"Do you think she actually killed her brother?" Dot asked Jug. He shook his head, still in thought. "I don't know." he said. "I actually don't think so. That would be way too easy." Dot explained. "Crazier things have happened. What if they got into a fight and she killed him?" Jug asked.
"Or what if she's just a cold-hearted and crazy bitch that finally snapped?" Kippi asked, joining the two. By now the bell had rung and basically everyone had heard that Cheryl was in the Prinicpal's office with Sheriff Keller. "Maybe she is. We'll find out soon enough." Dot said shrugging.
"Cheryl Blossom confessed? To what? Murdering her own brother?" Octavia asked her daughter. "No, apparently she only confessed to Jason wanting to run away and her helping him. Oh, and she said she heard a gunshot and thinks that that was the first attempt to kill Jason. You know, 'cause Alice Cooper wrote that Jason was actually killed a week after the 4th of July." Dot explained.
"I can't belive she actually printed that. I mean, openly disliking the Blossom's is one thing. But printing the Autopsy Report of their dead son is on a whole other leve of heartless." Octavia said. "Well Jason apparently really hurt Betty's sister Polly." Dot said, trying to defend the Cooper's.
"Honey, Alice Cooper is a manic control freak that would do and say anything to keep everything under her control. Even lie about why her daughter isn't here anymore." Octaiva informed Dot.
"So, are you a suspect now?" Veronica asked Archie. The group of friends was sitting in the student lounge in their break. Archie just broke the news that he too heard a gunshot on the 4th of July. "My dad says we all are, including me." Kevin said.
"Not me, girl. I don't know these people." V said. "Me neither. I mean, I knew Jason. But he or Cheryl never did anything to me so I had no reason to kill him. Also I didn't come back here before last week." Dot rambled. "Guys, should we maybe re-binge Making a Murderer on Netflix tonight?" Kevin asked.
"Sorry. Can't. Gotta stay late to work on the paper." Betty said. "I'm free." Kippi said. Kevin smiled. "No, actually I need you too. I mean, only if you want of course." Betty said. "You want me to help you work on the Blue and Gold?" Kippi asked.
"I wanted to ask you and Jug later actually. But since you're here now..." Betty said. "Sure. I'm in. Thanks, Betty. Sorry, Kev." Kippi said. "Count me out, too. I've got a date tonight." Veronica said.
"You do? " Archie asked. "Which Riverdale hottie made the cut?" Kevin asked. "Hey, Vee-Lo. I'll swing by the Pembrooke to pick you up at 8:00?" Chuck Clayton, son of Coach Clayton and one-time-date of Kippi suddenly called out. "I'll be waiting." Veronica said, smirking. "Chuck." Kippi said. "Hey, Kip." he said coldly, then exited the lounge with Reggie and Moose.
"I sense the second ice age ahead." Kevin said. "I gotta go. See you later." Kippi said as she gathered her things. Veronica lightly grabbed her by the arm. "Did I do something?" she asked. Kippi sighed. "No. You didn't." the blonde said before she too exited the lounge.
"Chuck Clayton?" Betty asked Veronica. "You're going on a date with Chuck?" Kevin asked. "He's kind of a player." Betty said. "Who cares? He's the hottest of hot, and he's the varsity football coach's son. In Riverdale, that's like dating a Kennedy." Kev explained.
"Hey, I'm down for tonight. If the offer still stands." Dot told Kevin. "Yes please. I've been wanting to hang out with you." he said. Dot smiled. "Alright. See you tonight." Dot said as she gathered her things.
"This is one of the best shows ever made." Dot said, grabbing another handfull of popcorn. "Totally. So, why are you back?" Kevin asked. "My mom got divorced." Dot said. "Again?" Kevin asked. The first time Octavia Cahill got divorced it wasn't exactly in a quiet matter, since moving to another state from one day to another doesn't really go unnoticed in a small town like Riverdale.
"Yeah. She said it was time to come back home. I swear though, if she marry's and gets divorced one more time and then wants to move again I'll get divorced from her." Dot said. "Woah, Dot. She's your mom. Don't you just want the best for her?" Kevin asked.
