Chapter 23: Attack Of The 50-Ft Veronica!
*Aria's POV*
Wow. The time went by fast. It felt like yesterday that I got on the plane too leave the city and go live with Archie, Aunt Mary and Uncle Fred in Riverdale and now here we are. I got through sophomore year! Well almost. I was in my last class and there was ten minute left before summer break. Hurry up!The other reason why I want class to end is because I'm meeting Dilton in the lab after this so we can finish and then Archie can do his interview. Now I know it's Thursday and this is my Dilton day. I made a routine where Fridays and Mondays are with Jughead while Thursdays and Saturdays are with Dilton, Wednesdays are a mixed day where I will either spend it with BE, Midge, Betty, Veronica or the guys, Tuesdays were choir days and Sundays were family day/Archie day. Now that my Tuesdays were open I can spend more time with people and still do a part time job for the summer. Art was taking forever. I had finished my last project, a picture of Hot Dog transforming from a puppy to a dog, and got an A on it. Now I had my journal open and was drawing Dilton and Jughead side by side. Jughead was facing left and Dilton was facing right. I lightly sighed and looked at the picture of both the guys I'm dating.
*I know I have to choose one. But how can I? Both are kind, sweet and different. Jughead is weird, funny, passionate with his food, a horror movie lover, and thinks in a unique way. Dilton, however, is extremely smart, has a love for building and creating new things, and is super nerdy. But then again Jughead can be nerdy as well. Both scare easily, are kind, sweet, loving, caring, understanding, great listeners, good advice givers, and are just amazing. How can I choose?* I thought as I sighed again.
"Thinking of them again?" I suddenly heard next to my ear. I jumped and caught myself before falling over. Lucky me I didn't fall nor scream of sorts.
"Beaver Dam Tyler. Don't do that to me." I scolded Tyler as I looked at him, who was looking over my shoulder at my picture, and smiled that sly smile of his.
"Sorry. You kept sighing so I wanted to check on you." He said as he grabbed a chair and sat next to me.
"Trouble in paradise?" He asked me as I shook my head.
"No. The relationship is fine. But that's the problem I guess." I said to him as I sighed again. Dilton and I only had one fight but that was a stupid spell that made him like that.
"How so?" He asked me in confusion.
"I'm going to have to choose one sooner or later. That's the problem. Both are great. How can I choose?" I asked him as I held my head in frustration.
"Well give it some time. Don't rush things. Just spend more time with them and try to see which feels better to you." He told me as I looked at him with wide eyes.
"Ya know what? That's actually the smartest idea I've heard you suggest." I said as he made deadpanned.
"I've had good ideas." He muttered.
"Yeah. Like the time you thought it was a good idea to sled down the massive hilltop and sled through traffic and hit the stop sign?" I asked him as I lightly smiled and tried not to giggle.
"Hey! The sled went farther then I thought it would. And that sign hurt!" He pouted as I giggled. He then realized I was teasing him and chuckled with me.
"Yeah it was dumb." He admitted.
"Just enjoy the time with both of them while you can." Tyler said as I smiled at him.
"Thanks Tyler." I said as the bell rang. Soon papers were tossed up and kids were trying to leave quickly. I shook my head and packed up my things before squeezing my way out of the class and ran straight to Dilton's lab.
*Tyler's right. I should take my time and enjoy what I have. Whomever feels right is the one I'll pick.* I thought as I rounded a corner to get to his lab. That's when it happened.
"Hey babe." I heard after I ran into Vinnie Wells. Man I could not catch a break.
"Not now. In fact not ever." I said as I went to run past him but he grabbed my arm.
"Aw come on babe." He said as he pulled me to him. I eeped as I felt my back against the wall and his arm on each side of me.
"We haven't talked in a while." He said as I glared at him.
"I want nothing to do with you Vinnie. You know that." I said as I scowled at him.
"Why not? I'm just talking." He said in a hurt tone. I rolled my eyes at him.
"Hey babe I got a question for ya." He said as I continued to glare at him. I had a question as well. Why call me babe?
"Well I wanna know why your dating both of those dweebs? What's so special about them?" He asked. Really? That's why? I then felt his hand grab my chin and he made me look at him.
"Why have them when you can have a real man babe?" He said as I glared at him.
"If you mean you then never. You're not a man at all. And even so your older than I am. This still falls under pedophilia." I reminded him as he shrugged.
"So what? Age is just a number and rules are meant to be broken." He said as I glared at him again.
"Besides, I heard Veronica say over the announcements that you might want a third boyfriend. In reality I'm all the man you need but~, and this is only for you babe, I'm willing to compromise and share you every now and then. Heck, if I would've known you were that type, I would've tried to set things up. It really would've saved me time." He said as I then understood what he was saying. I gave a disgusted look and swatted his hand away.
"I am not a slut like you think. And furthermore I am not looking for a third guy and, even if I was, I would never be with the likes of you. I can't even call you a guy. You're more of an insect. An invertebrate that needs to be taken care of by pest control before it nests and becomes a bigger problem. You're not worth my time at all." I stated as I went under his arm and began walking away. I guess I made him mad. He grabbed my arm and pulled me to him.
"I'm going to punish you if you don't-" He started before I cut him off.
"Really? Because last I checked I whooped your sorry butt." I said to him with a smug look.
'Slap'.
The sound seemed to echo and the small amount of students passing by suddenly stopped. I was shocked. He actually slapped me across the face. I was facing away from him as my left cheek started to burn.
"Aw see babe? You made me hit your pretty little face." Vinnie's voice suddenly told me. I was actually shocked that he hit me. Up until now he was all talk.
"Vinnie Wells." I heard Miss Grundy say. Before anything I grabbed Vinnie's left wrist, as his hand still held me, and I twisted it to get him to let go before I flipped him over me. Now he was on the ground, facing the ceiling, as I looked down at him.
"You never hit a lady and you most certainly never hit me!" I told him as my words held venom to them. I then stood up straight and looked at Miss Grundy.
"Sorry Ma'am." I said as I looked at her with kind eyes. She looked at me but then shook her head.
"Miss Andrews go to the nurse for an ice pack and Mr. Wells! Principle's office! Now!" She scolded us as I nodded and went to the nurse's office. Once I got there I grabbed an ice pack and headed back to the lab to meet Dilton.
"Sorry I'm late." I said once I walked through the door. Dilton was wearing his lab coat and his goggles. He looked so cute in them.
"Quite alright but why were you- Are you alright? What happened?" He started to talk to me when he looked up and saw the ice pack on my cheek and asked me these questions in a concerned boyfriend way.
