I felt kind of guilty. Obviously I meant to avoid any conversation with Jughead because I felt guilty for last night. The worse thing was, I was enjoying kissing Betty, and it ended up her mistaking me for him. On top of that, I lied to Jughead saying where Betty was, and the fact that I was at football practice. I secretly think that he suspected me about the lie about football, but Betty quickly snatched up his beanie and followed me to the hallway when I asked her to.

When we were both finally in the hallway with the minimal of students lurking around, I slammed the door shut and directed my attention to her. When I finally saw her, she was too busy fidgeting with the stolen beanie on her head until I carefully stepped forward and poked her shoulder. She yelped and jumped off of the ground in surprise. She seemed a little too invested with the beanie. I cleared my throat and said, "Betty, we need to talk about last night. I know it might be awkward but honestly we need to get this off of both our chests."

Betty hesitantly nodded her head and brushed her shoulders off before turning back to me. She forced a smile and tilted her head. "Okay Arch. You're right, we need to get this over with. Ask me anything." She patted my shoulder awkwardly and staggered back, still provoked by me. I sighed and grabbed her shoulder and squeezed it. Again, she flinched. "Look Betts, we need to confront this. You don't have to act scared anymore. We can just start over and act like nothing happened!"

Betty glared at me and snapped. "WE CAN'T ARCHIE! We kissed! I betrayed Jughead! It doesn't matter that I thought he was you, the details don't matter in our situation. I cheated on him, I stabbed him in the back and especially with his best friend. Even if we pretended nothing happened it would be awkward and he would eventually find out from someone else or another source. There are thousands of students here that would die to find out and expose us. Even Veronica would do that. That's even worse! I don't even have the slightest interest in you anymore and I've moved on with Jughead!"

The last sentence somewhat stung, but she was right. Even if we explained the whole situation to him, he wouldn't forgive us. The worst thing that could happen to me is that he never talks to me again, but for Betty, it'll tear her apart. "I'm such a horrible girlfriend. I should just tell him right away! But if I do that he'll break up with me, and if I don't then he'll be as happy as always right? Nothing bad will happen right? We'll both be alright..right!?" Betty rambled, running her hands through her hair in an exasperated motion. I tried to touch her shoulder but she immediately swatted me away in an instinct. She ran up and down our space and started saying the same things over and over again. I was trying not to freak out too, but I wanted to be the calm one for her.

"Look Betty it'll be okay. I'm not attracted to you either..anymore so your relationship is fine. I won't tell a soul and Jughead will never find out!" I said, trying to comfort her. She slumped down and balled her fists in her hair tightly. When I tried to speak again, tears started streaming down her face rapidly as she closed her eyes.

"He's going to find out. He's going to find out!" She yelled. I shushed her but she kept crying, never seeming to end. Her eyes were turning red and her sleeves were soaked with salty water, which made me scared that Jughead would come out and see her crying. He's a pretty good pacifist, but when it comes to Betty, he has a great right hook.

"B-Betty please stop!" I whispered to her. She started shaking as I gripped her arms. "I-I-I-I c-c-can't l-l-lose him Arch!" She stuttered, her whole body vibrating. I couldn't tell whether she was scared, sad, or a combination of both. Either way I did the only thing I could do to calm her down. Anything to calm her down.

Yeah, I kissed her. Which seemed like a good choice when I thought of it.

When she finally stopped crying, I let go of her, and we broke the kiss. She looked at me in shock and pushed me against a wall. I groaned in pain but nonetheless I was about to apologize when she said, "Stop Archie. Please just, don't say anything. Don't do this to me Archie. L-Let's just pretend everything's fine. Nothing happened okay?"

I reached up to touch her hair she stepped back, gripping the beanie on her head. "Just..leave me alone. Please." She turned away and started walking back into the room.

"Sorry I took so long!" She yelled to Jughead, putting on a fake laugh and smile, while tilting her head to the side while the beanie slid off her head onto her palm.

I shut the door and balled my fists. I made a mistake again. I hurt not only Jughead, but Betty again. I made a mistake, now I have to see how it plays out, and how I can stop it.