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"Well that was a nice dinner" Betty said flopping down on her sisters living room couch
Polly smiled widely and sat down next to her "You and Archie sure seemed to hit it off" she winked
Betty smiled and rolled her eyes "Pols I'm a married woman"
Polly shook her head "Engaged" she corrected "And just because you're getting married doesn't mean you can't admit Archie is still as hot as ever"
"Hey!" Reggie said offended as he walked into the room carrying glasses of water
Polly laughed and stood up walking toward her husband "Your still hot too baby." She pecked his lips "You and that little gut you've gained in the last 10 years" she smiled patting his belly
Betty let out a giggle "That little scruff on Archie's face is pretty cute" she admitted
Reggie laughed "Yeah it only took Andrews till he was 25 to be able to grow facial hair"
Betty smiled "Do you guys see him a lot?"
Polly shook her head "Not really, we're busy with family stuff and work. He's a single man running a construction company."
"Our lives are pretty different. We talk every few months and catch up on our lives but that's about it. Honestly we see Fred Andrews more then we see him" Reggie explained
"Doe's, Fred still live in the house next to mom and dad" Betty asked
Polly nodded "He sure doe's"
Betty smiled thinking back at his childhood growing up with Archie Andrews next door
Archie tossed the keys onto the table as he made his way into his home. After grabbing a beer from the fridge, he sat down on the couch of his small living room
He had a great time catching up with old friends. And seeing everyone made him anticipate the official reunion even more. But along with seeing his old friends it made him reflect even more on his life today.
Reggie was married to Polly Cooper, working as an Architect and raising 2 12-year old's heck he said they were even thinking about adding a baby to the family.
Veronica was living in Miami the head of her own fashion line that was quickly growing, on top of that she was a single mom to an almost 5-year-old.
Jughead was the editor for the local paper and was in a serious relationship with probably the last person he thought he would date, Cheryl Blossom. He knew it wouldn't be long before they were engaged they had already been living together for over a year. Speaking of Cheryl, she was a Lawyer at one of the biggest law firms in the tri state area
He'd be seeing Kevin and Moose tomorrow. He really wished he could have made it to their wedding 2 years ago, but he was busy with work. They were adopting the baby girl they had been fostering for the past year.
And Betty, she was engaged to some rich hotel heir I. Pensacola. Living the life of having a big house on the beach, and was helping him run the chain.
He took a long sip of his beer and threw his head back on the couch. Time sure has flown
"Hey Drake, I thought I'd call you and let you know that I'm back at my sister and brother in laws" Betty spoke into her phone. She paused for a moment while Drake responded "Did I wake you? You sound tired."
She walked out of the kitchen and back into the living room as she continued to speak to her fiancé
Reggie looked at Polly as she rolled her eyes "When are you going to tell your sister you hate Drake" he asked handing her the clean dish
Polly took it from him and began to dry it "I don't hate him I just..."
"Strongly dislike him?" Reggie suggested
Polly shrugged "He's good to Betty. He does well for himself and can provide for her"
Reggie shook his head "I still don't like him. There's something weird about him, he doesn't attempt to connect with any of your family plus they've been together for four years now and he's never once been to Riverdale" he pointed
Polly sent him a soft smile "Betty says work keeps them busy, plus we better get used to him being around, he's going to be her husband in 3 months"
The next night, Betty rode with Reggie, Polly and the twins to the reunion.
Upon entering Riverdale High there was a large poster containing many photos of everyone from their class during their high school days.
"Mom, I thought you graduated the year before Dad, Aunt Betty and Aunt Cheryl?" Hannah asked noticing a black and white photo on the poster of Polly
She nodded "I did, but your father would have graduated with them" she explained pointing to Jason sitting beside her. Polly was dressed in her cheerleading uniform while Jason was in his football one. They were smiling at each other not taking notice of the camera
Reggie bent down to be at the twin's height as little Jason marveled the photo. "You know champ, aside from the blonde hair you look a lot like him" he said resting a hand on his back
Jason looked over at him and smiled "You know I love you dad, it's just sometimes I wish I got a chance to meet him" he said pointing to Jason
Reggie nodded "I know" he said patting little Jason's back
Hannah smiled "Who do I look like daddy?"
