A/N: Its been a while ... so Recap? Veronica and Jughead are siblings, Veronica is in love with Archie, her brothers best friend, at her 16th birthday he kissed her but they were drunk and then he kissed her again the day after when they were sober 'but Veronica's still not entirely convinced that this is real and thats what you missed with Varchie

Theres alot more that happened but you should probably reread the previous chapters if the recap didn't make sense

"B, I really hate you for not becoming a cheerleader," Veronica complained later that week as they were sitting at the lunch bench with Kevin. "We have our away game this weekend and you can't come with."

"How are you going to cheer on your favourite cheerleaders?" Kevin asked as dramatically as he could muster and Betty rolled her eyes exasperatedly at her best friends.

"There's no point in guilting me now," she laughed, shaking her head. "It's too late to become a cheerleader even if I wanted to and I have no interest in fighting the battle to get onto the football team."

"We could ask Jughead to sneak you there, my brother's been checking you out lately, he might be able to pull some strings if persuaded by the blond he has his eye on," Veronica mentioned teasingly.

"Are you seriously trying to get me to seduce your brother into getting me to Sunnydale for the game?" Betty asked laughing to cover up how deeply she was blushing and Kevin didn't know whether to think Veronica was joking or serious. "It's one game and one night, you two and Reg will be perfectly fine without me, if anything that one day will let me catch up on all my homework."

"But I need you there," Veronica begged and Betty frowned at the actual pleading in her best friends voice.

"What's wrong?" Betty asked glancing at Kevin who shrugged, also noticing that Veronica wasn't just teasing like they thought she was. "V?"

"I was checking out Sunnydale High with Arch and Jug, to see who they would be playing up against and guess who goes there," Veronica said with a sigh. "And who will be at the game."

"Nick St Clair," Betty said softly, understanding filling her voice, there's only one person who could make Veronica sound that desperate.

Nick had moved to Riverdale at the beginning of their junior year and he set his sights on Veronica from the moment he saw her. He was dark and mysterious, always up for a good time and very charming, Veronica fell hard for him. Jughead hated the mention of him, which made him exactly Veronica's type. She played hard to get at first, pushing him to see how far he would go to date her and being even more impressed every time he went above and beyond to woo her, they dated for a few weeks before they slept together and all that charm turned dark. People started to talk about Veronica being easy and how Nick bedded Jughead Jones untouchable sister but he didn't want her anymore, that's when Archie got a hold of him and stopped any rumour afterward, Jughead was livid but since Archie had already 'broke his face', Jughead settled for making his life miserable in more subtle ways. Nick moved out of Riverdale not too long after that, not even finishing the year and Veronica and everyone else refused to speak his name again, wanting to erase that dark part of their lives.

"I haven't told the boys yet," Veronica said with a sigh, Nick wasn't one of the players but she almost screamed when he showed up in the comment section of one of the Sunnydale players that she was stalking, mentioning that he would be on the side lines cheering them on when they play his old school. Jughead and Archie were too absorbed in the players stats and past game play to look at Instagram comments so she chose to keep it away from them, letting them focus on their strategy and hope that Nick just got lost in the crowd when they were there.

"I'll talk to Polly," Betty said quickly, trying to plan how she was going to get to Sunnydale so she could be there for Veronica if Nick got to her. "Maybe we can convince my parents to let me drive her there."

"No, I'm just being dramatic, Kev will be there and Reggie," Veronica sighed reaching over to clasp her friends hands in hers, regretting the vulnerability she had showed earlier to make Betty worry.

"And Archie," Betty said knowingly and Veronica blushed and bit her lip as Kevin wiggled his eyebrows teasingly at Veronica. "And Jughead of course," Betty amended quickly mostly to stop Kevin from reading too much into that before Veronica was ready to tell him.

"Maybe you can get out off it?" Kevin asked after a moment, the news of Nick St Clair messing with their much anticipated away game keeping him from getting too excited at Archie being Veronica's knight in shining armour. "Stay at home, say you're sick."

"No, I'm not going to let the human form of a Chihuahua scare me into staying away from a game," Veronica said shaking her head making her friends chuckle. "Besides after the embarrassment of Archie rearranging his face he might be out for blood, I refuse to be hiding at home if that happens, I need to be at the front-lines cheering Archie on."

"Let him try to get to Archie," Kevin said grinning. "The Bulldogs will crush whoever comes at them."

"Go Bulldogs," Reggie boomed, appearing out of nowhere.

