"Hey Betty, have you seen my beanie, I could've sworn I left it in my dressing roo-"

Jughead poked his head through the room, sticking his neck out as far as he could to look out. He scratched his head and automatically headed in, realizing no one was there, and was kind of glad of that fact. Veronica had been nagging to him over and over that it was bad luck to see the bride in her wedding dress before the ceremony. He knew he had great luck sometimes, but he was extra thankful it came in handy.

He started searching everywhere, including the drawers. He couldn't remember specifically if he'd actually left it here, but there was a good chance that she'd taken it. Even during her big announcement she had somehow taken it off of him.

It was a rare day in Riverdale, perfect in everyway. The birds were singing, flowers were blooming, and Betty and Jughead were lying perfectly next to each other, holding hands and staring up into the sky. The clouds were spread apart accordingly and almost started forming little animals and objects that they both pointed out to each other and laughed about. Other couples eyed them jealously, almost wanting their picture-perfect relationship that they seemed to show.

A picnic was lying carefully on their checkered blanket, sandwiches and bottles of water sitting half-drunk and bit into. It was the perfect day. It was the perfect set of people.

But that's not what happened, or at least, that's what Betty had planned it to be.

"Forsythe Jones, if you don't get back over here right now I'm going to kill you!"

Betty was sitting down on the grass, or rather, sprawled across it as rain poured down from the sky, soaking her from head to toe. Her once beautiful, and brand new, sundress had now turned into a soaking yellow piece of cloth that was dripping with water and mud. She crossed her arms and glanced patiently at her boyfriend as he started running across the park field with the picnic blanket over his head. His beanie though, with no surprise, was in no way wet.

She had planned this for weeks, months even, but it was all ruined. Everything was laid out perfectly. The time, location, and food was all strewn in her head, ready for this day. His birthday in fact. He insisted on going to Pop's, but she had dragged him along to the park with no idea of how the weather was going to be. She knew she was forgetting something.

She decided enough was enough as she pulled herself off of the ground and started stomping her way over towards Jughead, leaving tiny footprints behind her in the mud. As she neared him in the darkness, Jughead squinted in her direction as he saw a tiny silhouette come towards him. His curiosity overtook him as he headed towards the figure.

"Jughead!" She yelled out to him, holding her arm above her head to somehow stop all the rain from instantly pouring down onto her. Jughead yelled back to her and ran towards her, holding up the blanket over both of their heads as he found her. He crouched down to her and saw tears slowly moving down her face.

"What's wrong?" He asked softly, wiping away her tears from her soaking face. Her minimal makeup was smeared and runny. She looked up at him and shakily sighed.

"I planned all of this today but didn't check the weather and.. I'm just so sorry Juggie." She whispered, almost drowned out by the sound of the pounding rain. He chuckled and patted her on the shoulder.

"It's okay Betts, we'll just do this another time. I heard tomorrow is supposed to be really nice. We'll just come back. Not a big deal." He smiled at her and turned around, signaling to her that they should go back home. Betty angrily huffed at him and spun him around.

"You don't get it Juggie! Today was supposed to be.. different. This wasn't supposed to be another date that we can just easily brush off! It's your birthday and I really wanted to do this on your birthday. It can't be tomorrow. It can't be any other day." She insisted, making Jughead lower the blanket and crouch completely down towards her. His knee hit the mud but he didn't mind. Jughead asked what she was going to do.

"It's already ruined just.. stand up." She pushed Jughead upwards so he was forced to stand. Betty brushed her dress and awkwardly kneeled down to him, digging in the picnic basket she had brought that almost flew away. Jughead looked down at her as she brought a tiny box out of the basket.

"Juggie.. will you marry me?" She flared her arms around before opening the box. There was a ring in it. Jughead looked down at her with wide eyes, almost seeming to pop out of his head, but he cleared his throat and made eye-contact with Betty.

"Y-Yes." He answered, making Betty jump up and tackle him. They both landed onto the wet and slimy ground without a care in the world, giving Jughead a peck on the lips before smothering him in a hug. His beanie fell off and landed in a mud puddle.

