So I hope people do realize that this is a Barchie fanfiction. I don't want people to get into this story only to be disappointed. Thank you for the reviews so far! Please keep them coming.
Disclaimer: I do not own Riverdale
Archie heard the all too familiar chime of the bells to Pops ring as he entered the familiar diner he basically grew up in
"Good Morning Mr. Andrews, I'm assuming you'd like your morning usual?" Pops asked as he approached the counter
Archie nodded "Yes please but please call me Archie" he let out a chuckle "Mr. Andrews is my father"
Pops smiled as he made Archie his cup of coffee "Of course son, here you are" he said setting the To-go cup on the counter along with a brown paper bag that contained a warm croissant
Archie smiled and gathered the belongings while placing money on the counter
"Thank you, Pops, you'll be able to make it to the reunion dinner tonight right?" Archie asked taking a sip of his coffee
Pops let out a chuckle "I may be old but I'm not dead, of course I'll be there. I haven't seen some of your old pals in almost 10 years"
Archie nodded "Me to Pops, me too. Well I better get going to work. See you tonight." Archie waved off before heading back out the door
Jughead walked around his office at The Register, stuffing his bag with everything he'd need for this weekend's reunion it was ironic that he was reporting his own high school reunion. He only hoped that he'd live up to the expectations everyone was holding him too. He looked down at his phone
" You're coming to Pops tonight?" the text read
A grin grew as he texted back " Is that a question or an order."
A few seconds later he received another text " Depends what your answer is" then before he could text back another text came through "Keep in mind I'm excited about our high school reunion and I love Pops food" she implied what his answer should be
Jughead shook his head in amusement and texted back "Yes I'm going to Pops tonight. Will you be off in time for us to go together or will you meet me there?"
He grabbed a backup camera and put it in his bag as he waited for her to text back
"I won't get back in Riverdale till 8 so I'll meet you at Pops"
Jughead texted back a quick okay and finished packing
"Mommy this is where you used to live?" Sawyer asked standing on the sidewalk as Veronica helped the bellhop unload their bags
"Well not at the hotel sweetie, but yes mommy lived in Riverdale when she was in high school"
The little boy looked around at his surroundings in awe
"And tonight, we are going to Pops" she said picking the little boy up
"Pops?" Sawyer tilted his head
Veronica nodded "Yes. I used to go there all the time with my friends. I'll let you have any milkshake you want. I'm telling you they are the best in the whole world"
Sawyer threw his arms up "Milkshake! Yay!"
Reggie walked around Pops making small talk with the old classmates who had begun to arrive
He heard the bell ring and turned to see the next classmate who had arrived. It was Archie Andrews, quickly Reggie made his way over to talk to him
"Archie Andrews, long time now see" Reggie grinned
Archie turned and leaned back against the counter "Reggie Mantle. How are you?"
Reggie nodded "I'm great, life is good. I see your dad's construction business is really taking over building in Riverdale"
Archie nodded "Yeah, it's nice too that I can do most of the work and just let dad enjoy life"
Reggie smiled "Is he coming tonight? I saw him last week, but he wasn't sure if he could make it"
"Yeah, he should be here, I called him on my way over and he was finishing up getting ready" Archie explained
"Yeah, the wife and kids should be here soon" Reggie said looking around the diner as more classmates continued to arrive more quickly
"How's that going for you?" Archie asked curious
Reggie had legally adopted Polly's twins 6 years ago, 2 years after they were married
Reggie nodded "Good, the kids are growing up little Jason has been begging Polly and I to let him play football and Hannah she wants to start cheerleading"
Archie laughed "That's interesting"
Reggie nodded "Tell me about it, this whole reunion has me thinking about how my life has definitely not turned out like I thought it would. In the beginning after the twins were born I was just helping Polly out since Jason was one of my best friends. But helping with those kids made me realize life wasn't all about me. It made me mature, from there I fell in love and got married then adopted my dead friend's children. But honestly, they mean everything to me, I wouldn't have it any other way"
Archie shot him a smile. "Hey Jughead, is here!" he waved as the raven-haired man entered the establishment
Jughead walked over to them and smiled "Hey guys, how are you?"
Archie gave him a quick hug "How ya been Jug?"
Jughead nodded "Pretty good, work has been vicious but Im managing"
Reggie nodded "I feel ya, where's your other half?"
Jughead smiled "Well since she works out of town she has to come straight from work. But she'll be here soon. What about you? Where's your family?"
"They'll be here soon; Polly and Betty are getting ready along with the kids" he explained
"Betty is in town?" Archie and Jughead said in unison
Reggie laughed nodding his head "Yes and luckily she's alone, I don't know if I could handle a whole week of that. I'm going to go socialize some more. I'll see you two later" Reggie waved walking off
After Jughead and Archie placed their orders to Pops, they turned and saw Veronica enter holding the hand of a small boy.
