Chapter 3

On the way home Jughead was worried that this was the end of him and Archie's friendship. He'd never reacted this way, but on the other hand, Jughead had never kissed Betty. Was Betty worth their friendship? Yes, of course she was, but Archie had been his friend since kindergarten, was he really ready to give that up for a girl?

"Hey Jug, I'm sorry, okay? It was a shit thing to do and Betty is free to choose whoever she wants to"

Oh Archie, he thinks he can do whatever he wants and just say sorry for it. No, he wouldn't forgive him this time, not yet. Eventually, but not yet.

He opened the front door to his fathers trailer, just to see him unconscious on the couch with a beer bottle i his hand. This wasn't what Jughead needed right now. With tears rolling down his cheeks, he slammed the door and ran all the way to Archie's house.

He'd really believed it when FP told him he was going to change things, that's why it hurt even worse.

Before knocking on the Andrews door, he glanced over to Betty's backyard, looking after that ladder he used to climb up to her window a couple hours ago. Everything had happened so fast, he'd kissed Betty, and she'd kissed him back. He longed for her to text him, to talk to him, to be near him.

"Hey, are you awake?"

The light in Bettys room instantly turned on, letting him know she was. He sneaked into her yard, found the ladder and climbed up to her window.

"Jughead, hey, how are you, i saw you walking away from Archie before, did you guys fight?" She said, looking at him, trying to find clues in his expressions.

"Yeah, kind of. He told me that he- never mind, actually" Jughead was smart enough not to tell her, Archie was her best friend too.

Betty didn't stop looking at him, but now she smiled.

"Juggie, I'm glad you came back."

He blushed and smirked at her.

"It was a very hard decision" he said. "Extremely"

Betty chuckled.

"Well do you want to stay?" She said and twisted her hair around her fingers.

"Does mama cooper approve?"

"Well, I don't really care, when you left i pretty much woke up immediately."

"But I don't want my dad getting texts from her telling me to stay away from you."

She chuckled again.

"You're right, we shouldn't test the limits, I don't want my mom to find you in my bed."

She looked at him, he was beautiful, more than Archie ever was, and he probably liked her.

Jughead noticed her staring.

"Betty, I've been meaning to say this, but-" he stopped talking when he heard footsteps outside her door.

"You know what, I've got to go, sorry." Jughead turned away and climbed down as fast as he could, before Betty could stop him.

He walked home, again, this time ignoring his dad. If Betty had liked him just a little before, she probably didn't now.

Jughead easily overthought things, even simple stuff, like this. He knew he was overthinking, but he couldn't help himself. He really loved Betty, so if he messed something up, he would hate himself.

He peeled the covers off the bed, and turned the light off.

All night he dreamed about Betty, but they weren't good dreams. He dreamt that she hated him, which is one of his biggest fears. He jumped out of the bed, and searched for his phone in the dark, he really needed to text her.

"Hey, sorry it's late, but can you come early to school tomorrow?"

She texted back immediately.

"Hey, don't worry about it, but why should I come early?"

"Edit some articles for the paper?"

"Sure, see you at 6"

At 6? It was already 2 am, he needed to get some sleep.

"Jughead!" Betty said with that amazing smile on her face. Jughead almost forgot to answer.

"Hey betts, good morning"

She smiled at him and opened the door.

"What are we working on?" He said, sitting down at one of the chairs.

"You don't know?" She said, her smile even wider. "You invited me, shouldn't you know? Is there even anything to edit?"

"Uh, I don't think so, I'm sorry"

She chuckled, she had that spark in her eyes again, he had to restrain himself from touching her.

She noticed him blushing.

"Well why don't we just chill here for a bit? No one will be coming for a while"

"Sure"

She sat down beside him, she closed her eyes and let out a loud sigh.

"I didn't get any sleep last night" she said, her eyes still closed.

"Me neither, maybe a couple hours of sleepless sleep."

She chuckled.

"I think I will take a nap"

"What, now?"

"Yes, will you hold me?"

I've been busy with school and stuff, but i think I'll be able to write a couple more chapters. Thanks for reading!