The Muse ~ Vughead

Ch, 35. Will Be There

Jughead

I hear phone buzz, it's either Veronica or Julie, over and over. Veronica decided to find my friends socials and tell them I wouldn't answer my phone, they started to knock on my door. Every day, and won't leave until after they have talked to me.

I look to my phone, 2:56 in the afternoon, up since six, occasional bathroom trips but back in bed and staring at my walls.

"Hey it's Jughead leave a message" beep, "Juggie, I know you can hear me, it's been two weeks" I feel my eyes pool with tears, I clench my blankets tighter, "i know that you're sad" I can hear the pain in her voice.

I shut my eyes and hurry my screams into my pillow of tears and cries, "I'm getting there as soon as possible."

The phone beeps, I turn off my lamp next to me. I pull my extra blanket on top of the pile suffocating me in heat. I rub my dry eyes and roll overlooking over at the door.

My therapist explained to me that my prescription would not be here in time, first time getting it in Iowa rather than in Riverdale. Went to the wring drug store.

She explained that since I wouldn't be on it for a hot that my body wouldn't go back to normal with it for a while, wouldn't deep the effects because of the change of not taking it.

"Jughead" Julie yet again, "Julie go away" I mutter, "come on man open the door" Tommy yells though the door, "were worried about you honey, could you please let us or one of us please?"

"No Ginger" "please" Lucy pleads, "We like you and care about you" I rub my puffy eyes, "please leave me alone" my lip trembles.

"Jughead man I know we haven't known you that long, or know your past friend history, but we like you. We're good people, and we're not going to give up that easily on you."

I stare at the doorknob, unable to move, malnutrition is beginning to set in. I watch as the doorknob turns in different directions.

I watch the keyhole as one of them pulls a Nancy Drew and opens the door with a bobby pin. The door opens and I cover my face.

I feel the pressure as one of then sits at the end of my bed, I can smell Lucy's perfume as I feel her sit next to me on the bed gently, avoiding the pile of covers so she doesn't accidentally hurt me.

"What's going on?" Julie asks, not removing the covers yet, allowing me to when I'm ready. I curl up tighter, "I didn't have my medication for a week, now it's not going to work properly for another two maybe three weeks, four at fucking most."

"Why didn't you tell one of us?" Tommy asks, "didn't want to bother you." I feel Gingers grip onto the blankets and she slowly starts pulling them off.

"Oh honey" Lucy gasps as she takes a look at me, I grab a handful of the blanket as attempt to pull it back over but Tommy stops me.

Julie gently takes a grip of my hand, I had not noticed until now, my hands are thin, her skin is hot the touch against mine, more maybe it's because I'm so cold. "Tell me what we can do" Julie asks, I shake my head, "nothing, just leave me alone."

"Can't do that man" Tommy sighs, "not when you're like this" I feel one of the girls lift my hand, she pinches my finger, "first how about some water."

She doesn't let my hand down, she rolls up my hoodie sleeve gently, the pure silence as they hold on their breaths. Julie doesn't say much, not anything at all, she looks at me.

I do not have cuts, but rather jagged scratches along the inner part of my wrist, my fingernails pulling at my skin. I promised Veronica I wouldn't do this, I guess this is me working around that promise

Ginger sits over next to me as pulls me into an embrace. Don't know how long I sat there, crying as they all sat in silence, rubbed my shoulder, ran a hand through my hair.

"I don't want to be here" I mumble into somebody's shoulder, "yes you do, going to live a long happy life with your girl" Tommy says rubbing my back.

"If you don't you'll never feel the touch of her kids, smell of her hair"

"After smiling proudly at you as you graduate college"

"Feel the warm sand between your toes"

"The wind through your hair"

"Taste of Pops burgers that you talk to much about" we laugh, I sit back wii g my eyes, "that's true" I laugh.

I look at each of them, "you're not going?" They shake their heads, "Jughead I know it's hard, and I take nothing personally but you've got to start letting people in."

"We are not your past friends, and new friends will not be us, start out with a clean slate each time, because we might just surprise you and be a good people."

They stayed with me all night, had me stay at Tommy"s dorm until Veronica could comes didn't make me not feel included, left out. They are good people, they will be there even if I don't want them to, I guess people can surprise you.

Authors Note

Hi everyone, hope you have had a good week, want to let you know that in a few days this story will most likely be set to mature, haven't read the guidelines in awhile but to be safe I might because they might not give me a warning (by the way I have this story saved somewhere else so if it ever did happen I'd repost it same with my other stuff), anyway.

Hope you like this chapter, hope you have a good rest of the week!