Dot sighed. "I do. But I'm also sick of continuisly trying to find new friends everytime she feels the need to move." Dot said. "I sometimes wish I could move. Anything to get out of this town." Kevin said as he stared onto his TV screen. Dot could relate to what he was saying, never had she wanted to just run away more than she did a few months back.
"So, how'd it go with Chuck?" Kevin asked Veronica. Dot thought he was way too excited because of a freaking date with a jock. But, hey, it was just who he was. Veronica laughed. "Chuck has muscles for days, but his conversation is not the stuff of Oscar Wilde, or even Diablo Cody." she explained.
"Hey, Veronica. How was the Sticky Maple you had last night?" Cheryl's minion Ginger asked, smirking devilishly. "The what now?" V asked confused. "The Sticky Maple Chuck gave you? How was it?" Tina asked smirking just a devilishly as Ginger. "We had a brownie sundae, if that's what you hyenas mean." Veronica said annoyed, closing her locker.
Suddenly, almost all cellphones around the group rang. And if Dot knew one thing, it's that if almost every students cell phone is ringing at the same time, it can't be good. "Oh, my God." Kevin made as he looked down on his phone. Dot glanced over. It was a picture of Veronica and Chuck with a Maple streak over Veronica's face.
Dot hadn't known what a Sticky Maple was, but it seemed stupid to her whatever it was.. "What?" Veronica asked, snatching Kevin's phone out of his hands. "What the hell is a Sticky Maple?" Veronica asked beyond pissed. "It's kind of what it sounds like. It's a Riverdale thing." Kevin explained.
"No, Kevin, it's a slut-shaming thing. And I'm neither a slut, nor am I going to be shamed by someone named, excuse me, Chuck Clayton. Does he really think he can get away with this? Does he not know who I am? I will cut the brakes on his souped-up phallic symbol." V declared angrily.
"Or we can go to Principal Weatherbee." Betty said. "Yeah, that's a good idea. And it won't get you arrested." Dot agreed. Even though she was just as discusted by this as Veronica, she didn't want the girl to get herself in trouble.
"About the coach's son? Who is captain of the football team, and Riverdale High's resident golden boy?" Veronica asked in disbelieve. "Or I can expose him in the pages of the Blue and Gold. Yeah, I can do that!" Betty proposed.
"Spoken like a true good girl who always follows the rules. Well, I don't follow rules," Veronica said, slamming Kevin against his locker. "I make them, and when necessary, I break them. You wanna help me get revenge on Chuck, Betty, awesome. But you better be willing to go full dark, no stars. What do you say, in or out?" she concluded angrily. Betty some-what unwillingly followed Veronica, if only to do some damage control.
"Are you okay, Kev?" Dot asked. "Yeah." he said. "What happened?" Jug asked, joining the couple. "Veronica went on a date with Chuck last night and got a Sticky Maple. And now she's out for revenge. God knows what she'll do. Let's just hope Chuck doesn't end up dead in the River too." Dot explained.
"You know if she wants revenge she should talk to Kippi." Jug said. "Huh?" Kevin asked. "Yeah, don't you remember? Kippi allegedly got a Sticky Maple two months ago. I've talked Kippi at least once and she did not seem like that type of girl." Jug explained. "Right. How could I forget that? That's why Kippi was so mad yesterday. Chuck probably did that to her. That's why she was so cold." Kevin said.
"Why didn't she say anything? She could've saved Veronica a lot of trouble." Dot said. "Maybe she thought Veronica wouldn't believe her." Kevin said. Dot sighed. "I'll text Betty and tell her to talk to Kippi." Dot said, getting out her phone. "I gotta run. See you later." Kevin said before walking off.
"Wanna meet at Pop's after school?" Dot asked Jug, typing away on her phone. "Can't. I gotta talk to Dilton Doiley." Jug said. "The guy that found Cheryl drenched at Sweetwater River? Want me to come with you?" Dot asked, sliding her phone back into her pockett.
"I think I can handle someone like Doiley." Jug said. "Let me get a quick summary of Dilton Doiley. Leader of the Adventure Scouts, total loser, is most likely very afraid of women. Yeah, I think you might need me." Dot explained. Jug slightly laughed. "Okay. But what exactly will be your cover?" Jug asked. "I have a Camera. I could pretend that I'm the Blue & Gold's photographer." Dot said shrugging.