"Where have you been lost stranger?" Veronica asked him, hooking her arm through Betty's and leaning her head on her best friends shoulder, craving comfort after all the talk about Nick St Clair.

"You are looking at Riverdale's rising star," Reggie grinned, showing all his teeth and reaching a fist across the table for Betty to bump. The Bulldogs had made it all the way to the semi-finals, which was the game they were playing that weekend and Reggie had made an impression. "Don't worry, I'll never forget my OG's."

"That's why we love you Reg," Kevin said crossing his arms over his chest and sighing at Veronica's still too worried face. "Now tell V that if Nick makes any trouble with our guys that we can make his death look like an accident."

"St Clair?" Reggie asked, almost spitting out the words.

"The one and only," Betty confirmed and Reggie sneered.

"Nah, accidents are not the bulldog way, we'll rip him apart limb by limb and he'll know exactly who's doing it," Reggie told them and both Betty and Veronica made a disgusted face at the imagery. "We've got you V, this Sunnydale trip is going to be so epic you won't even have time to think about that guy."

Veronica shook her head and listened as Reggie complained about Betty not coming to the game with them before laying out the plans to them about how the night in Sunnydale was going to go down, how Chuck was going to convince Couch Clayton to leave their bus unchaperoned for the ride home and how they would celebrate their win, because they would win.

"Hey," Betty whispered, nudging Veronica once Reggie and Kevin were engrossed in their plans. "How are things with you and Archie? You haven't said anything since you told me about the kiss."

"That's because we haven't spoken since," Veronica said biting her lip and looking around as if she could spot him even though she knew he was in class at the moment. "Tonight's his last night with us, but he and Jug have plans, I tried yesterday but they were so caught up in the Sunnydale players that I barely got a word in, so I don't know if I'm going to get to talk to him."

"You could just text him," Betty said with a half smile at the obvious solution once her friend was done rambling and Veronica sighed the last place she wanted to have a conversation with Archie was through text but if she didn't get to talk to Archie tonight, that might be her only option.

Veronica was lying in her bed later that night, staring at the ceiling, it was almost midnight and she couldn't get Nick St. Clair or Archie Andrews out of her head.

Seeing Nick again was making her very anxious, they never actually spoke after they slept together, she woke up alone and he wanted nothing to do with her, he was with the next girl that walked past him, acting as if he had no idea why she was talking to him and all they were was a quick bang, as if he didn't spend months getting her to trust him enough, making her fall in love with him. When he left Riverdale, there was such a weight lifted from her chest and when no-one asked her about Nick anymore, she could push him to the back of her head and sneak around with Chuck Clayton as if nothing had happened. The entire ordeal made her insecure, he was the reason she second guessed why Archie had kissed her the other day, she doubted herself on things that she never would have before Nick came into her life, keeping her heart protected even when an actual relationship with Chuck looked promising and for that more than anything else, she hated him.

Then there was Archie, he liked her, he actually liked her and she was terrified. Everyone knew that Archie wasn't a relationship guy, he never committed, never stayed in a relationship long enough for it to be serious but Veronica knew from eavesdropping and Toni that Archie was a hopeless romantic, he wanted to find the right girl for himself and that meant kissing a lot of proverbial frogs before he found her. So far none of them turned into princesses, there were a few girls that he dated that came close, Valerie was the latest and from what Veronica could see she was the most serious.

Veronica was wondering if she was just one of those unlucky frogs when she heard the soft notes of an acoustic guitar outside her door, possibly in the lounge. She turned her head and looked at her clock with a frown, 00h03, just past midnight, what was he doing up?

Veronica slipped out of bed and grabbed her robe, pulling it tight around her body as she walked toward the music. Once she found him, she took a moment to watch him, Archie sat relaxed on the couch, his legs spread out in front of him, his eyes were closed and he was moving his head to the tune that he was playing. Vegas, Archie's dog lay on the floor next to him, when the Andrews were out of town and Archie stayed with them for an extended period of time, Vegas came to stay as well.

Archie struck the wrong note and frowned deeply, opening his eyes to look at his finger position when he caught sight of her standing next to the couch watching him.

"Don't stop on my account," she said when Archie started to tuck the guitar back into his case, Vegas leaned up to accept a head rub from Veronica as she walked past to sit on the couch next to Archie before going back to sleep. "What are you doing up so late?"

Archie said nothing, just held up a finger and tapped his ear for her to listen, Veronica furrowed her brows when there was just silence and then a loud snore. Veronica started giggling, no wonder Archie couldn't sleep, the guest bedroom he used was right next to Jughead's room and if they could hear his snoring all the way in the lounge Veronica didn't even want to think about how loud it was there.

