Chapter Fifteen
The ambulance had gotten there quickly that night. All Betty could do was sob and clutch Veronica closely while her Mom tried to asses the damages. When they'd gotten to the hospital and the brunette had uttered the words 'rape kit' Betty had crumbled into her Mom's open arms.
Two broken ribs.
A broken arm.
A cracked jaw.
A chipped eye socket.
A tear inside her.
Five stitches to the back of her head.
Betty's heart had gotten heavier and heavier as each injury was listed. As soon as she had been allowed to see Veronica she'd rushed into the room, seeing the brunette so tiny on a bed of white.
"Ronnie," She sobbed, grabbing Veronica's hand. Veronica smiled sadly. Betty studied her face, they'd cleaned the blood off, leaving the cuts and bruises noticeable. Her jaw looked the worst, a dark bruise with a jagged white line through it.
"I'm sorry, for everything," Veronica whispered, bringing Betty's hand to her mouth and pressing a kiss to her knuckles.
"V-"
"Veronica?" Alice entered the room, hurrying over to the bedside, "Honey, how are you feeling?"
Veronica shrugged, her eyes heavy, "I might need to take you up on that 'moving in' offer."
"You're more than welcome," Alice smiled warmly, "Besides, I doubt my daughter is going to let you out of her sight anytime soon."
Veronica smiled a little while Betty nodded in agreement.
"Listen," Alice continued, "The doctor said you'd be really tired but you aren't allowed to go to sleep for now, they're worried about your head injury. They think it might be a concussion so no sleeping until you hear otherwise, okay?"
Veronica made a small noise of protest before nodding gently.
"Also the police...they need to talk to you before they can act."
"Okay," Veronica blinked, "I...I want to talk to them now, the quicker they do something the better. He...He'll come here to find me, I know he will."
"Alright honey, I'll go get them," Alice nodded, squeezing her hand, "But you're safe here, we aren't going to leave you."
Betty watched her mother exit the room before turning back to Veronica, "Should I leave? While you talk to the cops?"
"No," Veronica said softly, "I'm not going to lie to you anymore, Betty and I'm sure you have questions...it's better you hear and then I don't have to say it all twice."
"Are...you sure?" Betty frowned, "This must be hard and I can wait...forever if I have to."
"I know," Veronica smiled in appreciation, "But you need to hear this and you're my forever too, Betty. You always have been."
Betty smiled, a fresh set of tears stinging her eyes for a different reason, she lent down to press a sweet kiss to Veronica's salty lips, "I love you so much, V."
Veronica nodded, looking up at Betty, "And I love you too."
Soon Alice's voice interrupted them as the older blonde entered the room followed by two police officers, "If you could just steer the conversation, she's very weak and tired. As you can imagine."
"Of course, Ma'am, we'll do out best to make this easy," One of the officers said before turning to Veronica, notepad in hand, "Hello, Veronica. I'm officer Luke Parsons and this is my partner," He gestured to the other officer, "Officer Todd Knight. Are you okay to answer some questions?"
Veronica nodded, grasping at Betty's hand.
"Thank you," He nodded, "So you were attacked last night by your father? Hiram Lodge?"
"Yeah," Veronica answered, her voice small and distant.
"Okay and they took photos of your injury's and did a rape kit on you, was that for him?"
"Yes," Veronica's eyes grew wet.
"Was this the first time he hit you?"
"No."
"Can you count how may times?"
"No."
"From what age?"
"Um," Veronica glanced around the room, settling on Betty for a few seconds before she refocused, "Since around five, I think."
"Was this the first time he raped you, Veronica?" Luke asked, his voice gentle.
Veronica shook her head sadly, "He's done it before but it's been a long time, I thought he'd stopped," Her eyes hit the floor before meeting Luke's, "But there were others."
Betty's heart clenched, she felt her mothers hand find her back for comfort.
"Others?"
"He made me sleep with his enemy's, used me as a trade," Veronica explained, "That happened regularly."
"Alright, can you remember when he first raped you?"
"Thirteen."
"And the first time he made you sleep with someone else?"
"The same," Veronica shrugged.
"It was the enemies more than him?"