Jug smirked. "Alright. Are you actually a photographer though?" he asked. "A little bit. It's more of a hobby." she said. "Maybe you should ask Betty if she'll hire you." he offered. "Sure. I'll ask. That doesn't hurt." Dot said.
"Hey Betty. How'd things with Chuck go?" Dot asked as she arrived at the Blue & Gold office. Betty sighed. "Ahhh, not so good. He's resistant. As expected." she explained. "Maybe I can help." Kippi said, standing in the doorway. "Kippi. Thank you so much for coming." Betty said.
"Sure. I'm not going on the record though." she said. Betty thought for a second. "Maybe we can discuss that later. Why don't you just tell us what happened first?" Betty suggested, patting the chair next to her. Kippi said down with a sigh. Betty got out her notebook and pen.
"Okay, well when I first moved back here I didn't really have friends and I didn't really want to make any since I was afraid I'd be shunned as the you-know-what's daughter." Kippi started. Betty nodded.
"But, after a ten months of only going out to sit in a booth at Pop's alone, writing my novel. My Grandma nearly chased me out of the house to go make some friends. So I started talking to people. No one really seemed to remember me or my family. And then one day Chuck asked me out on a date. I agreed." she explained.
"I was so excited, thinking that I could finally go back to a some-what normal life. So we went to go see a movie and sat in his car afterwards. We kissed. And only that. And the next day he said, or posted, that he had given me a Sticky Maple and so I was back to being the loner that no one wanted to talk to. Even worse, now I was the loner slut no one wanted to talk to." she went on.
"So what happened then?" Betty asked. "Well, I couldn't really take the mean comments anymore at some point. I showed my gran and well you know, she'd defend me from anything at all costs, so she went to the Principal. He advised me to basically just forget about it and maybe delete my social media accounts."
My gran got so mad, that she basically threatened to take me out of Riverdale High and go to your mother to have this story printed if nothing would be done. So Weatherbee, fearing the good reputation of this school would go downhill, said he'd give Chuck a 'stern talk'. And, well, look were we are at now." Kippi concluded.
Betty shook her head. "Unbelievable." she said. "Yeah. So now you know why I won't go on the record." Kippi said. "Please, Kippi. We need your story to give Chuck what he deserves." Betty pleaded. Kippi sighed.
"I'll think about it. Maybe if you can gather some more evidence and story's. I suggest you talk to Ethel and Ginger. He did that to them too." Kippi said. "What, but Ginger even made fun of Veronica for getting a Sticky Maple." Dot said. "I can't help you with what's going on in Ginger's mind. Just talk to them. Thank you for listening to me though. No one ever really does that." Kippi said. "Of course." Betty told her smiling.
"So Dilton was on a early morning mission with his adventure scouts and then found Cheryl sitting on that rock? Come on that cannot be all there is to that story. He must be hiding something." Dot said as they got closer to the spot where Dilton is said to hold his survival practicing hours with his scouts. "Probably that he knows who fired the gun. Or at least heard the shot too." Jug said.
"And why was Archie at the lake on July 4th again?" Dot asked. She had an inkling that Archie was hiding something too. Why in the world would he take his dog all the way out to Sweetwater River when he could just walk around the block with him? That made no sense. "He walked his dog." Jug said.
"At 6 am on the 4th of July where literally everyone else with a dog would be happy if they only had to walk a round around the block and then could go back to sleep? Come on, that's bull." Dot said. "Yeah, well Archie is a morning person." Jug said nonchalantly. He lied. And he wasn't good at it either.
"You're hiding something from me, Jughead Jones. Confess now or be punished by non-stop talking later." Dot demanded. Jug laughed some-what nervously. He seemed to think for a second. "Okay...there is more to the story. But I can't tell you what it is. All I can say is that Archie did not fire the gun on July 4th." Jug said to get Dot off her back on the subject. "Okay, okay. I'll respect the bro-code or whatever. No more questions on that." Dot said as they arrived at the training session.
"And in that moment of hesitation, you're dead. All of you are dead." Dilton Doiley advised his Scouts. Dot didn't know what exactly he was talking about but she was sure it scared the living hell out of the boys. "At ease, Doiley. I'm writing an article for the Blue and Gold. Hoping you can help." Jug said.