"I love that my bedroom is on the other side of the house," she joked and Archie smiled.

"Wanna switch?" he asked.

"Or you could just stay with me," she offered and then bit her lip, this teasing would have been fine before, she was on new grounds with Archie's feelings revealed to her.

"Could I?" Archie questioned narrowing his eye's slightly. "Kinda seems like you've been avoiding being alone with me Ronnie."

"If anything I've been searching for opportunities to be alone with you," Veronica countered with an incredulous look, did he really think that she was avoiding him? "But Jug was always around."

"Oh?" he questioned amused, feeling better now that he knew that she wasn't avoiding him. "And what were you trying to get me alone for?" he asked cheekily.

"This," Veronica said leaning forward to take his face in her hands and kiss him, Archie tugged at her hips, pulling her over to him so that she was straddling him. Veronica had just wanted to talk but kissing Archie Andrews in the dead of night in her living room was so much better. Jughead let out another loud snore and Veronica and Archie broke apart attempting to laugh as softy as they could, Vegas whined softly and used his paws to hold his floppy ears down making Veronica jump off Archie so she could sit on the floor next to Vegas and hug him. "He's never this loud."

"He had a lot to drink," Archie explained sliding off the couch as well and sitting on the floor in front of them. Veronica raised an eyebrow because one, it was a school night and two, her brother was more of a social drinker, drinking only with friends, it didn't look or taste like Archie had anything to drink. "He just needed a night to drown his sorrows and talk about Toni."

"Toni?" Veronica questioned. "I thought they worked through their issues before she left."

"Some," Archie told her, rubbing Vegas' nose when he looked up at Archie. "It's just that … Jughead thought he was going to marry Toni, they had plans from the time we were kids that they were working towards with college, their careers, kids, where they would eventually settle down, so when they ended things it threw everything off track, both of them had to re-evaluate their futures, at least Toni gets to do it in a brand new place, Jug is still here, in the same place that they made all those plans."

"Oh," Veronica said looking down a little dejectedly, she never thought about how Jughead and Toni's breakup had affected her brother, just because he seemed fine and jumped straight into a 'relationship' with Harper she assumed he was fine. She always thought she would know when her brother wasn't doing well with his break-up because they were that close, but maybe they weren't as close as she thought.

"Hey, it's not your fault that you didn't know all that, Jughead's been putting on this front that he's perfect for months now, seeing Toni just brought up things he would have rather kept buried," Archie told her when he noticed her face fall, reaching out to touch her chin and tilt her face up to look at him. "I've been waiting for him to crack as well."

"So, he only spoke to you about it today?" she asked and Archie nodded.

"I think he was hoping once he and T had enough time apart, they would see each other and they would go back to the way things were," he explained.

"But they didn't," Veronica concluded and Archie gave her a sad smile and shook his head no.

"Which is also why I think we should keep us a secret," he said and Veronica narrowed her eyes slightly, this was what she told Betty when she spoke to her best friend about him the other day but she was hoping Archie would convince her that her fears were unwarranted, she really didn't want them to be a secret. "Jughead would hate me for this on a normal day but at least back then Toni could persuade him to be on board with us, now, well, with the mood he's in, I don't think it's a good idea, he might just disown us both."

"What makes you think there is an 'us'?" she asked, with raised eyebrows and burning cheeks, wondering why she was even trying to play hard to get after that kiss. Archie just smiled and leaned down to kiss her, Veronica closed her eyes and smiled against his lips, why did they even need to talk? "Wait?"

"Was that a question?" Archie asked laughing.

"No?" she said as a question as well, when did she get so bad at this, with Chuck and Nick and any of the other guys she kissed she was in control, sure of everything, with Archie she was just light headed and nervous. Veronica quickly shook her head of the haze Archie's kisses put her in and focused on what she needed to ask him. "What about Val?"

"Val?" Archie asked confused, his brows furrowing as he let go of her.

"Jug said you're still pining for her and I saw you guys talking the day after my birthday," Veronica said, her rant fading off when she saw the amused look form on Archie's face, she knows that Toni told her that her brother was wrong but she needed to be sure. "What?"

"I don't know where he got that idea from but I'm not pining after her, we were talking about a song that the Pussy Cats want me to help with," Archie said his lips curling into a smile. "Were you jealous Ronnie?"