"Yeah," Veronica nodded, "He only did it a few times but I was supposed to sleep with people every other weekend."
"Okay and how about your Mom?"
"She...uh, she knew everything," Veronica swallowed thickly, "Everything except Daddy r-raping me. She was the one that tried making it okay for me to sleep with his enemies, she told me it was part of business, part of being a Lodge."
"Sorry, I know this is difficult," Luke said, "Just a few more questions, what's your living status at the moment."
"Oh, she's moving in with us," Alice interjected, her voice catching from the tears she was shedding.
Luke nodded, "Is this a short term solution or permanent?"
"It's as permanent as Veronica wants," Alice nodded, shooting Veronica a much needed smile.
"Alright," Luke nodded, squatting down beside Veronica's bed and gently taking her injured hand, "You father won't get away with any of this, Veronica. He isn't going to hurt you again. He's going away for a long, long time."
"Thank you," Veronica smiled genuinely, finally letting the tears fall once the officers had gone. Betty sat next to her on the bed, wrapping her arms around her favorite brunette.
"You're okay, Ronnie," She whispered into Veronica's hair, gently rocking her back and forth, "Everything is going to be okay."
Alice watched the interaction for a few seconds before leaving the girls to their privacy.
Hiram was arrested the next day. Apparently the FBI was already looking into him. He was going to be in prison for a long time. Veronica was released from the hospital a week later. She had to be careful because of her ribs but she was able to resume most of her usual activities.
The next month went by relatively smoothly. She was grateful for Betty and Alice, Alice doting on her as if she were her own daughter and Betty spending every spare second she had sitting at the other end of Veronica's hospital bed. Sneaking in better snacks and bringing her things to do so she wouldn't get bored. They'd thrown her a welcome home party of three the night she got released, ordering pizza and watching one of Veronica's favorite movies.
Veronica had stayed home from school while she was healing. Betty had looked after her better than ever, Alice-with help from Veronica-had to practically force the younger blond to go to school. In the end Alice and Veronica having to promise hourly update photo's.
Alice had really come through all round. She took time off work to take care of Veronica, she was completely protective over the brunette. She'd even set up a therapist to come and talk to Veronica once a week and she hadn't shown any objection the first night Veronica had crawled into her girlfriends bed to sleep or any night since then.
Girlfriend? Yes. Girlfriend, girlfriend. It's not like they'd discussed it, they didn't have to. They just were. And it worked. They'd fallen into an easy relationship filled with I love you's and giggles. Making them wonder why they hadn't been doing this all along.
Hermione had tried to contact Veronica several times since Hiram had been arrested, she'd even shown up to the house once but luckily Alice had been there to intervene.
"Beetttyy," Veronica whined, sporting a serious pout.
Betty turned to her with a grin, even sitting at the kitchen counter with messy hair, not a spot of make up and still in her comfy pyjama's the brunette still looked beautiful. Betty preferred Veronica like this, comfy and natural.
"Veerronicaaa," Betty matched, tone teasing. She lent her elbows on the counter in front of her favorite brunette.
"Come on, please?" Veronica groaned, stomping her foot and earning an amused eyebrow raise.
"You're seriously stomping your feet?" Betty laughed, "You're such a baby."
Veronica tipped her face towards Betty's, a sultry smirk appearing in place of her pout, "I'm your baby."
Betty grinned, leaning in to connect their lips, pressing their foreheads together when she pulled away, "You're incredibly sexy and adorable, Veronica but still no. I'm not having sex with you until your doctor clears you."
"But, Betty," Veronica went back to whining.
"You know they want to make sure you're all healed up before doing any strenuous activities," Betty brought her hand up to cup Veronica's cheek, carefully running her thumb over the brunette's damaged eye.
"I know you worry," Veronica smiled, connecting their free hands, interlocking their fingers, "And I love you for it."
"I love you, too."
"I know," Veronica pressed a kiss to the blondes lips, "I'm just really..."
"I know," Betty nodded, "Me too. I miss you," Betty's eyes dragged over Veronica's body, her bottom lip finding it's way between her teeth.
Their lips slanted over each other, getting more heated by the second until they were interrupted by a knock on the front door. Betty stole one last kiss with a groan before reluctantly dragging herself away from her irresistible girlfriend to answer the door.
