Betty's pov
As I'm making food for dinner, I hear a knock on the door.
"I got it!" Jug yells, and I can see him jog to the door.
"Dada, who here?" Juju demands, running towards the door. Jug picks her up, hugging her to his left side while he uses his right hand to open the door.
"Hey guys!" Fp says, and Jug passes Juju to him. Fp smiles at her as she starts talking to him about something.
"Hey, Jelly," Jughead says as JB walks in slowly. She's wearing a pair of black leggings, a black shirt with rose design on it, and a fake leather jacket on top. Her style reminds me of me in high school. She reminds me of me in high school.
"Hey Forsythe," JB replies, smiling a little. Jug rolls his eyes, and shuts the door.
"Hi Fp, JB," I say. JB looks up and smiles quickly. Fp walks over to me.
"Hi Betty, how are you?" Fp smiles, and sets Jules down to run around.
"I'm good, you?" I say, smiling back.
"Good, good," he says. "JB definitely seems off," he whispers so she can't hear.
"Yeah, I know. I wonder what's going on?" I whisper back. I look around and see that JB is busy with Juju, so she can't hear what we're saying. "I'm gonna talk to JB, and see if I can get anything out of her. Jug knows this recipe, have him finish it," I say.
"Jug, come here!" Fp calls, and Jug goes over as I walk away towards JB and Julie.
"Hey JB, can I talk to you in here?" I ask.
"W-what do I do with Juju?" JB asks nervously.
"Julie, can you listen to me?" I ask Jules. She looks up at me, her hazel eyes wide.
"What mommy?" She asks.
"Go over and help dad and grandpa make dinner, I think they need it," I say. Julie laughs and runs over to them.
"Helpful, thanks," Jug mouths at me. I just shrug, laughing.
"Come here, I wanna talk to you," I say to JB, and lead her into mine and Jug's bedroom.
"About what?" JB asks, sounding very nervous.
"What's going on with you, JB? Are you okay?" I ask her.
"I'm fine," she replies.
"You're not," I state. "You skipped your first day of school. That's not like you, JB. Wanna talk about it?" I ask.
JB doesn't respond, and focuses instead on trying to wipe away the tears appearing in her eyes.
"Okay, I'll leave you here to be alone for a while, come out when you're ready" I say, standing up and walking to the door.
"It was a mistake. I didn't mean to," JB says right as I'm about to open the door.
"What?" I ask, turning around and sitting on the bed again.
"I- I'm pregnant," JB confesses. "I didn't mean to, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, I just felt so sick today, and it hurts, it hurts a lot, I couldn't go to school, I'm so sorry" she sobs.
I hug her, holding her shaking body in my arms. We stay in our position for a few minutes as JB calms down.
"Hey, it's okay, you're gonna be okay," I say. "I got pregnant in high school, you'll be alright, I promise."
"But what if I'm not? I feel so miserable," JB says.
Someone knocks on the door of the room. "Hey, everything okay?" Jughead asks me from the other side of the door.
"Everything will be fine soon. Why?" I reply.
"Dinner's ready," Jug says.
"Okay, be there soon," I tell him, and then turn back to JB. "Are you ready to come out?" I ask her.
"I... I just wanna go home and get some rest," JB says softly.
"Okay, I can drive you home. Let's go," I say to her.
"Are you sure? I can stay, I don't wanna be an inconvenience," JB says.
"No you're not an inconvenience, I'm gonna take you home. We can stop at In-n-Out on the way if you want," I smile, making her smile weakly.
"Okay. Thank you," she whispers.
"You can go straight out to the car, I'm just gonna tell Juggie where we're going," I say, and walk to the kitchen as JB walks to the car.
"Jug, I'm gonna take JB home, I'll be back in a few minutes," I say. Jug and Fp look concerned, but Jughead nods and I leave.
"So, do you want In-n-Out?" I ask JB once we're in the car.