"I'm alright. It's nothing." I said as I walked to the closet and grabbed my lab coat. I walked over to him and set the icepack down and put the coat on while he spoke.
"But what happened?" He asked me.
"Vinnie Wells. That's what happened." I said as I put the pack back on my cheek.
"Did he hit you?" He asked me as I nodded.
"Yeah. He slapped me hard." I said as I looked over the blue prints and started to check things off mentally as I looked over the machine as well.
"Aria. Please tell me what happened." Dilton said as he came over to me and put a hand on my arm. I looked at him and sighed.
"Vinnie was bothering me as usual. I guess he had it in his mind that, thanks to Veronica's announcement when she gossiped for the paper, that he could be my 3rd guy and even suggested 'setting me up' with people. I knew he insisted I become his slutty girlfriend. Such an invertebrate he is. I even called him that and tried to walk away. He said he was getting close to punishing me before I cut him off and reminded him that I was the one who beat him up at Pop Tate's. I guess that's what made him slap me. Miss Grundy saw that and she saw me flip him to. I don't think I'm in trouble but she sent me to the nurse and him to the principle." I explained as Dilton went wide eyed and gently touched my cheek.
"You're lucky he didn't hurt you too badly." He said as I shrugged.
"I can take him. And even so I try to avoid him most of the time anyways." I said as I suddenly felt a kiss on my sore cheek. The kiss lasted a few seconds before Dilton pulled away.
"That should help." He said as I understood exactly what he did. We both knew scientifically that it doesn't physically help but it helped emotionally and mentally to where you could feel less pain if the pheromones mixed correctly. I smiled a small sweet smile at him.
"It helped more than you think." I said to him as he smiled sheepishly and rubbed the back of his head. We then got to work but the whole time I couldn't help but smile at Dilton's action. We finished up the machine, and I got to bring back the ice pack, as Archie came in with Vegetables like we asked him.
"I brought them like you guys asked." Archie said as he set them on the same desk/counter top the growth ray was on.
"Aria what happened to your cheek?" Archie suddenly asked as I looked at him.
"Is it that bad?" I asked as I went to a mirror. Yeah. It was bad. I had a light bruise close to the shape of a hand on my left cheek. I was so~ going to kill Vinnie for this. I sighed and explained to Archie what happened.
"But enough about me. Let's explain the growth machine to you and fire it up." I said as I walked over to the machine and the Vegetables. As Dilton and Archie were talking I made sure they were in a pile and I made sure to triple check the blueprints to be safe. Dilton then came over and I nodded before he turned on the machine. But not the ray part.
"Dilton this doesn't make any sense. Giant Broccoli?" Archie asked in confusion.
"Not just broccoli. Also lettuce, apples, rutabagas, kumquats, green beans." Dilton said before I put a hand on his shoulder.
"I think he gets it." I said as he then chuckled and rubbed the back of his head awkwardly. Man that was cute.
"So fruits and vegetables. I get that. But why make them big?" Archie asked as I sighed.
"Archie. Remember how we were taught places like Africa don't get enough food?" I asked as Archie nodded his head.
"And remember how we also found out that, due to natural disasters, farmers sometimes lose their crops and we end up with not enough food? And also the fact of homeless people starving and how some people just can't afford enough food?" I asked Archie these questions as Archie nodded again.
"Yeah? But what does that have to do with this?" He asked me as I lightly smacked my forehead.
"Archie sometimes you're dense." I mumbled as he shot me a look.
"Think how many gallons of juice we'd have if this orange was 10X bigger. Or how much easier it would be to pick one large orange instead of a hundred small ones." Dilton said as Archie seemed to realize it now.
"Oh. Like H.G. Well's 'Food of the God's'. We could feed the world. Dilton that's a great idea." Archie said as I smiled at him.
"That's it! He can be taught." I said as Archie looked at me.
"Actually the only reason why I thought of this was because of Aria." Dilton confessed as I blushed a bit.
"Huh?" Archie questioned.
"Well I had pointed out to Dilton how it was hard for people to eat and how in some places food supplies were low to non existing. I had then wondered why 'Food of the God's' couldn't be real when it came to the giant food part." I said as Dilton finished the rest.
"And that's when she thought about my growth serum with the pudding glob. But since that was a bad idea, with the possibility of food being alive. we settled for a machine instead. Also safer." Dilton looked so proud right now.
"You mean this machine actually works?" Archie questioned.
"We don't know yet. That's why we asked for the food. We're testing it now to make sure. By our calculations it should." I pointed out as Archie nodded.
"We'll know in another minute." Dilton pointed out as Archie got so excited he tossed his pen and note book behind him.
"Then give it the gun Aldrinon." Archie said as we looked at the ray. We Then put on our goggles, Dilton put on gloves, and I handed Archie goggles to put on as we got ready. I pulled out my camcorder and turned it on as Archie pulled out his camera to take pictures.
"Testing the growth ray Dilton and I invented as Archie reports." I said to the camera as I walked over next to Dilton.
"All set." I said as he nodded. He then pushed a button on the back and it started up.
"Bigger is better." Dilton said as the ray fired at the fruits and vegetables. Archie took a couple pics and it ended in 6 seconds.
"So, uh, when do they start growing?" Archie asked in question as I immediately grabbed the blueprints and reviewed them.
"Strange. It should've worked." I mumbled as Dilton sighed.
"Dang frizzle frazzle phooey to the 10th degree. We failed." Dilton said and lifted his goggles. I giggled at his little ramble pout while looking everything over.
"It should've worked though. Maybe it needs an adjustment we didn't calculate in or it works on other things." I said simply as Dilton sighed.
"Perhaps." Dilton said as I put the blueprints down.
"It was a nice try anyhow." Archie said as he put a hand on Dilton's shoulder to comfort him. I went to the back of the ray to make sure it was turned off completely before walking over to them.
"Come on. I'll buy you two a burger." Archie said as we walked out of the lab.
"According to our calculations the growth ray should've been phenomenal." Dilton said as we walked down the hall. I then stopped and realized something.
"Oh Butterscotch. You two go on ahead. I forgot my camcorder. Also we forgot to lock up." I said as I turned on my heel and started heading back to the lab.
"We'll wait right here." I heard Archie say as I went to the lab. At the time we didn't realize there was a beetle in with the food and that it was hit with the growth ray. We also didn't know that it was growing because of it. I got to the lab just seconds after the beetle went out the window. I saw my camcorder, that was still recording, and went to it.
