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The next day Emily cooked up a large spread for breakfast. Bacon, eggs, french toast, pancakes, sausages and beans. The whole clan sat down together to eat breakfast.
"So Dad you gonna stick around and help me with Baby Mark 2?" Mary asked her dad.
Dean nodded. "Sure."
"Mary you have school." Emily reminded her.
Mary groaned. "Oh come on."
Emily rolled her eyes. "You're going to school." She told her firmly. "Go get ready."
"Fine." Mary huffed and stood up. She took her plate over to the sink and rinsed it before putting it in the dishwasher. "You know you used to be fun." She called to her mum as she exited the room.
Jughead stood up and put his plate in the dishwasher. "Thanks for breakfast Emily."
Emily smiled. "No problem. Keep an eye on that daughter of mine?"
"Always do." Jughead nodded and left the room to get ready himself.
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Mary and Jughead walked to school hand in hand.
"Mary. Jug." Betty called to them and hurried over. "Blue and Gold meeting. Oh and happy birthday." She held up a gift bag.
Mary frowned. "How'd you know?" She asked accepting the bag from her.
"Oh well I overheard Jug and Archie discussing your birthday present and I kind of interrogated it out of him. You don't mind?" Betty asked.
Mary shook her head. "No not all. I just didn't expect it. Thanks."
Betty smiled. "I meant it when I said I want to be friends Mary."
"Me too." Mary agreed.
The trio walked through the school and into the Blue and Gold room. Mary sat down and took out the gift. She carefully unwrapped it to reveal a book on myths and legends. "Wow, thanks Betty."
"I thought it might give you some inspiration for your next short story." Betty told her.
Mary smiled. "I'm sure it will." She nodded.
"Hey guys." Kevin walked into the room. "Betty you wanted something?"
Betty nodded. "I was hoping you could take a look at our murder board and see if there's anything we're missing that was on your dad's."
Kevin nodded. "Sure."
They all gathered around the board and Kevin started moving things about and adding things to the murder board.
"Ok this is exactly how my dad's murder board was before it was trashed." Kevin stepped back to examin the board.
"Any leads on that?" Jughead asked him.
Kevin shook his head. "None, no fingerprints. They stole a bunch of files, background checks and all the video and audio tapes of police interviews."
Mary frowned. "So do you think it was the killer trying to find out what the police knew or… was it something else? Someone is trying to hide something." She mused.
Just then the door opened and a guy stepped inside. "Hey Betty."
Betty smiled. "Trev, hi."
"Sorry to interrupt." Trev apologised.
"Oh it's ok. We're just er… We're just… Working on…"
"Our murder board." Jughead finished for a stammering Betty.
Trev looked between the four of them uncomfortably. "Well er… I just wanted to make sure that we're still on for tomorrow?" He asked Betty.
Betty nodded. "Absolutely. It's a date." She pressed her lips together and blushed. "I mean… I'll see you there." She confirmed.
Trev gave a nervous laugh and backed out of the room, shutting the door behind him.
Kevin turned to Betty. "Going on a date with Trev?" He asked her. "Does Mama Cooper know about that?"
"Kev I'm not under house arrest." Betty shook her head.
Kevin gave her an unconvinced look.
"Ok she's out of town at a women in journalism spa retreat." Betty shrugged and turned away walking over to her desk. "Anyway it's not a date date."
"You just called it a date." Jughead pointed out.
"Hey leave her alone guys. Betty is entitled to date or not date whomever she likes." Mary stuck up for her cousin.
Betty nodded. "Yes, thank you Mary. See at least someone believes me that it's not a date."
Mary shook her head. "Oh no, I think it's a date. You literally said it's a date."
"That's just my cover. Really it's an intelligence gathering mission. We should focus on the one thing we have access to that your dad doesn't. The kids at Riverdale High." Betty explained to the three of them. "You know maybe Trev knows something about Jason that he didn't think was important."
"Or he's hiding something." Mary replied.
"What is it with you and thinking everyone is hiding something?" Kevin asked her.
Mary shrugged. "Because everyone normally is."
Kevin frowned. "Oh yeah? What are you hiding?" He asked her.
Mary smirked. "Now that would be telling." She glanced at her watch. "Well this has been fun and all but I have to bounce."
"Me too." Jughead stood up. "Algebra." He explained and the two of them left the room.
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Lunch period arrived and Mary and Jughead ended up joining Veronica, Betty and Kevin at the bleachers heading to where Archie was sat.
"Betty you are absolutely radiating Nicholas Sparks. Tell me everything about this Trev." Veronica grinned.
Betty smiled.
"Oh there's nothing to tell. Trev is just one of Betty's sources." Kevin added. "There is nothing romantic in the offing."
"Why is everything weird here?" Veronica exclaimed. "Why can't a date just be a date?"
Mary shrugged. "Don't ask me. I'm not a native." She shifted closer to Jughead who wrapped his arm around her shoulders.
"What about you Archie? How's life in a PG world?" Veronica asked and everyone turned to give her a confused look. "PG? Post Grundy? What too soon?" She joked.
Archie shrugged. "Coach Clayton says I have a shot at being varsity captain so I'm putting all my attention on that."
