I ran out of the diner, feeling only slightly sorry for leaving Sweet Pea there alone. Only slightly. I looked around the parking lot, hoping to see Ryder's motorbike still in it, but nada. He was gone.

I let out a breath, trying to think where he would go. Either his trailer or the Wyrm were my two options. Well, I could get to nether without a ride, so I called Jughead. He was pulling into the parking lot within minutes, driving Dad's old ute. I jumped in the passenger side, pulling on the seatbelt.

"Where to, stranger?" Jug asked humorously.

"The Wyrm," I told him, deciding to try there first. He glanced at me as he drove onto the street.

"You alright, sis?" he asked me, brotherly concern lacing his tone.

"Yeah," I was trying to convince myself more than him, but apparently it did not work. I let out a breath. "No."

"What happened?"

"Well, first it's Caddy, which you already know about -"

"Yeah, about that, Alice called me to say that she stopped crying and is settling down now."

"That's good," I sighed, glad our sister was okay. I continued explaining. "So, anyway, Alice told me to head to Pop's, do something other than rock Caddy which she could do, so I did. I was sitting at Pop's and Sweet Pea came up to me."

Jughead looked over at me with raised eyebrows. I chuckled. "It's not like that - well, it kinda is." I explained. "Sweet Pea and I have been meeting up at Pop's most every afternoon since I got back from Toledo. He helped me cheer up, and he was really nice."

"So what's the problem?" Jug asked.

"Ryder was there."

"What? I thought he was still in Toledo."

"You knew he was in Toledo? And you didn't think to tell me?" I was angry at Sweet Pea and my brother now.

"Well, it's complicated," Jug sighed. "Anyways, why was Ryder there?"

"I don't know. He just ran off before I could talk to him."

"Why'd he run off?"

"Because he saw Sweet Pea kissing me."

At this point, Jug turned to me with raised eyebrows and an accusing expression.

"What Ryder didn't see, though, was me punching Sweet Pea in the face as hard as I could."

"I'll kill him," Jughead slowed the car, looking around for somewhere to do a U-turn.

"Juggie, just stop," I pleaded. "I took care of it, and Sweet Pea is probably at the Wyrm or will be soon."

"Fine, I'll give him a server beating then."

I chuckled and it wasn't much later when we arrived at the Wyrm. I jumped out of the truck and walked into the bar. Looking around, my gaze landed on Ryder, sitting on his own at the bar, sipping a drink of some sort. I made my way over to him.

"Ryder," I breathed; I was still excited to see him despite the explaining I had to do. He looked up, then scowled when he saw who it was.

"Go away," he growled, looking back at his drink.

"Will you let me explain please?" I asked him, desperate for him to know the truth about that kiss.

"No," he didn't even look up. "You moved on. That fast. Wow, J. I thought you would have still liked me for a bit longer than 3 weeks!"

"It was 4, actually," I corrected him angrily. "In less, you don't count the week where I was so upset about seeing you in Toledo then having to come back and act like nothing happened. The week where I could find no happiness until Sweet Pea showed up and actually took time to talk to me, unlike everyone else."

With that, I stormed off, walking out of the Wyrm and then the car, which I started and drove back to the Coopers. Although I hadn't gotten my licence yet, I was too angry to care. Luckily I got home in one piece.

Jughead watched as his sister stormed out of the building and into the car. He hoped she would be safe on the drive home, but didn't dare to stop her in her state of anger.

Jug glanced at the bar, seeing Ryder, his expression full of anger. He made his way over to him.

"Want to direct that anger at Sweet Pea with me?" I asked him. He glanced up and scoffed.

"As much as I would like to give him a good few punches in the face, I think I am the more deserving one for that."

"What are you meaning?" Jug asked him, confused.

"I was the one who left Jb, even if it was to protect her. I should have told her why I was going, and I made that mistake of not telling her, and now she's moved on."

"Didn't Jb tell you anything before?" Jug questioned, kinda seeing what was going on here.

"She didn't have to," Ryder sighed. "She's moved on with Sweet Pea of all people, and she hates me."

"Well, in that case, Ryde," Jug smiled. "I have some good news and some bad news."

Ryder looked up curiously. "The good news is that you will still get to punch Sweet Pea," Jughead explained, "but the bad news is that you can't touch his face because Jb already packed a pretty good punch there I assume. Well, if she's been taking anything away from our lessons in combat and defence."

Author's note: Hey guys! I don't know if you have realized, but the next chapter for this fanfic will be the last :(. I know, heartbreaking! At least Jb and Ryder will be back together - or will they? But don't despair, my friend and I are working on a sequel, full of murder mysteries, adventure, and you guessed it - Jyder romance!

Can anyone guess what girl I have in mind for Flynn future partner? Hint: it is a canon character :)

To the guest reviewer Hannah, you are welcome to translate this story, just comment the link so I can let the readers from this English version know about it! Glad you like it :)

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