Hi, my pretties! Updating only once a month feels so weird, I feel like it's been half a year since I've updated! But my life is starting to even out again, and so maybe next month or the one after I'll be able to go back to two monthly updates :) Now, something that I wanted to say, was that I've written up summaries for all the new stories that I'm working on, and I've put them up on my profile. So go check them out and let me know what you think of them! I'm always happy to talk about new stories if you guys have any questions or want to talk :)
"That looks disgusting," Veronica sniffed, turning up her nose at the green drink that Cheryl was holding.
"No, that looks disgusting," Cheryl sniffed right back, waving her perfectly manicured fingers at the food in front of Betty and Veronica. Betty wasn't entirely certain how this day out had happened, because while she and Veronica had met up a couple of times now, she hadn't seen Cheryl since the night at the club, where she had first met all of Kevin's friends. She got on well with Veronica, the gorgeous brunette seeming all too welcoming when it came to their circle of friends. But she still felt a little bit weird about the idea of hanging out with Cheryl, given she had history with Jughead—even if the history was just that they had slept together once before, and Jughead clearly wasn't interested.
It turned out that she had absolutely nothing to worry about, because it was damn clear that there was something going on between Cheryl and Veronica, whether the girls were ready to admit that or not.
"You know what, if you weren't such a fucking princess, you would actually be able to enjoy the guilty pleasures in life," Veronica smirked across the table at the red head before picking up one of the chicken nuggets on her tray and throwing it into her mouth. Betty felt as though she was getting in the middle of some double date as Cheryl rolled her eyes, but clear amusement was showing in her eyes and she wrapped her bright red painted lips around the straw of her weird green drink that was some sort of kale smoothie.
"Southside trash obviously doesn't change it's stripes," she stated as she put the drink back on the table. "So, Betty," the girl turned her eyes toward the blonde and Betty shifted uncomfortably in her seat. "I hear that you seem to have caught the attention of our Jughead. He seems quite...Enamored by you." There was something about the way that she was staring at Betty that made the blonde feel as though the red head could see right through her.
"Uh, we've been seeing each other," Betty replied, glancing out of the corner of her eye toward Veronica, wondering if this was going to become some sort of interrogation. This was the exact thing that she wanted to avoid, talking about Jughead with a girl who was as beautiful and self-assured as Cheryl, who had been with him before, even if it did seem as though she had the whole unresolved sexual tension thing going on with someone else.
"Well, I just wanted to reassure you that there's absolutely nothing going on between the two of us," Cheryl continued, acting as though she didn't notice—or maybe just didn't care—that Betty was uncomfortable. "We had a little tryst a while go, and even if he is still lusting after this body that I have worked so hard to have tight and flexible, my interest in him has waned and moved on to someone else."
"So I can see," Betty muttered as she picked up her cup of coke and sucked on the straw.
"Excuse me?" Cheryl arched a perfectly plucked eyebrow.
"Nothing," Betty gave her a wide smile. Veronica was just shaking her head and looking as though she was trying not to laugh as she picked up her burger.
"I, for one, know for a fact that Jughead isn't lusting after anyone except our beautiful Betty," Veronica stated, nudging Betty in the side with her elbow before biting into her burger. Cheryl curled her upper lip, as though in contempt at the greasy food that the two other girls had chosen other than her suggestions of smoothies, but there was affection in her eyes as she watched Veronica eat.
After eating lunch—thankfully they were able to get through it without any other mention of Jughead—they went shopping. Betty didn't have much money to spare, so after buying a new dress that she really shouldn't have splurged on, she just stood back and watched the other two flutter from shop to shop. Veronica didn't buy much either, getting a couple of dresses and a pair of shoes, but it seemed as though trailing after Cheryl and throwing out comments and opinions on clothes that the girl picked out was a pretty common thing for her. Betty and Veronica grinned as Cheryl picked up item after item, practically terrorizing the poor shop assistants, disappearing into the changing rooms and then flaunting off the outfits one by one, strutting in front of them as though she was on a runway.
"Cheryl is a trust fund baby—her and her twin brother," Veronica told Betty at one point, as they waited for Cheryl to come out in a tight, sequinned green pair of pants that she had picked out. "Her brother does some work for the family company, but Cheryl just prefers to spend the money, and sleep all day."
"You guys are kind of an odd match," Betty mused as she glanced over the ripped jeans that Veronica was wearing and the tight, black shirt she was wearing, compared to the clearly designer brand outfits that Cheryl surrounded herself with. "And if she's got all this money, then why doesn't she have her own apartment."
"We absolutely hated each other at school—it was this all girls boarding school, my grandparents covered by tuition while her parents practically paid for the west wing of the place. She was from this tiny town and her parents wanted her to have a higher education, so she was sent away. Cheryl was this pompous little bitch—actually, she still is—and we just rubbed each other the wrong way. Then about a year and a half ago, she came into a club that I was working at, and we got talking, and it was weird," Veronica shrugged. "We just kind of clicked. Even though she won't admit it," she glanced toward the dressing room door and lowered her voice. "She gets lonely. Her parents aren't really the loving type, and since her brother is still back in their hometown and works a lot, she doesn't get to see him, plus he's got a new girlfriend that is taking up a lot of his time. She doesn't let many people in, and a lot of people tend to write her off as a vapid bitch because of how she acts. But she's actually not that bad, she's a good person underneath the twelve layers of make up and all that Prada."
