Baby project: a bughead story

Dealing with it

⚠️talk of rape and abuse and pain⚠️

Jughead POV
I drive a crying in pain Nick to a small area in the forest and tie him to a tree.

"Nicholas, did you parents ever teach you respect? Huh? Didn't think so. So I'll give you the first lesson.
1) never harm anyone, especially girls and women
2) never hurt or force anyone to do anything
3) respect a women's body
4) never mess with me or my family and friends
Now I've taught you these I'll know you listened and just to make sure of that, I'm gonna remove the thing that helps you do lots of those things."

I pull out a a knife and see fear in his eyes, "you cut my balls off I swear!" He yells
"No you see Nick I'm a guy too so I could understand that pain and have respect so instead I'll cut of some of your fingers instead. No one will like a guy with four fingers all together now would they. Starting with the pinky......"

After I drive him to a hospital and threat that if he ever snitches, I'll cut them all off. He seems to listen and comes up with some excuse that I don't pay attention to and call Charles to arrest him. Charles notices the missing fingers but doesn't say anything about it. I then drive home to Betty.

I open the door but don't want her to see the blood so I run to the bathroom.

"Jug? Jug! Jughead what the hell is all that?!" She shouts
"I just..... well I didn't kill him but I did something that may prevent him from hurting anyone else."
"Omg you cut his balls off didn't you?"
"No I have respect for that I'm a guy too Betty. I cut some of his fingers off."
"Oh Jughead really! is he alive?"
"Yeah with Charles now. Look I'm gonna clean up then I want to spend all night with my two favourite girls."
"That's all I want right now juggle." She says hugging me from behind

God I'm lucky!

I clean up and lay in bed with Betty and Juliet in between us asleep.

"Look i understand if you don't want to but do you want to talk about it? I know it's too soon but I just want to be careful in case I trigger you or something. You don't need to say everything.."
"No it's okay jug. I became my dad in a way being there...."
"What do you mean Betts?"
"I strangled Abby."
"Um wow! Why?"
"She tried to tick me off with fake photos of her and you kissing. My dad wanted me to kill her, Abby was just a pawn in his game. I let go.... I didn't want to kill her, I mean I did but I won't become my dad ever. He says it was beautiful the Betty he saw and said he wants me to finish it but I didn't so he shot her."
"I'm really sorry you had to go through all that... I would take your place in a heartbeat so you wouldn't."
"I know you would jug but Juliet needs you. After some men I didn't recognise came in and said the boss who wasn't my dad wanted to see me. My dad I guess made a deal with Nick so that he bought some of nicks men but nicks men were really working for him and took me to him without my dads knowledge. Nick beat me, hurt me, spat at me, called me names. Then he tries to rape me but my dad came in as he tried to begin. I'll tell you I've never been so happy to see him jug never. My dad I guess shot him in the kneecaps and I got sent back to my room where you guys rescued me."
"You know Betty I love you so much, whatever nick said, don't let him get to you, your beautiful in every way, even maybe killing Abby." She giggles, "your amazing, your so smart, your the best mum to Juliet, best fiancé. Best ever! I'll never let someone touch you like that again."
We move Juliet to her cot and just cuddle all night.

Christmas Eve Eve: day before Christmas Eve.
Betty POV
Cheryl is coming over today from Yale I told her only so far what happened and she said she won't ell anyone and come over. The others Toni, Kev and fangs couldn't make it but Cheryl said she'll be able to come for a day.

I'm meeting her at pops alone. Juliet is with jug and Veronica and reg are at the Pembroke with him and Archie.

"Cousin! Oh how I've missed you! And I cannot believe that that nick st'sicko tried that on you!" She says hugging me right then sits opposite me
"Thanks for coming all this way Cheryl, I just really wanted to talk to someone who understands."
"Of course cuz. When nick tried it in me, I cried a lot after it. I guess after I ran out of reasons to cry because I couldn't anymore. I've never gotten over it, seeing him will always haunt me and even with tee tee I get nightmares. I'll be honest, the nightmares don't go for a while. The pain, the feeling dirty, it doesn't go straight away and I didn't have tee tee with me when it first happened so the fact you have hobo is great for you cousin."

We talk a bit more and I confide in her what I've been feeling then I get home to my family, the best family there is.