Jughead woke up after what felt like only minutes of sleep to find Izzy lying on top of him, they had obviously gotten entangled trying to seek the others heat while sleeping, it took a second longer than was strictly necessary to decide to move her.

"Don't…" came the quiet whisper from the mass of feminine flesh cuddle into of him. Izzy had awoken about ten minutes before to find herself laying on Jughead after she felt his arms tighten around her in her sleep, she didn't want to move, she didn't want them to move her mind was going in a thousand different direction and she just wanted to stay here where it was quite.

"I've got work remember." Jughead found himself whispering back trying to match her tone so as not to fully wake her up.

"Don't disappear on me, like you did when Jason died." she clarified. "This whole tracking the Shady man or trying to find out who the shooter is... I just... Just don't go disappearing on me again." remembering the weeks he spent unintentionally ignoring her to track down one lead or another or how their conversations went from a full blown discussions about super heroes or world politics to a three minutes conversation over the phone with promises to meet during the week only to have them broken when the time came.

"Izzy I am not going to, I am doing this with you. We are going to do this together." Jug promised reaching for her hand and giving it a firm squeeze.

Izzy decided to lie there for a few more seconds staring at the wall in what she had dubbed 'Jug's room', he had a spare set of clothes and pyjamas in the drawer in the corner and this was always the room he slept in whenever he stayed over, it was just across the hall from hers so it was perfect.

Tilting her head to look at Jug Izzy nearly chuckled watching him struggled to keep her bouncy brunette curls out of his mouth. "Do you ever think that things will go back to normal?" she mused. "Mr. Blossom shot Jason, there was that shooting in the motel then someone shot Fred and now Moose and Midge gets targeted and then there was that rumour about Ms. Grundy being paedophilic and sleeping with a student and yesterday Pop told me she got strangled... this town is changing Jug and I think we are going to have to change too if we want to survive." Izzy confessed watching closely for any type of reaction as she spoke.

"Darwin's theory of evolution states that it will not be the smartest or the strongest that will survive but the most adaptable. Having to change because the town's changed isn't a bad thing, it might actually be really good. Look at me and the serpents, before I started going to Southside High I hated everything to do with them but now to survive I joined them and I don't regret it Iz." Jug confessed his own little secret.

"I don't know what the future holds but even if finding out who the shooter is changes us it will be okay." he stated before pressing a kiss on her forehead making sure to avoid her hair at all cost, he would be coughing up hairballs for a month if he wasn't careful.

"What conditioner did you use this time?" He asked changing to a more inconsequential subject, he was always interested in the variety of shampoos and conditioner Izzy had for her hair. He had been trying to place the scent since she had gotten into bed with him earlier.

"Coconut and olive oil, it makes my hair shinier but next week's one will probably just be organ oil by itself or maybe I will just co-wash it."

"Why don't you go back to sleep" Jughead offered, he was struggling to stay awake so he could only imagine what Izzy felt like having had to actually work last night. "I'll let you know how the shift goes later on."

"Please if you think I am not going to be your first customer then you really don't know me." Izzy scoffed half offended. "I even asked the girls to stop by and order something."

"Really?" Jughead asked mystified while he knew Izzy was on of his biggest supporters it surprised him that she would ask Mel and the girls to come to Pop just because it was his first shift.

"No, but I wanted to." Honestly, the only reason she hadn't was because she knew most of the girls would be at church or spending time with their families today and there was the whole killer thing on the loose, so as much as she wanted everyone to turn up and support Jug she wasn't about to risk their lives. "You wanna check and see if Betty can come keep you company." Izzy suggested only to regret speaking because an awkwardness had now settled over them causing the teens to move apart and start getting ready.

"We really should start getting ready now, can't be late on my first day." Jughead grumbled getting out of bed.

For a split second both Izzy and Jug just stood across from each other with the bed acting as a physical barrier between them; neither one speaking just staring at the other waiting for someone or something else to happen.

It felt like both a beginning and the end of a moment between them as the stood in silence.