Hermione Lodge stood on the porch dressed to the nines but looking worse for ware, tired. Drained.
"Mrs Lodge?" Betty frowned, glancing behind her to see Veronica's eyes widen.
"Hello, Betty," Hermione nodded politely, trying to peer around Betty to see into the house, "Is Veronica here?"
"Um..." Betty frowned, "I'm not sure that's such a good idea..."
"Look I know you and Veronica are having some sort of a sexual relationship but she's still my daughter," Hermione said sharply, "And blood means a hell of a lot more than some fling."
"Mom?" Veronica's voice was low and held a threatening tone, she stood at Betty's side. One arm wrapped around the blondes waist, "What do you want?"
Betty bit her lip, her arm falling round Veronica's shoulders.
"You need to come home," Hermione shifted uncomfortably, "Your father will want us to be united for when he gets released."
"What?!" Veronica's mouth dropped open, "Do you hear yourself? After everything you're still on his side?"
"Talk about loyalty," Betty muttered under her voice.
"Veronica-"
"No," Veronica cut her mother off, shaking her head venomously, "I am not doing this. You don't get to come here, insult my girlfriend and act like I'm in the wrong. Maybe I could've forgiven you for pretending he didn't hit me, maybe I could've forgiven you for pushing me to sleep with those men but this? I won't ever forgive you for being on his side now that you know he raped me."
"Oh please," Hermione rolled her eyes, "Don't be so dramatic, Veronica. I'd know if my own husband had eyes for anyone else. So stop with your little temper tantrum and grow up! Your responsibility to this family is much more important than some silly crush!"
"Girls?" Alice's voice sounded from behind them, the older blonde appearing behind the couple, "Hermione?"
"Alice," Hermione said, schooling her face, "I'm just here to collect Veronica."
"Well in that case I'm sorry you wasted your time," Alice said in a faux cheery voice, placing her hands protectively on Veronica's shoulders, "Veronica isn't going anywhere."
"She's my daughter, Alice," Hermione's eyes narrowed.
Before anyone could react Hermione had grabbed hold of Veronica's broken arm by the cast and yanked Veronica forward, out of the house. Veronica's pained cry made the Coopers spring into action.
Alice restrained Hermione while Betty gathered Veronica into her arms, "She has broken ribs," Betty spat.
"Take Veronica inside, Betty," Alice nodded towards the house, "Hermione and I are going to have a little chat."
Once the front door shut Veronica fell against Betty in tears, "She thinks I made it up."
Suffice to say, Veronica wasn't going to entertain the idea of a relationship with her Mom anytime in the foreseeable future.
Betty tried to get Veronica up to scratch with the school work she'd missed but she ended up getting rather distracted by her oh so sexy girlfriend and enlisted Jughead to help instead.
By the time Veronica got back to school she was caught up, she was on the road to being healed too. The bruises on her face were light enough to cover with make up and she only had to wear the cast on her arm for another two weeks. She did have to use a crutch for her ribs but she still managed to look amazing.
There were rumors going around about why she'd missed a month, a few close, none accurate. Cheryl had concocted a particularly nasty one that Veronica had gone away to have an abortion that got some negative comments.
Archie hadn't been particularly pleasant either. He'd taken one look at Veronica's injuries and Betty and Veronica's interlocked hands and said, "Wow, Betty. I didn't realise you were so into BDSM, nice of Veronica to let you try it out on her."
"This is it, Betty," Jughead grinned.
They sat up high on the bleachers, watching the business of graduation day on the football field below them.
"This is it," Betty nodded with a smile, "Did you think we'd get here?"
Jughead shrugged, "Of course, I mean...we had some ups and downs but high school would've been kinda dull with out."
Betty laughed, "I guess," She paused, "I'm a little sad to say goodbye though"
"Hey, we've got an entire summer of fun before we're leaving for college," Jughead "And it's not goodbye, it's just a new chapter."
Betty grinned, resting her head on Jughead's shoulder, "I like that."
