Chapter 27- A Little Fun Doesn't Hurt The Soul

Everything changed about three months later. Cheryl officially moved in and was approved for adoption. Alice and Fp were so happy. Betty, Jughead and Cheryl actually got along. Jellybean didn't really bond much with Cheryl. She just kept to herself. The word kept to herself; meaning she spent most of her time with Koel. She loved Koel so much. He was little secret master. If she pulled tricks on her older brother; Koel would laugh so hard. She loved her brother so much. JB and Koel were inseparable from each other. Koel would latch onto her leg when she tried to sneak away. He was very strong for three months. He definitely was Alice and Fp's love child. Everything was happy and perfect. What changed?

…….Three months earlier…..

It was now Sunday evening, When Alice and Fp decided to take the kids out for frozen yogurt. Cheryl threw her hair up in a bun; which was rare occasion for Miss Cheryl. When she came downstairs, Betty had a matching bun and they squealed. Jughead chuckled as he covered his ears with his hands. Fp's smile never left his face. Alice hooked Koel on her hip before grabbing the keys from Fp's hand.

"No, no, I'm driving. You drive like a grandpa in my car," Alice commented as she jingled the car keys in her hands mockingly.

Fp just scoffed and rolled his eyes. He looked over at Jellybean, Betty, Jughead, and Cheryl. Betty and Cheryl stopped jumping up and down like little excited children and looked at him.

Betty's voice broke through Jughead's laughter. "Sorry, Fp but she's right." Fp's face grows shocked and she giggles.

"Wow… you know how to wound an old man." He muttered sarcastically as he folded his arms.

Jughead didn't stop laughing as he nearly falls to the ground. "Dad, Alice's right. When, I drive you start freaking out." Fp scowls and Jughead just smiles.

"Jug, you drive like a maniac." Fp added in as he strolled over to Alice and tries to reach for the keys.

Alice jingled the keys further back and Fp growls."Alice!" She just brings the keys even further then before. "C'mon Al! Just let me drive!" He pleads as he tries again.

Alice just shakes her head and laughs. "It's still a no, Jones." She just loves teasing him. It was so fun and funny to get under his skin.

Jellybean giggles along with Cheryl and Betty. Jughead was rolling on the floor laughing like a goofball and Koel was just cluelessly cooing along. Fp continues trying to get Alice to let him drive. And it was safe to say— he lost. Alice 1. Fp 0.

They all finally get outside in their fleece coats and Jean jackets. Fp was in his blue flannel, Alice in her coat that Fp bought for her and Jellybean wearing an old Nirvana T-shirt. Jughead watched as Cheryl and Betty stopped to take a quick selfie. Which Jughead Jones didn't get; whatsoever.

"No, no delete it, BB!" Cheryl yelled out as Betty snapped a shot of her. Betty just shook her head and laughed.

"No, it's a good one, C." Betty promises as she taps on her phone and types a quick status on Instagram.

Cheryl looks over her shoulder and shakes her head. "Betty, I look so bad!" She complains as she covers her face with her hands.

Betty rolls her eyes as she closed the app and wrapped her arms around Cheryl's waist. Cheryl hesitates for a moment before letting Betty hug her. She wasn't used to this kind of love and affection. She was actually accepted for who she was and is; was still a total new experience for her.

" C, you're my sister. And I love you so much. I know you're actually my cousin. But I never had a redhead sister before." Cheryl's frown drops from her lips and tears roll down her cheeks.

She turns to face Betty, with a shock filled face and also happiness. "You really mean that?" She never heard anymore beside Jason call her a sister. She misses Jason so much.

Betty turns Cheryl's cheek toward her and nods. "Of course, C. Ever since Polly turned on me. I didn't have a sister anymore. And then me and you got closer. So yes, I really do mean that."

Cheryl tightens her arms around Betty's form and lets out tiny sobs. Betty holds Cheryl as they walk over to the car. Jughead smiles at the two and looks over at his little sister. Jellybean has her hands hooked around Alice's thigh as Alice tries to walk out of the house. Alice giggles as Fp still tries to steal the keys from her. He knows that Alice is just trying to prove him a lesson.

Alice stands by the car door with a smirk. Fp looks at her and almost leaps for the keys. "Jug?" He calls for his attention.

Jug looks up from his phone and sees Alice. Alice smirks as she eyes Fp with devilish eyes. "Yes?"

Fp watches Alice with curiosity in his eyes. What did she have up her sleeve? He wonders.