Reggie laughed "You my little strawberry look just like your mom, just with red hair"
Betty stood off to the side looking at other photos, giving her sister and her family a little space
"Ah to be young again" she heard a familiar voice say. She turned to see Jughead and Cheryl
"Hey, you two" Betty turned giving them both a hug
"To be fair I think Betty and I aged rather nicely" Cheryl pointed out
"Hey" Jughead acted mockingly offended.
"I'm just kidding Jug, you look more handsome then ever" she leaned forward pecking his cheek
"I better head in and set up" Jughead said nodding toward the heavy bag he was carrying on his shoulder
"I should go in and help him" Cheryl noted sending Betty a hug and following after Jughead
Betty continued down the hallway that was decorated with memorabilia from her high school days. Championship trophies, newspaper articles, popular media from 10 years ago and many photo boards. She stopped at one that was themed suppurative, seeing a familiar red head standing in front of it
"Hey there" she made herself known, causing him to turn around
Betty!" Archie smiled giving her a hug
Betty looked over the bored "I forgot about that" Betty said pointing at a photo of her and Archie sitting next to each other smiling widely. He had his lettermen jacket on and his guitar across his chest. Betty had her legs crossed with a pen and notepad
"Most likely to succeed, I forgot about that" Betty grinned
Archie nodded "Yeah, and neither one of us ended up doing the career everyone figured we'd get into"
Betty nodded sadly then shrugged "Well you know, life makes its own choices"
"Hey, look its Moose and Kevin!" Archie pointed seeing them at the entrance
Archie and Betty made their way down to the end of the hallway
"Hey guys long time no see" Betty said hugging Kevin and then Moose
"This must be Juliet." Archie said smiling at the one year old in Kevin's arms.
Moose nodded "This is our little princess, who will officially be ours in less than a month"
"But, considering we've fostered her since she was 1 day old she's been our daughter since long before that" Kevin added earning a nod from Moose
Betty smiled at the little girl. She had beautiful sun kissed skin from being of Hispanic decent, big brown eyes and curly dark hair. "She is adorable" she noted
"It looks like everyone is arriving, why don't we head on inside?" Archie suggested
Everyone agreed, and they made their way into the gym, where the main events of the reunion were being held
"Aunt Betty!" Sawyer ran across the gym floor
Betty smiled and scooped him up, hugged him tightly then set him back down
"Who is this little stud muffin?" Kevin noted seeing the little boy
"I am Sawyer Hermine Lodge" Sawyer said proudly as he held onto Bettys hand
Moose looked surprised "So this is Ronnie little boy?"
Sawyer shook his head "I'm not little, I'll be 5 next week" he pointed
Moose held up his hands in mock defense "Oh, I'm sorry"
Veronica made her way through the crowd "Sorry about that Betty. Sawyer don't run away from me while I'm in heals. I can't chase after you"
Sawyer pouted "Sorry mommy"
"Betty let me see that rock of yours" Kevin grinned as he passed Juliet over to Moose
Betty smiled and brought her hand up for him to examine
"Dang girl, if you fell overbred on a ship you'd sink straight to the bottom" Kevin joked "So big day is coming up. You nervous?"
Betty shrugged "A little, but I have my beautiful maid of honor here to support me" she waved toward Veronica "And my adorable ring bearer" she ruffled Sawyers hair
"I don't like Mr. Drake" Sawyer grumbled crossing his arms across his chest
Betty gave an awkward smiled
"Sorry B, I tried talking to him about that- "Veronica began to say
Betty shook her head and bent down to Sawyers height "Sweetie, why don't you like Drake?"
Sawyer shook his head "I don't know. I just don't"
Betty smiled "But he likes you" she said trying to encourage the young boy
"Well I like him way better then Mr. Drake" Sawyer said pointing up at Archie
Veronica smiled "You just met him yesterday, you've known Mr. Drake your whole life"
Sawyer shrugged "Well I like Mr. Archie better. You should marry him Aunt Betty"
Betty let out a nervous cough while Archie turned red. Moose and Kevin began laughing
Veronica pulled Sawyer aside and explained to him that he couldn't just tell people they should get married.
Betty and Archie decided to see what else was going on, they made their way to the center of the gym where a band was playing
"Wanna dance?" Archie asked
Betty smiled and nodded, placing her hand in his as he lead her out to the dance floor
"So, Sawyer, he's something isn't her" Archie said making light conversation as they swayed to the music
Betty smiled and nodded "Tell me about it, he's so much like Ronnie it's scary."