"I'm sure the Growth Ray will work." I said as I then turned the camcorder off. I grabbed it and, after locking the door, shut the door and caught up to the two boys waiting for me.
"I got it. Lab's locked up too." I said with a smile as we then left for Pop's. It was only 7pm when we got there but Pops was always happy to see customers. Archie bought us a burger each and we ate our food and enjoyed ourselves. After I paid for the other 3 I had, because Archie refused and I didn't let Dilton pay, we took Dilton home and then went home ourselves. Dilton wanted me to join him tomorrow in fixing the machine but tomorrow was Friday. That was Jughead day. Dilton understood and didn't push it. Now I'm home and I can finally relax and sleep on this nice, warm night.
*Next day Aria's POV*
I woke up to a bright sunny morning and I heard the bird's chirping. I was in such a good mood today. Well that was until I ran into my aunt on the way to the bathroom.
"Aria sweetie what happened? Your cheek is bruised." She said as she then reminded me of what happened. I sighed and shook my head.
"Vinnie Wells, the guy who I fought with at Pop's, hit me in school yesterday. I'm not in trouble because Miss Grundy saw what happened and sent him to Principle Weatherbee." I said to her as she looked at me.
"You're alright though?" She asked me as I nodded. She let me go to the bathroom as I showered and got ready for the day ahead. I looked in my makeup bag and gasped lightly before groaning. Wonderful. The one time I run out of foundation that I never really need. I did my eyes and went downstairs to see Archie eating.
"Archie. I need to go to a makeup store." I said to him as he choked and looked at me.
"Why?" He asked me. I then pointed to my bruised cheek and made a face that said 'Duh' to him. He rolled his eyes.
"You look fine. It'll go away. Don't you have anything in your Halloween makeup kit or something?" He asked me as I shook my head no.
"Wait! Betty! Her and I are close to the same skin tone! And I'm meeting Jughead over there anyways! I'll ask her later for some." I said in realization as I decided to sit down and eat breakfast. When I was done I grabbed my things and went to Betty's house to help her with the cake. I would rather be with Jughead at Pop's but he insisted on meeting here and that he'd bring me a couple burgers. Yum! Anyways I rang the bell and Betty answered.
"Hey Ari-* Gasp* What happened?" She asked me as I sighed.
"I'm really tired of explaining this." I said as I told her what happened. She then invited me inside.
"So I was wondering if you had any foundation I could use to try and cover this up." I said as I then looked at her.
"Hm. I might. I'm not sure if my tone is a shade lighter than yours but lets see." She said to me as I smiled. We then went upstairs to her room as she looked for her foundation.
"So why do you need it?" She asked me as I made a face that said 'Really?' written all over it. When I didn't answer she looked and saw my face.
"Oh right. But why in general?" She asked as I sighed.
"I'm tired of the questions already and I don't want to worry Jughead. I already worried Dilton and I don't want Jughead to see my face bruised up like this." I said as she then came over to me to apply the foundation on my face. She finished and looked at me.
"Um Aria. I hate to say it but it's still visible." She said as I rushed to the mirror and looked. It was still there. Even after applying the foundation.
"What the frog? Are you Fudging serious? Why!~" I whined as I hung my head. Great.
"I'm sorry." Betty said as she comforted me. I just sighed.
"It's fine. At least it doesn't look that bad. If needed I'll add blush. Although I never use it." I said as I went from a small smile to sighing again.
"Jughead's probably going to find out anyway." Betty told me. She was right.
"Yeah I know. But if I hide the bruise as much as I can then he'll worry less." I pointed out as she nodded.
"I understand. I'd probably do the same for Archie." She said as I looked at her and smiled.
"Shall we get started on baking? I've been itching to remake this one cake I baked and a few brownies for just us." I told her as she smiled.
"Sure. And thanks again for both the help and the recipe." She said as I nodded.
"Thank Ronnie for letting me use it. She was iffy at 1st but she did like my cookies. And Archie helped convince her by promising to help her blow up balloons." I said while we went from her room to the kitchen and while Betty pulled out the utensils I grabbed my box of recipes from my bag. I came back in and set the tiny box filled with index cards full of things to make on the table top. Betty watch me open the small box as I tried my best to search through the overstuffed box.
"That's a lot of recipes." Betty commented as she was now next to me looking in.
"Yeah. I've made everything in this box at least once. Whatever turned out right and yummy I kept. Anything that was bad I put in the back labeled 'Never use' or 'Try to fix' as to not use them again or at least try to improve them before giving up." I said as I pulled out my brownie recipe with ease.
"You found that one quick." She said to me.
"I've used it many times is why. These should be in alphabetical order but it's hard to keep it like that. Now to find the- Ah! Here it is." I said as I pulled out my special cake mix. When I did another recipe fell on the floor by Betty. She picked it up and read it.
"Brownie bomb?" She asked as I looked at her funny before seeing the recipe card.
"Now how did that get in with the C's? Oh well." I said as she handed it back to me. I tried to put it back in but was having a hard time.
"Oh Peanuts. It won't go in." I muttered.
"How about we make it?" She asked me.
"We might not have everything though." I told her as I handed her the card to look over.
"Actually I have already crushed walnuts and everything else." She said as I sighed.
"Alright. We'll make that too." I said as I smiled at her. We made both brownies and started the cake and cut the brownies for the brownie bomb. Let her mix while I did the setting and pre-mixing before freezing. It had to chill for 2 hours sowe got the cake in the oven. Now that would be a bit so Betty and I talked while it was baking. I put a few of my PBOF brownies aside for Jughead while we ate one each and talked.
"Mm. These are great." Betty commented while I smiled.
"I hope Jughead likes them." I said with a smile.
"Of course he'll like them. Jughead likes most foods. He seems to love your baking just as much as Pop's burgers." Betty said while I took a bite. As I was swallowing though I heard the last part and started choking.
"Oh my gosh. Aria." Betty said as I put up my hand to stop her before I managed to swallow and stop choking.
"S-sorry. What you said surprised me though." I said as I gulped down a bit of juice.
"What did I say?" She asked me as I gawked at her.
"That Jughead loves my baking as much as Pop's burgers. There is no way possible he loves my sweets as much as those heavenly burgers. It's improbable." I said as I gulped down more juice.
"Well I think he does." She said to me with a smile. I was going to say something when the doorbell rang.
"That's him now." She said as she walked by me and answered the door. I couldn't hear them well but soon they came to the kitchen.
"Hey Aria." Jughead said as I waved to him.
