Betty carved a piece of pie, put it on a blue plastic plate and gave it to Archie. She then proceeded to carve one out for herself and the texture and aroma all seemed a lot more appealing, especially when your boyfriend was back in town.

"I better not find any Trojan boxes hidden in the backyard," Alice said in a flustered tone.

"Mom, I told you already. We did not do anything," Betty said with a chagrined look on her face.

"Yeah, you were only going to hug each other half-dressed. Keep that up and you'll join the Nunnery for the Quiet Mother's of Sister's Mercy." Polly shuddered as Alice said those words as the four of them took a seat at the dinner table.

"So Archie, I heard that you learned how to play quiet a few instruments. Ya must be real handy with those fingers. Or better yet, your lips. Especially with the saxophone. Young Huey Lewis over here," Polly said nudging him on the shoulder.

"Polly, knock it off," Alice said glaring at her.

"What mom? You think I'm being euphemistic about something. I'm just asking about his time at his musical prep school. I've missed him so much," she said wrapping around her arms around his neck.

"Hey, he's mine." Betty got up from the other side of the table and also put her arms around him, this time around his stomach.

"Oh jeez, maybe I need to leave the room," Alice said rolling her eyes and carving a piece of pie for herself. "Just another day in the woods, huh Archie? I'm sure you got plenty of attention at the new school of yours? By the way, why did you decide to come back? And why did your dad allow it? He seemed pretty adamant about you being in Chicago."

"Oh well, about that... He didn't exactly know I was coming home."

Alice let out a contemptuous look. "What!? Archie, that's a pretty big deal to just come back here without your parent's notice. You better call and let him know or I will."

Archie gulped and looked as if an eel went down his throat. "Oh he knows, he saw me at the game, I just didn't get the chance to..."

"So you avoided him because he has a weak leg and couldn't chase you to strangle your head for not telling him? Go outside and call him now," Alice said in an authoritative tone. Archie complied, knowing Alice's wrath would be much worse than his dad's. As Archie left the room, Polly whispered to her sister.

"This would be a good time to tell you that Mr. Gregerson mentioned that whole situation Archie had last year with the she-who-will-not-be-named. She didn't mention him by name, but that beleaguered women is now facing charges."

"How did she find out? The only person that was in that room was me, Archie, Fred and Alice. I don't think Fred would have told anyway..."

"I made a bad mistake," Alice let out in an exasperated tone. "You're probably going to be mad at me but I told Hiram because I thought it would buy us favor with the Lodges. Hiram had concerns about who his daughter was dating and I gave him an honest answer. If I knew what an asshole he was at the time, I wouldn't have said any..."

"I'm really trying hard not to scream right now for Archie's sake, but why?" Betty said and nearly pulled the table cloth off as her hands clambered across the table in disbelief. "Why would you use someone's personal situation to advance your own 'financial needs.' My god, I feel so sick right now."

"Well she should have been reported to the police and my inaction in not doing so for your boyfriend's dignity was very irresponsible. She could be preying on another High School boy as we speak," Alice said in response, her voice somewhat tense.

"Sorry about that guys, I should have taken care of that earlier," Archie said walking in the room. He saw Betty's look of anguish on her face and rightfully deciphered that her and her mother had gotten into an argument, albeit for a different reason than he thought.

"Ok, if this is about me, I promise that I did not have sex with her, Ms. Cooper. I swear from the bottom of my heart that I will have the utmost for your daughter and will respect your home and your boundaries."

"That's very sweet of you Archie. I'm sure Betty is very thankful to have you back where you belong," Alice said with an egregious smile on her face. Betty still was not smiling.

"You know, why does everything have to be so tense right now. We should be celebrating the victory. We're all going to New York City and Archie is probably going to carry them to a Championship," Polly said in alleviated tone.

Betty stopped and took a breath. The revelation of what happened at the debate night rattled her brain and put in her in an anaphylactic shock, but at the same time, she still wanted to savor the moment she had with Archie and how good it felt to be in his arms and to feel his embrace. She wanted to feel his embrace some more and allow him to discover more of her.

"Yeah I haven't been in at least a couple of years. It will be nice to see all the Christmas decorations up and maybe we can go up the see the Empire State Building. It'll be hard to relax though when I have the biggest game in my life and y'all cheerleaders only have to do a little dance," he said looking at Betty.

"Excuse me sir, but being a cheerleader is a lot more than that," Polly interjected. "You have hours of practice, ungodly stretching routines, have to be precise in all your movements. You can make a mistake and the game just keeps on going."

"Oh I never make a mistake."

"I don't know you're defense is pretty lackluster right now," Polly said before reaching over to tickle him under the armpit. Archie recoiled from her touch and took a cloth napkin from the table and lightly hit it against her head. She giggled and tried to tickle his sides.

"Would you two stop. It's like you guys are a married couple or something," Betty said, rolling her eyes.

"Oh lighten up Betty, you'll have him for the rest of the year, I'm not taking your man," she said once again wrapping her arms around him. "Besides, no one wants to date a single mother."

"I'd still date you," Archie said holding her tight.

"Awww, Archie." Polly picked up a piece of pie with her fork and fed it to Archie. "You're so sweet."

"Ok this is getting too weird. I'll be out in the living room, if anyone needs me," Alice said walking out. Betty fumed at her mother for leaving the scene, knowing full well she didn't want to be in Betty's crossfire.

"So... I take it that mom's chances aren't looking too good for the election," Betty piped in.

Archie pulled away from her sister. "Wait, your mom is running for... wait, what?