Archie laughed and twirled her around
"So, what about you Arch, any lucky lady in your life right now?" Betty asked
Archie shook his head "None at the moment"
Betty gasped "Former lady killer Archie Andrews is single"
Archie laughed "Well I'm over the whole sleeping around thing, I want something real. Something that is for the long run" he explained as the song came to an end
Betty felt a tap on her shoulder and turned to see a man with a receding hairline
"Betty Cooper and Archie Andrews, why am I not surprised that you two found each other" the man grinned
Betty tilted her head "I'm sorry who are you?" she asked
The man laughed "You two don't recognize me?"
Archie shook his head
"Let's see if this this jolts your memory 'Dilton Doiley plays with gun'" he said in a mocking female voice tone
Betty and Archie's jaws dropped "Dilton Doiley?" Betty said
Dilton nodded "That's me, gee I didn't think hair made that much of a difference" he said rubbing is bald scalp
"What have you been up too?" Archie asked as they stepped off the dance floor
Dilton chuckled "Well this probably won't surprise Berry but I'm a gunsmith"
Betty smiled "Your right, it doesn't surprise me"
Dilton dug into his wallet "So if you ever need anything here" he said handing Betty and Archie each one of his business cards "Oh and take a few more, give them to your friends. I'm always looking for new customers" he handed them both two more cards before walking away
"That was weird" Archie said looking at Betty
She nodded "Agreed" she said as she stuffed the cards into her purse
They walked through the crowd and smiled when they saw Fred Andrews who had been invited as an honored guest due to his fatherly impact on many of the students
"Betty Cooper!" His face lit up upon seeing her
She smiled "Mr. Andrews" she smiled giving her a hug
"How have you been sweetie?" he asked
She smiled "Great, and yourself?"
He shrugged "You know same old same old, how long are you in Riverdale for?"
"A week, I'm staying at Polly's"
Fred nodded "Well, if you're in your old neighborhood at all feel free to swing by, I'd love to hear all that you've been up to these past years"
Betty smiled "I definitely will"
"Mr. Andrews!" Hannah made her way through the crowd with Jason close behind both giving Fred a hug
"Hey, you two, are you enjoying yourselves?" he asked
The two nodded
"Great, oh and here" he said giving them each $20.00. "Tell your mom to take you two to the store this weekend so you can get yourselves something"
Betty smiled as she watched them hug Fred again before dashing off into the crowd to find Reggie or Polly
"That was nice of you" Betty thanked him
Archie grinned "He's taken them under his wing as his 'adopted' grandchildren. Just wait till he sees Ronnie and Kevin's kids he's going to do the same thing"
Fred smiled "Oh that's right, I haven't gotten a chance to meet those kiddos yet, I'll have to find them at one point." He looked at Betty "But can you blame me? I'm not getting any younger and my only child here has yet to get married and produce me a grandchild, so I've had to improvise" he defended
Betty let a giggle escape her mouth "I'm sure Archie will find the right girl soon" she assured
Fred nodded "I got your wedding invitation in the mail, congrats! I can't wait to be there"
Archie looked at Betty oddly, he couldn't tell if she didn't know he was looking at her or if she was ignoring him as she continued to talk to his father.
Toward the end of the reunion Archie was talking to some of his former teammates. He noticed Betty from the corner of his eye across the gym talking to Veronica with a sleeping Sawyer on her shoulder. Betty kissed Sawyer on the cheek and waved as Veronica left with him. Betty stood alone for a moment then Reggie, Polly and the kids walked up to her. Archie quickly excused himself and rushed over to Betty
"Hey B wait up!" Archie said
Betty stopped "I'll meet you guys in the car" she told her sister
After they were gone Betty turned to Archie "What's up?"
He smiled his sudden burst of confidence he had a second ago gone "Since you'll be here for a week, we should meet up. At least once. Maybe get coffee or even just go for a walk?" he suggested
To his delight Betty smiled "I'd like that, here give me your phone. I'll put my number in it"
Archie quickly passed his phone to her and watched her program her cell number
"Alright, I sent myself a message so that I have yours" she said passing the phone back
Archie nodded as he slipped his phone back into his pocket "Great, I'll text you later"
He moved in embracing her in a hug
"See ya" he said after pulling back
Betty nodded "Yeah I'll see you" she smiled and walked out of the gym to join her family.