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It was a cool fall evening and Betty Cooper was filled with excitement and anxiety.
Tonight was Halloween and for the first time, she was going dressed as a villain. Her parents were surprisingly lenient this time around as they gave her freedom to chose what she wanted to wear. The whole Polly thing seemed to have really changed them once the four of them were finally living together again. It took some time, but things were looking up in the Cooper household.
Betty checked herself out in her floor length mirror, and she had to admit that even she was impressed with her handiwork. She spent almost 2 weeks getting the right materials and cloths to make her outfit. She wanted hers to be unique and it was way cheaper than buying the actuall costume too!
Even though she thought her costume was amazing, she was still incredibly nervous. The costume itself was a bit...scandalous if she was being honest, and because of that she didn't want to tell anyone what it was. She wanted to surprise everyone and this way she could also guarantee that if she wanted to, she could still change her mind and wear something else.
In all honesty, she wasn't all that concerned with everyone's opinion. She really only wanted the approval a certain Mr. Jones and she hoped that he would like it. She knew that he wasn't a horndog who only thought with his...smaller head -she blushed at the thought- but that wasn't the point of the costume. The point was to be fun and sexy and something she knew (hoped) he would like. He would at least appreciate the effort she put into it.
Although she only only had 2 colors on, she couldn't help but think about how colorful she looked. The high pigtails would almost make you think it was a cute costume. But the ripped up fishnets under the dark 'Daisy Duke' (as Veronica liked to call them) shorts accompanied by her low heel black leather boots said a completely different story.
She and Polly had probably too much fun dying the tips of her hair red and blue. It was nice to be able to do something normal with her again. She was beyond grateful for her help, even if neither of them knew what they were doing.
Her makeup was fun to do as well! The dark red lipstick and the almost ghostly white foundation smeared across her face in organized chaos. She had some glittery spades and hearts on her face and her normally bright and shiny eyes were now overcast by the heavy red and blue eye makeup.
She continued to look at herself. Making sure everything was just right and she thought to herself 'Damn you look good Cooper. If he doesn't like the costume, he could at least enjoy the view.'
Even though her Harley Quinn costume was "perfect", she was excited to ditch her own perfect persona and be just a little bad tonight.
With a deep breath, she nodded at her reflection and set of to meet up with the gang at Pop's before all heading out to Veronica's for what she dubbed "the greatest Halloween party Riverdale has ever seen".
She locked the front door, and while she was still nervous about seeing her friends, the adorable sight of all the neighborhood kids running around trick or treating in their costumes was enough to make her smile. She began her walk with her head held high, but a low whistle stopped her in her tracks.
"Harley Quinn, huh? You didn't try to match with me on purpose did you?"
She immediately relaxed as she recognized Jughead's voice. She turned around while asking "What are you talking ab…"
She stopped herself when she saw him. Her jaw hit the floor before she could even think. There stood Jughead Jones, in a Joker costume. He had on the iconic purple jacket over the bright green vest and he looked like he put on the white face makeup and crimson smile in the dark, which just fit the character so well. He even dyed his hair green! Her eyes almost popped out of their socket at the look of him. The lazy, smug grin just adding to the whole look.
A good looking costume, she might add.
She quickly composed herself and put a hand on her hip and a smirk on her lips. He wants to play, well she can play too.
"Mista J..." she started with the best Harley Quinn accent she could muster "I only want to make you happy, puddin"
She sauntered over to him, her bat teasing her own skin as it followed a path on her leg. The feeling sent chills down her spine and the huge grin on his face made it all the more pleasureable.
When she reached him, she latched onto his purple lapels and whispered "What do you say puddin, ready to cut a rug?"
"Bets, you better drop the act or we're not going to make it to the party" he answered playfully, lips already in a smirk and she could see his imagination going wild in his eyes.
She giggled at his insinuation and took a step back. "Sorry Mista J, I'm just so excited about the costume! I even tried practicing the accent"
"Yea I could tell. It's not exactly right, but you definitely had the spunk for it" he winked at her as he took her hand and began walking down the sidewalk.
She laughed "Yea, I'm not that great at accents... wait a minute! I definitely didn't know about your costume! I started working on mine almost 2 weeks ago..."
He could see the cogs moving. It was always fun to watch Betty try to figure something out.
She gasped. "Juggie! Did you find out about my costume to try and match with me?!"
He raised his hands in a show of defeat. "Ya caught me. It wasn't on purpose though" He answered smoothly, only to make sure she wouldn't actually get mad at him.
"I was doing the whole 'Prince Charming climbing the tower' bit a few days ago, and I saw you trying it on. I knew you wanted to keep it a secret, so I just kept it to myself." He at least had the decency to look sheepish at his confession.
"How sweet, not every girl gets her own romantic Peeping Tom. I must be one of the lucky ones" she laughed as she rollder her eyes.
"It's ok Juggie, I know you wouldn't do it on purpose. I guess in hindsight I'm kind of glad you did because now we're matching!" She beamed at him.
"Yea I figured it would be cool to match if I got to be the Joker. Let's hope someone came as Batman so we can harass them all night!" he whispered conspiratorially in her ear.
"Or" she interjected, trying to stop an evil prank before it started to form "Maybe I'll find a Poison Ivy and leave you for her" her smug grin growing as he just stared blankly at her.
"Ha ha. Hilarious." He said sardonically after a few moments.
"Let's get going Harley, wouldn't want to miss out on 'Riverdale's Greatest Halloween Party'" He said as he rolled his eyes.
Betty giggled and hooked her arm in his "Let's go Mista J, what kind of clowns miss a party?"
Hello everyone! So I thought it was cute how it ended, but I could potentially write more if you guys like. Let me know what you think and I'll see what I can do! Maybe some ideas of what you would like read about or something like that :)