Thanks all you guys for liking the story! I wrote it just for fun and I thought it was pretty good. Here is chapter 2! I have no idea where this is going, so suggestions would help! Also, I'm about to insert some theories for 2x22 that may or may not be true. So, we'll see how that goes down! Here we go.


Betty had no time to lose. She rushed down the stairs, stomping on each step. She didn't have time to get dressed, brush her teeth, anything. She was still in her pink poncho with jeans, and Jughead's beanie still was placed on her head. As she was throwing some shoes on, Alice rushed downstairs. Betty sat on the couch she had been on hours earlier, when her father confessed to his crimes. She put on some white converse, and almost ran straight out of the door if it wasn't for her mother.

"Elizabeth!" She whisper-yelled. Her hair was a mess, and she still was in her white robe from earlier. "What is going on? You're going to wake the whole neighborhood up." Betty hung her head, feeling bad for waking her mother up, but also stressed out. She needed to get to the hospital now.

"FP… called me… I need to get to the h-hospital." She was in a state of crying and she was out of breath. "Jughead… I don't-I don't know if he's okay, mom." She started sobbing, and Alice took keys from the kitchen counter and linked arms with Betty.

"It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay…" Alice reassured her as they speed-walked out the door and into the car. Alice pressed on the gas before buckling up, and they sped to the hospital. Alice had never seen her daughter like this, and she wasn't sure of what to do. I mean, Polly was distraught when she had lost Jason, but Alice had never seen her immediate reaction.

"Since we're speeding, we should be there in about 15 minutes…" Alice said, her free hand grabbing Betty's. Betty shook her head.

"No… no that won't work. We need to get there sooner." The Cooper girl stared straight ahead at the road. Alice looked over at her every few seconds.

"Elizabeth, I'm already going 20 over the speed limit. He should be fine, now what did you hear on the phone?" Betty then realized she left her phone at home, and realized Alice did too. Who knows? He could be dead right now and they wouldn't know.

"Crying. Nurses rushing. More crying… FP didn't sound right either. He sounded way different from when we were talking to him a few hours ago." Betty replied. She closed her eyes, trying to find something to calm her down. She could only see FP carrying Jughead's lifeless body. That had happened only 6 hours ago. She couldn't believe it. So much could happen in one night, so much destruction. FP had taught her what Jughead had done for the Serpents when they first got to the hospital. He told her that Penny Peabody and the Ghoulies were responsible. Betty felt so much rage and hurt and sadness. That all came rushing to her now.

"That could mean anything." Alice whispered. "He could be alive and awake."

"Then we need to get there faster. He would want to see me." Betty replied. It was very sharp sounding and cold. Alice decided to shut her mouth and focus on the road. 10 minutes left.

The hospital was in sight. Alice did a horrendous job of parking, and they both ran in the hospital. FP was waiting for them in the lobby. While the Coopers were walking up to him, FP quickly wiped tears away from his eyes. Betty started crying as she realized what this could mean for Jughead. FP greeted them with silence and they went to the elevator. They went up to the third floor, the ICU and waiting room. The trio held their heads down, not even making one sound. Once they made it to the ICU and the elevator opened, that's when Betty lost it.

Nurses were rushing in and out of his room, doctors were shouting orders, and several blood bags were carried in and out of the room. Betty couldn't see everything, mostly because the door was all the way behind the barrier door, and her eyes were filled with tears. She started hyperventilating again.

"What's going on?" Alice asked for Betty as they were walking in the waiting room. The waiting room didn't have Toni, Cheryl, Sweetpea, or Archie anywhere. Betty figured they probably went home.

"Betty… Alice… I think you should sit down." He was crying now, and they all sat down in the closest chairs to them. Betty and Alice stared at FP in suspense. FP looked down.

"He flatlined for a few minutes." He choked out. Alice grabbed Betty's arm.

"Oh my God." Betty said. She started breathing heavily, and pressed her fingernails against her palms. They started bleeding immediately. "Is he-is he…"

"He's not dead." FP replied. He rubbed his hands over his face and sighed.

