She wanted so bad to understand why she did it but she just couldn't. All she knew was it felt right. Kissing him even if it wasn't real, felt right. She was starting to have real feelings for him and it scared her.
Archie Archie Archie. She kept repeating. I love Archie. She kept having to remind herself.
Even with all the chanting everytime, she closed her eyes all she saw was herself kissing Jughead. Really kissing Jughead. She decided then and there she needed to see Archie, get her mind off Jughead.
She had spent the whole day with Archie listening to him talk and talk. He'd eventually told her about what Betty said that day she walked in on them talking about soulmarks and tried really hard not to laugh. She listened to him talk to her about how he was happy she wasn't being so distant anymore. That hurt her. She never realized what she was doing to Archie. She never realized her stepping back to figure things out would hurt Archie just as much. She'd bet anything Betty felt the same way.
She repeated the same day again with Betty the day after Archie. Same talks of soulmarks and distance. She just felt numb to it the second time around.
The rest of the week went by smoothly. Jughead and Veronica were civil when put in the same situation, and Betty and Archie were happy their friends and significant others were being much less distant. All in all, it was a good week.
When Friday came rolling around Veronica sat home alone and bored. Betty and Archie were doing some stupid town thing together. Veronica didn't even know what it was let alone wanna participate.
Veronica decided to call Jughead. She kept justifying to herself by saying she was bored and Archie was busy. She repeated it over and over as she dialed his number.
He picked up on the first ring. "Hey, Jughead I have pizza, old movies, and boredom to cure. You wanna come over?" she tried to sound confident. She wasn't sure if it passed on.
After a moment of silence, presumably from him thinking, he replied. "Yeah sure. Be there in twenty, Princess." With that, he hung up.
Princess.
She was over thinking it but it made her heart flutter and her mind race.
Princess
She stood in the same spot, over thinking, until the food showed up. She spent a couple minutes tidying up before getting ready herself. Not much, just a brush through the hair and a brush of the teeth was needed. She had already taken off all her makeup but found herself not caring if he saw her without it. That was new for her.
Just as she was walking back out of the bathroom Jughead rang the bell. Perfect timing.
She opened it with a huge grin.
"Perfect timing Jones, I just finished getting everything ready." She swept her arm out gesturing for him to come in. He did so heading straight for the food.
With a mouth full of food he replied. "So what exactly are we doing?"
"Well I was planning on the movie but if you prefer we can do something else…" She was apprehensive.
"Movie it is." He said putting a second slice in his mouth.
Things weren't as easy as they were that first night. The first night Veronica didn't have crazy feelings running around her mind. She was hyper-aware of every movement, every noise, and it was nerve-racking. But at the same time, just his presence calmed her. It was a crazy thing to try and balance.
When the movie ended Jughead talked for the first time since it started. "Why aren't you with Archie?" It caught her by surprise. She assumed he'd talk about the movie, neutral ground not her fucking boyfriend.
"He's at that stupid town thing with Betty remember? She would have mentioned it." She responded quickly.
"She just told me she was busy and i didn't think it was my business to know with what if she didn't want me to know." He gave her a smirk saying he had won the game she didn't even know she was playing until it was over.
"So how are you and Betty anyway?" She didn't really care, in fact, she didn't even wanna know if it was anything positive.
"Not as good as you an Archie, I mean come on you're no longer distant. You might need to slow it down a bit princess you might get more serious than you want." He was laughing to himself but she found no amusement.
"Oh come on Jughead. What do you want me to do? You don't want to be with me but it's like you don't want anyone else to be with me either."
"That's not- just no"
"Bullshit! I see you. I see you when I'm with Archie and you are with Betty. The way you look at him when he puts his arm around me or holds my hand or touches my arm. But the worst is when he looks at me. When he looked at me like I'm his whole world. You get so mad-"
"I'm done!" He turned to walk away.
"Jug stop!" She grabbed his arm turning him around. "I know you. I see you." She used all the strength she had to pull him to her, colliding her lips onto his.
For a moment she finally understood what all those movies were about. The scene in every romance movie ever where they kiss, and the camera goes in a circle around them, fake sparks or lights or something magical goes bursting around them. She felt it, the world spinning, the lights bursting. She loved it.
He kissed back, which surprised her the most. She thought never in a million years he'd kiss her back but she was so joyfully wrong. Instead of running away and never speaking to her again he held on. His hand found their way to her lower back moving closer to her ass every second while hers played with his uncharacteristically uncovered hair. She loved it, every second of it.
He grabbed the back of her thighs lifting her up. She wrapped her legs around him in response. He carried her to the closest flat surface which also happened to be the couch. A small sound escaped her when he set her down giving him a chill.
Before she knew it all of their clothes were strewn around her living room. She didn't have very good aim when she was trying, so getting them consolidated was impossible when she was so distracted. She didn't mind in the slightest though.
A long while later he left without a word haphazardly throwing on his clothes and moving faster than she thought he would.
Welp, there you go enjoy...