CHAPTER SIX: THE DANCE
Laughing as Betty dances around her room to some pop song in her new Vixens uniform, Ozzie's face fell seeing her mother in the doorway.
Sitting up as Betty turns off the music and their mother makes her presence known.
"What is that?" She stares at Betty's outfit.
"I made the cheerleading squad." Betty answers smiling.
"Cheryl Blossom's cheerleading squad? After what Jason did to Polly?" Remembering the way Ozzie was when she was on the cheerleading team and how the Blossom boy treated his girl however, their mother was far from pleased of Betty's decision.
"No, I'm sorry. I won't allow it."
"Mom your being unfair-" Ozzie was cut off by her mother.
"Do not start with me Oswald Malia!" She turns to Betty. "Take that off right now."
"No." Betty says.
"What did you just say to me?" Their mother sounds shocked and looks utterly confused having never heard the word left Betty's mouth before.
"I do everything for everyone. Everything to be perfect. The perfect daughter, the perfect sister, the perfect student... can't I do this one thing just for me?" Betty yells at their mother before getting her purse.
"Wait-" Betty cuts her off.
"Get out of my way!"
"Where are you going?"
"To buy a dress. Because guess what? I'm also going to the dance with Archie. And Veronica." Betty answers.
"Wait. Hermione Lodges daughter?" Their mother asks.
"She's actually really nice. And trying to be a good person-"
"You think so? You think she's going to be your friend? Let me tell you something. Girls like Cheryl and Veronica Lodge, they don't like girls like us." Their mother says.
At that Ozzie get up and grabs her own purse.
"It's happening mum. I'm going. We're going."
Looking around the room there wasn't anything Ozzie found that lured her into getting loose.
The large banners with Jason Blossoms face especially didn't help any so the first chance she got with everyone occupied...
She left.
Walking into the Chok'Lit Shoppe, the first thing Ozzie notices is Jughead sitting at the same booth as he was the last time she was here.
Despite her better judgement she walked over to his table, hiking up her dress a little to make it easier to walk before stopping by his side.
"Want some fries with that?" She asks indicating to his burger. When he looks up, his face flashes from the mask of distrust to that of which she caught during the assembly.
"Wow. Ozzie you look-" he stops himself and looks away.
"What? I look like a train wreck don't I?" She sighs and look down. Jughead looks up at the blonde.
"No, you look beautiful." He looks back at his computer screen ant types away, seeing her smile in his peripheral vision.
"Thanks Jugs." She turns to walk away before she stops and turns back around. "You know Jones. You can't hate me forever." Jughead's hands freeze and he looks up at Ozzie.
"I never said I hated you."
A bell chimes breaking Ozzie out of her daze, signaling a customer has entered Ozzie turns around to leave only to bump into one other then Archie Andrews.
"Archie? What are you doing here?"
"Have you seen your sister?" Archie asks.
"Not since the dance... the two of use were dancing when I left, what's happened?" A new, very long, very detailed text from Betty however updated her on missing events.
"Be smart Archie. Leave my sister alone."