Jughead shook his head and continued to search for the beanie, thinking how glad he was that his beanie survived a good washing. They both agreed for their wedding that they would reuse the engagement rings so that it would be cheaper and more meaningful. Jughead had picked hers out so Betty had no idea what it looked like. It was simple yet hopefully something that would make her smile every time she looked at it.

After a good searching of the area, he looked around the room impatiently and glanced at a tiny door connecting each room to each other. He pressed his ear against it and heard a female voice. Veronica. It had to be Veronica. He sighed and opened up the door, praying that she wasn't getting dressed.

Veronica was sitting down on one of the little sofas inside of their changing rooms, looking at her nails and humming. Jughead went inside the room and smiled. "Hey Veronica, have you seen my beanie. I'm pretty sure you're gonna scold me for wearing it, but I feel like Betty wouldn't mind and-"

"What are you doing here?!" She whisper-shouted, instantly standing up and pushing him to the closed door from which he came from. He planted his feet on the ground, making it harder for her to move him, and she grunted and stopped. "You can't be here. Betty is in the changing room right there and if she sees you-"

"Hey V, does this make me look too fat." Betty muffly said through the door as she opened it, exposing herself with her dress on. She looked down at her waist and put her hands around it, glancing up at Veronica quizzically before realizing Jughead was in the room. She closed her hands over her mouth and yelped a little. They both stood there, staring at each other. Veronica awkwardly chuckled and ran out of the room.

"J-Juggie, what are you doing here. You can't be here. You saw me in my wedding dress. You saw me before the ceremony. Oh no. We're going to have bad luck now." She stated startlingly, pacing around the room as Jughead watched her. She clawed at her perfectly set hair and fumbled around with the hem of her sleeve. Jughead raced over to her and grabbed her hands, pulling them up towards his face.

"It's fine Betts. That's just a little myth anyways. We'll be fine." He reassured her, letting go of her hands as her breathing shallowed. She nodded her head shakingly and hesitated before moving over to her table where an assortment of jewelry was laid out. Jughead followed her.

Something old

"Polly made this for me for my tenth birthday. She was going through her arts and crafts phase. It's still a miracle mom kept it." She fastened it around her wrist and giggled, moving it around to look at all of its features. It had Betty carefully engraved into it.

Something new

"Veronica said she wanted to give me this gift early, and now I know why." It was a beautiful diamond necklace that seemed to be completely real and authentic. She must've gone through a lot of shops to find the perfect one. Betty didn't expect to receive it, but Veronica insisted.

Something borrowed

Betty sneakily giggled and Jughead had no idea why. She didn't elaborate on her laugh and continued.

Something blue

A silky blue sash that she already had tied around her waist, tying up a little bow on the back. Blue had seemed to be the theme for the bridesmaids wedding dresses even though Betty had thought about making it pink. She loved color coordination more than her own color desires.

When she finished reminiscing, she looked up at Jughead, who was smiling down at her. She realized once more that Jughead was seeing her in the wedding dress and she started freaking out again. Jughead sighed and took her hand, pulling her over to the couch. He sat both of them down and put one of his hands on her cheek and one on her hand.

"We'll be just fine. Remember after today, we'll forever be Romeo and Juliet except this time with a better ending. This time, we'll finally be together." He leaned over and kissed her cheek, standing up and walking towards the door with his hands in his pocket. Betty stood up.

"Jughead?"

He looked around to meet her gaze.

"I love you."

He chuckled and smiled. "Save it for the ceremony." He spun back around and headed towards the door. He stopped in his tracks once he reached his hand out to the doorknob. "I love you too." He said quickly before closing the door behind him. Betty grinned.

She slowly walked over to her dressing room, cheekily opening the door to reveal Jughead's beanie lying on the seat inside. She giggled and placed it on her head.

"How's that for something borrowed, huh?" She said to herself, turning around when she heard Veronica yell at her for the ceremony to start. She sighed and strutted towards the door.

A/N: Hey guys! Sorry this isn't a normal chapter but I've had some trouble with the inspiration to write anything, so I'm gonna wait out another week and try to write on the weekend. Maybe I'll find some spark and write one sooner than that, so I hope you'll bear with me until then!