Jughead went to the Cooper house after his early trip to the pharmacy. It was the last day of sophomore year for the couple, and Jughead planned on taking Betty to school as he had insisted on doing since the news of her dad broke. He wasn't keen on the idea of her being harassed by the 'looky-loos' as Betty called them, though lately most of them had disappeared. As Jughead cut the engine of his bike and pulled off his helmet, he noticed a robed figure standing just outside the front door of the Cooper house.

"You're here early." Polly observed. "I've been up with the babies for a little bit now. Come on in." Jughead obliged and followed her into the house. The smell of pancakes and syrup filled his nose. Polly noticed his nostrils flaring and his eyes pointed in the direction of the kitchen and chuckled. "Take a seat, there's enough to go around."

"Oh no I shouldn't. I'm just waiting on Betty"

"Yeah, exactly, so you might be waiting for a while. Sit." Polly placed a tall stack of pancakes on a plate and set it in front of Jughead. He didn't bother to argue; instead he graciously nodded and began shoveling in bites of pancakes. After all he opted out of breakfast at home and his nerves had settled since his awkward trip to the store earlier that morning.

Polly came and sat across from Jughead, she brought a cup of coffee for each of them. She was grateful to have a new person to talk to -and the chance to sit and talk at all. One of the twins was back asleep and the other distracted by the early morning news, seated in a bouncer.

"So what's up with Betty?" Polly inquired. Jughead gulped some coffee before answering.

"What do you mean?"

"I dunno. She's just been weird. Ya know? Like, kind of bitchy. Have you guys been fighting?"

"Uh, no we aren't fighting. I don't know. Maybe she's just still struggling. Like with the stuff with your dad. I haven't really noticed much different with her though." He had noticed though, upon retrospection anyway. His dad had noticed too. Polly nodded her head. "Wish she would talk to me. Not sure what's going on. I have my suspicions though."

"Suspicions?" Jughead gave her a strange look and before Polly could respond, Betty appeared in the kitchen.

"Jug.. I didn't know you were here already!" She leaned down to kiss him on the cheek before grabbing an apple and asking, "Shouldn't we be going? I know it's our last day, but I don't want to be late." Jughead finished his meal and put his dishes in the sink. He thanked Polly for breakfast and then made his way out the door with Betty.

The school day went by rather quickly. It was filled with movies in class and teenagers texting each other plans for the evening. Cheryl and Toni had invited the Serpent Royals to an end of the year bash, but both Jug and Betty declined. They had already planned on spending the evening alone. With Pop's takeout and a movie. FP would be out late and never minded when Betty stayed the night.

The last bell of the day rang. Jughead found Betty and they made their way to the old bike and headed towards the trailer park.

"Aww but Juggie, we have to watch West Side Story!" Betty exclaimed as her and her boyfriend entered the small trailer that he shared with his father.

"I'm not huge on musicals, Betts…" A small smirk danced on his lips.

"It's so good though! Please?" She gave him her best little girl pouty face, complete with a puckered bottom lip. Jughead rolled his eyes and let out an amused sigh.

"Yeah, yeah alright. No need to assault me with those puppy dog eyes." He could feel a tingle run down his spine as he dropped his backpack by the bed and sat down motioning for Betting to sit with him. He desperately wanted to bring up what had been weighing heavy on him all day.

He figured he may as well just jump into things. No need to beat around the bush.

"So... I had a conversation with my dad last night after I got back from dropping you off." Betty gave him a curious look and her eyes told him to continue. "He really caught me off guard, though he did make some sense…" Jughead paused for a moment to attempt to read the look on the face of his blonde sweetheart. "Then this morning your sister mentioned that you didn't seem like yourself lately…" She looked nervous. In fact she was nervous. He took both of her hands in his before he finally asked her the question that had been dwelling on his mind. "I just have to ask. Betts...you're not...pregnant..? ...Are you?" All the color drained from Betty's face, and she felt tears threaten to fill her eyes.

"I… I don't know, Jug." Betty gripped his hands tighter.

"You don't know?" He was a little taken aback by her response.

"I'm late… like really late." Tears started overflowing from Betty's eyes. "..But I didn't want to to believe it. I was afraid to know for sure. I had no idea how to bring it up to you." She sniffled and attempted to wipe the tears from her face even though they were still flowing. "Everything with the Serpents, and my family, and now this… It's all just been so overwhelming!" All of the fears, anxiety, and emotion that she had been drowning in were finally being released. "I just didn't want to think about any of this. I still don't want to deal with any of this!"

"Betty…" Jughead turned to dig through his backpack in search of the items he purchased earlier that day. Once he found them, he faced the teary eyes girl sitting in front of him and said, "Whether you are or you're not, we need to know. ...Especially if you are… because it's not something that will just go away." he pushed the the two pregnancy tests towards Betty.

Time to face the music. Betty thought to herself. She considered asking Jug if she could take them home, and update him with the result…. But she knew he would never let her do that. They both knew that Betty would not update Jug with the results, because she would never get around to taking the test.

"You went out and bought these?" Betty said confused by how much initiative he had taken, based solely on what his dad had said to him.

"Yeah..I figured that even if you knew you weren't..and you said you weren't, that it couldn't hurt to have them on hand...or even just to confirm things. That way we could know. Definitively." she nodded at his thoughtful response.

"Okay." She said simply, as she grabbed one of the boxes and made her way to the bathroom. Jughead trailed behind and sat outside the door after she closed it.

"How long should it take?" Jughead asked, through the door.

"Well...after I pee on it… uh… the box says 'results may appear instantly, but could take up to 2 minutes'." Jug nodded to himself, feeling suddenly more anxious than he had just moments before. A short time later, Jughead heard a toilet flush and a sink run. He shot up from his position on the floor, anticipating a reaction from Betty. When she opened the door, to see Jughead anxiously awaiting her, she gave him an annoyed look. "What?" she scoffed, attitude dripping in her voice. Jughead was the one to roll his eyes this time.

"What do you mean, 'what'? What did the test say?"

"I haven't even looked at it."

"Well… do you think it's..ready? Or whatever..?"

"Probably. ...Go look at it then." Betty waved him off and wandered into the small living room, where she plopped down on the old couch. Hot Dog jumped onto the couch to sit next to her. She welcomed the company. She lovingly began petting him, attempting to forget the weight of the world for just a minute.

She realized though that she had not heard a peep from her boyfriend who eagerly went to check on the little piece of plastic she left on the bathroom counter. "Jug…?" Upon hearing Betty ask for him, he snapped out of his daze, and quickly shuffled out to the front room, test in hand. He was white as a sheet, and spoke softly.

"Betts...I love you. Okay? You need to know that I love you." Her eyes grew wide, and she immediately knew what the test must have said. "We're gonna be alright. All of us." With that small confirmation, Betty could feel tears forming in her eyes yet again.

"Fuck." It was the only word she could manage right then and there.