"Yeah, sure," JB smiles. "But we have to get animal fries".
"Obviously, there's no point in going if we don't get animal fries," I say, and we're on our way.
40 minutes later
I walk back into the house and am greeted by Juju running up and hugging me as she's chased by Jug and Fp.
"Hi baby," I smile, lifting her up.
"How's JB?" Fp asks me.
"Doing better, I think. We got In-n-Out, and she was smiling a little," I say.
"What was wrong in the first place?" Jughead asks, and Fp nods, wanting to know as well.
"It's not my thing to tell. Especially not to you, Fp. She should be the one to tell you, not me," I say.
"I get it. I'm gonna go now. I'll talk to you guys soon, bye," Fp says, and leaves.
"Mama, what's wrong with JB?" Julie asks me.
I smile sadly at her. "It's nothing, baby. Here, let's go play," I say, smiling and setting her down.
"Okay!" She yells, and runs to her room to set up her toys.
"Can you tell me what happened with JB," Juggie asks me quietly.
"Later," I whisper back. "Right now we're gonna play with our daughter."
"I love you," Jug smiles admiringly.
"I love you," I repeat, and kiss him softly before we walk down the hall to Julianne's room.
Trigger warning- miscarriage
Late that night
Betty's pov
I wake up to my phone ringing. I sit up, wondering who it could be.
"Fp?" I ask, yawning, as I pick up.
"Betty, you have to come to the hospital," Fp says frantically.
"Oh my god, what's going on?" I ask, feeling much more awake.
"I… there's a lot of blood, JB's in a lot of pain," Fp says.
My heart gets caught in my throat. "Oh no," I whisper. I take a deep breath. "I'll wake up Jug, we'll be there as soon as possible" I tell him.
"Thank you," he says, and we hang up.
I tap Jug lightly in shock and he turns over, opening his eyes.
"What's wrong?" He asks me, rubbing his eyes.
"We need to get to the hospital. I think… I think JB had a miscarriage," I say.
"What?" Jughead whispers, and I can hear pain in his voice.
"That's all I know, we need to get Juju and go to the hospital," I say, and Jughead springs out of bed. We pull on the closest jacket and shoes we find and then run into Julie's room.
"Julie, Jules, you need to get up," I say urgently as Jughead gets shoes for her.
"Mommy, what's going on?" She asks while Jughead and I pull on her shoes.
"We need to go to the hospital because something bad happened to JB," I say slowly.
"What happened?" Julie asks us. I look at Jughead, unsure how to tell our four year old daughter about miscarriage.
"I'll explain it in the car, we have to go right now. Jug, can you carry her?" I ask Jughead, who nods and picks Julie up while I grab her blanket and a stuffed bunny she sleeps with every night.
We get into the car, Jughead driving and me sitting in the back with Juju.
"Mama, what happened to JB?" Jules asks me.
"She… was going to have a baby, and… we think the baby… died," I say slowly, a tear rolling down my face as I speak.
Julie wrinkles up her face, a look close to confusion written on it. "Why?" She asks.
I swallow. "I'm not sure why, honey. Right now, we just have to hope JB will be okay," I say, taking a deep breath.
"Okay," Juju says, and plays with the bunny I brought her. After a minute, she says "Elise says that she knows JB will get better." Elise is her imaginary friend she talks to all the time.
"I agree with Elise", Jug says from the front seat.
"Me too," I smile sadly.
"Me three!" Juju calls as Jughead pulls into a parking spot.
"Okay, Jules, time to go inside," I say, and slowly step out of the car, meeting her on the other side.
"Let's go", Jughead's voice is shaky as he says this, so I take his hand.
"Everything's gonna be alright," I whisper, and the three of us walk together to the hospital entrance.
I know In-n-Out is mainly in California but if you get the chance, you have to go and you have to order the animal style fries, they're not on the main menu but they're on the menu online and they're available everywhere and the best thing ever.