Author's Note: New chapter, woo! Enjoy.

Riverdale doesn't belong to me.

Chapter 36

"Is, uh, Betty still mad at you?" Veronica asks.

She and Archie are walking through the Northside neighborhood.

"We're back to no texting. What about you?" Archie questioned.

"I'm back to being the shallow, toxic rich bitch…who ruins everything." Veronica responded.

"Which is unfortunate because even though I only just met Betty…it really felt like we were meant to be best friends."

"Like—Like, it was our destiny." Veronica added.

"And now…it's like there was this train that was heading to the rest of my life…and I just missed it."

"Betty and I have been next-door neighbors since we were 4." Archie started to explain. "We've always gone to the same school, been in the same class. I remember in the second grade, I was having trouble reading. My teacher, Mrs. Gribock, told my mom and dad…that I should stay back a year to get caught up. Betty was so against us not being in the same grade…that she took it upon herself to tutor me every single day."

"In the second grade?" Veronica asks in disbelief.

"Yeah," said Archie. "Anyway, when I passed, thanks to Betty…I kissed her and I asked her to marry me. She was like, 'Oh, little Archie, we're too young. Ask me when we're 18 and I'll say yes.'"

"Wow," Veronica remarked.

There's silence between the two, before Archie speaks.

"I hate that I hurt her," Archie confessed.

"Give her time, Archie. That's all you can do." Veronica advised.

"And don't despair. I don't think your story with Betty is over."

A/N: Okay, this chapter was a tad bit longer.

"Little Archie" is a reference to the comics, which was Archie's official nickname for when he was young. It spanned its own separate comic series, and I believe Polly appears in Little Archie. She happens to be a San Francisco news reporter.

Anyways, up next, Cheryl and Betty hang out at the Cooper house on Elm Street. Only for it to turn into an interrogation regarding Polly and Jason.

Stay tuned!