Road Trip II Betty

A red haired boy dropped off a black haired boy and mysteriously vanished. He smiled up at her, with his signature crown beanie. "Hey Betty, I made it." She pulled him into a hug.

"I missed you so much, Juggy! You'd love it here. So much writing, it's really an experience, and I'm so glad you're here now." She dragged him around and introduced him to everyone, even though she knew he wouldn't care, and they ended up in her little office. "It's not much, but it's mine."

"It's Betty Cooper humble," he smirked at her. She swooned. How did she not notice before how cute he was? How his hair was just slightly curley and his beautiful eyes. She showed him her work and while he did suggest a few edits, it was mostly just compliments, causing her to turn a light link. Even the edits were just light suggestions.

All of a sudden they're at Starbucks, a block away from Betty's work, and Jughead laughs because there really is a Starbucks on every corner. Riverdale was so small, they didn't even have one. Betty had a vanilla bean frapp and Jug had a coffee. While he drank it, he kept his gaze on her the whole time.

"I know you're too dark for Disneyland, but did you maybe want to go to Universal Studios tomorrow? We could watch the shortened version of Water World and maybe explore the Wizarding World of Harry Potter." She blushed and looked down at her drink and then up, eyes with hope, at her friend.

He smirked at her. "Sure, Betty, whatever you want. I've never actually been, so it probably had to happen sooner or later. We should do the studio tour thing. It's just too bad they don't have as many classics. So much stuff these days is made just to be popular, not for artistic integrity."

After deciding on this, the two of them walked back to Aunty Cooper's place. Unlike her brother, she was really lax and even suggested Mr Jones sleep on an air mattress in Betty's room. While he was pumping it up, she ran to the closet and brought out a clapperboard and hid it behind her back. When he was finished, she passed it on to him.

"I figured it would go good with all the Drive In stuff." Everything felt surreal for a second, and she felt nervous, but then he took it from her and things felt back to normal.

"Thanks, Betts." He pulled her into a hug. They spent the night watching classic Universal movies from her bed on Jug's laptop which was loaded with cinematics. Always one for a good story. The movies themselves were a blur as they just fell into having a wonderful time.

Before they knew it, they were at the gates, and Betty demanded a picture. He agreed, partly to humour her, and partly as a keepsake. The line for the studio tour was long, but covered in movie trivia that the two soaked up like a sponge. If Betty was being honest, this was probably Jughead's favourite part of the ride and they hadn't even gotten on it yet. That being said, he did enjoy the Bates Motel part. They also went on The Mummy roller coaster, the Jurassic Park ride with the 85 foot drop, saw Water World and wandered aimlessly between the Wizarding World, Springfield, and the rest of the park. Betty liked the Harry Potter place especially. There was something familiar about a group of three friends, two boys and one girl, that comforted her. Maybe it was the way the girl, Hermione, ended up with a boy like Ron instead of some popular boy like Harry while all maintaining happiness. Of course, she frowned when she realized Ron was a red head. The parallels were gone, just like that.

Jughead had his arm around Betty's shoulder as they stopped for burgers.

"People probably think we're dating," Jughead said, "though I've never really cared what other people think of me." She looked up at him and squeezed his hand and leaned in and-

Beep beep beep beep

Ugh it was just a dream. She sat up for just a second, a little disappointed, but from the corner of her eye she could make out a clapperboard with a sticky note in her closet.

"To Jughead"