Doiley slowly turned his head towards Dot, nodding as if asking who she was silently. "Dorothy Cahill. Official Photographer for the Blue & Gold." Dot said, giving herself a self proclaimed title she'd surely loose once this investigation was done.
"Dismissed. But stay close." Doiley shouted as his Scouts. "Cheryl and Archie both say they heard a gunshot the morning of July 4th, but they don't know who fired." Jug explained. Dot took a few pictures of Doiley and his Scouts. "Sherriff Keller already asked me about this. And don't you need my permission to take these?" Doiley asked, covering his face with his hand.
"Nope. This just goes out in the School anyway. Pretty sure people have seen you there." Dot said. "Anyways, like I told him, my Scouts and I, we didn't hear anything weird." Doiley continued. "Well, did you see anything weird?" Jug asked. "Yeah, anything at all?" Dot reinforced, hoping her scare tactic would help.
"A white-winged crossbill. A long-eared owl. Oh. And Cheryl, sitting by the river, soaking wet." Doiley concluded. Dot glared at him. "This isn't over, Doiley!" she said snapping one more picture of him. "Come on, D. Let's get out of here." Jug lightly pulled her with him. Dot hissed at Doiley one more time. He jumped back a little. "Okay." she said smirking as she turned around and walked away with Jughead.
"Okay. He was lying, we both know that. And if I wasn't mad before I sure as hell am now. I wanna see Doiley's ass rost over an open fire until he screams out the truth!" Dot demanded. "You're scaring me right now." Jug said.
"Good. First one of the most popular boys in this town gets tortured and shot, then a slut-shaming asshole with his posse terrorize a bunch of girls and now Dilton Doiley refuses to tell us the truth about what the fuck he heard on July 4th. This town hides more scandolous secrets than my mom's casserole and I'm not taking it anymore!" Dot declared.
"Let's go to my place to figure out a strategy on what we're gonna do next." Dot offered. "No, I'm good. I think I'll just go home now." Jug said, not wanting to admitt that she did scare him a little right now. "Come on!" Dot said as she pulled him into her car.
"Hey, Dot! How was your day?" Octavia asked as Dot and Jug entered her house. "Can't talk, mom. Dilton Doiley is going down!" Dot shouted as she stormed off into her living room. "Oh my God! What did you do?" Octavia asked Jughead. "We were talking to the leader of the Adventure Scouts because we're sure he's hiding something and then she demanded that we roast his butt over an open fire until he confesses." Jug explained.
Ms. Cahill sighed, turning around to face Dot. "I told you if you want to find out something you don't do it in a violent way." she said. "I'm not actually going to try and burn the boy alive! I just need to know what he knows." Dot said.
"Dorothy Nora Cahill if Dilton's mom calls me, telling me that you threatened him you're grounded until you go to College. We wanted a fresh start and I don't need that jeopardized by your guy's anthics. If you wanna find out what he knows do it in a non-violent way or not at all." Octavia warned.
"Okay, okay. I might have an idea that completely excludes Doiley for now." Jug proposed. "I'm listening." Dot said. "We just have to follow one of the boys around after Doiley's training session. Ms. Cahill sighed. "You did hear what was wrong about that, right?" she asked. "Yes. I, infact, did hear it." Jug said.
"Okay. You know that techincally as a responisble mother, which I am, I would need to stop you right now. But, since you are doing this for the Blue & Gold AND will promise me not to get violent or criminal in any way. I will allow it." Octavia said, knowing she might regret it. But once her daughter had her mind set on something, there's no stopping her anyway.
"Thank you, mom! No criminal activities - I promise!" Dot said, running out of the house to get back into her car and get the plan in mode. Jug wanted to follow her, when Dot's mom lightly grabbed him by the arm. "Jughead, you seem like a somewhat responsible person. Can you please promise me that you can keep my girl out of trouble?" Octavia asked of him. "Of course, Ms. C. I wouldn't want Dot in jail either." Jug promised. "Thank you. And good luck with Dilton. You get the truth out of that little skunk." Ms. Cahill said. "Will do. Bye, Ms. C." Jug said, walking out with a wink.
