"Can we have conversation about this?" She said calmly
Fp grasped her shoulders "yea, we will but first I need to do somthing"
The two Jones men talked for a moment and before she knew it they were gone leaving Betty and Alice alone
Betty walked over to her mom and layed a head on her shoulder "Are you okay?"
"I don't know" she said simply keeping all the anger and tear from making an appearance "Do you want any tea I'm going to make myself a cup?" She said walking towards the kitchen
"Uh- no thanks" Betty said knowing her mom needed space
Alice walked into the kitchen but instead of going to the tea cabinet she grabbed her self a wine bottle and a glass.
She walked towards the back door, but somthing caught her eye
A picture

She sighed heavily trying not to cry
She walked out the door and sat on the porch swing covering herself with a blanket that was out there
She poured herself a glass and started to soak in her thoughts,
About 2 hours later Fp walked into the Cooper-Jones residence,
Betty was on the couch when Fp walked in
She looked up at him
He sighed "Wheres she at"
"Outback" she sat up a little "Mr Jones before you go-" he stopped walking "be gentle mom- shes just be threw alot"
Fp nodded and gave her a smile "Ofcourse Betty" he walked back
He slowly opened the door and the cold night air sent a chill threw his veins
She was sitting in the same spot as earlier just staring at the gate
Fp slowly walked over to her and sat down "hey" breaking the silence
"Hey" she spoke quietly
Fp put a hand on her shoulder "I know this is hard to understand Alice-"
She looked at him with a soft smile "Fp it's okay" she takes a deep breath "I've been sitting out here since you left and it gave be time to think"
He looked at her confused
She let's out the breath "You have struggled for years to have the family you've always dreamed of, and you finally have your two beautiful children now, because of how hard you have worked to straighten your self out" she sees him tear up so she avoids eye contact "you stopped drinking for Jughead and Jellybean, you moved to the Northside for them, you even gave up being the serpent king so you could be sheriff, which you hated, but you still did it for them" by this time he had tears falling down his cheeks
"Your son is going of to college and Jellybean needs her mother... and her father, as much as we have fought for eachother and ... after everything with Charles" her voice cracks at the end "you need to protect your little girl, and yourself"
Fp puts a hand on her cheek and directs her to his eyes "what about you"
Alice closes her eyes for a second so the tears wont fall "As much as I hate Riverdale, it's the only place I have ever had to call home, I cant leave amd go to Toledo, because you need to focused on your daughter not me"
she sits up a bit and wipes her face off "and besides, you know if I step foot into the same room as Gladys shits gonna go down"
Fp chuckles "so what do we do now?"
She leans her head against his head "Can we just pretend nothing's happening till you ... leave"
He wraps his arm around her "Of course" he let's put am involuntary tear "Alice?"
"Yes Fp"
"I miss you already"
"I miss you more"
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It's short but I think it'll do ❤
