Chapter 3

"Jesus, Ronnie, he's cute," Betty gasped. Her arm hooped around Ronnie's, they strolled around the room, searching for Kevin.

Ronnie smiled, "I knew you would approve, he's such a gentleman too!"

They spotted Kevin sitting on the armrest of one of the sofas, talking to Cheryl. He had his legs crossed, and was steadying his champagne glass on his knee. He looked tremendously suave in his perfectly tailored suit, and he wore an impressive watch with a dark blue strap on his left wrist. His hair was perfectly styled and as he looked up at Cheryl, he smiled.

"Well don't you girls look simply irresistible?" He said once he saw Ronnie and Betty.

"Kevin, you won't believe what just happened," Betty said, giggling.

"Wait, don't tell me," He demanded, holding his finger up to Betty's lips. "Has Archie come out of the closet?"

"Oh, so close!" Betty said, "but I'm afraid not."

"Damn," Kevin lightly punched his knee.

Betty began, "So, we're all just standing there catching up, and the cutest blond-haired beauty I've ever seen, waltzes in like it's his fucking graduation ceremony and kisses our very own Ronnie over here, on the lips," she glanced over at Ronnie, who was smirking.

Cheryl and Kevin were speechless. Slowly, a smile grew on Kevin's lips.

"Where is this guy you speak of?" He asked slowly and seriously. Betty glanced in Jake's direction, where he, Archie and Jughead stood chatting.

When Kevin saw Jake, he raised his eyebrows. He sluggishly brought his champagne glass to his lips and took a sip, still not taking his eyes off Jake. "Yes, he'll do just fine," he said, now turning his head to Ronnie.

Cheryl nodded in agreement, "Damn, girl," she said, using her hand to fan her face.

"My thoughts exactly," Betty said, looking over at Ronnie.

"Guys, quit it!" Ronnie pleaded, giggling, "He's actually such an amazing guy,"

"Yeah, we can tell," Kevin said, raising his eyebrows.

Ronnie crossed her arms, smirking. "You want to know how we actually met?"

"Oh my god, yes!" Betty said as Cheryl and Kevin nodded eagerly.

"So, I was in the library, and it's about 12 at night, and I have this assignment in for the next morning." Ronnie said. "I thought I was alone in the library, and so… I started singing along to my music."

"Oh my god, no you didn't," Kevin gasped, he was getting extremely excited.

"Sure did, and I heard someone else singing with me, so I turned around and Jake's standing there, with his textbook, with the cheekiest smirk I've ever seen," Ronnie explained.

Cheryl had her mouth open, "Jesus, it's like a fucking High School Musical movie, I want that to happen to me!"

Ronnie nodded, grinning, "and then we got talking, and here we are, a few dates later."

"That was beautiful," Kevin snivelled, as Betty and Cheryl smiled proudly at Ronnie, as if she was their daughter.

Ronnie Laughed, "you guys, stop it, it's not a big deal!"

"Um, whichever man decides to try and please Veronica Lodge is either a demigod or stupid." Said Kevin, jokingly.

Ronnie put her hands on her hips and glared at Kevin, although a few seconds later, her mouth turned to a smirk, and then to a full grin. They all started laughing, and Betty accidently spilt some champagne on the floor.

When they had all calmed down, Cheryl looked at her watch, "Anyways, Guys, anyone up for some dinner?"

Kevin nodded, "I'm such a lightweight when I drink on an empty stomach, and I do want to remember this night, so bring on the food, girl"

"Well, the thing is, because we're dressed all fancy we were going to have like a 3-course meal, but the chef cancelled on us last minute, so… We got a huge order from Pop's!" Cheryl said.

"Cheryl," Ronnie started, "You're an angel,"

Cheryl smiled, "Oh stop it, you,"

A few moments later, Chuck and Moose arrived with several huge boxes of Pop's burgers, fries, and milkshakes. As they walked in, everyone cheered and crowded round the two boys. Betty, Ronnie, and Kevin grabbed a burger and a milkshake each and sat side by side on one of the sofas, eating happily.

"Ugh, why are these so good, it's like I feel so guilty before eating them, but then I take a bite and I'm sent to a heaven where everything is made from Pop's burgers and there are rivers flowing with milkshake," Betty said, before taking another large bite and savouring the taste.

"Same, to be honest," Ronnie agreed.

Archie, Jughead and Jake sat down opposite Ronnie, Betty, and Kevin on the coffee table in front of the sofa.

"Watch those burgers Betty," Jughead said playfully.

Betty opened her mouth in shock, "Rich coming from you Juggy, when was the last time you had something for dinner that wasn't a burger?"

Jughead furrowed his brow, thinking, "Good question," he said, before nodding his head and smiling at the others, who were all chuckling and shaking their heads.