"Is that him?" Dot asked. They had been following, maybe even close to stalking in all honesty, the boy and his dad all around town after practice. "Yeah. Let's go." Jug said, lightly hitting Dot in the arm. "Okay." Dot nodded. "And remember, no violence, no criminal crap. Just talk and persuade him to tell us the truth about Doiley." Jug warned. "I would never hurt a child! How dare you, sir?" she asked offended. "I'm just saying." he said.
Dot roled her eyes. The two got out of the car and waited for the kid's dad to disappear for more than just a second. When he finally stood up and walked to the counter, Dot and Jug slid into the opposite side of the boy's booth. Jug snatched the cherry off of the kid's ice cream sundae.
"What the hell, man?" the kid asked, leaning back a little in confusion. "I saw the way you looked at us. During Grizzly training. You're hiding something." Jug said, now taking the kid's whole sundae as well. "Jug." Dot whined. "I'm hungry. Shhh, let him explain." Jug said.
"It's Scoutmaster Doily. He's lying." the boy admitted. "About what exactly?" Dot asked. "The gunshot. It was him. He was teaching us how to shoot targets." he went on, 'fear' etched in his eyes. "Dilton Doiley shot the gun on July 4th?" Jug asked in disbelieve. "He's a hardcore survivalist. He says if we don't protect ourselves, no one will." the kid finally said.
"Thank you. We'll keep quiet about this meeting. Girl Scout to Boy Scout promise." Dot said. If there was one thing little Dot hated, it was being a Girl Scout. At least the Cookie selling part. Getting chased around by old lady's giant dogs was no fun what-so-ever. "Thanks." the boy said. His dad was just about done paying the check so Dot and Jug bolted out of Pop's back into her car.
"Dilton 'Boy Scout Leader' Doiley shot the damn gun on July 4th? What the hell is wrong with this town's citizens?" Dot asked, slamming the car door shut once she climbed back into the passenger seat. "No, time to think about that. We gotta figure out how we'll make Doiley talk." Jug said.
"That shouldn't be that hard. I think I've cracked him." Dot said. "I never doubted you on that." Jug said. "I just feel so bad for Doiley's little dudes. I mean, he pretty much traumatized them for life at this point." Dot said. "Yeah, well you can tell him that when we'll talk to him." Jug said.
"Hey, Betty." Kippi said. She had thought about it, worrying about a zero to five percent possibility of getting recognized by anyone in the School had to stop now. This was about stopping Chuck from ruining any other girls lives. "Kippi. What's up?" Betty asked.
It was obvious that she was tired, not just tired in a sleepy way but tired of something in general. Maybe guys like Chuck. Maybe they'd make a break. "Did you find out something that can help you with Chuck?" Kippi asked. Betty nodded. "Yeah. We found their playbook." Betty said, grabbing an open book from next to her.
"Am I in it?" Kippi asked after a few seconds of hesitation. Part of her wanted to know what lies he spread about her, the other part simply wanted to burn this thing so know one can ever lay an eye on it again. Betty just nodded, flipping the pages until landing on the one Kippi was noted in. She hesitantly handed the book over.
Kippi looked at it. Her name was just above Veronica's. A 6,5 was written next to it and the notes 'Too whiny.' and 'Total Freak.' were written beneath her name. The girl's gaze went angry. No, actually - beyond angry. She was furious. "How dare he! How dare this little self-centered, dim-witted and beyond gross pig insult me and every other girl in this book like that?! Enough! I'm going on the record. If you still need my story, use it! Send this bastard to hell!" Kippi yelled. Betty smirked.
"Thank you so much! We have another plan to make Chuck admitt everything. If you want in, I think Veronica and I can open up another spot for you." she said. "I am more than in." Kippi said.
A day later Dot and Jug were at the Taste of Riverdale event in order to finally get Doiley to confess. They were hiding upstairs, trying to spot Doiley in the crowd. Instead, they found Mrs. Blossom slap Mrs. Cooper right across the face.
"She deserved that." Dot whispered. "I am really concerned about you." Jug said. "What? The woman printed the other woman's dead son's autopsy for everyone in Riverdale to see. Wouldn't you be mad if it was your kid?" Dot asked. Jug nodded. "I guess." he said.
