A/N Thank you to Boris Yeltsin for the review!

Chapter 24

Archie did her best to strap Faith into her car seat, but this was his first time so it took him two or three tries.

"You OK there?" Veronica asked walking over to him.

"Yeah," Archie said finishing buckling up Faith, "that was just a little bit more difficult than I thought."

Veronica chuckled looking down at her daughter, today she was being discharged, however she was to report right to Sheriff Keller's office so that he could ask her some questions before Nick's trial tomorrow, the tape could be used instead of her having to face Nick face to face. Although she would if she needed to.

Archie put his arm around Veronica kissing her head, "I love you."

"I love you too," she said smiling at him before turning her head so that they could kiss.

"Am I interrupting something?" Fred asked walking into the room, causing Veronica and Archie to end their kiss and face him.

"Dad!" Archie said slightly embarrassed.

"Hi, Mr. Andrews!"

Fred smiled walking over to the car seat looking at Faith, "is she ready to go?"

"Yep," Veronica said walking over to the chair picking up a bag, because Veronica had been in a coma Faith had been fed formula, so the odds of her latching onto Veronica's boobs now were slim to none, which bothered her a little but her daughter was healthy, which is all she cared about.

"Here's formula, bottles, diapers, wipes, toys and pacifiers," Veronica said handing the bag to Fred, he was taking care of Faith while Veronica, Archie, Hermione and Hiram went to the police station.

"If you have any problems please don't hesitate to call me," Veronica said.

"Don't worry, Veronica," Fred said picking up the car seat, "I have done this before."

Veronica smiled leaning down and kissing Faith's head, "love you, sweetheart."

"Good luck today," Fred said before walking out of the room.

Once he was gone Archie turned to Veronica taking her hand, "I guess we should probably get going."

Veronica sighed, she really wasn't looking forward to the next couple of days, Archie embraced her in a hug "it'll be over soon."

"Not soon enough…" Veronica whispered.

"I know," Archie said squeezing her a little bit tighter and kissing the top of her head, "I'll be with you every step of the way."

Veronica smiled up at him, "I know you will be."

Archie smiled as well before leaning his head down so the two of them could kiss again.

"We should get going," Archie said ending the kiss.

Veronica nodded her head, taking Archie's hand as the two of them walking out of the room.

The ride to the police station had been pretty quiet, Veronica stared out the window, never letting go of Archie's hand. Every now and then she could feel him staring at her but she just kept staring out the window.

Once they got to the police station Hiram stopped right by the front door so that Veronica wouldn't have to walk too far, however she hesitated as she stared at all the paparazzi that were huddled around the building.

"Oh God…" Veronica whispered slinking down in her seat, she should have expected that they would be wanting to write a story about Veronica Lodge being kidnapped, but she didn't think that it would be that big of a story…

"You OK?" Archie asked squeezing her hand.

Veronica took a deep breath, counting to ten to calm herself down, after she exhaled she gave Archie a small smile, "let's just get this over with…"

Archie got out of the car, running around to her side opening the door for her and offering her his hand, which Veronica gladly took, it was hard to move in the walking boot.

"We'll see you soon." Hermione said.

As soon as Veronica stepped out of the car the paparazzi crowded around the two of them, some of them were snapping pictures and others were trying to ask her questions, which Veronica just ignored as her and Archie walked to the front door.

When they walked inside they were greeted by Sheriff Keller, "sorry about that, I asked them to leave but they wouldn't listen…"

"Not your fault." Veronica said smiling at him.

Sheriff Keller lead Archie and Veronica to the waiting room chairs, "OK Veronica are you ready?"

Veronica nodded her head.

"Alright let's go." Sheriff Keller said leading them through some doors and into a room that Archie recognized from the time that he was questioned on Veronica's disappearance.

"Please have a seat," Sheriff Keller said, walking over to a video camera he pressed a button on it before sitting across from the two of them.

"Please state your full name," Sheriff Keller said.

"Veronica Lodge."

"You were held hostage by Nick St. Clair?"

"Yes."

"Where?"

Veronica looked straight ahead as she remembered the basement, "in the basement of an old cabin, he… he chained me up there…"

"What did he do to you… did he rape you?"

Archie squeezed Veronica's hand tightly and out of the corner of her eye she could see that his face was red with anger, "no…" she said, "not that I know of… I was already pregnant so he didn't have any reason to. He wanted a new family since his parents are dead, every night he would kiss me and tell me that eventually I would start loving him… if I didn't then…"

"Then what?" Sheriff Keller asked.

Veronica shuddered as Nick's words rang through her head, "after I gave birth then he would take the baby and kill me…"

"Oh my God…" Archie whispered.

Sheriff Keller leaned back in his chair, looking at his notes, "Nick says that you stabbed him?"

"I did…" Veronica said, "I pretended to love him and then when he trusted me enough to let me out of the basement, I used that opportunity to try and escape… although being as pregnant as I was, his one henchmen managed to catch me again…"

"What happened when he brought you back to the basement?"

Once again Veronica shuddered, "Nick told me that if I didn't go into labour by midnight that night then he was going to rip the baby out of me…"

Once again Archie squeezed her hand, probably to try and keep his own anger in control.

"Jughead heard him say this." Veronica said.

Sheriff Keller nodded his head, "yes he mentioned that to me."

"Dr. John helped Jughead and I escape, and then that's when Archie and Betty found us when I was in labour."

"Nick shot you after you give birth?"

Veronica tried to think but because of the pain and exhaustion she had experienced everything was a bit of a blur, "I guess…"

"He did," Archie said.

Sheriff Keller looked at Archie, "Nick is also saying that you beat him up after he shot Veronica."

"I was angry…"

"You do realize that you could be put back on house arrest for assault?"

"But Nick had it coming!" Veronica insisted.

Sheriff Keller sighed, "Archie shouldn't have taken the law into his own hands."

Veronica and Archie looked at each other in disbelief.

"That'll be up to the jury to make the final decision," Sheriff Keller said, before looking back at Veronica, "is there anything else you'd like to add?"

Veronica thought for a moment, "no."

Sheriff Keller stood up walking back over to the video camera, "hopefully this will be enough for tomorrow, so you won't have to face him."

"What would be a reason that I would still have to testify tomorrow?" Veronica asked.

"If Nick decides to make himself look like the victim," Sheriff Keller said crossing his arms.

Veronica rolled her eyes, "why do I have a funny feeling that he's going to do that?"

"Because he's an asshole." Archie said.

"Just be ready…" Sheriff Keller said, "the tape might not be enough…"

A tear fell from Veronica's eye, how she wished that everything was finished and she could just enjoy life with Archie and Faith.

Walking out of the police station Archie and Veronica got bombarded by paparazzi again, but once again the two of them just ignored them. Once they were in Hiram's car he drove away.

"How'd it go?" Hermione asked.

"I might still have to testify tomorrow." Veronica whispered.

"Why?" Hiram asked.

"I thought that's why you were being questioned by Sheriff Keller today?" Hermione asked confused.

"If Nick decides to play the victim card then the video might not be enough…"

"God dammit…" Hiram said in disbelief.

"Plus Archie might be looking at house arrest for beating up Nick after he shot me…"

"Oh joy things just keep getting better and better…" Hiram said sarcastically.

Veronica took Archie's hand, "you shouldn't have beat him up…"

Archie shrugged, "he deserved it…"

"I agree with Archie," Hiram said, "if I had of been the one who found you I probably would have done the same thing to him."

"I just really hope that everything works out tomorrow," Veronica whispered.

"It will," Archie said confidently, "have faith."

Veronica gave Archie a small smile before turning her head and staring out the window again.

End chapter 24

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