"Thank God. Is he okay though?" Betty asked, still crying and bleeding.

"We don't know." He replied. Betty gave Alice another big hug.

"Thank you, FP." Alice said, her eyes tearing up as well.

"Yeah… We should be getting results soon. Maybe even we can even visit. Cheryl and Toni should be here in about 30 minutes. I called them a little bit after calling you." The Cooper girls nodded and continued crying.

"I'm not leaving now." Betty assured Alice and FP. Alice nodded.

"I wasn't asking you to leave." FP said. They all sat in their seats in silence. Meanwhile, in the ICU, a very injured boy was asleep.

Dreaming. Jughead was dreaming. He could always tell. He was mostly lucid in his dreams as well, walking around the world freely. He studied it a lot. It was interesting to him. But in this dream, he was in Riverdale High. It was nice and warm, the air felt great. However, in the blink of an eye, he was in front of Betty. She looked at him like he wasn't even there.

"Betty!" He yelled. He remembered his last words to her.

'I love you. I'll never stop loving you. See you soon.'

He felt like he was turning into ash. His skin was burning, and his heart was pumping. He saw Betty scream as her sister and the crowd (who was videotaping and taking pictures of something behind him) started punching and kicking him. He didn't feel any of it. That is until the Ghoulies somehow showed up and beat him up even more. Scratching, biting, tazing. Betty screamed and screamed more as he started yelling out in pain. The scene changed from the school to the graveyard. Instead of people watching him, he was watching a group. Archie, Veronica, and Betty staring at a grave. He knew it was his. Jughead's blood ran cold as he saw his very best friends mourning him. Betty held his beanie with one hand, and touched his grave with another. He didn't know how, but he felt her hands on his heart. He tried to move towards them, but his feet were planted. Quickly, he started sinking.

"Help! Help me!" He yelled as his face was covered by dirt. He was buried. Outside of his dream, Jughead didn't notice it, but he was flatlining.

It was about an hour later. Toni, Cheryl, and Sweetpea showed up. FP had gone out to get some Pop's and they were all eating it in silence, awaiting some sort of news. Cheryl and Toni were holding hands, they were smiling, but in a small way so Betty or FP wouldn't see. Sweetpea stood straight up staring at the blank white wall. Alice and FP were talking and eating, while Betty was sitting in her seat, her strawberry milkshake melting. A nurse came out into the waiting room.

"Hello?" She said, timidly. Everyone's heads perked up. Betty and FP started to stand up. The room was very silent now, and everyone had stopped eating.

"Yes?" FP said. His eyes were still glistening with tears. Cheryl had took some cautionary steps toward Betty, ready to comfort her cousin. Toni was trailing behind.

"Yes, well we have taken care of him to the best of our ability. The good news is that he can be moved from the ICU to a regular room, thus he may have visitors. Also, we haven't exactly decided what happened when he flatlined, we just know that he's not going to be flatlining anytime soon." Betty released a breath of fresh air, Cheryl smiling at her and Toni, rubbing their shoulders. Sweetpea gave a smirk and FP and Alice shared a small hug.

"W-What's the bad news?" Betty asked. Probably the first word she's said in an hour. The nurse sighed.

"H-We believe that he is in a coma."

"What?" FP asked. Everyone stopped their celebration and stood in silence.

"We don't believe that he's going to be waking up soon, either. So, when you get the chance, say your goodbyes." The nurse said, rushing out of the room.

"Oh my God, Betty." Cheryl said. She gave her a huge hug, Betty didn't react. She froze. Say your goodbyes? Goodbyes? Toni came to give her a hug, as well. She was crying with Betty. The Cooper girl realized she was being selfish, so she gave a hug back to the two girls. Sweetpea had uttered a curse and left the room. FP sat down, rubbing his temples, and Alice stood frozen. No one knew what was going to happen next.


All right, there ya go! I love this chapter honestly. Especially the parallels between Betty and Jughead with the dream. My fingers are kind of hurting, so it might be a little while for the next chapter. I might keep writing, though. I can't stop! Thanks very much for reading, and see you soon!