Jughead and Betty at the Swimming Hole

A longer version of the conversation they had on 03x01.

"I wanted to tell you something else, Bets," I tell her.

"Really? Cause I thought we were about to have sex," she says with a smile. I put my hand on her thigh and kiss her neck.

"You're giving me mixed messages here, my king," she says. That turns me on more than I thought it would. I push closer to her but then remember that we were having a very serious conversation and I wanted to finish it before we started this.

"What?" she asks again.

I stop kissing her and sit by her instead. Our lips almost touch but then she stops to look at me. She knows I want to keep talking.

"I don't want you to hurt anymore," I say.

She looks concerned and serious. "I'm okay, Jug," she assures with her hand on my arm. I keep it there.

"I know that you've been okay. But you've also been avoiding a lot of stuff that you shouldn't be. I've been letting you. But I think it's time that you talk about it. You don't have to talk about it with anyone but me. But you do have to talk about it," I tell her. she nods. She looks scared so I pull her in for a hug.

"Tell me one honest thing right now," I say.

"Alright," she agrees. "I love you."

I smirk but shake my head. "Come on. One more thing. One thing that doesn't have to do with me. Something hones that you don't want to talk about."

She looks scared so I hold her hand.

"I don't want to think about the fact that my father is a murder," she says.

"He's a murder. You'll have to deal with that when Tuesday comes and students are mean. But I am going to be with you every step of the way. And you are never going to be alone again. You are going to be right by my side."

"There's something else," she says with sadness. Those tears in her eyes hurt my heart. I squeeze her hand and pull her a little closer. She looks to me with fear all over her face. That unspeakable emotion that is so undisputedly raw.

"I think that if I don't stay on the right track, I am going to be just like him," she admits. "I have it in me to hate someone that much."

"So do I," I agree.

Her eyes are worried but I don't let her fear long.

"I have that much hate sometimes. That's why I cut Penny. But I think if we were together, I would never have even gotten close to that."

"Jug, I said—"

"I am not telling you that to make you feel bad, Betty. There were extenuating circumstances. I am just trying to prove that things would be different if we were together. If I was with you when everything went down with that Chic guy, you would have never let him go to the Black Hood," I tell her. "I'm sorry that I wasn't there for you."

"Jug," she says, tilting her head toward mine. "I'm sorry I wasn't there for you. I never wanted you to get that far."

"I know," I tell her with a smile. "We are never going to leave each other again. We are going to be fine as long as we stay together."

"What if I can't control it?" she asks with panic. The same panic that I have seen in her before. It is unwanted and honest but also very sad. I put my hands on either side of her face to make her crying eyes look directly at me.

"Elizabeth Cooper. You are not your father."

She nods, pressing her lips together as she attempts not to cry. I don't know why she does that. There is no point. I hold onto her carefully and then decide that I have a better idea. I take my hat from next to me and put it on her head awkwardly. She smiles as I adjust and fix it so it stays.

"From now on, we are partners in the Serpents…and in life," I tell her. "Okay?"

"Okay," she whispers and leans forward. She kisses me and I let her. We lean into each other, kissing as she starts to take her clothes off. I don't argue.

I push her clothes off of her body. She takes my shirt off. I lose my hands in her hair. She grabs my shoulders as she sits on me. She keeps my hat on until the final moments when I pull her underwear from her body.

Betty starts kissing down my neck and chest until she reaches my underwear. I watch her sexy eyes as she pulls my boxers off. I watch as she kisses back up, slowly, making me want her even more.

"Betty," I say, grabbing her to pull her close to me again.

She leans over me, putting her elbows on either side of my head. I grab her hips above me and kiss her as we make love under the stars, next to the roaring fire. The heat beside us is not what makes us sweat in each other's arms. I don't just see stars because it's night time either. I see them when she bites my neck and makes me claw at her.

She collapses on my body, smiling with her head on my chest. My arms fall around her back as her legs splay out on me.

"I really hope that Archie and Veronica went far away," I tell her.

"Why is that?" she asks.

"Because all three times I made you feel that heightened sense of pleasure, you made sure everyone within a mile, knew it," I say with a chuckle. I get a light, playful slap for that but I don't mind it. I get a laugh out of it too.

"I love you, Jughead," she says. "So much."

"I love you too," I tell her. "Something wrong?"

"No. I'm okay. I'm gonna be okay if you help me," she says, pushing herself from laying on me. She holds herself up and looks into my eyes.

I look at her with a question on my face, just waiting for the next move.

"With what?" I ask.

"I have two requests," she says. I keep my arm around her back, holding her naked body still pressed against mine. We are both naked physically and emotionally as she puts it together in her head what she needs to say to me.

"One, I am the Serpent Queen. I am a member of the Serpents, Jughead. That needs to mean that I have control over things too. Missions, decisions, our people. You said I am your partner. We are going to work together in the Serpents."

"I just don't want you getting hurt," I admit.

She puts her hand on my face so that she can see the pure vulnerability in my eyes. I want to hide it but I don't know if I have the capacity to feel it right now.

"I know," she says with a smile. "But if we are going to do this, we are going to do it together. I am not going to be a side line queen. You take them seriously. You take being their leader very seriously. So do I. They answer to you. But when you're not around—"

"They answer to none other than Betty Cooper," I agree with a smile. I knew that her being my queen would have some downfalls. But the sex appeal of her in that jacket might be worth any of them.

"What's the second thing?" I ask her.

"I think I need to stop taking Adderall," she says.

"Okay," I agree with a nod of my head.

"I might need your help. I'll be tired and jittery. I might be a little irritable at first. I might need you to coax me out of some of that," she says.

I hold onto her face carefully. I lean close to her lips and kiss her once.

"I promise to help you every moment for the rest of our lives," I say as I kiss her neck. "I promise to argue with you, and debate with you. I promise to protect you and stand by your side. I promise to help you, to hold you and to support you."

I kiss her neck again, pushing her underneath of my body. I roll on top of her and kiss her neck as she opens herself to me. I hold her hand by her head as kiss and smile at each other through the truth.

"Most of all, I promise to make hot, sexy love to you, Betty," I say.

"Then what are you waiting for, Juggie?"