"So I saw Cheryl wearing a red serpent jacket today." Betty Cooper said to her boyfriend Jughead Jones with a raised eyebrow. She didn't even know Cheryl joined the gang, much less got her own custom jacket. Betty wasn't going to deny her jealousy.
"Well she is dating Toni." He replied back with a shrug. It was no surprise to him that Cheryl wanted to join the Serpents. After she helped rescue Toni, he gladly accepted her.
"Did she do the serpent dance?" Betty asked.
The blonde cringed thinking about her own pole dance in front of fifty grown men. It was still worth it to be close to Jughead. She wanted to be in all parts of his life, Serpents included. She still hadn't gotten an official jacket yet however.
"She gave one to Toni. But honestly after you did yours I wanted to burn that strip pole. I wouldn't have made her do it." He answered.
Part of him was still upset that Betty did the dance. FP probably would've let her join the gang without it. Jughead definetly would have. She shouldn't have had to do the sexist tradition.
"So she gives a private dance and gets a red serpent jacket, but when I actually do the dance I get broken up with." Betty muttered bitterly.
"I'm still sorry about that. I just didn't-"
"Want me to get hurt, I know." She finished. Sometimes she enjoyed his protectiveness, other times it was beyond annoying and patronizing.
"Anyway the point is, I want my own jacket." Betty added.
She wanted to prove that she was loyal to the Serpents, not just Jughead. They were a solid family which she really needed after her father's reveal. If Cheryl Blossom could get a serpent jacket for dating a serpent, Betty deserved it for dating the newly announced serpent king.
"I can arrange that." Jughead replied with a smile.
Despite his early hesitations about the Serpents, Jughead couldn't think of a time that he was this happy in years. He had a home, friends, and Betty. Knowing that they were all linked made him wonder if he was dreaming.
"But it's not going to be pink." He warned.
No more colored leather jackets. He knew Cheryl wouldn't accept anything less than be the most extra serpent, but Betty was different. He wanted them to be one in the same.
"What about the lining?" Betty questioned with a smirk. Jughead snickered.
The blonde didn't even want a pink serpent jacket. She couldn't possibly be taken seriously in the gang with that on. But a little bit of pink never hurt.
"Fine. Just keep it a secret okay?" He replied and wrapped an arm around her.