"You guys must be close, if you're living together," Betty noted quietly.
"Yeah," Veronica nodded. "She's my best friend." Betty smiled. "Although I think that her and I fight a lot more than normal best friends—more than you and Kevin, for example." Betty didn't respond to that one, knowing that the reason that they fought more often was because there was a lot more going on between them than best friends, but now probably wasn't the time for that.
"So?!" Cheryl demanded, and Betty blinked, wondering how long the red head had been standing in front of the pair of them.
"You look like a shiny asparagus," Veronica said in a flat voice, her face expressionless. Betty tried to hide her snort as Cheryl rolled her eyes and stalked off to look at herself in the mirror, and Veronica met Betty's eyes, laughing.
"Did you have a good time?" Kevin asked as Betty came in the front door, holding the shiny bag that her dress was in. "Did Cheryl try to turn you into one of her minions and force a spinach smoothie down your throat?" Betty made a face and stuck her finger in her mouth, miming throwing up, and Kevin laughed.
"It's okay, I fought The Man and ordered a cheeseburger and chips from McDonalds," Betty replied with a grin. "Question, though," she tilted her head to the side. "Have Veronica and Cheryl always been...Uh, always had such, uh...Always had—"
"Sexual tension so thick that you could cut it with a knife?!" Kevin summed up and Betty let out a laugh. "Yeah. It can get stifling at times. Sometimes you just want to get them both high and drunk off their faces and lock them in a cupboard until they admit their feelings for each other."
"Yes!" Betty cried out. "That's exactly it!" Kevin grinned and they both laughed.
"They'll sort it out...Eventually," Kevin shrugged. "We're a year and a half in and counting. You know the one that I really feel sorry for?"
"Who?" Betty flopped down on the couch next to Kevin, toeing off her shoes and picking up one of the fluffy pillows, hugging it to her chest.
"Archie," Kevin answered. "Poor kid has been sleeping with Veronica on and off for about the past year, and it's like he's completely blind to the fact that once she realizes how she feels about Cheryl, he's going to be completely left in the dust. I'm pretty sure everyone can see it except poor, oblivious Archie—I think even Jughead is aware of what's going on, and he really couldn't care any less about what's going on with those two." Betty licked her lips at the mention on Jughead, glancing down at the cushion that she had hugged to her lap, tugging at one of the tassels.
"So Jughead knows about the closeted thing between Cheryl and Veronica and he still slept with her?" Betty tried to be blase out about it, but Kevin could see right through it. He raised an eyebrow at her, and Betty shrugged, pulling at the tassles of the cushion.
"Jughead was drunk, like, incredibly drunk," Kevin shrugged. "It was about six or seven months ago, and I don't know the details or anything, but Archie—who is Jughead's best friend—said that he regretted it right afterwards because he's always tried to keep, ya know, who he sleeps with and his friends completely separate. Obviously Cheryl didn't feel the same way, because months afterwards she kept trying to hit on him and get in another round with him. But theeeeeen," Kevin grinned and reached over and poked Betty in the side. "You came along, and Jughead is completely infatuated with you." Betty's cheeks reddened and she shook her head.
"He seems to like me, but I wouldn't say anything about him being infatuated," she stated. Kevin rolled his eyes.
"Look, with Jughead—he plays things very close to the vest. I've never heard of him actually dating anyone and neither has Archie or Veronica, who have known him for longer than I have, and then you come along and he seems pretty set on you," Kevin reached out with one hand and tapped the end of her nose gently with a finger, making her laugh. "And as for Cheryl and Veronica, they'll sort their shit out. Eventually."
Sooooo...I saw The Hitmans Bodyguard last weekend with the man and a few friends, and it was fucking hilarious. I definitely recommend. Another movie I watched a week or so ago was Below Her Mouth. It was on Netflix and yeah, okay, it's about 80% sex scenes, but I absolutely fucking loved it. Erika Linder is just...Holy shit, she is fucking beautiful. So both of these, I recommend! One that I'm a little iffy on is Friends From College. My husband and I watched it all in the space of one weekend. The cast was incredible, they're all good actors and they all had so much chemistry with each other—Felix was my absolute favourite—but I felt so, so, so angry at the end. I won't explain it on here because I don't want to spoil it for those who haven't seen it, but shit I was angry at the end!
Now, song wise...Lili Reinhart's cover of Wicked Games. Holy shit. It's absolutely beautiful, and I have played it so many times on Youtube, it's insane. The other songs I've had on repeat recently are Havana by Camilla Cabello, Fight Like A Girl by Zolita and Bird by Billie Marten. I've also put some of my old songs on my phone to play at work, and so I've been listening to Flyleaf—my favourite by them is Marionette.
Also, has anyone listened to the song 1-800-273-8255 by Logic, Alessia Cara and Khalid? It's absolutely heart breaking and completely beautiful. Their performance at the VMA's had me all tearing up. Holy shit.
As usual—recommend songs, movies, fics in the Riverdale, Teen Wolf and Mortal Instruments categories! Sometimes I do take a while to get around to all your recs, but I do get there! And don't forget to check out the summaries on my profile, and let me know what you think!
Pleeeease leave a review, my beauties! They make me super happy, and I've got a preview for anyone who wants one :) xx