Veronica sighed. "Well you're back to being boring."
"Are you maybe throwing yourself into football as a way of avoiding your feelings?" Betty asked Archie softly.
Archie shook his head. "I'm not avoiding anything. I'm trying to get my life back on track."
Mary took out her phone and saw she had a couple of text messages. Her dad and uncle had had to move out on a case and her mum was taking Bobby home.
"You ok?" Jughead asked seeing Mary's face fall.
"We're going to be home alone again tonight." She told him.
"Your dad and uncle catch a case?" Jughead asked.
Mary nodded. "And mum's dropping Bobby back home."
Jughead smiled. "Well how about I cook you dinner tonight?" He suggested.
"You're going to cook me dinner?" Mary cocked an eyebrow. "Can you cook?"
"Hey, I'll have you know I'm an amazing cook." Jughead kissed her cheek.
"Sorry to break up sad breakfast club." Cheryl marched over to them. "But I'm here to invite you all to Jason's memorial this weekend." She handed out black envelopes to everyone including Jughead and Mary.
Mary frowned. "Why are you inviting me?"
Cheryl scoffed. "Don't ask me. My mother added you and your mother to the guest list."
"Joy." Mary muttered to herself and looked down at the envelope.
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After school Jughead banished Mary outside to work on Baby Mark 2 while he cooked her dinner. Mary put on a pair of grey overalls and got to work. She put on some music and got to work. She loved working on cars, some of her best memories were of her and her dad working on the Impala together.
Jughead walked out of the house about an hour later. "Hey you should come in and wash up, dinner is almost ready." He smiled seeing Mary looking so happy over some greasy bits of metal.
"I'll be one second." Mary called back.
Jughead shook his head and walked back into the house.
Mary finished cleaning off the engine parts and put them back into the car before heading inside. She changed out of her overalls and washed the grease off her hands and face. She walked into the kitchen and was surprised at the delicious smell that greeted her. "Smells good." She walked into the kitchen. "Can I help?"
Jughead shook his head. "Nope, I'm good."
Mary sat down at the table. "So what brought this on?"
"You've done so much for me. I wanted to do something for you." Jughead walked over to the fridge. "Beer?"
"Please." Mary nodded. "And you don't have to… repay me or whatever." She accepted the beer and took a sip.
"I want to say thank you." Jughead kissed her softly.
Mary smiled. "Well you're very welcome."
Jughead turned and served up dinner putting a plate in front of her.
"Hmmm, this looks very much like Pop's." Mary examined the bacon cheese burger.
"Ok, I tried to cook but it turns out I suck at cooking and instead of serving you burnt mush, so I called Archie and he snuck round the back with all your favourites." Jughead admitted.
Mary smiled. "That's really sweet. You are really sweet." She leant over and kissed him.
Jughead grinned. "Glad you think so."
After dinner, they cleared up and curled up on the couch to watch a movie. They were halfway through To Kill a Mockingbird when Mary paused the movie and looked up at Jughead with a small smile.
"You ok?" Jughead asked.
Mary leant up and kissed him passionately. She got up and held out her hand.
Looking a little bit confused, Jughead too her hand and followed her into her bedroom. "Mary?" He questioned but Mary cut him off with a kiss.
"I love you. I want this, do you?" Mary asked him.
Jughead nodded. "I love you too. You're sure?"
Mary smiled. "I've never been more sure of anything."
Jughead leant in and captured her lips with his.
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Afterwards the two of them lay in bed together, a tangle of limbs and bedsheets. Jughead was asleep but Mary was awake. Just then there was a smashing of glass. Mary sat up bed and frowned. She slipped out of bed and got dressed before grabbing the angel blade from under her bed.
"Mary?" Jughead stirred.
"Shhh." Mary put her finger to her lips, hearing movement outside and gripped the blade. She pulled her door open and slipped out of the room. She looked up and down the corridor and heard more noise from the office. She crept over to the office and saw a man tearing the office apart looking for something. "Can I help you?"
The man whipped around and glared at her with black eyes. "Winchester."
Mary shook her head and tutted. "You've made a big mistake coming here."
"I wouldn't say so." The man sneered. "I got in pretty easily."
"Yeah but you must of forgotten who's house you were breaking into." Mary looked down at the floor.
The demon looked down and growled. "Demon trap."
Mary laughed. "What you didn't think we'd leave the place completely unprotected?" She scoffed. "You underestimate us. What were you looking for? Who sent you?"
"Like I'd tell you that." The demon sneered.
Mary muttered something in latin and the demon clutch his head and screamed.
"Tell me what you were looking for?" Mary snarled.
"Ah… The colt." The demon fell to his knees.
"Who sent you?"
The demon cried out. "Crowley."
Mary rolled her eyes. "Of course." She rolled her eyes and then skilfully began to perform an exorcism. The demon thrashed around and then reared it's head back and black smoke shot from his mouth and vanished out of the window. The man's body fell forward and collapsed on the ground. Mary walked forward and rolled the man onto his back and checked for a pulse. She found one and let out a small sigh of relief.
"What the hell?"
Mary jumped and turned to see Jughead in the doorway.
Dun, dun, dun! How's Mary going to explain this one?