Suddenly Archie crawled in next to the couple just as Josie and the Pussycat's started playing. "Are you sure it was worth sneaking out for some locally-sourced Munster?" Jug asked Archie. "I helped write that song, man." Archie said. The three girls got to the chorus. Dot loved it, Archie and the Girls had some talent.
"Not bad." Jug complimented. "We'd love to stay, but we gotta shake down an evil Adventure Scout. See you." Jug said as he rushed off. "Great job, dude." Dot said, patting Archie on the back as she left. "Thanks." Archie called after her.
"There he is." Dot whispered when she finally caught up to Jug. Doiley was standing. "Hello, Dilton. I talked to one of your Scouts. I know you fired the gun. Which makes you both a liar, and a public menace." Jug said.
"So what if I did? I was doing the Adventure Scouts a favor. Somebody has to teach them how to stand their ground. The way this town is going-" Doiley tried explaining. "Save it for your statement. Which you can make to Sheriff Keller, or to me. I suggest the latter. Blue and Gold offices. Tomorrow." Jug said angrily.
"One more thing, Doiley. If you do not stop traumatizing those boys, I swear to Beyoncé, I will report you so fast you won't even be able to blink. I think the Blue & Gold would love a story exposing some of your secrets, right Jug?" Dot asked.
Jug nodded, grinning devilishly. "We're always looking for a good scandal." he said. "Have I made myself clear?" Dot asked slowly. Doiley nodded. Dot clapped in his face. "Yes, ma'am." he said. "My job here is done." Dot said, smirking as she and Jug left the building.
"That was amazing." Jug beamed. "Don't talk to me, I'm mad at you." Dot said. Jug looked at her confused. "What did I do?" he asked. "You just told Doiley that one of his Scouts gave us information, breaking the Girl Scout promise." Dot explained. Jug sighed.
"Well I told him, so you didn't break it. And besides, you just scared the living hell out of Doiley. He'll never try to teach those boys how to shoot or any of that stuff again." Jug said. Dot sighed. "Fine." she said as the two got back into her car.
"This, is amazing!" Dot shouted as she stormed into the Blue & Gold office. She held up the most recent edition of the School Newspaper with the Slut-shaming scandal on the cover. Betty smiled tiredly. "Thank you. It was a lot of work." she said.
"And all of it payed it off. You did it, ladys. So, what'll happen to Chuck and his posse now?" Dot asked, dropping down on the nearest chair next to Kippi. "They got cut from the Team and they'll never hurt any girl again. We made sure of that." Betty said, giving Kippi a some-what guilty look.
Dot looked back and forth between the two, confused. "Guys, what happened?" she asked. "Long story. That's for another time." Kippi said. "Doiley should come in soon. Jug told me what you did last night. That was great. You probably saved those boys from a life of Survival Techniques from Dilton Doiley." Betty said.
"If he keeps his promise." Dot said, wary of Doiley's promises. If he lied about shooting a gun the day a student, that later got shot, disappeared who knows what else he'll lie about. "Oh he will. You scared him, like really scared him." Kippi smirked.
"She did not." Doiley said as Jug dragged him into the office. "I was just in a slight state of panic." he added. "Pfff, yeah of course. Then explain the pee stain on your pants." Dot joked. "That was a water stain." Doiley said angrily.
"Okay, okay. Enough. Sit down, Doiley. Talk!" Jug said, pushing the Scout leader forward once more. "If you publish a story saying I fired that gun, my life will be ruined. I'll be banished from the Adventure Scouts, and charged with a misdemeanor. So, what if I have a better story? If I tell you what I know, promise me the gunshot stays between us." Doiley demanded.
"You have our word. As journalists." Betty promised. "I saw something at Sweetwater River. Something nobody else saw. Ms. Grundy's car. By the river's edge. She was there." Doiley explained. Dot looked at him, confused. Not about Doiley's story but more and more confused about why Ms. Grundy was lying about this.
Why everybody in this town seemed to hide something. No matter if it involved Jason Blossom's death or not. Everyone had a secret, something to hide from the public. It was only a matter of time until Dot's or Kippi's secret would surface.