Cheryl wasn't sure what she expecting that night.
Cheryl certainly wasn't expecting this.
Betty Cooper on her door stop, crying. They may not be very close but Cheryl still loves Betty and hates to see her upset. They are cousins after all.
"Betty, what's wrong?" Cheryl asked concerned.
"I messed up. I really messed up." Betty rambled.
"Slow down Betty. It'll be ok." Cheryl said as she hugged Betty.
"Wait, is Toni here?" Betty asked, suddenly worried.
"No, she's taking care of her grandfather tonight. Why?" Cheryl asked as she turned to the closet to get Betty a blanket.
"It has to do with Jughead." Betty sobbed again.
"Oh my God. Did you cheat on him?" Cheryl asked with wide eyes.
"What..no! Well, kinda. It wasn't physical." Betty cried.
"What happened, dearest cousin?" Cheryl was having a bit of a moral dilemma here. As a serpent, she probably should tell Jughead, but as Betty's cousin and friends, she'd need to be there for her. Without any worries that Jughead will find out about whatever she says.
"Do you remember when Archie and I we um, we kissed?" Betty stuttered. Cheryl nodded slowly.
"Well we never um, talked about it. We pretend it never happened." Cheryl knew now. Betty wasn't cheating on Jughead but she was in love with Archie. "And tonight I kinda brought up how it hurt when he and Veronica got back together the next day"
"Oh Betty." Cheryl didn't know what to say.
"And I'm terrified I lost my best friend tonight." Betty wiped the tears from her eyes.
The rest of the night Betty and Cheryl talked. Betty told Cheryl everything. Cheryl's moral dilemma was getting much worse. If Toni knew, she'd tell Cheryl to tell Jughead. But Toni is loyal to Jug. Cheryl isn't. Cheryl's mire loyal to Archie and Archie definitely couldn't know.
Betty slept over. She insisted on sleeping the couch, even though there where dozens of bedrooms.
In the morning, Toni came over to get ready for school. She noticed Betty sleeping on the couch.
"Babe, what's Betty doing over here?" Toni asked Cheryl.
"She had a blowout with Veronica. She needed a friend." Cheryl made her decision.
"You're a good friend Cheryl." Toni told her.
"Duh!" Cheryl joked.
Archie, however never went home. He spent the whole night looking for Betty. He settled on seeing her at school the next day. But she would not be there.