-AN So here's another chapter. I guess my muse decided to return. I hope you like it.

Previously on Could This Be Love At First Sight…

Veronica smiles at Kevin's reply, since she was so enthralled with her music, planning and texts, she doesn't notice the person sit down next to her. She jumps a little in her seat when she hears them say, "So what brought on that beautiful wide smile?"

Veronica looks up to see that Betty is settling into the seat next to her. She's still dressed in her River Vixens outfit and she looks stunning to Veronica, she knew that getting Betty on the squad and into the uniform was a good thing. She just keeps staring at the beauty in front of her totally forgetting that Betty asked her a question.

Betty sees that Veronica is staring at her and takes that as a good sign, but she really wants to know what put that smile on Ronnie's face. "Ronnie?" she asks, hoping to get through the fog that Veronica seems to be stuck in. Veronica doesn't respond, still in a daze so Betty rests her hand on Veronica's arm and says, "Ronnie, you okay?"

This seems to break Veronica's haze. She registers the new nickname and can't help but smile even wider at hearing it. No one's ever called her that before, since she never let anyone close enough, but hearing it come from Betty is just like hearing the angels sing Hallelujah.

"Yeah, Betts, I'm fine. Just a friend agreeing to help me with something," she answers. Hoping Betty doesn't ask what she needs help with and who is doing the helping. She really wants this to be a surprise for Betty. "So what brings you to Pop's?" she asks to distract Betty.

"Oh, I was just out dress shopping for the dance. I had to get away from my mother, she was being judgemental," she says, still angry at her mother for the things she said about her joining the squad and befriending Veronica. "What brings you here?"

"Mom was out job hunting, left a note that I was on my own for dinner." Veronica says, thinking back her mother left her enough money for three meals, since Pop's prices are still like those from the 70s & 80s. "I have enough money to pay for like three meals, let me buy you dinner, as a thank you." she asks, maybe this can be a good place to start.

"Thanks for what?" Betty asks. She hasn't done anything out of the ordinary, but then again, since the Lodge's have a reputation and everyone in this town is sorta like her own mother, she understands a little bit of where she might be coming from. She just hopes it's not the only reason she wants to buy her dinner.

Veronica thinks over her answer, she really just wants to buy Betty dinner because she likes her and wants to show it. Maybe she can ask Betty if this could be a date and still go through with the plan to prove that she really does want to be with Betty.

"You want the true reason I want to buy you dinner?" Veronica asks, hoping that Betty will accept her offer of a date. Kevin seems to think she will, so why not put herself out there. She's never had to do this before, since she never really cared before.

"Ronnie, I always want the truth from you," Betty says, that's all she really wants, she just wants to know the real Veronica Lodge. "I just wanna know the real you, not the person you show everyone, but you. Who you really are, because I know it's not the person you were in New York, I can tell." Betty says going out on a limb and telling her what she has observed of Veronica so far, she knows how she was in New York, but she's seen a different side of Veronica since she came here. "I'm not wrong, am I?"

"No you're not, I was hiding behind my emotions, not letting anyone in, but for some reason, you're different. With you I feel I can be my real self, that I can trust you, that if I have a breakdown you'd still be there to help me." Veronica says, telling the truth to someone she's liked for the first time in her life. But she really does feel that she can trust Betty. "But enough with the heavy stuff," she says, "you wanted the true reason I want to buy you dinner. I want this to be a date, I know I didn't ask you on one, but you're here and I want this to be a date, I like you, I have since I saw you here last night. And it's totally okay if you don't feel the same way, I understand this is really fast. It's just I've never felt this way for anyone before, and I'm rambling…" she's so nervous putting herself out there like this, but she just has to take this chance. She continues to ramble on.

Betty notices that this ramble is not going to end unless she does something, so she looks around to see if anyone is paying them any attention. When she is sure that no one here is paying any attention and that what she is about to do next won't get back to her mother, she leans in and presses a chaste kiss to Veronica's still moving lips.

Veronica freezes at the light press of lips against hers and stops talking. She's still frozen when Betty pulls back. Betty notices the small grin on Veronica's face brought on by the kiss and her own smile grows larger. "Does that answer you question on if I feel the same?" Betty asks, as she sees that Veronica is coming back from her ramble.

"Yeah, I think it does, so can I safely say this is a date now?" Ronnie asks.

"Yes, yes you can, Ronnie. I'd love this to be a date. This is a little fast, but I've never felt this way for anyone either. I want to see where this goes." Betty says. "But, and I know this is going to suck, but my mom cannot know about us, at least not yet. She's never going to allow this," Betty says, in a small panic type way, she starts to clench her fists like she did at the cheerleading tryouts. "This will just end up like Jason and Polly." Veronica sees the way this is affecting Betty, so she grabs her hands and holds them gently.

"That won't happen. I won't let it. We will be careful," Veronica reassures Betty, she doesn't want to never be allowed to see Betty. She needs to think of a way to get Alice Cooper to like her and forget whatever happened between her and her parents and the fact that Hiram is now in jail. "Let's talk more about that later, worry about your mother later. Let's just enjoy our dinner together."

Betty smiles at Veronica and agrees. Maybe this won't be so bad. Maybe this will actually work out. "Yeah, let's worry about that tomorrow."

Pop returns to take Betty's order and they eat together. They talk about how Ronnie's first day went when she wasn't with, they talk about the plans for the dance. They agree to still go with Archie, so at least Betty's mom doesn't suspect anything else than she already is. They don't talk about the kisses yet, they think that's pretty self explanatory at the moment, but Veronica plans to put her plan in motion as soon as the dance is over.

She thinks her apartment would make the best place, since it's away from prying eyes that could report back to Alice Cooper. She's gonna have to speak more to Kevin tomorrow though.

But for now the girls are happily having dinner together, but there was one person in Pop's that everyone kind of over looks who saw their entire exchange. They plan to talk to Betty as soon as they can about what they saw. They want someone to talk to about their own issues and they think Betty could help. But will this person accidentally make things worse or will it be just what the girls need?

-AN So let me know what you think. Who saw the interaction between the girls? Who you think was also in the diner?

Leave me a review with your ideas. I love hearing from you guys. -B