down her body.
"Take off your bra, Betty" she does as he says. His fingers slip between her legs and straight inside her "You're so wet" He whispers to himself. He slips a second finger in her as she groans beneath him. He moves up her body and grabs a nipple between his teeth. She hisses in appreciation. He moves further up and brings his lips back to hers.
"Does this feel good Betts?" He hums against her neck and she whimpers in response. "That wasn't an answer Betty" he curls his fingers inside her.
"Ahhh yes Juggie, it feels amazing." She chokes out "I'm going to cum"
"Cum then" He breathes. She explodes around his fingers with a shout. "Fuck Betty that was so hot, I want to be inside you."
She is still panting when she reaches her hands in his boxers and wraps her fingers around his cock. He pulls down his boxers and kicks them to the ground as she starts pumping him.
"Take me" her low voice commands him.
He slides into her with a sigh. He closes his eyes and relishes it.
"Open your eyes Jughead." She wants to remember every detail of them being together and he does as she says, he thrusts into her hard and fast.
She puts her palms flat against his defined chest and pushes him to stop, he gives her a frustrated grunt. She pulls him out of her and asks him to sit up, she climbs to straddle him and slides him back inside her. What was going on between them wasn't sex, it wasn't love making, it was fucking. There were no words shared between them, they both wanted to find their release.
"I'm going to cum Betty" she claims his lips and clenches on him. "Betty I'm going to cum"
"I heard you" She pants in response "God yes.. So fucking good"
"BETTY!"
"CUM INSIDE ME" she yells back fucking him with an urgency.
So he does.
Her nipples graze his chest and she flutters on him as he cums inside her wordlessly. She falls on his chest when they are done, her legs feels like jelly. They stay silent as the morning light spills through the blinds in Jugheads room. They breathe in sync as she looks up at him.
"I'm going to clean up and get to sleep" she moves to get off of him and he grabs her hand before she can leave.
"Love you ok?" He says "This won't make things awkward between us will it? I don't want to lose you Betts" He genuinely looks worried and this tugs on Betty's heartstrings.
"Love you too Jug, we're cool, get some sleep." She pulls up the sides of her lips to what she thinks is a small smile but she wonders if it look more like a grimace.
-8 Weeks Later-
"How was your first day of work then?" Jughead says from the kitchen
"It went ok, felt good to put all the training to use but who would have thought working in a library would be so tiring?" She yawns
"If you really feel so sick we can cancel" says Jughead as he hands her a cup of peppermint tea, she takes it with a smile.
"They're only in town for one night Jug. We don't really have a choice." chuckles Betty as she gulps down the warm liquid. "We're going to be late come on".
The restaurant that Veronica had chosen was classy to say the least. Jughead was not impressed when he was told that the beanie had to stay at the loft. Archie even went as far as bringing him a shirt early on in the day just so Veronica didn't throw a fit if he showed up in a t-shirt.
"Well my steak was positively exquisite" Jughead snickers.
"Shut up Forsythe" Veronica snorts.
"Sorry Ronnie but you have to admit it is hilarious how we ended up eating in a TGI Fridays when we were supposed to be eating in a Michelin star restaurant tonight." Archie giggles.
They all share a laugh at their luck of picking the one restaurant where Elton John decides to throw a last minute dinner party. Veronica looks up at Betty as she stands up to go get another drink at the bar.
"You ok B?"
"No I feel a bit queasy, I might come with you so I can get a glass of ice ships, back in a bit boys." Betty calls over her shoulder as her and Veronica maneuver themselves through the busy TGI.
"You catching a flu B? I'll have a Pina Colada and a glass of ice chips." she orders.
"Not that I know of. I mean Juggie did have the flu not long ago but I've been taking my vitamins."
"Of course you're taking vitamins Betty, I cant deal with how organised you are, it is making my brain hurt."
"Well my tummy hurts from throwing up nothing because I haven't even been eating." Betty moans.
"Not pregnant are ya?" Sputters Veronica as she pays the bartender, she waits for a reply but is met with silence "Betty?"
Betty skips back to the table and grabs her clutch. Jughead notices her urgency "Betts you ok?"
She ignores him and makes a dash for the restaurant doors as Veronica chases after her "I've got her, don't worry boys, we will meet you back at the loft."
"BETTY WAIT SLOW DOWN!" Veronica shouts.
"V, I can't I need to find a drug store that's still open so I can buy a pregnancy test because I might be pregnant and I didn't even think that could be a possibility but it is. God how could I be so stupid? God Elizabeth. So so stupid!"
"Betty there is a drugs store across the street, I'll grab us a taxi while you grab some tests and we can go back to my suite." Veronica says with a hand on the blonde girls bare shoulder. "Then I have questions, B, many many questions."
"So you had drunk, unprotected sex with Jughead after he broke up with his girlfriend and now we are waiting 46 more seconds to find out if you're pregnant with his baby." Veronica states
"Yes."
"Shitting Hell" Betty glares at Veronica.
They sit in silence before they hear the alarm coming from Betty's phone.
They look at each and then look down at the 7 tests.
"Fucking hell Betty."
"No no no no no!" Betty Chants
"You're carrying the spawn of Jughead."