Before either of them could say anything Jughead's alarm went off starting them into action which was probably for the best, there was a reason why Pop had given Jug his own room for sleep overs once they hit puberty, it was inappropriate to be sharing a bed with Jug like this even if nothing was happening between them.

If she was woman enough Izzy would admit to herself exactly why that she felt disappointed, she would admit to herself the reason why she hadn't moved when she woke up to find herself lying on top of Jughead.

Not only did Jug have a girlfriend and not only did Izzy not feel emotionally stable enough but she knew that as soon as she admitted it to herself it would require some sort of action to be taken either she went full on denial and avoided (another) one of her best friend (which wasn't going to happen) or she would confess her feelings and worse case scenario Jug avoids her or there was that slight possibility that he felt the same way but then what?

Izzy wasn't ready for a relationship right now so what good would it do in figuring out if she liked Jug in more than a platonic best friend type of way especially when she could just be blissful in her ignorance and spend the afternoon with him being there for him like he was for her.

x.x.x.x

Betty was helping her mum interview Archie when she received a text from Jug asking her to meet him at Pop's for a surprise.

Unfortunately she had to text back to ask if he could rearrange it as she was busy even with the interview was going well it easy to see that Archie was struggling when talking about anything shooting related.

A part of her wonder what the surprise could be before getting swept up in taking notes and asking a fellow up question, with Betty having one hand on the wheel for Archie's interview she at least knew that her mum would take it easy and wouldn't be inclined to do her usual hatchet job.

Betty could guess they only had half an hour left of this interview, she knew her mum wanted it in tomorrow's paper so she would have to get to The Registrar soon which worked out perfectly because Betty needed both parents out of the house for her own surprise.

Polly had called her yesterday night saying she was heading back to Riverdale so Betty needed the time alone to get her room ready she may be able to convince Archie to help, just to get him out of the house doing something else apart from worrying about his dad and afterwards they could just hang out and Betty could find out how Archie had been coping with Fred and everything.

x.x.x.x

Alice was already planning on writing a nice article about Archie and Fred mostly because she had spied some red letters contains the words 'notice' on a couple of letters Fred hadn't hidden too well.

The Andrews could catch a break and if nothing else writing a nice piece about them would not only help out the construction site with future booking but would also make Izzy Tate more inclined to say yes to an interview.

Alice Cooper had suspected that Riverdale would not remain the idyllic town it once was ever since Jason Blossom had been shot earlier that summer it felt as if the whole town was just waiting to implode and it had already began in the few short months they've had a three shooting and a murder by strangulation not to mention inappropriate pedophlic teacher-student relationships.

She had know Sharon Tate and Hiram Lodge since she was her own daughter's age and it didn't take a genius to figure out who exactly Izzy's father was not with the girl's complexion, there was a lot of things Alice would do for a story but revealing that secret wasn't going to be one of them.

Plus Alice knew that it was only a matter of time before that particular truth about 'Izzy Tate' came out especially when Hermione and Veronica moved back to Riverdale and now Hiram has followed suit after his short stay in prison.

She already had a draft article ready to be released demonising Hiram once the truth came out; it wasn't just that the man was a pig who used people and avoided justice at every turn - well it wasn't only that- it was the fact way the Lodge's just skated on by as if their money made them immune to any form of consequences even getting something as simple as a parking ticket.

So Alice was ready to write an article of a life-time, she may never win a Pulitzer but she sure as hell was going to be remembered and writing about the down fall of Hiram Lodge would be the thing that immortalised her.

Alice didn't have proof that Hiram was making any illegal deals but as the saying goes 'once a crook always a crook'.

Writer's note:

Once again all reviews are appreciated, let me know what you think. i am really trying to get into the head set of Betty but it is so hard.

Anyone want to take a guess as to what Archie problem is?

Seeing his dad getting shot, having to be the care giver, the bills piling up,Something shooting/shooter related.

All of the above or something more/else. What do you think is going on in his head and why he would be angry.