"Who is that with Ronnie?" Archie asked
Jughead looked at him and smirked "You haven't seen the girl in almost 8 years and the first thing you ask is who the kid is?"
Archie shrugged "You haven't seen her longer then I have, don't deny your thinking the same thing"
Jughead rolled his eyes "Let's go ask her then"
They pushed their selves up off the counter and made their way through the crowd toward the front where she was
"Archie and Jughead. I should have known you two would be here" Veronica smiled upon seeing them
Archie smiled "Long time no see Ronnie, how are you?" he said hugging her
"It's been so long" she said releasing him from the hug and moving to hug Jughead
"How are you guys? I hear you two stayed in your roots" she asked
Jughead nodded "Yes, although we don't see each other very often due to our schedules. I'm the head editor at The Register I'm actually reporting our reunion"
Veronica nodded "That's awesome Jug, what about you Archikins?"
Archie smiled at his old nickname "Taking over my dad's company"
Veronica nodded "Awesome, I've been busy with my fashion empire in Miami"
Archie glanced down at the boy ready to ask about him when he suddenly piped up "Aunt Betty!" he said happily darting across the room. The three of them watched as he ran and jumped into Bettys awaiting arms. She picked him up and huggeed him tightly as she made her way over to them
"How's my boy?" she asked
He smiled "Great! Mommy says I can have a milkshake!"
Betty laughed "Well you are in for a treat because Pops has the best in the world"
"Betty" Jughead cut in
Catching her attention Betty looked at the two boys and smiled
"Jughead" she sighed setting Sawyer down and embracing Jughead in a hug
She turned to Archie "Hey Arch!" she smiled throwing her arms around his shoulders
"Hey Bets" he said hugging her back
"Mommy who are these guys?" Sawyer asked nervously clutching onto Veronicas arm
She smiled and placed her hands on the boy's shoulders
"This is mommy and Aunt Bettys best friends from high school, Jughead and Archie."
"Hi" the boy waved
"Archie and Jughead this is Sawyer Herman Lodge my son" Veronica said happily
"Sawyer that's a unique name" Archie commented
"Betty helped picked it out, he's named in reference to one of the most iconic authors of all time" Veronica said proudly
"Mark Twain a very well-respected, timeless and intelligent author" Jughead noted
Betty smiled "Exactly why we picked it"
"We?" Archie asked raising an eyebrow
Veronica waved a hand "Betty and I, Sawyer will be 5 in 2 weeks, so about 6 years ago Betty and I were roommates in Miami together. My career was really starting to take off and I didn't have much time to date at all. Plus, I found that I quite preferred being alone. It aloud me to do things my way, but at the same time I really wanted to be a mom, so I thought to myself I'm an independent woman and this is the 21st century so I thought I can do it by myself"
Betty smiled and bent down to the boy's height "So we went to the 'Baby store' and I helped her go through tons of eligible baby making 'helpers' finally we found a profile that we both agreed was the perfect match" she said referring to a sperm bank
Veronica nodded "Yeah, B was thinking about doing the same thing until about 3 months later when she met lover boy and he moved her a 10 hour drive away from us"
Betty stood up and looked at her rolling her eyes
"Who's loverboy?" Jughead asked
"Oh, Jug do you listen to anything I tell you?" a smiling face asked as she approached them
"Cheryl? Oh my God how have you been?" Betty smiled hugging her
"Great, it's awesome to finally see you all. I feel like it's ben forever" she smiled
"How was work?" Jughead asked giving her a hug
"Just the daily life of being a lawyer, but the traffic back to town was terrible" she said rolling her eyes "But it is great to finally see Veronica's adorable little sperm donor baby and Betty let me see the ring!" she smiled widely
Betty slowly rose her hand for Cheryl to exam the shimmering ring.
"God it's beautiful and so big!" Cheryl gushed
Betty smiled and brought her hand down
"Betty your engaged?" Archie asked
Betty nodded "Yeah his name is Drake his family owns one of the biggest hotel chains in Florida, the wedding is in about 3 months. "she explained "I'm just curious Cheryl, we haven't seen each other in 8 years. How do you know so much about Ronnie and me?" she asked
Cheryl shot her a grin "Our Niece is very gossipy, definitely a Blossom trait"
Veronica sighed "It's a shame that Kevin and Moose couldn't make it tonight"
"Will they make it to the reunion?" Archie asked
Betty nodded "Yeah, they had a big meeting with their adoption councilor, but they are flying out of LA tonight"
For the next few hours they all talked, drank milkshakes and caught up on their lives today.