Previously on 'Ocean Eyes': "Our friends are dumbasses" I said sardonically as they sat down with us.

"Did you just say 'our?'" Veronica raised an eyebrow proudly.

"Meaning, you now accept us as friends?" Jughead joked with a cocky smirk, I rolled my eyes at them teasingly but thought about how I had said that.

"Huh, I guess I did" I said leaving everyone smiling to themselves at my small show of affection.

SONG: SAVE MYSELF BY ED SHEERAN

CHAPTER 3: What You Thought You Knew

No fair,

You really know how to make me cry

when you

gimme those ocean eyes, those

ocean eyes.

1 MONTH LATER

Jughead's POV

Betty shut her locker door and jumped when she saw me leaning against the lockers, she smiled as soon as she saw me taking me in a sweet kiss. I returned it fondly before we pulled apart after hearing Ronnie's voice, "Jughead, B!" she said hugging us both with a smile; Archie followed close behind her with a smile too-Fangs crammed in between Betty and I with a smirk.

"Now, now you two, there are children present" he teased over Betty and I's public display of affection. Veronica rolled her eyes dramatically before her eyes lit up as Toni and Cheryl joined our little rendezvous at the lockers. "Ladies" Fangs bowed extravagantly-Cheryl seemed pleased with his greeting, eyeing his with pursed lips and Toni's cocked eyebrow judging.

"See, that is how you delinquents greet royalty!" Cheryl jostled as always.

"Where's Fate and Sweet Pea?" Toni asked looking around, I was about to answer that I didn't know until Fate and Sweet Pea sauntered through the doors making a hot entrance as Riverdale's hot new couple. Sweet Pea had his arm around Fate protectively whilst they walked confidently over to us. "Harley, Joker" Toni joked with a wink-Sweet Pea chuckled and Fate smirked proudly.

"Here to entertain folks!" Fate said with a sheepish smile. We'd all became very close, slowly Fangs and Fate and began rebuilding their relationship-even moving into a trailer together. Fate and I were the closest friend wise, we were similar with our sarcastic wit and harsh tones. Fate rocked her very own blue serpent jacket and tattoo situated on her wrist.

"I was thinking we could all meet at the Whyte Worm tonight" Toni said earning sharp looks from Sweet Pea, Fate, Fangs and I. "What?" Toni exclaimed, "I didn't grow a second head Forsythe!" Toni said using my real name.

"I don't know if they'll like north-siders in the bar T" Sweet Pea spoke for me, Betty shifted uncomfortably to look at Veronica and Archie who seemed sad that they couldn't hang out with us without us all being criticised, I saw Betty's pout that she couldn't be part of my world and I made a snap decision.

"Anyone who has a problem can take it up with me and you, right Fate?" I said, Fate was always on my side, always there whether she thought I was wrong or not; it made Fangs crazy jealous of our brother/sister relationship but if only he knew how much Fate had sacrificed for him and was still sacrificing by not telling him what she did for him all those years ago.

"Hell yeah, we're all gonna hangout there tonight okay?" Fate said which obviously meant Sweet Pea and Fangs were on board now, Betty seemed happy again but Archie seemed nervous with Veronica rubbing his arm comfortingly. We all agreed to meet each other at Fate and Fangs trailer after school to go to the Whyte Worm. We were interrupted by Fangs's phone ringing loudly, he answered with a confused tone.

"Dad?" he said. Fate stepped forward with wide eyes, her arms unfolded and her entire body restless-there was signs to show when Fate was angry, she wouldn't keep still, very silent and she'd be closed off to the people she was closest with. "You are?" Fangs sounded excited and Fate's fists curled into fists before she folded her arms again to hide it. "Yeah she's here, we'll see you soon Dad" Fangs hung up with a smile before rushing to Fate. "Dad's coming to visit!" Fangs announced.

"What!" Fate griped angrily.

"Dad's coming to visit!" Fangs said excitedly, Sweet Pea put a hand on her shoulder soothingly in an attempt to calm her down, "I thought you'd be happy?" Fangs asked seeming sad. Fate scoffed obnoxiously with all the right to, Fangs frowned beginning to get angry too, "nothin's ever good enough for you is it?" Fangs blurted. Fate flinched at his remark, obviously hurt.