"Yep, she's running for mayor. I wasn't too happy about it and thought it was a good idea but it is what it is I suppose." Betty's stomach curled up, realizing that the news of the debate would spread and Archie would inevitably hear about his paramour being put away behind bars. She wondered if that would cause a rift between them and he would resent her for it. Or if the debate would even be talked about that much? Could the game somehow overshadow it, or would the debate overshadow the game? She didn't want to think about it.

"Well, that's an interesting change for a career choice," Archie said blankly, causing Polly to laugh. "I suppose it's not out of left field if she was a reporter. You got to know the facts in both, so maybe it was a good idea. Who is she running against?"

"Frederick Gregerson, a former business partner of Hiram and some 20-something-year-old flunky named Matt. His chances might have been killed now that people discovered his old twitter posts from years ago," Polly said.

"Oh really? What did he say?" Archie asked.

Polly brushed her hair and started guffawing. "Apparently- he really likes My Little Pony, the new series. Like a little too much, if you catch my drift," she said with a bit of unease at the end.

"Oh... Well eventful night tonight I guess," said Archie. Betty bursted out laughing and nearly had to spit out her pie.

"Takes me back to the night we went camping. I think I was up 48 hours straight after all that went down. But I was glad I was up for all of it," Betty said while placing her hand into Archie's.

"Yeah, me neither. That flight felt like the longest two hours of my life. Just starting over everything," He pulled out the coin his father had given and palmed it in his hand.

"So, whatever happened to the Serpents? Did they ever show back up? Get convicted?" Betty and Polly looked at him with a confused look on their faces.

"Well, they are technically still there in the Southside but we can't really incriminate any of those who weren't apprehended at the town centre. Not without proof. They've just kinda have faded in the backdrop," Betty said. She was curious as to why he brought it out of the blue.

"Uh-huh," Archie said somewhat nervously. The two sat there quietly and ate for a few minutes until the door bell rang.

"Uh-oh, you're about to be grounded buster. No more kissing on girls for you." Polly chided and proceeded to blow him a kiss.

"I know Polly, what am I going to do without you," Archie said getting up from his chair.

"Archie, you know you're only allowed to have one of us. I don't know what ideas you are trying to get but we're monogamous," Betty said sarcastically.

Soon enough, Fred had entered the room with Alice and Betty got up to give him a hug.

"You were amazing out there today," Fred said to Betty. "I didn't think anyone could fly that high in the air." Whilst saying this, he was looking over Betty's shoulder and gave a mischievous to Archie as if he was a snake getting ready to unleash its fury on a mouse. Archie recoiled slightly in his seat.

"And you son. You know, there comes a time in his father's life when he wonders if his son will get to go to a State Championship. I never thought I would get to experience that while also wanting to strangle you simultaneously." Polly let out a fake laugh in an effort to ease the tension before Fred mockingly wrapped his hands around Archie's neck. Alice merely rolled her eyes.

"Archie already told me he's doing all the chores for the week. Actually two weeks. Isn't that right Archie?" Alice said with a smug look on her face.

"Uh- yeah," he said with an uncomfortable smile. The five of them briefly recollected some of the moments of the night- Alice's major slip up of course was not mentioned. Polly proceeded to pick up her son from the babysitter, while Betty and Archie headed upstairs to collect all of Archie's belongings from football. As the two entered, like deja vu, Betty grasped onto Archie's arm.

"You know, you seemed a little too interested in my sister, Archie. Should I be worried? I always thought you had a crush on her," she said guiding his hand to feel her sides.

"We were just having fun. Would matter either way. I'm not good enough for her. Which is why I had to settle for you," he said blushing.

Betty smiled and pressed against him more. "Well at least you didn't come out empty-handed. Speaking of which..." She began to guide his hands under her shirt and above her naval. "You know you scored the winning touchdown but I feel you deserve more," she said gazing at his eyes.

Archie nodded his head and moved his hands upwards, feeling the fabric of her bra and the skin above it. Betty sighed a bit as she felt him squeeze and closed her eyes to take in the feeling.

"You know, I was think of trying out for baseball in the spring anyway," Archie said jokingly, leading Betty to push him away and pull back down the hem of her shirt.

"Really Archie? Did you do that on purpose because we don't have much time tonight?" As soon as Betty said that, Alice's voice came echoing up the stairs. Archie nodded.

"Yeah, plenty of time for inter-family bonding between my dad and your mom later. Maybe a Christmas Party would be more apt," he said while hustling out of the door with his sports bag. Fred and Archie said their goodbyes to the girls, leaving the two idle in the house until Polly came back to the house and put her son to bed.

"I'm so mad at Hal for opening up that shop so late, I told him that his employees need to learn to close the books on their own," Alice lamented before retiring to her master bedroom. Hal had returned to his shop after seeing the game because his shop had expanded to hire new employees. This often meant the girls would stay up later to greet him past 9 P.M.

"Hey Polly, do you think it was kinda weird that Archie asked about the Serpents just out of the blue?" Betty said to her sister.

"Yeah, I don't know, maybe he was just trying to break the ice. Unless he was worried about something with Jughead going on. I wonder..." Before Polly could finish, a text message went off on Alice's phone. Betty grabbed it and could not unlock it.

"Hey do you know Mom's numbers?"

"Yeah, it's dad's birthday, my birthday, then your birthday." Betty punched it and saw the text was from an unnamed source. It read:

I talked with FP at the prison. He said the meet up is a go. You'll get all the dirt you need on that weasel.

A/N: Thanks for all the reviews I have been getting recently, I love all the support. This probably pushes the T rating but I intend on keeping stuff pretty light until further notice.

TTFN