Gosh, I had fun writing this one, but it didn't turn out quite how I wanted it to… Well, it's good anyways xD Tell me what you think :D

Info:

Fandom: Riverdale
Pairing: Sweet Pea/OC
Rating: T
Word count: 1672 + 303 bonus
Chapter count: 6/15

It's best when we can compete

"Let's bounce," Sweet Pea said, tossing Ruby the spare helmet of his bike. She had a wide grin on her face as she pulled it on securely, ignoring the small voice in the back of her head telling her that helmet hair was quite unattractive. "You have all the notes?"

"Did you seriously just ask me that?" Ruby laughed, struggling to straddle his bike behind him for a second. Her hands gripped his denim vest with the Serpent logo like her life depended on it. Sweet Pea's large arm appeared from the other side, which she was trying to lean into in order to get on the monstrosity he called his baby, pulling her on.

"Stupid question. You probably have someone else's notes, too," he chuckled from the front, the sound rumbling under Ruby's fingers. "Are you on, shortcake?"

"I'm on," she replied, giving him a tap on the shoulders before circling her arms around his middle as far as they could go. "I like the vest," Ruby whispered in his ear, knowing that he was blushing by the color on his neck. But, Sweet Pea didn't reply with anything other than a shrug as he tugged on his own helmet and revved their ride.

Ruby looked at the passing scenery over Sweet Pea's shoulder, barely reaching the height to do so, and only because he was leaning into the bike towards the front. She easily discerned where they were going, to the Sunnyside Trailer Park. The buildings changed from the Northside suburban feel to the rustic, old soul of Southside. Finally, Sweet Pea parked in the middle of the trailer park and slid off the bike.

"Like my surprise?" He asked her as he undid his helmet and hung it on the handle of his bike.

"Very surprising," Ruby shot back in a flat tone and undid her own helmet, leaving it on the back seat as she awkwardly slid off the bike. Sweet Pea reached out and caught her when she swayed, steadying her. "Smooth." Ruby's eyebrow rose along with the side of her lips.

"I try." He shot back with a laugh. Sweet Pea's large hand took hers, leading her towards one of the trailers she hadn't been in before. He didn't knock or anything but just barged in like he owned it. Ruby entered after him, his hand still pulling her. The inside of the trailer was quite similar to the other two she'd been in, Sweet Pea's and FP's. It had a small living room, kitchenette and a hall which led towards the tiny bedroom. In the living area, there were four people crammed together already, sitting around the long coffee table. Toni and Fangs were on one side, lounging on the floor in front of a floral couch, and Betty and Jughead were on the other sitting together on a small loveseat that had obviously seen better days.

"Sweet Pea! Ruby!" Toni instantly waved when she spotted them. "Welcome to my humble abode," she smiled at the duo and waved around the small living room. "Feel free to make yourselves at home." And, Sweet Pea did exactly that. He slid off his vest and flannel shirt, tossing them over the built-in bar that separated the kitchenette and the living area. Then, he plopped down on the couch behind Toni and Fangs. Ruby, though, was a little more reluctant. She placed her bag next to the others on the floor and reluctantly sat on the edge of the loveseat. It creaked ominously under her weight.

"That's cold." Fangs laughed immediately, waggling his eyebrows at her. Ruby shrugged.

"Maybe I just prefer Bughead over your trio weirdo combo." She shot back.

"Ouch." Fangs made a show of putting his hand over his heart like he'd suffered a direct hit.

"Are we going to study, or should I go?" Betty was the one to break their friendly banter before it could escalate, knowing that it likely would.

"I'm all for studying." Ruby agreed. Sweet Pea groaned.

"I'm not." He complained.

"That's why we invited you, Sweet Pea," Jughead supplied helpfully. "To break up the party before it gets to be the Smithsonian." Betty and Ruby shared a laugh at the biker's expense, which he replied to with a hard glare, mostly in the latter's direction.

"So, shall we do this as a quiz game?" Toni asked, diffusing the tension. Ruby, Betty, and Jughead exchanged eager looks.

"You're on." Jughead accepted the challenge.

"Oh, no, no," Fangs spoke up. "One of you has to come over here or it won't be a quiz game at all, but a Wikipedia beatdown." Reluctantly, the trio looked amongst each other and Betty stood, exchanging spots with Toni.

"Alright, now that we're even," Jughead began.

"Not nearly enough, but it will have to do." Sweet Pea grumbled.

"Let's begin with the practice test in the back?" Jughead pointedly continued.

"Sure, but, how do we make them into a quiz?" Betty asked from the other side of the desk. The couple locked eyes, making Toni and Ruby exchange a glance which clearly spelled out that they both shipped those two together in an unhealthy way. Fangs laughed, obviously seeing the exchange, which made Sweet Pea groan.

"Equal pieces?" Jughead asked at the same time as Betty turned to Toni.

"Could we have some scissors?" Ruby and Toni shared another knowing look as the latter got up to get the necessary supplies. A few minutes later, the coffee table had been cleared of all study material. In the middle was a pile of messily shuffled paper pieces, each holding a question on one side along with a number. The other side was blank. The six students had all huddled together around the table on the floor, sitting in their own groups. And, the duel started. Jughead pulled the first question, reading it out loud.

