When Jughead saw Ryder come down the stairs, he raised an eyebrow suggestively. That is until he saw JB quickly follow, holding their baby sister in her arms. He still looked suspicious though.
The Serpents were all gone, except Jughead and Ryder of course, but there was someone else missing too.
"Where's Chic?" I asked wondering where that creepy guy had got to.
"He's gone. He's going to find a new place" Alice explained, holding a black trash bag in hand, cleaning up after those filthy criminals. "It wasn't safe for us for him to be here."
I can't say that I was sad to hear about Chic leaving, but I was really confused. I was wondering what the Cooper's secret might be, and why were they afraid that those scumbags would go to the Sheriff with it? And, what did Alice mean about Chis not being safe. Someone better tell me something soon or…
A thought crossed my mind. "Has anyone called Dad?" I asked, and everyone shook their heads. "That's alright, I'll call him."
I stepped outside, Betty offering to take Caddy and Ryder insisting that he come out to the porch with me to 'keep me safe' if any of the scumbags come back.
I dialled my Dad's number, and he picked up after the third ring.
"Hey sweetie, leave something at the trailer?" He offered over the phone.
"Uh, no, not exactly." I replied, not sure on how to tell my dad about what happened, knowing he would over react.
"Is everything alright?" He questioned, sounding concerned.
"Well now it is", I told him looking towards Ryder who was sitting on the porch swing, for help. He made a circular movement with his hands, motioning to spit it out.
"What do you mean?" Dad was getting frustrated with my lack of communication skills at present.
"Well, there were these intruders at the Cooper's, and they threatened us with a knife-"
I was cut off by Dad yelling 'What?!' quite loudly into the phone, causing me to hold the mobile away from my ear for a moment.
"Let me finish", I asked of him. "Jughead burst in with a whole group of Serpents and saved us, and everyone is safe now, I just thought you would want to know and come over…"
"I'm already on my way. I'll see you in a few minutes."
The dial went dead, and as I looked down I saw that Dad had hung up on me. I turned to Ryder.
"I guess he'll be here soon", I told him, walking over to sit beside him on the swing.
Ryder placed his arm around my shoulders, pulling me gently against his side. I turned my head to look up as his face, finding him already looking at me. We smiled at each other before leaning in for a kiss.
Suddenly a loud rumbling noise came from the drive way. Ryder pulled away with look of frustration, understandably because we keep getting interrupted. I smiled and placed a quick peck on Ryder cheek before standing up to see who interrupted us.
Dad was getting off his motorbike, undoing his helmet in the same motion.
"You got here fast", I noted, walking towards him.
"I was close by", he told me, but I was pretty sure he broke some speeding laws on his way here. My dad swept me up in a big hug, asking me if I was really alright.
"I'm fine Dad!" I laughed. "Why does everyone keep asking me that?"
"Because we care about you", answered Ryder from the porch. I turned and smiled at him.
"Is everyone else inside?" Dad questioned, already walking towards the door.
"Yeah…" I answered, but Dad had opened the door already.
Ryder and I followed him inside, watching as he hugged everyone and asked if they were alright too. Everyone assured him that they were fine.
"Can someone please tell me what that whole thing about?" I asked the others. "Why did they threaten to go to the Sheriff?"
The others all looked at each other.
"It's better if you don't know, JB" Answered Dad, looking serious.
"Why? Why can't I know?" I looked around at everyone's solemn faces.
"The less you know, the better it will be", Alice told me mysteriously.
I concluded that what they weren't telling me was for my own good.
Later as dusk begun to fall, Alice went into the kitchen to put together a meal for all of us. Dad insisted that he spend the night, to protect us if those scumbags came back. Jughead also wanted to stay, as well as Ryder. Alice told them that they all had to share the guest bedroom, that she would not allow any of us to share rooms.
I found it comforting that Alice, Betty and I all had Serpent boyfriends- more or less in some cases- that would protect us to the death.
Author's note: Sorry for the short chapter, the next one will be much more exciting, I promise!