"Here you drive." Alice directs towards Jughead.

Jughead grins heavily as he quickly grabs the keys Alice jingles in the air. Fp gives her a look. "Are you kidding me Alice?" Alice laughs at him.

"Nope." She answers with a evil cackle. He rolls his eyes and gets in the back seat with the girls.

Jughead gets in the driver's seat with his hands on the steering wheel laughing at his father's glum face. Cheryl grins as she whispers into Betty's ear. Betty's face grows with in disbelief. She could not believe what Cheryl just told her. Alice buckles Koel into his car seat and peppers his head with soft kisses. Koel raises his hands up and sticks his tongue out. Fp keeps groaning as Jughead backs out of the driveway. Jughead sighs as he shifts his hands and rolls his eyes at his father.

Betty laughs as Fp starts shouting. "Jug, slow down!" He shouts at his son.

Jughead just shakes off the shouts and keeps his focus on the road up ahead of them. His dad was panicky and it was making him not being able to keep his concentration on his driving.

He rolls his eyes as he checks his speed. "I'm only going 34 mph, Dad. Chill out!" He calmly defends as he flips his hazards and goes into the other lane.

Alice just keeps laughing at her crazy fiancé. She can't stop laughing. This was just completely ridiculous. "See grandpa." She adds before eyeing Jughead. "Step on it, Jug. Mama wants her fro-yo."

Jughead nods his head and laughs. "Alrighty." He says as he accelerates. Fp rolls his eyes again. He can't believe Alice sided with his son over him. Alice 2. Fp 0.

When the car load steps out of the family car. Jughead walks over to Alice and hands her the keys. He did earn a glare from his father; but he didn't care. He loved it when he could drive. The feeling of the wind in his hair—when he took off his beanie; which is a very rare judgement. Alice unbuckles Koel and lifts him out of his carrier.

Cheryl got out of the vehicle and grabbed Betty's arm. Betty smiles and snatches Cheryl's red lipstick from her bag. Cheryl notices and glared her eyes.

"BB! Not cool! Give me my lipstick!" She shouted as Betty ran to the entrance of the frozen yogurt place. Betty turns around and sticks out her tongue.

"If you can catch me!"

Cheryl starts running after her. Jughead and Jellybean stood by the door and rolled their eyes. Alice pockets the keys Jughead handed her and pulls out her credit card. Fp looks around the shop and sighs. She was winning so far. Maybe he had a chance—most likely not. But it doesn't hurt to try. Jellybean's smile grew as she saw all the cool looking levers. It looked so cool. And getting to pick on her own made her very excited.

And when She saw brownie, "Daddy! Daddy! They have brownie!" She squeals as she jumps up and down.

Fp sighs and grins at her." Jelly, calm down, Sweetie." He tries to get her to settle down.

She frowns and nods her head. "Okay Daddy." She mutters softly.

By the frozen goodies, Alice was having her own fun. She scanned the flavors with her wide-blue eyes. While, Jughead was filling up his bowl with almost every flavor there was. Betty's face cringed when she sees the quantity in the tiny waffle bowl. She shook her head at the beanie boy; who was too oblivious to notice. Cheryl pulls the lever with wedding cake. She was bummed that they didn't have Cherry or anything with cherries. So she settles with wedding cake and moves down the line.

Next was toppings. Which was no problem with Jughead. No he was having fun. Maybe too much fun. He grabs the spoon from brownie, also butterfingers and lately spoons Reese's on top of his multi-layered and flavored bowl. Alice went with a simple flavor combo and lightly sprinkles fresh fruits and salty caramel over the top. Cheryl tops hers with Cherries—of course. It wouldn't Cheryl without Cherries. Betty goes with a classic strawberry with lightly swirls of hot fudge. Fp gets himself and Jellybean the same thing. Brownie with nominal toppings.

Alice stands by the checkout. She pays with her credit card and hands them a ten-dollar tip since; Jughead over companies himself. She takes the coins back from the lady at the cash register. Betty feels Cheryl's hands on her arm. Cheryl grins and spoons at scoop from hers. Betty doesn't like cherries so she gives Cheryl hers. Cheryl smiles at her and eats one of the cherries as they go sit down.

Fp's eyes grows immensely at his son's fro-yo cup. He figures that his son would get a reasonable amount. No. He had to get the whole store. "Jug, don't die from all that." He jokes around with his son.

Jughead rolls his eyes and coughs. "Whatever, Grandpa."

