Snake bites chapter 3

Sweetpea got Betty's text on the way to the Whyte Wyrm that night. He stood in the parking lot next to his bike reading it over getting more pissed the farther he read. Jughead had no right to be spouting lies because he was mad at a girl. Sweetpea shoved the phone into his pocket storming into the bar slamming the doors into the walls beside them.

The bar seemed a lot more packed then he expected it to be. It was a weekday and most usually had some job to run or things to do. The extra people didn't stop him. A few more people wouldn't change how badly he wanted to punch Jughead.

"JONES! You better get your ass out here RIGHT NOW!" he screamed walking farther into the bar. He passed Toni asking him what was going on but just ignored her intent on pummeling that son of a bitch Jones.

A few people stepped out of his way leaving the fight to the two of them, if the other could be found that is. He stopped for a moment looking around for Jughead but saw no sign of him. He felt a hand on his shoulder trying to turn him around but it was way too small to be Jughead's so he turned around easy.

"Sweetpea, what the hell? Calm down. He's not here right now, left on a job with his dad about an hour or so ago." Toni said softly. His features evened out slightly talking to her because he definitely wasn't mad at her. He was still antsy though.

"When is he getting back?" he asked not even looking at her face but focusing on the door.

"He's not. The job is gonna take most of the night so he's being sent home right after, protective dad." She was met with silence and more glares at nothing. "Well, are you going to tell me what this is about so I can help?"

"This is about that piece of shit minding his own business and keeping my name out of his mouth. Betty's too while we're at it. I'm gonna kill that son of a bitch." His fists kept clenching tighter and tighter as he spoke. His eyes never left the door as he spoke.

"What did he say? Sweetpea, what did he say?" Toni stared at his face hand still on his shoulder hoping to keep him from rampaging through town to find him.

"It doesn't matter." When he looked down at her he smiled. He took a few steps away from her reach and nodded towards the bar. "Wanna get me a drink?" He needed it. He didn't feel most of his earlier drinking due to the very miniscule bit he had. Plus he needed a distraction from Jughead.

He sat at the bar and drank with Toni for a while as she convinced him not to beat the shit out of Jughead the next time he saw him. He knew she was protecting him because of the weird friendship they have but she said some pretty reasonable things he couldn't argue with. There was no way he going to let him off either though.

Betty got a few texts from Sweetpea in the morning telling her he decided to not hospitalize Jughead and that he hopped she had a great day at school. She thought the last part was him trying to be funny but she found it cute either way. He seemed to actually care about her, liking both the Elizabeth Cooper she had to be by day and the Betty Cooper she could let herself be at night with the serpents. Being with him was the best she felt in years.

It was a quiet day at school, no real drama to be heard of. Just the normal whispering going around school about her and Sweetpea. In a small town once someone knew something everyone did. She didn't mind the whispers and the gossip too much. None of it was true anyway.

'She's pregnant'

'She cheated'

'She's only doing it to seem cooler and get in all the serpents pants'

'He stole her right out from under Jughead's nose'

'He killed a man once but never went to jail for it'

'He's hospitalized ten people just from a bad look they gave him'

Veronica, Archie, and Kevin had heard them too but only Veronica was bold enough to ask about them. She didn't do it often, just once on some of the really absurd ones that just didn't seem plausible. She mostly asked because she was nosey and missed her bestfriend.

The gang, minus Jughead, made plans to meet at pops after school to just catch up after everything that had gone down recently. None of them really had time to talk to one another what with the murder and all. Betty was wrapped up with the serpents, Veronica was dealing with her inability to love, and Archie was dealing with her.

The diner was quiet that night having only two other tables being occupied. The bell on the door seemed quite loud in comparison even though they knew it wasn't. They had been there way too many times before.

They all gathered into a booth Archie and Kevin facing each other on the inside and Betty and Veronica next to them on the outside. They all ordered a burger or a shake from Pop and just carried on in easy conversation.

"So Betty, how are things going with Sweetpea?" Kevin asked turning slightly in the booth to face her. They all looked at her give a shy smile bow her head.

"Really, really good. I'm really happy with him guys." She played with her straw smiling not daring to look at any of them, she was embarrassed for reasons unknowing to her.

"How is he?" Archie said failing at hiding his disgust even though he tried. There was a smile on his face but it wasn't convincing to anyone because his eyes showed such anger and hatred. Betty's smile fell as she looked up at him.

"Archie, not now ok? We've discussed this." Betty said sounding tired.

The conversation shifted at the hands of Veronica relatively fast. It was a couple of minutes after the conversation shift that the bell to the diner rang and someone came in. They didn't notice at first until Betty happened to look up. There standing in the doorway was Sweetpea and a few other serpents talking in hushed tones. Betty didn't hesitate before sliding out of the booth and walking to him leaving her friends behind.

Sweetpea made it to the counter, the other serpents trailing not too far behind. He leaned on the counter obviously looking for something. Betty walked up to his side that was facing away from her and leaned on the counter as well mimicking his position. She smiled wide.

"Hey there can I help you find somethin'?" he recognized the voice and turned with a wide smile pulling her into a kiss without hesitation. The others from her booth had looked in her direction by now trying to figure out why she left so abruptly.

"Well hey there sexy. What are you doing here?" Sweetpea asked looking her up and down out of habit.

"I could ask you the same thing." She said giving him her own smirk that wasn't half as good as his on a bad day. He wrapped his arm around her waist increasing their closeness to both of their liking.

"Just looking for FP we were told he still worked here." He maneuvered them so she was caught between the counter and him, arms wrapped around his neck. She stared into his eyes loving the color washing over her.

"Well if he does work here he's not tonight. Sorry babe." She kissed him once again but it was short peck before she pulled back, unwrapping her arms. "I have to get back to my friends. They're already not fans I don't wanna make it worse by letting you steal me." He laughed, it wasn't a loud one she was used to but it still made her stomach flutter.

"Maybe I should go and make them like me. What do you think?" She laughed back at him rolling her eyes.

"It'll be your funeral. They're Jughead fans sorry." She whispered the last part to make sure they didn't over hear her. She stepped out of his hold and waked back to her table and just as she sat down a chair was skid across the floor right to the edge of the booth.

Sweetpea sat down leaning his arms on the back, legs spread. He had the largest smile painting his face making him look absolutely stunning in Bettys mind. All four turned their heads to stare at the new addition, each person donning a different expression; Betty's being the only happy one.

"Why hello there I'm Sweetpea and you all might be?"

So chapter 3 (this is the fastest I've ever written new chapters) its shorter but it ended well in my opinion but if you hate it let me know (nicely or I wont be) again feel free to let me know ideas for future chapters.