Warning: Language, Sexual situation, Suggested Crime

Word Count:2,338

Songs: |The Rain by Oh Wonder| Having Fun by Marc E. Bassy| Sex on Fire by Kings of Leon|

"Penelope, breakfast is ready!" My face is buried in my pillow completely exhausted from the emotions of yesterday. "Holy shit I don't wanna go, noooooo!" I yell into my pillow. Throwing a fit, I roll over to the other side of the bed covering myself with my blanket. "Oh shit!" I yell. Archie flings up out of bed still half asleep. "What the hell are you still doing here? My mom is up!" A flash of fear fills both of our faces as we suddenly hear footsteps up the stairs.

"Penelope Grace, did I just hear what I think I did?" She yells from the stairs. I quickly jump out of bed pushing half naked Archie toward my closet. My hand rests on his bare chest and a smirk rises on his face. "You don't move!" I harshly whisper as I jump back into bed.

My mum bursts into my room with an angry look on her face. Her hands are filled with my clean folded clothes. "Penelope you don't use that kind of language in my house, got it?" She moves over to my bed and gently sets my clothes by my feet. "You heard that?" I mumble. "Girl today is not the day! What are you going to wear for your first day of school?" I stare at her; the creases in her face have gotten worse. She lost her happy essence she always use to give off, ever since dad...

"I was just thinking about just a simple cardigan and pants. Look mom I just woke up, can you give me some space?" My heart slams against my chest as she stands three feet away from my closet door. She stares at me with a mixture of anger and exhaustion. Without a word she sighs and throws up her hands. "Penelope, I'm your mother. I'm supposed to be in your business.

Speaking of, you aren't wearing jeans for your first day of school." She turns and heads over to my closet. "No! I mean...okay I'll wear a dress, just please mom, I'm half naked and barely awake." My heart is almost completely stopped as she has one hand on the handle on my closet door.

"Alright then...but at least be down for breakfast soon, I feel like I haven't seen you at all this summer." I sense heartbreak in her voice and a stab of guilt hits me. Just like that she leaves my room without a word and Archie slowly creeps out of my closet.

"Okay. That was close!" He seems amused by all of this. All I'm filled with is guilt. I've been ignoring my mother the times she needed me the most. I shouldn't be mad at Archie...I've never talked about it with him. He never asked...

"Ugh!" is all I can muster as I fall back onto my bed. I suddenly feel warm hands over my stomach making their way up to my ribs. "You need a little bit of a release, I think." His head goes down kissing up my stomach. I love when I can feel his hair tickle me. Automatically my back starts to arch, when I suddenly snap out of the trance of pleasure.

"Archie, you should go. I'll see you at school." I say covering my face and turning away from his touch. It takes everything in me to do so. You're really serious about this..."Hey now Pop. I'm here for you, what's wrong?" I fight the smile that is desperate to surface over his caring for me. God, why does he have this power over me?! I sit up abruptly and point my finger at him. "Why won't you tell me what was wrong with you yesterday?"

He stares at me, taken aback. "It was nothing, just needed to vent."LIE!"Except you didn't vent, you just did what you always do, touch me." My stomach starts to swirl in sickness at the words that have just left my mouth. Am I just his physical comfort? Is that why he doesn't love me? Because he only sees me as a body?

"Penelope what is that supposed to mean?" He stands grabbing his white t-shirt and shoes. I want to say everything on my mind, but as I open my mouth nothing comes out. You freaking coward...

"Look let's talk about this after school today; we can go to our spot and just talk." He swiftly gives me a kiss on the forehead and opens my bedroom window to sneak out. "But.." I slowly mumble hoping that he stays.

"I'll see at school, Poppy..." Archie walks back over to me and takes my face in his two smooth hands. I try to put my head down, but he raises my chin to become eye level with him. "What I said last night, I mean't it. I want nothing but you. You're the reason my life isn't completely fucked up right now. Don't ever forget that. You're my girl. Forever."

"Forever." I repeat back as he swings out the window. I get up to look out the window and all I see is his red hair flowing in the wind as he runs home. "God damn you Archie." I say as a small smile curls upon my lips.

"So did you hear?

"What?"

"About the new girl! Her dad just got himself locked up and her and her mother just moved here from New York." I look up to see the wide smile on Kevin's face as he thirsts for more gossip.

I wonder if that was the mystery girl Archie was talking to last night at Pop's?

"Ugh, shit! I was due in the office 10 minutes ago!" Without a word, I speed walk into the principal's office. As I round the corner I see the back side of a woman dressed in all black. She stands tall, with black hair, black shoes, and a black...cloak?

"Penelope, I'd like you to meet Veronica, she is our new student. Veronica this is Penelope." Principle Weatherbee extends his arm to the woman. As she turns around I suddenly get a tight knot in my stomach. I know that has to be the girl Archie was talking to.

Her jaw line is defined and her eyebrows extend almost the full radius of her face. She's kind of scary looking, scary beautiful.

"Hello Penelope, I'm Veronica." She was a serious and proper tone to her voice. Hmmm, yeah New yorker...

I have no choice but to force a big smile and amp up my peppiness.

"Hey there. Welcome to Riverdale!" She extends her hand and I force out mine in response.

"Now you're late Penelope that's not like you. Go show Veronica to her classes and locker." As he dismisses us, I dread every step I take. I don't want to know her...

Oh my...are you really going to be the jealous type? You're above this...

I clear my throat and try my best to act pleasant.