"Hey! I saved you some brownies." I said as he licked his lips at the sight of them.
"If you made them then I'm definitely not saying no." He said as I blushed lightly.
"It's about time to check the cake. We made a triple chocolate cake." Betty said as she put on a mitten and went to open the oven door.
"Don't open it!" We both yelled and ran to stop her when we noticed Betty going to open the oven door. We stopped her and Jughead and I looked at each other for a moment before blushing.
*I can't believe we did that at the same time.* I thought as Betty looked at us confused.
"Huh? Why not?" She asked me.
"Haven't you baked before?" I asked her as she shook her head no.
"No. Not cakes anyway." She said as I looked at her. That's why she needed my help.
"This is a very delicate time. Cold air makes a cake fall." Jughead said as I nodded in agreement.
"That's why we turn on the oven light and look in through the tiny window here. So we don't make the cake deflate and loose its luster and flavor." I said as the three of us looked in through the window.
"She's right." Jughead agreed.
"Wow Jughead. How do you know this stuff? I get how Aria knows." Betty asked before she said she got how I knew. Jughead licked his lips at the sight of the cake.
"When it comes to food, I'm an expert." Jughead said as I softly giggled. He was so cute.
"Oops. I left the icing at home. I'll be right back." I said as I went outside to go get the icing that I left in the fridge. I opened the door and just when I stepped out I saw a giant beetle. It was huge. Bigger than me. What did I do?
"Yikes!" I yelped out as I started to shoo it away before hopping on it.
"Waahaa!" I yelled. This was fun.
"What's-" Betty started to ask before she saw the beetle and screamed really loud. I had to cover my ears as I was then flung off. I prepared to hit pavement but hit something soft and fleshy instead. I looked and saw Jughead caught me.
"Beat it you girlfriend tossing cake wrecker." Jughead yelled as he steadied me and chased the beetle off before hopping on it.
"Betty! Archie's at Ronnie's." I yelled as she quickly went in her house to the phone. Jughead was then flung off it's back with a yelp.
"Jughead!" I yelled as he shrieked again and dodged one of it's legs from stabbing him.
*Think Aria think!* I thought as I looked around to find something to help.
*The hose!* I thought at I went to it. The beetle saw me and I saw it and soon it was chasing me.
"Jughead! The hose! Spray it with the hose!" I yelled as he saw me being chased and went to the hose. He turned it on and, after hitting me at first, hit the beetle and it ran off. Jughead turned the hose off and ran to me.
"Aria! I'm sorry. I didn't mean to-" He started to say before I hugged him.
"My hero!" I said as I kissed his cheek and continued to hug him.
"Aria! Jughead! Where's the beetle!" I heard Archie yell. I stopped hugging Jughead and looked to find Archie and Veronica looking at me.
"Jughead chased it off with the hose!" I said in excitement. I then looked at my self and realized I was still soaked.
"Go talk to Betty about it. I'm going to change." I said as I started walking next door.
"I'll come to. You can change while I grab the frosting." Jughead said to me.
"Sure. It's in the fridge. Hopefully Betty and I can make a new cake." I said as we went to the house and walked inside. Jughead went to the kitchen while I grabbed a towel and dried off. I thought about it. If Betty needed more ingredients for the cake then I'd better bring some over. I went into the kitchen as I continued to dry my hair.
"Jughead can you grab some almond milk from the fridge while I grab the chocolates? Betty might need more." I said as I went to the pantry. "Sure." He said as he pulled out the almond milk and set it next to the frosting on the counter. I put the chocolates next to them and ended up rubbing my makeup off on the towel.
"Thanks Jughead." I said as I pulled the towel off my face and dried out my hair more. I than felt a hand under my chin as I was now facing Jughead.
"Um Jughead?" I asked as he had a worried look on his face.
"What happened to your cheek?" He asked me as my eyes grew wide.
*Oh shoot. The makeup.* I thought as I averted my eyes away from him.
"Vinnie Wells slapped me yesterday." I muttered.
"What?! And you didn't tell me?" He asked in shock.
"I was going to later." I said to him.
"It didn't look bad before. Why now?" He asked me.
"I borrowed makeup from Betty to hide it. To make it look not as bad to worry you less." I muttered as I closed my eyes. I could feel his worried and disappointed face and I didn't like it. I then felt something warm on my lips. I shot my eyes open to see Jughead was kissing me.
*Oh buttercups! He's kissing me? He's kissing ME! What do I do? Push him? Kiss back? Do something Aria!* I thought as he let go of my face and wrapped his arms around my waist.
*Maybe if I relax?* I thought as I did. I ended up kissing him back and wrapped my arms around his neck. It felt right. He then moved lips away from mine. I opened my eyes and saw his gentle eyes and small smile.
"From now on tell me right away when these things happen alright? How can I be a good boyfriend if I don't know what happened or if somethings wrong." He said in a low voice as I nodded my head slowly.
"A-alright." I whispered. I was scared if I spoke to loudly then I would ruin this. To me it felt like a dream but I knew better.
"Good." He said as he pecked my lips.
"You should probably get into dry clothes before you get sick." He said as he pulled away from me. I whined on the inside as I nodded my head, picked up the towel I ended up dropping, and rushed up the stairs.
"I'll bring these over to Betty." I heard him yell as I got up the stairs.
"Okay." I squeaked out as I went into my room and shut the door before leaning my back against it and sliding down to the floor while holding the towel close to me.
*My 1st kiss. My 1st kiss was with Jughead Jones. I kissed Jughead. Sugar cubes how did that happen? Why did he do that? I never expected him to. I-I. I don't know what to do now. Oh sugar cubes I kissed him back. I KISSED BACK!* I thought as I went red in the face. I breathed for 5 more minutes before I changed out of my usual outfit and into my biker girl outfit, put more eye liner on, brushed my hair into a ponytail, put the hat on, and then left my room to go back to Betty's. I saw Archie getting ready to leave with Veronica.
"Archie!" I yelled as I went up to him. I had a weird idea as to where that big bug came from.
"What's up?" He turned and asked me.
"Where are you heading to?" I asked him.
"Back to Veronica's to-" He started before I cut him off.
"Go see Dilton 1st." I told him.
"Why?" He asked me.
"The growth ray. I know I checked the fruits and Vegetables but I might have missed a beetle in there. Maybe that big bug came from that." I suggested as then a light bulb went off in his head.
"Oh I get it. Then come with us." Archie said as I shook my head.
