Chapter 14- Start of Something.

Robyn led Jughead into the garage where a small black car sat, she clicked the button on the keys and saw the lights flash to signal the doors unlocking. She looked over to Jughead to see him looking oddly towards the car, she turned a questioning gaze to him.

"I've seen you stuggle to walk in a staight line, you sure I'm safe getting in a car with you?" There was humour in his voice but he did seem slightly concerned, she couldn't help but chuckle at him.

"Don't worry, I'm a better driver my walking may suggest. I wouldn't drive you anywhere unless I was sure it was safe." He nodded then, conceding the point. "Plus it's only a few minute drive." He smiled and made his way into the passenger side of the car as she got into the drivers seat.

They were quiet as she pulled the car out of the garage and made her way down the street.

"I'm sorry for how I made you do this, it was only because I really thought it was for the best." She found herself not wanting to make eye contact as she gave the apology, until he heard the laugh coming from him which made her turn to see the expression on his face.

"I thought we had a deal to wait for a week?" There was still plenty of humour in his voice but the question was genuine.

"I know but I hated the thought of sending you back there tonight, when we had a prefectly good room where you would be so much more comfortable. I probably should have gone about it differently." She glanced over again with an apolegetic look.

"You can stop looking at me like that, it's really ok. I agree that I'd be more comfortable there, I guess I just had trouble accepting it. Accepting this from you." She just nodded as they pulled up next to the drive-in.

"Want a hand grabbing everything?" She parked the car and looked over to see him shaking his head.

"I don't have a lot." He got out of the car quickly and made his way into the movie hut.

He still wasn't sure how he'd got talked into doing this, Robyn and her sister both seemed great and he felt a little like he was taking advantage of their generousity. He dispelled the thoughts with a small shake of his head as he grabbed his things from around the small hut. He tried telling himself that he wasn't taking advantage and he wasn't being an imposition, they had practically forced him into it, they were happy to help and he wasn't wrong to take them up on it. He finished grabbing everything and sighed, running his hand throught his hair, knocking his beanie slightly. This was the right decision and it wouldn't be for long, he would help out anyway he could and make sure he was a good house guest, minimal intrusion on their life. With that he left the drive-in and jumped back into the car, he saw the strange look Robyn gave him and smiled at her softly, she smiled back and restarted the car.

"I need to talk to you about something." Robyn saw Jughead look concerned as he turned to look at her. "Nothing to worry about." She was quick to assure him and saw him calm at her words.

"Shoot."

"It's about your dad." She saw the surprised look on hso face. "We talked a few days ago, and you've got a choice to make."

"I don't understand." She nodded at the statement.

"You will. I told him that, if he wants, I will be the way for you two to be in contact again, if you want that too?" She phrased it as a question as he hestitantly nodded. "I told him he wouldn't get any information about you from me, unless you specifically told me you wanted to know, or if it involved me directly or I really felt he needed to know about, but that you'd be aware of anything that I told him." She looked over to see him nod again.

"Does that mean you'll tell him I'm staying with you now?" She half shrugged at the question.

"Not if you really don't want me to, but I think it's a good idea that he knows you are safe and staying somewhere." He just nodded lightly. "Think on it, I won't tell him unless you're sure and give me the go ahead." He looked happier as he nodded again.

They pulled back into the garage then, she stopped the car and turned to look more fully at him.

"I also told him that I wouldn't lie to you about him." He nodded again, sensing more to the statement. "There was a condition that he had to accept, something that was a deal breaker for me, and which it's up to you to decide on." She tooked a breath to steel herself to say the next part. "I can't do this in half measures, if I'm going to do this then I do this properly. He is recovering and a part of that is the support he needs from the people around him. I know you can't be around him physically right now and that's where I come in, but I won't just tell you part of the story. I either tell you everything, the good and the bad, or I tell you nothing." She made eye contact with him then and saw a strange look in his eye. "If you want to know everything then later tonight, I need to tell you something, and probably over the next few days I will fill you in on everything you missed this summer. I will also give you a full justification for telling you the things I do tonight."

"And if I don't?" She shrugged again at the question.

"Then I don't tell you anything and once he is ready he will reach out and you can reconnect that way." He nodded to her. "You don't need to decide right now-"

"I want to know, all of it." He interrupted and as their eyes met she could tell he meant it, she nodded to him.

"Well, we will talk more tonight, once Emma is upstairs. Right now we need to head back in and watch this god-awful movie she is forcing us through." He laughed lightly then and she was glad to see it.