"So this place is pretty small but there is a few groups of people to choose from. You got your typical cliché cliques here. I'm sure you'll fit in, in no time."

"Oh thanks, yeah, I'm not use to small towns. It's so quiet here. It's pretty annoying."

I speed up our walking.

"Okay! So this is your locker and your first class is just down the hall. Welcome to Riverdale high. See you around!" I start to turn when I feel her hand on my shoulder. Almost...

"I mean, I don't know anyone here so maybe you and I could have lunch together?" I turn around to look at her and realize her smile is genuine. I fight the urge to roll my eyes. She seems nice, and so are you Penelope. Don't be a dick out of absolutely nothing.

"Sure, I'll come by your class." She shoots a fast smile and walks over to her first class. I take a second to watch her as she puts her hand on the door handle. She takes in a deep breath and straightens her body to look more confident. I guess I've never been the new kid, I'll probably never know how that feels. To have all eyes on you...

"Jughead, Jughead!" I run fast as Jughead tries to weave his way through the crowded hallways. My stubbornness makes my body move faster as I'm finally able to grab his arm. He tries to jerk his arm out of my hold but I'm able to open an empty classroom and push him in.

"I'm going to be late Penelope, I don't have time for this." He starts to move past me but I move my body so it's blocking the exit.

"Look, you're going to sit and you're going to listen!" I try to make my voice as stern as I can but I can tell it has no effect on him.

"I really don't owe you anything Grace." Out of instinct I bite my lip at his use of my middle name. So I guess I'm not the only one that can't be taken serious...

"What I did was so unbelievably shitty and I was stupid..." I stand tall but my voice starts to shake ever so lightly. Jughead stares at me blankly as if he'd never in a million years hear me say this.

"Penelo-" I wave my hand in his face cutting him off.

"No. I'm not letting you leave here without saying were going to have a Quentin Tarantino fest at my place this weekend. His eyes become wider in amusement. Finally he shakes his head and stands to move past me again.

"Look here! I miss you. I love you Jughead. Second chances are a thing you know." I serious my tone and move closer to him. "I don't expect you to forgive me entirely right now. But I just need you to say that things won't be like this forever." I plead.

"...You know what Penelope? This was all you. You and Archie decided to spring this on me. Key word, me. I'm done here." He looks so hurt. My heart breaks knowing I did this to him.

He pushes past me and walks out the door. I plop down into a chair and fan my eyes to keep them from leaking. This doesn't work. I deserve this. I do.

It takes me a few minutes to get my shit together enough to make it to the hallway. As I turn the corner of the hallway I see Archie, Kevin, and Veronica all talking. The hall is really quiet except a few whispers. Well that's a first!

"Jesus Poppy!" Archie runs over to me and grabs me in a big bear hug. Kevin walks over and starts rubbing my back.

"What's going on guys?" I say completely dumbfounded.

"Wait, you haven't heard? Your face is all red though." Archie says as he runs a finger over my cheek.

"Yeah I just yawed. What's happened?" Lame excuse.

"They...They found Cheryl at the river...and they can't find Jason..." Kevin barely musters out.

"Guys give her some space, Kevin take Veronica to our usual spot, Poppy and I will be there soon." Kevin nods and takes Veronica down the hallway, slowly disappearing from sight.

"Poppy, we need to talk."

Archie leads me to an empty classroom and we sit in silence for a few minutes. As I'm wiping my eyes I watch as all the kids make their way to the cafeteria and suddenly my stomach rumbles.

"You don't think..." Archie paces up and down the row of desks like he is a nervous teacher.

"Arch, what's going on?" I stand and take his hand in mine, making small circles in the middle of it.

"We heard that gun shot Pop. You don't think it was for Jason?" I lean back stunned. He really thinks Jason is dead?

"Absolutely not Archie. No way! I mean yeah we heard something but...Jason...dead?"

Archie yanks his hand away from mine and starts shaking.

"Hey Arch, it's okay." I sit by him and take his face in my hands.

"We don't know anything yet. Okay it could've been some kids like the other night." I say half halfheartedly.

"Hey now." I say as I begin to kiss his sweet lips. I move over to his jaw and then his ear. Softly nibbling at his earlobe.

"Penelope...I don't know if..."

I move onto his lap and run my fingers through his hair as I kiss him once more. I look up at him and he offers a bright smile.

"How do you do that?" He asks.

"Do what?" I say as I force my lips onto his. I can't help my hips from moving up and down.

"You're going to be the death of me." He says as he leans down and bites my lip. My eyes are filled with desire. I want him now.

His hands find their way to my dress. There is three small white buttons that reveal the perfect amount of me to get him excited. I smile in confidence.

"Here?" He asks. I love that we both make each other do things we never would have thought of. That's the unique spark no one could replace.

I lick my lips in response. A deep manly growl makes it way to the surface as he picks me up and gently places me on the top of the desk.

His mouth goes to my cleavage as I wrap my legs around his waist. His small but wet kisses make my stomach whorl. He briefly looks up and my pleasure filled face and smiles as his hands make their way up my dress. My hand goes through my own hair slightly pulling as I get more and more excited.

Archie's thigh suddenly rubs up against me and I can't take it anymore. I sit up and pull his face to mine quickly. Our mouths connect and my fingers make their way to his belt. I feel like a lifetime has gone by as I finally get his pants down, leaving just his boxers on.

By now we're both panting as our body's feel the urge to connect.

"Oh my fucking god..."

I look over Archie's shoulder to see Jughead staring at the two of us with his mouth completely open.

"Jughead what the fuck!?"