"A macromolecule with many hydrogen and peptide bonds is most likely a?" Toni groaned, knowing that it was her worst part of the material. But, Ruby instantly replied.

"A protein!" Toni checked the answer with the corresponding number on the sheet.

"One point for team Awesome." She jotted it down with a small straight line. Betty pulled the next question, reading it for her team.

"A coenzyme is differentiated from the broader class of cofactors because it is?" Sweet Pea and Fangs exchanged a look, before huddling together to discuss it. Betty wasn't allowed to help, because she had pulled the question. Then, reaching an agreement, Fangs replied.

"It's organic?" He reached for the paper with answers and found the number of their question. "One point for the Serpents."

"Hey!" Toni instantly complained. A small squabble about team naming ensued, Toni and Fangs both fighting for their own team having their gang's name. In the end, the latter had to give up and renamed their team into 'Smarty-pants and two idiots', which neither of his teammates liked, but didn't protest to.

And, the game continued. It took four rounds for team Awesome to pull ahead, as soon as they'd left the area of organic chemistry and headed into the area of various animals and their properties. But, it became clear to everyone that there was another battle going on. Whenever it wasn't Ruby or Sweet Pea who pulled the card, the two in question would immediately answer, staring each other in the eye all the while, no consultation with their peers needed. Sweet Pea got more and more answers wrong as Ruby pushed him, allowing her team to take a shot at solving the question and getting even more points. She was riling him up, knowing that he couldn't resist the challenge. Betty and Toni kept exchanging knowing glances, rather similar to the looks Ruby and the Serpent girl had given each other when Bughead had their moments.

Finally, with a score of twenty-five for team Awesome and twenty for Smarty-pants and two idiots, Jughead put a stop to the competition. Ruby and Sweet Pea seemed ready to jump at each other from across the small coffee table, in what sense, he didn't want to know and didn't care to find out.

"Why don't you guys get us some food before we revise?" Toni tried to play the mediator between the two hotheads. Ruby looked at her briefly, before getting up.

"Pizza okay?" She asked and grabbed her bag to fish out her wallet.

"As long as it has pepperoni." Fangs agreed.

"Of course," Sweet Pea huffed and rose, as well, grabbing his vest and flannel from the counter. "There's a place five minutes away by bike." He motioned with his head for Ruby to follow him, and the two left in tense silence.

"Damn," Fangs commented, extending his legs and stretching out over the bottom of the couch behind him. "Those two have it bad."

"You don't say," Jughead sarcastically remarked. "I just hope they don't kill each other over bio on the way."

"No way, that was all sexual tension back there," then, Fangs smirked and started digging through his pockets. "Ten bucks they get it on at the pizza place while waiting." Betty's face went red, but not Toni's.

"You're on," she grinned at her friend and dug through her pockets for cash. "Twenty that they don't even make it to the bike without getting handsy." She slammed the dollar bills over Fangs' on the coffee table.

"Fifteen that they return with all that tension back here." Jughead entered the pool, placing his own money on the surface. They all looked expectantly at Betty.

"Um, ten that they don't do anything before the study group breaks up?" She reluctantly said, making the three Serpents laugh.

"Oh, we're taking your money, Smarty-pants." Fangs cackled. Then, a thud sounded from outside the trailer and the teens all jumped up, eagerly flying to the window. Sure enough, Sweet Pea had Ruby pressed against the side of the trailer, kissing her passionately in the dark.

"Oh, I'm taking your money alright." Toni cackled.

That's all for now, folks!

Bonus

Ruby and Sweet Pea returned to the trailer over half an hour later with two boxes of pizza in their arms, sharing glances which told the study group everything they needed to know. As the food was distributed among the teens, Fangs decided to break the small silence with a question.

"I have to know, where did you two get it on?" He asked through his food. Ruby looked away, her body inching away from Sweet Pea's side, which she had been pressed into until a second ago.

"What can I say, the pizza place has a nice bathroom." The biker didn't shy away from the question at all, making the petite girl slap his arm and scold him for sharing. Fangs, on the other hand, smirked at Toni.

"So, what was the stuff against the trailer, then?" the purple haired Serpent deadpanned. "Foreplay?" Ruby's face was on fire and Jughead was chuckling uncontrollably into his third pizza slice.

"If you want to call it that." Sweet Pea shrugged, making Ruby slap his arm again.

"A kiss. Just a kiss," she defended her remaining dignity with a stern tone. "And nothing happened in the bathroom." Ruby tossed a pointed look at Sweet Pea, who looked smug.

"Pretty sure that having one's hands up your shirt isn't nothing."

"Oh my God!" Ruby and Betty spoke at the same time, the former hitting the tall biker's arm repeatedly then. They broke out into a small squabble, with her trying to hit him everywhere playfully while he was defending and attempting to keep his slice of pizza out of the way of her embarrassed rage.

"Wait, how do we split the pool then?" Fangs asked, making Ruby look at him.

"What pool?"

"What?" Fangs repeated, trying to look innocent. Toni slapped her forehead with a sigh.

Now, I'm actually done hahahaha