"Gotta help Betty." I said as he nodded. Soon he dove off. I went inside and Betty told me the glass to the oven was broken so we moved everything over to next door and baked. Betty went back to get the brownie bomb that was almost done being chilled. Now I was alone with Jughead.
"Is something wrong?" Jughead asked me suddenly.
"No. Why?" I asked him as I averted his gaze again.
"Did I do something wrong?" He asked me as he had me look at him again.
"N-no." I stuttered. Darn it now he knows I'm lying.
"Aria if I did something wrong you can tell me." He said as I sighed.
"That was my 1st kiss." I muttered so low he couldn't hear me.
"What was that? I didn't hear you." He said to me. We both didn't know Betty was near the kitchen.
"That was my 1st kiss Jughead." I said loud enough for him to hear.
"What?" He asked me. I looked at his face and saw pure shock on it.
"I've never been on a date before until I started dating you and Dilton, I've never had a guy like me for me before and I've never kissed a guy before. On the cheek is one thing but a kiss kiss is something completely different. You just up and did that. I'm not mad but I've never kissed before." I confessed a bit loudly with a blush on my cheeks. Jughead was blushing as well.
"Well. I. Um. I never knew that. From the way you kissed back. Well. I thought you kissed Dilton already." He said as I blushed harder.
"N-no. I-I hadn't. I-I w-was n-nervous a-a-and. I just let myself relax." I said after a bit of stuttering.
"Did I step over a boundary?" He suddenly asked me.
"What? No. No no no. I-it's not that. I'm just surprise is all. I didn't say I didn't like it." I rambled as I then clapped a hand over my mouth.
"Oh? So you liked it?" He asked me as I nodded.
"That's a relief. I thought I messed up my 1st time." He said as I uncovered my mouth and my jaw hit the floor basically.
"Don't tell me that was your 1st kiss too?" I asked him.
"Yeah? So? No girls really interested me until you showed up." He said as I couldn't stop gawking.
"I can't believe a cutie like you hasn't-" I started but covered my mouth again.
"Oh? I'm a cutie?" He said as I blushed a pure shade of red and looked away from him. I felt arms wrap around my waist.
"Your cute when your blushing. Maybe I should make you blush more often." He whispered in my ear.
"D-don't tease me." I nearly whined in a normal tone as he chuckled. He then made me look at him and took my hand off my mouth.
"I like kissing you. It's new to me and now I see why people kiss." He said to me as he gently kissed my lips. My eyes went wide for a second before I relaxed and started kissing back.
"I hate to interrupt but I need to put this in the fridge." We heard Betty say as we then jumped a few feet away from each other just in time to see Betty putting the batter in the fridge.
"W-what? B-b-but. H-how?" I was trying to ask but thankfully Betty knew what I was asking.
"To where you practically yelled that Jughead was your first kiss. It's cute actually. I never expected Jughead would have his 1st kiss and be the one to kiss 1st. It sounded so romantic." She said as Jughead and I turned red. "It's not nice to spy." Jughead said. "I know and I'm sorry but I ended up overhearing and I really didn't want to interrupt." She said as I brushed off my blush. "I-it's fine. I know you're nothing like Veronica." I said to her. "Yeah. We know you won't gossip about it." Jughead pointed out. Betty was a loyal friend and she wouldn't tell unless she blurted it out by accident. Chances of that are slim.
"Well let's try baking the cake again." I said as I then remembered the brownies I brought over for Jughead.
"Oh that reminds me." I said as I went over to the wrapped brownies and put them on the island.
"I saved you some of my PBOF brownies." I told Jughead as he then started licking his lips before he stopped and gave me a questioning look.
"PBOF?" He asked me as I chuckled. Betty asked me the same thing.
"Peanut Butter Orange Fudge. It sounds weird but it's good." I told him as he took a bite.
"Holy Brownie-tastic!" He yelled before eating them like he would Pops burgers. Betty and I laughed lightly as we got started on the cake.
"Glad you like them." I said while mixing the dry ingredients and Betty mixed together the wet.
"Like them? I love them! So~ Good." He said as I heard him munching away.
"So Jughead. Are you looking forward to Veronica's party tomorrow?" I asked him. Then I heard Betty gasp. I looked at her questionably.
"Oh no. Aria no one told you?" She asked me.
"Told me what?" I asked her in a skeptical tone.
"Jughead didn't get invited." Betty said softly to me.
"What!" I yelled out.
"It's okay. I didn't really want to go anyway." Jughead said as he gulped down some juice he poured from the fridge.
"Why isn't he invited?" I asked her.
"Veronica didn't want him there." She said as I got upset.
"Is Dilton going?" I asked her.
"I think he said no to it. She might not have invited him either." She said as I got mad.
"So what you're saying is she only invited the 'Beautiful perfect' people?" I said as I used air quotes for the beautiful perfect part.
"Basically." She said as I pouted.
"Then tell Ronnie to enjoy the cake. I'm not going." I said flatly as she gasped.
"You should go." I heard Jughead say as I turned and looked at him.
"No. I don't think so. Why don't we just have our date night tonight and hang out a bit tomorrow before I see Dilton?" I asked him.
"Why don't you wanna go?" Jughead asked me.
"It won't be fun without you two there." I said to him.
"But it's a pool party." Betty added in.
"Oh! Well in that case I'm definitely not going." I said as they both said huh and looked at me funny.
"Can't swim?" Betty asked me.
"No. I'm just…..Not comfortable in a swim suit is all." I said as I took a few seconds to think on what to say. I didn't want anyone else to see my scar.
"Aw. I'd like to see you in a swim suit sometime." Jughead commented as I blushed.
"Alright. We can do that then." Jughead also added in, in reference to our date, as I turned to him and smiled.
"Alright." I said as he smiled back. Betty and I put the batter in the oven and I got to finishing the brownie bomb.
"Looks good." Jughead commented as he tried to dip his finger in the creamy middle to taste.
"Jughead no!" I scolded as I smacked his hand away.
"Hey!~" He whined while I looked at him.
"It's for later. I'm going to save some for Dilton too." I said as Jughead went to his seat and pouted.
"Not even a taste?" He asked me. I rolled my eyes and gave him the spoon.
"Here." I said as I put the brownie bomb back in the fridge to finish chilling before dessert.
"Yum!" He said as he finished licking the spoon and put it in the sink. Now we were just sitting around and talking while we waited for the cake to finish. Betty had turned on the radio and we soon heard that animal control caught the giant beetle. I smiled. Once the cake was finished we let it cool, and I kept Jughead away from it, and the frosted it and I even added a strawberry drizzle on top for decoration. I took the Brownie bomb out and flipped it out of the bowl before slicing it up and handing a piece to Betty and Jughead before grabbing us milk and then my piece to eat and enjoy with them.
