The next morning, Derek Winters went to wake up his daughter, Lidia, up. She wasn't in her bed, but the room was painted in her blood and guts. This was the closest any of the explosions had been so far. Once word about Lidia got out, school was canceled until further notice.
When Betty heard the news, she didn't react. She had become pretty numb to this news, but she knew Matteo would be devastated. Matteo was her boyfriend of five years, and everyone thought they'd eventually marry each other. They were the school's number one couple.
It was around lunch when an ice cream truck pulled up. Betty would be alarmed if Jughead didn't already give her a heads up. Alice Cooper, however, was rather confused. "My date is here," Betty said as she slipped on her purse. "See you in a few hours."
That was all Betty said before exiting the house. She then climbed into the ice cream truck. She did her best not to step on the picnic basket that was on the floor. "Nice ride," Betty said. "Thought we couldn't both fit on your skateboard?"
"That's actually a rumor I will confirm is sadly false," Jughead said. "I haven't owned a skateboard since I was twelve. And even then I barely road it. I actually have a motorcycle, but I don't know how strict your parents are, so I borrowed my dad's car."
"Smart move," Betty said. "My parents are very overprotective."
Jughead then pulled out of the driveway. They drove past the town border and drove for about ten minutes. He took her to an abandoned farm. "This use to be my uncle's farm before he died," Jughead explained. "No one has bought it, so it's all ours."
They walked into the farm, and Jughead spread the blanket. They both sat down and Jughead started to pull out the food. He had brought hamburgers, potato chips, canned lemonade, and chocolate chip cookies. They began to eat. "I rarely bring people here," Jughead said. "This is my special place."
"Did you bring Toni here?" Betty asked. She didn't realize what she was asking until the words came out of his mouth.
"Yeah, but only once," Jughead said, licking melted chocolate off his fingers. "She hated it though."
"Is it true that the triplets are yours?" Betty asked.
"I honestly have no clue if the boys are mine," Jughead said. "She keeps insisting that they aren't mine. If she's so sure that they aren't mine, I wonder why she doesn't just get a blood test. No clue why she doesn't. She can only benefit since I'd have to start paying child support."
Betty nodded as she finished up her hamburger. He picked up his phone and put on "Mad World" by Tears of Fear. Everyone in Riverdale knew this song. It was the town's unofficial theme song. Jughead began to sing along and move his hips.
"Join me," Jughead encouraged.
"This isn't really a dancing song," Betty said.
"But why don't we make it one?" Jughead asked. "We're alone so no one's going to change us."
Betty stood up and started to dance along. They were probably the worst dancers in the world, but they didn't care. Betty felt like things we're going too well, and that one of them was going to explode, but neither of them did. They just had a nice afternoon full of making out and dancing.