Author's Note: The second exciting chapter I've been looking to write!
Special thanks to Boris Yeltsin for the review, I will definitely add more Dark Betty stuff to the story & if you have any ideas; I'm open to them.
Keep calm and read on, everybody!
I don't own Riverdale.
Chapter 38
Archie is walking to his house when he sees Jughead sitting on the steps.
"Jug, what's up?" Archie asked. He looks around.
"What's up is I saw you, Archie." Jughead replied, standing up.
"In the music room. With Miss Grundy,"
"Keep your voice down. My dad's inside," Archie warned.
"I'm trying to help you, dude." Jughead said curtly. "I'm trying to be your friend here, even though we're not anymore."
"How long?" He asks. "You and Grundy?"
Archie sighs. "Since the summer,"
"I like her."
Jughead shakes his head in his disbelief.
"So, I'm guessing she's the reason you've been acting weird since summer?" He demanded.
"One of them," Archie admitted.
"One of them?" Jughead repeated. "There's more?"
"We were at Sweetwater River on July 4th." Archie confessed. "We heard a gunshot. The gunshot. And another thing…I saw Polly Cooper the day before July 4th. She wanted me to give a message to Betty."
Realization then hit Jughead.
"Dude, you have to tell somebody…"
"I can't," Archie protested. "Neither can you. If people find out about Grundy…"
"A kid is dead, Archie…a teenaged girl has vanished." Jughead snapped.
"…and you're worried about some…some cougar."
"Don't call her that, okay?" Archie shot back. "She's not like that. She cares about me."
"Stab in the dark, I'm guessing she cares more about herself." Jughead retorted. "She's the one who's telling you not to say anything, right?"
Archie doesn't respond.
"Look, I saw you guys." Jughead pointed out. "She's messing with you, man. And she's messing with your mind."
"What the hell do you know about it, Jughead?" Archie snapped. "Or about me, even?"
"Nothing," Jughead replied. "But I used to know this guy once, Archie Andrews. He wasn't perfect…but he always tried to do the right thing, at least."
He walks away.
"Jug," Archie started to say. "If you tell anyone about this…"
Jughead looked at the red head incredulously.
"What?" He scoffed. "What are you gonna do?"
There's silence between the two and the front door opens to reveal Fred.
"Hey, Jug." Fred greeted the Jones boy.
"You are coming in?" He asks. "We got takeout from Pop's."
"He was just leaving," Archie answered his dad.
Jughead just stared at his friend, disappointed. Shaking his head, the school outcast leaves.
A/N: Second exciting chapter completed. The next one I'm looking forward to writing is mother & daughter chat between Alice & Betty.
Be sure to stick around!