"So Jughead. I take it you love Aria's baking?" Jughead said as I blushed lightly at that.
"Her baking is the best." Jughead commented as he took another huge bite.
"So do you love her baking as much as Pop's burgers?" Betty suddenly asked.
"Betty!~" I whined while I blushed big time. Why would she bring that up.
"Well, actually, yeah. Between Pop's burger and her baking, and cooking from the eggs and bacon she made, I'm a happy man." He said as I was so shocked I fell out off my chair with a loud thud.
"Ouchies." I muttered.
"Oh my gosh! Aria!" Betty shrieked as she helped me up.
"You alright?" Jughead said as he rushed over and helped me up.
"Yeah. What you said shocked me was all." I said as I blushed from embarrassment. I can't believe I fell over. Betty and Jughead laughed lightly and I soon joined them. It was funny. I wrapped the cake and extra brownie bomb up for Betty as she went home. Once she left I started wrapping up extra for Jughead. I then felt arms around my waste and a warm breath on my ear.
"You know since we're alone we can kiss again. I actually enjoy kissing you." He whispered as I went red. When he held me closer to him to feel his body I blushed harder.
"J-Jughead. A-Archie might come home. Or my Aunt and Uncle." I practically whispered.
"So? We are together." He told me as I blushed harder.
"I know. But I'm not just with you. I'm with Dilton as well." I said to him.
"Do you feel like your cheating on him? Even though your dating both of us?" He asked me. I actually had to think about that one.
"I'm saying it's not fair is all." I said to him.
"Then make it fair." He told me as if it were the easiest solution.
"What?" I asked him as I looked at him.
"He won't kiss you so make it fair and kiss him." He told me as I grew shocked at him.
"I-I can't do that." I stated in shock.
"Why not? You kissed me just fine." He said to me while I blushed.
"Plus if you kissed him 1st not only he'll have his 1st kiss but you'll also be the one to kiss 1st." He pointed out. Man he was smart when he wanted to be.
"Well. I-I c-can try." I said as I looked away from him and finished wrapping up the brownie bomb.
"I get some things are easier said than done but some things are a lot simpler than we think." He said as he then spun me to look at him.
"Like this." He said as he suddenly kissed me. I went wide eyed but shortly closed them and wrapped my arms around his neck while his arms went around my lower back.
"Ahem." We suddenly heard as Jughead jumped back and both looked at the doorway. It was Archie. He didn't look that happy since his arms were crossed over his chest and his foot was tapping.
"Oh hey Arch." Jughead said casually while I blushed. I need to stop blushing.
"Don't 'Hey Arch' me." He said as Jughead smiled and shrugged.
"What? I wanted to kiss her? So?" He said as he looked at me.
"Ready for our date?" He asked me. I looked at him and just nodded. I picked up his batch to take home with him and started heading out the door.
"The single one on a plate is for you." I yelled to Archie as I grabbed my wallet from my bag.
"H-hey! Wait a minute!" He yelled before I shut the door behind me.
"Let's hurry." I said while putting my wallet in my pocket. Jughead nodded and we were soon jogging away from the house. Once we got a ways away we started walking to Jughead's 1st to drop off the sweets before heading to Pop's to get a bite to eat.
"Have you thought of what movie you wanted to see?" I asked him as he thought about it.
"Not sure. Maybe there's a good horror movie out." He told me as I thought about it too. If there was then oh yeah.
"If that's what you want then sure." I said with a smile on my face. We soon made it to his house. He went inside to drop off the brownie bomb slices while I waited outside for him.
"Hey Aria!" I suddenly heard as I looked over and saw Clarice run up to me. I turned around and smiled at her.
"Hey Clarice." I said as I bent down and accepted the hug she gave me.
"How are you?" She asked me.
"I'm well and yourself?" I asked her.
"I'm good. I haven't seen you in a while." She said to me.
"Clarice." I heard Collins yell as he jogged up to us.
"Hey Collins." I said as I stood up and looked at him.
"Oh! Aria! It's just you. For a moment I couldn't see who you were and got worried." He said as I smiled at him.
"I get it. Over protective Brother mode." I said as he rubbed the back of his head said to him.
"Why is your cheek bruised?" Clarice asked me.
"Well. Some one wasn't nice and slapped me. Don't worry though. He got in trouble after I flipped him." I told her with a smile.
"Who hit you?" Collins asked as I looked at him. I could tell he wasn't happy about that.
"Was it Reggie?" He asked me.
"Oh goodness no. Reggie wouldn't hit me. It was-" I started to say but then held back.
"Who?" Collins asked me.
"Don't worry about it." I told him.
"But big brother should no so he can tell him not to be mean to you anymore." Clarice said as I smiled at her. If I learned anything so far it was to tell someone about a problem you have before it gets out of control and others get hurt.
"Collins, Do you know Vinnie Wells?" I asked him.
"Well sure. Every one knows that deliqu-wait. He hit you?" He asked as I bit my lip a bit and nodded.
"It's okay though." I said to him.
"Was this yesterday when he muttered about how no girl flips him?" He asked as I nodded again.
"Let's just change the subject." I said as I motioned lightly toward his sister. He got the hint and nodded on agreement.
"Why are you standing here alone?" Clarice suddenly asked me.
"Oh. Well I'm waiting for someone. He's inside right now and will be out shortly." I said as Collins looked at me.
"You mean Jughead?" He asked me as I nodded my head.
"Are you two dating?" She asked me suddenly.
"Clarice! What were you told about those questions." Collins said while I laughed.
"It's fine." I said to him before I looked at Clarice.
"Well it's complicated." I said as I bent down to her level.
"I really like 2 guys and they like me. We're special to each other." I said to her.
"So your friends with both until you pick one?" She asked me.
"Yes. It's like that." I said as I patted her head.
"Okay! Then you can go on a date with my big brother too." She said with a smile as I tried not to laugh.
"Clarice!" Collins scolded her.
"It's fine. No. I don't feel that way with him. He's like a brother to me." I said as she frowned at first but then brightened up.
"That means I can be your sister!" She said as I laughed.
"Sure." I said to her.
"Ready to leave when you are." I heard Jughead as I looked at him. I stood up and looked at Collins and Clarice.
"Well we need to leave now." I said to them.
"Okay. Maybe we can play soon Big sister." She said to me as she ran to her brother.