"The hell you talking bout?" Fate stepped forward till they were in each others faces steaming with anger. Bystanders began gawking at their sibling spat which was raging like a storm-I frowned at them, Sweet's told multiple people to keep walking.

"All dad did was provide for us after Mom died, yet that wasn't good enough for you so you had to run away and make up some bullshit sob story!" Fangs continued his rant which you could tell he had bottled up for many years. Fate slapped him hard across the face so his cheek began bleeding, as she turned away Fangs ripped her serpent jacket from her body; Sweet Pea shoved Fangs up against a locker wrestling her jacket back, I tried to get Sweet's off him but couldn't until Archie, Reggie and Kevin helped. We struggled holding the furious Sweet Pea back but managed as a couple football jocks helped, "you don't deserve that damn jacket!" he yelled.

"Fuck you!" Fate screamed back pushing into him, this time when she turned around, Fangs tore the back on her top clean off. Everyone gasped as her scars gleamed white in the unnatural light, at unusual angles in slash marks-belt marks...Fangs looked at the piece of fabric then Fate, Sweet Pea's eyes widened and he momentarily stopped fighting, Veronica and Betty slung her Jacket back on her shoulders. Fate shook them off angrily.

"Fate" Fangs breathed.

"What? Oh yeah, its my turn to yell now, right?" Fate snarled. We all froze, no one knowing how to intervene when it felt so private, "maybe its you who doesn't deserve a jacket! I've never relied on a gang for protection, hell I've never relied on anyone for anything!" Fate shouted. I frowned at Fangs but had to stay put in order to control a wild Sweet Pea.

"I didn't know he-" Fangs began.

"They were meant for you! But I took the heat" Fate confessed, Betty covered her mouth hushing her own tears-I rushed to her wrapping her in a hug in an attempt to shelter her from the heartbreak of knowing that our best friends were tearing each other apart. Fangs was crying, for the sister her loved, the sister he'd lost and how wrongly he had judged her decision to leave.

"Fate I'm so sorry" Fangs trembled.

"I may be the one who walked away but you're the one who left!" Fate said thrusting her finger into his chest accusingly. She turned on her heel and the crowd of observers parted as she stormed out, we all watched as Fangs clung onto her torn shirt fabric, Sweet Pea and Reggie turned to the crowd.

"What are you all staring at?" Sweet Pea yelled causing several people to jump.

"Get to class you morons!" Reggie stood up for us which was a nice feeling as he was usually against south-siders, Reggie jerked in SP's direction with a sympathetic smile, "you need the bulldogs any-time, you call us" he assured. They shook hands before parting, "Lets go bulldogs!" Reggie cupped his hands to make his voice louder; soon the only ones in the hallway was us.

"How could someone do that to their own child?" Veronica asked whilst Archie wrapped an arm around her.

"Look, Fate needs some space, after school we'll go to the trailer and get her to come to the Whyte Worm just like we planned. We'll sort this out okay Fangs?" Toni reassured a devastated Fangs. He nodded grimly and with that we all walked to class, scared, angry and confused. How could someone love one kid and hate the other?

Sweet Pea's POV

The end of the day couldn't arrive any faster, all I could think about was my serpent princess and how much she'd been hurt. She had protected Fangs without him even knowing, so blind he'd concocted some story of his sister being a liar. It wasn't his fault of course, but I was just so angry at how the girl who was the brightest thing in Riverdale could be darkened so badly. Jughead patted my shoulder and I realised we were outside the Fogarty Trailer, Fangs went to unlock the door but found it open-we all entered cautiously. "Fate!" I hollered.

"Fate ain't talkin right now" a low texan voice grumbled in the dark trailer. We turned to the intimidating voice to find a black haired man, his eyes disearning with dark circles and bruised knuckles.

"Dad?" Fangs said backing off slowly. I growled low in my throat at the man who'd hurt my Fate, he cocked his head towards me with an impressed smirk-Jughead stood a little way in front of me but I could see the anger in his tense body.

"Try it kid" their Dad chuckled which came out a grumble, "it'll be fun" he finished.

A/N: when i think of Fate and Fangs's dad I think of Sam Elliot in his roadhouse days, love the movie XD