They watched silently for a while, listening to the chatter of the crowd below them. Jughead noticed Veronica lock eyes with Betty from the crowd where the brunette was standing with Alice. She gave Betty a little wave, glancing around to make sure no one was looking before following it up with a shimmy and booty shake. Betty chuckled, blowing Veronica's a kiss which the brunette caught.
Jughead grinned, "It's so good to see you happy, Betty."
"It's so good being happy," Betty sighed contently.
"You deserve it," He nodded, "And you can say 'I told you so' anytime you want now."
"For what?" Betty questioned.
"Veronica. You were right and I'm sorry I was so against your relationship," Jughead shrugged, "I'm glad I was wrong though, I never would've gotten to know the amazing side of Veronica if I wasn't and now she's one of my best friends."
Betty smiled, "I mean, I think she's amazing. Obviously. But I don't mind, you were just being protective of me and that's one of the reasons I love you, Jug."
"I love you too," He smiled, pulling her into a hug, "Now come on, go get your girl before you burn holes in her ass by staring at it too hard."
Graduating felt like something special. It felt like they didn't have a care in the world. It was a day full of smiles and celebration. Veronica was slightly sad knowing that her parents wouldn't be there but Alice certainly made up for that after they'd gotten their diplomas and taken photo's she'd slipped her arms around Betty and Veronica.
"Well done you two, I am so, so proud of both of my girls."
"You two seem mellow after your travels," Jughead nodded towards the couple from across the camp fire.
Veronica smiled, laying on her side. He head rested on Betty's elbow while the blonde lay behind her, "We are, it was the perfect trip," Veronica yawned, leaning back into Betty.
Betty's hands came up, running her fingers through the loose curls Veronica had from swimming in the ocean. She loved Veronica with curly hair and the sand brought a smile to her lips, "Tired, baby?"
"Mhm," Veronica nodded with a pout, twisting her head around for a quick kiss.
The three had, had a rather packed weekend. They'd decided to drive down to the beach for a last send off before college. Veronica and Betty had spent the summer travelling Europe, using their last two weeks to get semi settled into the apartment they'd be sharing in New York next year.
"At least if you're tired you won't be getting busy," Jughead wiggled his eyebrows suggestively, "Or maybe you two conveniently forgot that we're sharing a tent last night."
"No promises," Veronica smirked.
Betty's chin rested on Veronica's shoulder, eyes drifting to Veronica's ample cleavage, generously on display because of her white bikini top. Her hand slipping over the front of the jean shorts Veronica was wearing, "Yeah, don't count on it," She agreed.
"You two cannot seriously still be in the honeymoon phase," Jughead rolled his eyes.
"We aren't," Veronica shrugged, "We're in the forever phase."
"Jesus," Jughead shook his head, "If I stay around you two much longer I'll get a cavity."
Betty and Veronica giggled, smiling widely at each other.
"Go on," He nodded towards their shared tent, "You've got thirty minutes before I'm coming to bed."
Betty grinned, rolling away from Veronica to stand up, "Thanks, Jug," She held her hand out, waiting for Veronica to take it before pulling the brunette to her feet.
The light of the camp fire outside flickered on the side of Veronica's face, creating shadows. Betty smiled lovingly, watching the love of her life as they sat on their knees facing each other. Veronica cupped her face, bringing her into a kiss. Their lips meshed, teeth knocking and tongues brushing. Betty's arms circled Veronica's waist, pulling their bodies flush together.
Betty pulled away, searching Veronica's face.
"What is it?" Veronica whispered.
"I just want to remember this. We're staring our lives together tomorrow and it should be scary but it isn't. Nothing with you is ever scary, I love you, Ronnie."
Veronica brought Betty in for a kiss, "Me too," She smiled, "You make everything better. You make me better, Betty," The brunette paused, staring into Betty's eyes, "I never want to be without you so...I want you to marry me."
"What?" Betty gasped.
"I...I've made mistakes but you were never one of them, now we're going to college and-and we're going to be living in New York together and there's going to be a thousand more challenges to face and a thousand more good memories to make. I want you to be there for all of it, Betty. You're the best part of my life so will you please marry me?"
Betty grinned, launching herself towards the brunette and tackling her to the floor, giving her open mouthed kisses.
Veronica pulled back, "Is that a yes?"