"Bye." She said and waved.
"Bye Aria." Collins said as well with a smile and a small wave as they walked on down the street.
"Alright. Let's go." I said as we headed to Pop's.
"Big sister?" Jughead asked me.
"Clarice wants me to date Collins and I told her he's like a brother to me. She then figured if he was like a brother to me then she was my sister. Now I know she'll call me big sister." I said with a smile and I sigh as Jughead laughed a bit.
"That's too cute." He told me as I nudged him lightly.
"Cram it." I said as I smiled. He knew there was no bite to my words. We made it to Pop's and got a few burgers before we went and saw Alligator 2 at the movies. It was messed up. Now he was walking me home.
"Oh that's creepy. I hope we never have a gator in the sewers." I said as I shuttered. Some things would get to me and some wouldn't.
"We'll be fine. I'll protect you anyways." Jughead told me as he pulled me close to him.
"Oh you're so sweet." I said as I cuddled close to him and continued walking.
"Hey! What are you doing with my girl?" We heard the familiar voice of Vinnie Wells. We tried to ignore him but we were soon pulled apart and he pinned Jughead to the wall.
"I said what are you going with my girl?" He asked again as Jughead yelped from both him and the impact on the wall.
"Leave him alone Vinnie." I scolded him.
"Shut up babe. I'll deal with you after." He said as he looked at Jughead. He lifted his fist up and got ready to punch him. I saw red again. I jumped on his back and started chocking him.
"Leave him alone!" I screamed to make sure people could hear me. They did.
"Get off me!" He yelled as he tried to get me off of him.
"Don't you dare hurt him!" I screamed again as I used all my weight to move to the side and flip him. He go up and was mad. I saw a cop come this way. I ran into Jughead's arms.
"Leave us alone you creep." I yelled at Vinnie.
"Don't tell me what to-" He started.
"Hey!" The cop interrupted him. Vinnie took off and the cop started chasing him. Once they were out of sight I took Jughead's hand.
"Come on." I whispered loud enough for him to hear as we ran off. Now we were close to my house. Yes I've started calling Archie's house mine as well. It felt like home to me.
"Sorry he showed up." I said as I looked away from him.
"Don't worry about it. I'm just surprised at what you did." Jughead said as I looked at him.
"Well he was going to hurt you. I ended up seeing red." I said as we stopped at the house. Archie's car was still gone so he was still out.
"I think it's cool that you can do that. That's one of the reasons why I lo-like you." Jughead said. I then looked at him.
*Was he going to say love?* I shook the thought out of my head and smiled at him. He then pulled me into a hug.
"You should go inside. It's getting a little cold." He told me as I then felt a small breeze and shuttered while I hugged him back.
"Yeah. I'll see you tomorrow though right?" I asked him.
"Yeah." He said as we started pulling apart. He gave me a quick kiss on the lips before he pulled away completely.
"I'll see you tomorrow. Sweet dreams." He said as he then started walking off with a smile and a wave. I smiled and gently waved back.
"You too." I said loud enough for him to hear me. Once he got a good distance away I walked to the door and went inside. I sighed in happiness as I went to get ready for bed.
*Next day Aria's POV*
I had gotten ready for the morning and left the house. I decided to check on Betty and saw her bent over with sticks to scare off bugs. I also saw Archie, relaxing in a lawn chair, and looking at her every now and then. I rolled my eyes and went over to them.
"Betty there's no big bugs. You might also want to not bend down like that. My cousin seems to be enjoying the view if you catch my drift." I said to her as I smacked Archie upside the head.
"Hey!" He said as Betty gasped and realized I was right.
"At least it's not as bad as Jughead pushing you against the kitchen counter and making out with you." Archie teased as I blushed and smacked him again.
"Ow. Quit it." He said to me.
"So he caught you too?" She asked me.
"Wait? Caught you too? As in two of you or too as in as well?" He asked me.
"Oh would you look at the time." I said as I decided to take my leave. I put on my skates and went to Jughead's place. I had my bag with me with Dilton's Brownie Bomb in it and stopped at Pop's to pick up 40 burgers before heading over to Jughead's. Yeah Pop's kinda drained my wallet a bit. But for Jughead it's worth it. I skated to his house and rang the bell.
"Oh Aria! So good to see you again. Please come in. Jughead's in the living room waiting for you." Mrs. Jones said to me while I was un-clipping my skates.
"Thank you Mrs. Jones." I said respectfully as I went inside and into the living room.
"Hey there." Jughead greeted as I smiled at him.
"Hey. Brought some food." I said as I waved the two large paper bags in my hands in the air.
"Alright!" He shouted as I walked over and plopped down next to him. I saw a 12 pack of orange soda laid out for us and a few monster movies.
"Aw sweet! I haven't seen the Jaws movies in ages!" I said with a smile.
"Yeah. I thought you'd like it." He said as he played the 1st one.
"The music is great and the suspense is amazing. Plus I like the 1st and 2nd Jaws. The 3rd could've been a bit better and the 4th had so much potential to it but failed miserably." I said, voicing my opinion, as Jughead nodded.
"I agree with you 100% on that. But still fun to watch." He said to me as I nodded.
"Agreed." I said. We ate burgers, drank soda, cuddled and watched all 4 Jaws movies before I realized what time it was.
"I'm going to get going. I still need to see Dilton." I said as he walked me out the door.
"See ya later?" He asked as I nodded. He kissed my cheek quickly before we parted ways. I soon made it to the school and got to the lab.
"Hey Dilton." I said as I walked inside. I didn't see him though.
"Dilton?" I questioned but got no answer. He wasn't here.
"Maybe he stepped out?" I wondered as I decided to wait for him. And that's what I did. For 6 hours. I had toyed with the machine and saw Dilton's notes at the time. The machine worked on living creatures. So my theory with the beetle was correct. Once it was dark outside I got flustered and was about to leave when Dilton and Archie rushed in.
"There you are. Archie? On no. When you're here that means a weird mystery. What happened?" I said as I sighed over this.
"Veronica turned on the machine yesterday and she's growing. We need to figure out how to shrink her." Archie said as I gasped.
"Oh no." I said in shock.
"We have to think." Dilton said as I decided to help him. After 20 minutes Archie grew impatient.
"Come on you two. We need to help Veronica." Archie said trying to rush us.
"We can't think with you yelling at us. We're doing our best." I scolded him.
"She's right Archie. The ray wasn't designed to-" He started to say until we felt the room shake.
"It's either an earthquake or she's coming." I said.