Fp's eyes grow again and he flashes his eyes on his son. "Grandpa? That better just be an insult and not what I think it is." Jughead rolls his eyes and chuckles.

"No, no it's an insult for calling me an unsafe driver." He comments as he devours his bite down his throat.

Betty and Cheryl's mouths were shaped by an "oh no" when Jughead ate like this. It wasn't a nice bill. "Juggie!" Jellybean exclaims as she sits down next to her little brother, who was in Alice's lap.

Alice notices and almost chokes. "J-ughead that's a lot, hun. Don't you think that is a lot?" He shakes his head and she sighs.

With Koel in her lap, she spoons a little finger into her yogurt and sticks it into his mouth. He makes a little face and shakes his head. "Oh was that too cold, Koely?" She talks in a baby voice and pats his back softly.

Fp smiled at his little boy and did the same as Alice. This time his face turns into a smile. "He likes it!" He exclaims as he gives his little boy an "high-five and Alice rolls her eyes.

"He will say my name first, Fp." She adds as she crossed her arms.

Fp just rolled his eyes and scoffs, We'll See, Alice." He challenges as he lets Koel nibble on his pointer finger.

Betty and Cheryl zone out the chatter and keep snapping little pictures of eachother. Jellybean tries to try on her big brother's beanie and he shakes his head. Fp was handed Koel and he bounces him in his knee. Jughead moans out from all the ice cream he ate. Maybe it was too much. His abilities might have weakened since the pie eating contest. Alice cleans off the table and pulls out the keys from her purse. She taps her nails on the table and grins. "Fair game, Jones."

Fp smirks at him and shakes her hand,"I know, Smith." He was going to win. Fp 1. Alice 2.

By time they exited the place, the sun had gone home for the night. Alice looks at her phone and sees the time. It was nine P.M and it was time to get the kids home. They all pile up in the car and Jughead falls asleep as soon as his feet hit the car foot mats. He was exhausted and ate way too much. He still didn't know how that was possible. Cheryl and Betty fangirled over Channing Tatum and his rock hard abs.

"He's so hot." Cheryl stated without even whispering.

Betty grinned at that. "Oh yes he is." Jellybean didn't know who the hell he was.

"Who's he?" She asked as she pointed to at the screen.

Betty and Cheryl looked at one another before answering the question. "Uh… he's a movie actor." They both said quickly. They didn't want to explain any longer. Jellybean nodded her head and looked at the window. Phew that was over.

Alice who was in the passenger seat smirked and opened her mouth. "Who you girls talking about?" She asked as she looked in the mirror.

Betty licked her lips nervously as she contemplates if she was going to tell her or not. "Uh…" But was cut off by Cheryl.

"Channing how hot he is."

Alice licked her lips and nodded in agreement. And what she said next nobody expected. "Yeah he is. I would fuck him right now if I could get my hands on him."

Then it grew silent. The only think could be heard was the crickets chirping outside as they drove. Betty's face goes a little hot. She didn't expect that from her mother. Sure she knew her mom was sexually active—but this wasn't something she wanted to know. Cheryl gasped and tears rolled from her eyes. This was riveting. Damn't she was spending too much time with Toni and Kevin. Jughead who just randomly woke up was also surprised. Jellybean just covered her ears.

And there was a hard slam forward. Fp who was driving slammed his foot on the brake pedal and avoided swerving into oncoming traffic from the other lane. "What?!" He shouted as he pulled over.

Alice's face blushes with hot redness as she looks over at his face. She almost forgotten that Fp was driving. "Oops."

Fp rolls his eyes, Yeah Oops…" He remarked as he feels a weird feeling in his blood. Jealousy.

"I mean, I would fuck him." Jughead blurted out of nowhere.

Everyone looked at him disbelief. Did He just say that? Betty and Cheryl almost choke. "What? You would what?" Fp asks almost worried.

"What? He's fucking hot." Jughead says with a face and Betty starts laughing.

"Oh boy. He's gay."

Jughead just shakes his head. "What? No! I'm not!" He defends as he face grows pink. "He's just hot and if you say anything to anyone. I'll tell everyone your secrets."

Everyone shut up and Alice turns to Fp. He looked at her with jealousy in his eyes. "Sorry, Babe. But he is hot." Alice 3. Fp 1.

He puts the car back into drive and heads back home. He felt like he was drunk. His son was making weird joke and Alice was winning. But he still had a chance.