A/N: I'm currently reading 'Spontaneous' by Aaron Starmen and loving it. I'm 81 pages in. I figured this would make for an interesting Riverdale reimaging. I highly recommend the book. It's the funnest time I've had reading a book in a while. Now, on with the chapter!
Betty Cooper never imagined that her senior year would go like this. She thought it was mostly just going to be college prep, and going to Pops with Veronica after home games. The last thing she expected was to be sitting in a support group for people who witnessed their classmate exploding.
It had happened during homeroom. One moment Jessica Logan was scrolling through her Instagram, the next the remains of her body were all over the walls of the room. Betty was in a state of shock until Cheryl Blossom let out a high pitched scream. The police soon arrived at the school with the military and a few private investigators, but they found nothing. There wasn't a bomb on her, and her desk was completely intact. The kids from her homeroom were taken in for questioning, but that went nowhere. They got the rest of the week off of school, and the remaining students were now forced into going into group therapy sessions.
"After things like this happen, it's perfectly normal for you guys to have questions," Emma Whyte, the therapist, said. "Last week, I gave you guys some homework. I wanted you guys to write down some of your thoughts, concerns, or questions so we can share and discuss them. Who would like to go first?"
Everyone was silent, to Emma's dismay. Betty heard her phone go off. It was the ringtone that she had set her for her mom. "Sorry, my phone just exp-" Betty started. "My phone just spontaneously combusted."
"Too soon," Cheryl said, shaking her head.
"A lot of people use humor as a coping mechanism," Dilton Doiley said. "I personally liked her joke."
"Thanks," Betty murmured. The two of them had only said about a hundred words to each other before the incident, but they found themselves talking to each other more. They weren't friends, but the trauma of seeing their classmate explode brought them closer.
"Though Dilton has a good point, I recommend we save that kind of therapy for people who are comfortable with it," Emma suggested. No one had a chance to respond before Dilton exploded.