"Help! She's mad at me and Aria for inventing that ray!" Dilton yelled as I grabbed him and took him to the window.
"Doubt it." I told him as we looked outside to see her near and holding.
"Jughead?" I questioned.
"I'm king of the world!" He shouted from her hand as Veronica showed up at the window. She then lowered her hand so he could look inside.
"Evening gents and lady. Nice night for a stroll." Jughead said as I giggled at his optimism.
"Wow. How'd you find us?" Archie asked as I rolled my eyes at the question. Really?
"Well Veronica got to thinking that ray is what made her enormous." He said as Veronica the brought him to her face.
"Big boned!" She scolded as she then poked him.
"Sorry. Big boned. So we thought this was a good place to start." Jughead said as we soon heard sirens.
"Oh no. The police." Archie said.
"Oh no. Do you think there after me?" Veronica asked. Really?
"No. I'm sure they're after another 50-foot girl who tore the roof off a clothing store. Give me a boost." He said, sarcastically at first before the last sentence seriously, as Veronica obeyed and lifted him up above her head to see things better.
"Dilton. We need to invent a shrink ray. Maybe from your side project?" I asked him.
"My freeze gun? How could we do that?" He asked me.
"I'm not sure." I said as Jughead soon jumped into the room.
"Just chill you two. Like cold air hitting a cake in the oven." Jughead said. That's when Dilton's and mines light bulbs went off.
"Jughead! That's it!" Dilton said as we got to work.
"Cold air causes the air bubbles in a cake to pop and deflate. We can do the same thing to Veronica but just zero in on her amino acids in her growth hormones." I said as I handed Dilton another part in exchange for one he gave me.
"We just need to switch the parts on this ray to do so. In other words we'll deflate Veronica like a cake." Dilton said as I handed him the coil he needed. I wasn't paying much attention to Archie's and Veronica's talk as I helped Dilton with the last part.
"Your idea was genius Jughead. How did you come up with that idea?" Dilton asked him.
"Because Jughead's different." I said simply.
"Aria's right. It's because of that that Jughead thinks differently. Right Jughead?" She asked as we made our way over to her.
"Eh it's no big deal." Jughead said. I wasn't surprised he was like that.
"Yes it is a big deal. Take it from someone who knows big!" She said as she reached in and grabbed him. I looked out the window and saw her kiss him before setting him back in the room. Poor guy had lipstick all over him.
"If it wasn't for Aria I'd still hate kissing." Jughead said. Dilton gawked a bit and Veronica looked shocked.
"You two kissed?" Veronica suddenly asked. I then heard the sirens.
"Dilton shoot her now! The cops are almost here!" I yelled as he shook his head and blasted her with the ray. At 1st it didn't work and she was upset. "Just wait a minute. There could be a delay. Our inventions work most of the time." I told her as she was about to cry. Soon she shrank to her normal size.
"It worked! I'm a size 7 again!" She yelled as the cops showed up. She was talking to the cops and pointed to another direction as they soon sped off. Smart. She then invited him to a pool party she was having next week and he agreed as long as she didn't eat all the burgers. She agreed. I couldn't help but laugh with Dilton and Archie. Archie decided to take her and Jughead home.
"Aria. Do you and Dilton want a ride?" Archie asked as I thought about it. I remembered mine and Jughead's conversation yesterday about kissing Dilton. Now was a good time.
"I'm sure. I'll help Dilton clean up. It's still date night." I pointed out.
"Right." Dilton said as if he just remembered. After what just happened I didn't blame him for forgetting.
"I'll see you at home Arch." I said as he nodded and went to the car. I was helping Dilton clean.
"So. What did Jughead mean earlier by 'if it wasn't for Aria I'd still hate kissing?" Dilton suddenly asked me.
"Oh. Well um. He uh. W-well." I got flustered before I sighed.
"Jughead kissed me yesterday." I finally said it.
"He what?" He asked in disbelief.
"I was shocked as well." I said as I put a few things in a box.
"Mainly because that was my 1st kiss." I said to him.
"Wait. 1st kiss?" He asked me.
"Yeah. I kiss kiss is different than a kiss on the cheek for me." I said as he put some things in a box, facing away from me.
"Which is why I need to do this." I said as I worked up enough courage to say that and knew it was a good time.
"Need to do wha-mm." He started to say before I turned him around and planted my lips on his. I knew I took him by surprise as I wrapped my arms around his neck to pull him closer. We lost balance though and he fell backwards while I landed on him. I quickly stopped kissing him and gasped.
"Oh my goodness. Dilton I'm sorry. Are you ok-mm." I started saying but he shot up and kissed my lips. He had a hand on the back of my head and an arm around my waist as he pulled me down on him so we were back to kissing. It went like this for a few minutes before he flipped us over, him on top of me, and broke the kiss.
"W-wow." I muttered as I blushed a deep shade of red.
"I agree." Dilton said with a blush on him as well.
"It was fair. I want things to be equal." I said to him as he soon realized what I meant.
"I'm glad you thought about my feelings as well." He said as he helped me up. We finished cleaning and locked the machine in the closet before we decided to go on our date. We fixed the beetle of course. I got better at riding it before Dilton shrank it. He took me to Pops before we called it a night. It was getting late after all. He brought me home and gently kissed me before leaving for the night. I smiled and walked inside. I then went upstairs to help Archie with the article. He had already typed most of it at Pop's, they left a while before we showed up, and decided to add in my parts. I was adding in my parts between his ending lines. So it read like this.
"And so alls well that ends well. Dilton and Aria returned the beetle to normal size, Veronica returned to her closet full of clothes, And Jughead returned to one of his true loves. ~Archie. I swear if you say I'm his other I will hit you. Anyways without Jughead's odd ball thinking, which I call unique because it is, Veronica would still be a giant today. And I thought clothes shopping for me was hard enough. For her it would be impossible. ~Aria. I wonder if she'll think twice before she pokes fun at someone who's different? ~Archie. Probably not but you never know. ~Aria. So big problems or not life still goes on. ~Archie. …...In a little town called Riverdale. ~Archie and Aria." I stretched and yawned.
"So did ya kiss Dilton too?" Archie suddenly asked me. I gasped and looked at him as I turned red.
"I'm going to say yes by how red your face is." Archie said as I looked away.
"Fair is fair. If I'm dating both then both deserve a kiss." I said as I walked to the steps of his room.
"Goodnight." I said as I hurried to my room. I didn't want to hear it. I quickly got dressed and in bed. All through the night all I dreamed about was my kisses between Dilton and Jughead.