A/N: As always, YougurtBerries, your wish is my command. It was about time for another Bughead catch up, I hope everyone enjoys and please read and review.

Jughead smiled over at Betty, he always loved the smile when she walked into the small opening with him. He knew that he had found and visited this place a few times before bringing Betty here but he couldn't imagine it without her now. This had become their place, the place they came to talk and relax, take time out from the worries in the outside world. He watched her walk into the centre of the opening and sit on the ground, she wrapped Jughead's jacket tighter around her small frame. It was getting colder now, it wouldn't be much longer until the snows started, he could imagine bringing her here with snow covering the ground.

"What?" He realised then that he had been staring at her from is standing position, still within the line of trees.

"Nothing." He shook himself out of his reverie and went to sit by her side. "Just distracted I guess."

"Tell me what's on your mind?" She tilted her head to look at him more fully in the eyes.

"Right now, nothing but sitting here relaxing with you. Tell me about how things went with Polly and the Sheriff?"

"Juggie?"

"Hmm?" She smiled over at him, trying to hide her concern, she knew something was going on with him.

"Talk to me. What's going on?"

"It's stupid, Archie wants to go into the bar the serpents hang out at. He's convinced they have something to do with the attack at the construction site." The idea had plagued his thoughts since Archie brought it up during their lunch hour.

"Jeez, he can't think this is a good idea?"

"He thinks they can find the guys who did it and take it to the sheriff to prove it was them."

"Who's going?"

"Archie, Moose, Kevin and his boyfriend Joaquin, he's getting them in there."

"No way you can talk them out of it?"

"Doesn't look like it."

"So you're going with them?"

"I'm not getting involved in this, Betty. If Archie wants to go and get himself killed for accusing these guys of something they didn't do, then that's on his own back." He didn't want to get into this with Betty, didn't want her knowing his true reason for not wanting to go.

"Juggie, he may need you in there. You don't know they had nothing to do with this."

"They never gave me any trouble when I worked at the Drive-in. I don't see why they would do this."

"They're criminals Juggie, thugs and drug dealers. Mr Andrews is building on their territory."

"Who says they are drug dealers?"

"Polly, it came up when she was talking with the sheriff. Jason was involved with a drug deal for them to make money to run away." Betty couldn't make out the expression on Jughead's face. "I think you should go with him, you know he could use all the help he can get in there and you've dealt with the serpents before. I trust you to keep everyone safe in there." He sighed loudly, the way she looked at him made it hard to refuse her anything.

"I was going to help you with the baby shower prep tonight."

"Oh please, you'd be bored stiff and I have Veronica to help me tonight. You can help with the final set-up tomorrow before people start arriving." He sighed again and this time she looked at him with a confused look. "I just think it's a good idea for you to help him, you two have always had each others back. If he is going to do something stupid and destructive, and you can't talk him out of it, then you should be there with him." He hated that she saw her point and he knew that if Archie had asked him to do anything else he would do it without hesitation.

"Fine, I'll go." He smiled when he saw the beaming smile that came to Betty's face as he said that.

"I love that I can talk you into anything."

"It's a dangerous talent. Use it wisely." He tried to put on a serious face as he said that but failed miserably as he couldn't stop the smile on his face. "So, how is Polly doing?"

"She's alright, looking forward to the shower. She wants my mum there which is hard enough but she also wants Mrs Blossom there so recipe for disaster."

"It will be rough but everyone is there for Polly and the baby, if they cause trouble I'll be the muscle and kick them out." His joke had the desired effect when it made Betty laugh out loud. "It will be go great Betts, don't worry." She nodded to him then.

Jughead shot a quick message to Archie to ask what the plan was for tonight and got a reply almost instantly, he seemed happy he had changed his mind and let him know they were meeting in a couple of hours. He relayed the information to Betty before laying back on the grass, he was content to spend the time he had just relaxing quietly with her. He smiled when he felt her slight frame lay next to him, he wrapped his arm around her tightly.

"I like this place." Betty felt the vibrations go through Jugheads body as he laughed at her.

"Good, I like it too."

"How did you manage to find this place anyway?"

"Just on a walk, I remember being frustrated about not being able to write."

"It helped, being here?"

"Yeah it did, it helped me think. It actually reminded me of you, I remember thinking that when I first found it."

"What?!" Betty sat up to look at her then.

"What?" He was confused by the reaction.

"How did it remind you of me?"

"I don't know, I just felt peaceful here and it made me think of how I was with you. When I first found it there were wildflowers everywhere and it was sunny and hot, it was just this bubble, away from the rest of my life. A safe place. I guess thats how I see you as well, a sanctuary."

She just smiled down at him in a way he couldn't quite understand before laying back down next to him, he decided not to question the reaction. He knew he would never understand this girl fully.

"You're the same for me you know?"

"Hmm?" They had been silent for a few minutes when she suddenly spoke to him as if they were mid conversation.

"You're my sanctuary too. My safe place."

He just sighed and placed a kiss on the top of her head, happy that she felt that way about him. That he brought a measure of safety to her as her life was seemingly crumbling around her. He felt her hug herself closer to him and responded by tightening his arm around her too.