"Of course I was," she told him with a roll of her eyes, she was done pretending she wasn't that interested to save herself the embarrassment of being too interested. "That was the morning after you kissed me."

"You think I would kiss you and then run back to my ex?" he asked looking a little disappointed in how little faith she had in him.

"Yes, you guys were perfect together, why did you even break up?" Veronica asked, she actually liked Valerie and Archie together back when she thought she would never have a chance with Archie. The boy in front of her just sighed and gave her a look that said he really didn't want to talk about him and Val right now, but if she needed assurance then he would give it to her.

"We just enjoyed the chase over the relationship, before the labels it was fun and exciting, then we got together and it was like we were both just forcing ourselves to stay in this relationship because we had built it up for too long," Archie said, snorting when he saw Veronica's confusion, that answer was not what she was expecting. "Val and I are friends, we're so much happier as friends, and before you ask that next question, whatever friends with benefits thing was happening with Ginger is completely over, did that answer all your questions?"

"I don't know, I don't know if you just kissed me because we were drunk or if there was more and then the other day you kissed me in my bedroom," she said throwing her head back exasperatedly and then pouting at him. "I'm sorry, you liking me is something I never thought could happen, so there's really nothing going on with you and Valerie?"

"Really," he answered smiling her favourite crooked smile and Veronica pressed her lips together to stop her face from smiling too wide. "And definitely nothing happening with me and Ginger, I thought telling you I wanted to try a relationship the other day was enough but clearly ..." he said trailing off and reaching out to take her hands from Vegas's fur and hold them in his. "Ronnie, I want to be your boyfriend, your person, as long as you're mine, there will be no-one else."

"I'm yours," she whispered, blushing furiously now and Archie chuckled and pressed his lips to hers. "Good," she said with a decisive nod pushing herself up, Archie watched her adjust her robe and start walking back to her room content to sit back and watch the sway of her hips as she walked away from him. "Well are you coming or are you going back to the guest room to listen to my brother sounding like a chainsaw the whole night."

Archie paused, looked warily at the direction of the guest room but shook his head, he needed to be there when Jughead woke up, his friend was in a state before he finally passed out and Archie knew he needed to be a best friend right now even though he ached to just be a boyfriend. "As much as I would love to Ronnie, I don't think that's such a wise idea right now."

"Oh," she said making an exaggerated pout and Archie quickly got up and got to her in two easy steps, tugging her to him by her waist and kissing her deeply. Veronica sunk into the kiss, enjoying every second of it until he pulled away.

"Not wise at all," he whispered moving slightly so she could feel the beginnings of his arousal pressed up against her and she sucked in a shaky breath nodding at him.

"I hate it when you're right," she mumbled pushing herself up onto her toes to kiss him again. She knew she wanted to take this slow, she would be different to his other relationships because she wouldn't be another frog for him, she would be that princess he was searching for. "I'll see you in the morning, Archikins."

Veronica got as far as Archie's arm could reach before he pulled her back in and kissed her again, savoring every moment. "Goodnight babe," he said taking a deep breath as if convincing himself to just let her walk away and not follow.

Veronica lay in her bed staring at the ceiling again, this time in a better mood, Nick St Clair didn't touch her thoughts and Archie Andrews had taken over them.

She was much to wired to sleep, her cheeks were hurting from the smile that hadn't left her face yet but she didn't care. She couldn't believe what had just happened, she couldn't believe that Archie Andrews was her boyfriend, secretly for now, until they were sure and until the time came when Jughead would be in a better place for them to tell him.

Eventually Veronica's racing heart slowed and her eyes finally closed and she finally fell asleep, she was going to be a zombie at school tomorrow but she didn't care, every moment was worth it.

A/N: Hi fellow Varchie lovers, how are you guys, its been a while, so life update, I quit my job and got a new one in another province so I had to move which basically meant that since my last update I have been working overtime to get my previous work in order, packing up my life and finding a place to stay for a while and then moving and finally starting at the new job which I thought would allow me some extra time to write or edit but they honestly just threw me into the deep end and I've had little to no time to do much else

But all that aside thank you guys for the love on this story and your reviews on the chapter and then asking me when updates were coming, you made me get my fanfiction self into gear and edit this chapter, I still haven't gotten very far in writing this story so I don't know if I'll be able to give you guys any sort of reasonable posting schedule but I will try to be more consistent

If you are reading this far in, thank you for loving this story enough to read all the way in, please review and let me know what you think, I know I've made Veronica a little more insecure than I probably should have but its just where my muse took me

Until next Time (^^,)