"I suppose so," Betty laughed, cheekily, "I've had no better offers so far."
"Hey!" Veronica exclaimed, "You better not be getting any other offers, better or otherwise."
"I love you, so much," Betty mumbled into Veronica's mouth.
Their kisses filled with giggles soon heated. Betty's hands squeezed Veronica's hips, her mouth nipping along the brunette's jaw before focusing on her neck. She sucked lightly before grazing her teeth over Veronica's pulse point, earning a whimper.
Veronica retaliated by sinking her teeth into the only available flesh she could reach on the junction between Betty's neck and shoulder. Betty hissed, lowering herself to push her face between Veronica's breasts, sucking on the warm skin she found there and making Veronica's hips jolt upwards.
She yanked on the full cups of Veronica's bikini pulling them out of the way to free Veronica's breasts. Betty hummed in appreciation, pushing Veronica's breasts together, rolling her tongue over the brunette's nipples. Veronica mewled, digging her fingernails into the back of Betty's neck.
"Fuck, V," Betty moaned, licking the hardening peaks into her mouth.
"Please," Veronica panted. Her hand slipping beneath Betty's board shorts, fingers slipping between wet folds. Betty shuddered.
The blondes hand found the button on the Veronica's jean shorts, the other grabbing a breast to bring back into her mouth to suck. Veronica's free hand moved under Betty's shirt, caressing her soft, flat belly. Making Betty sigh into Veronica's firm breast. Veronica's breathing became heavier, their lips met again and both girls moaned softly.
Betty pushed harder against Veronica's fingers as their tongues touched. Betty gasped as Veronica's skilled digit slid down her flesh and snaked into her already incredibly wet hole. Betty grasped Veronica tightly as the other girl massaged the inside of her pussy.
Betty's hands frantically tugged at the material of Veronica's shorts, desperately trying to pull them down, succeeding when the brunette lifted her ass and throwing the material somewhere behind her. She needed to be inside Veronica when she reached her climax.
And she was.
Rubbing her fingers swiftly over Veronica's clit, she trailed them down and entered her hard with two fingers. Veronica's gasped, probing her finger into Betty faster. Betty started moving her hips faster, riding Veronica's hand and simultaneously pumping her fingers into the brunette.
She came hard. Her head sinking onto Veronica's shoulder and her body tensing and shaking, the feeling of Veronica's slippery core making it that much more intense. Veronica pulled her into a heady kiss, giving her something to focus on and gently bringing her down from her high.
The feeling of Veronica's tightness spurred her on to recover quickly and she pulled back, maneuvering herself down Veronica's body. She didn't waste any time before plunging her hot tongue into the brunette. Betty could never get enough of Veronica's taste. She could spend all day doing this and on occasion, had.
Once Veronica's was close to her orgasm Betty's hands ventured north, palming Veronica's perfect breasts and thumbing the brunette's small, brown nipples. Veronica's head tilted up, forcing their eyes to connect. Her lithe bod squirming beneath Betty as she came undone.
Betty smirked, cleaning up the remainder of Veronica's juices as the girl got her breath back. Veronica eventually nudged Betty with her knee. Holding her arms out until Betty was in them.
"That was amazing," The brunette purred.
Betty smiled, rolling them over so that Veronica settled on top of her, palming the brunette's plump ass, "You're amazing," Betty said, capturing Veronica's mouth in a hot kiss before pressing their foreheads together, "Future wife."
Veronica's smiled seemed to cover her whole face and Betty's matched.
"Uh, guys?" Jughead's voice penetrated their bubble, "Are you done?"
Both girls laughed, Veronica's face buried in Betty's chest out of embarrassment.
"For now," Betty called out, sending Veronica a cheeky wink, "But no promises."
-FIN-
Authors note.
Thank you to everyone that has read, liked, commented on this story.
I hope you guys liked the last chapter.
I do have squeal to this in the works for this named 'Forever and After'...the gist being that some time after this fic Veronica has a head injury and doesn't remember the life that her and Betty created together. There will be a lot of angst, some very much unwanted Archie and Veronica, Hermione and such...along with Betty and Veronica's baby! So please let me know if you guys are interested in reading a sequel and I'll continue to write it.