Best Friends? ~A Bughead Story~

♡︎ 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑁𝑖𝑛𝑒 ♡︎

Betty POV

"And I guess that leaves Jones. Jones, truth or dare?" Toni asked Jug after she finished her turn. "Dare." He said looking her dead in the eye. "Who's your crush?" Great. I already know it's not gonna be me. "That's a truth question!" He yelled at her, probably wanting a different dare. "Well then... I dare you to tell us who your crush is." She says, emphasizing 'dare'. "Fine! I won't tell you, but I'll show you." What does he mean by show us? Before I can process anything, he grabbed my cheek, turned me to face him, and he kissed me. He kissed me!!! It's me that he likes. What will happen to our friendship though? I don't know if I want this. I pulled away and got up and started to leave. "I-I'm sorry. I'll be back." I said as I walked back upstairs to Pop's. "Betty wait!" I heard Jughead scream behind me. I didn't really wanna talk about this right now. I just left Pop's and took an alternate route home so they wouldn't find me. I was walking home and because it was a different route, it was a longer walk. It started pouring rain and I wasn't even halfway home. I didn't feel like walking anymore so I just sat down and curled up into a ball on the side of the road. Not many cars came by this street so I knew I was ok. I remember the bunker me and Jughead used to go to when we were younger so I decided to go there because I really didn't want to go home. I got to the bunker and I just laid down in the bed trying to process everything that has happened. I was soaking wet and the only clothes I have down here are the ones from when I was 10. I felt really bad about just walking away from them, most of all, Jug. I like him and he likes me, but what will happen if we start dating and then break up? Will we still be friends? I don't want to date him if it will just mess up everything. I've been laying on the bed thinking for about 3 hours and it was 1:00am. I thought I should head home, but I just don't want to see anybody right now. My moms probably really worried about me so maybe I should head back. I went home and it was about a 30 minute walk and I walked really slow so by the time I got home it was a little past 2:00am. "Betty! Oh my gosh! I was so worried! Where were you?" She asked me, worriedly as I walked in the door. "I just went to the bunker for a few hours. Things happened at the little get together and I just wanted to forget everything." I told her as we sat down on the couch. "Well, what happened?" She asked me. Mom and I talk about everything together, good or bad. "So, we played truth or dare and Toni gave Jug a dare. The dare was to tell us who his crush was. He didn't want to do it, but then he said I won't tell you, but I'll show you. Then he kissed me. I like him a lot, but I didn't want things to change so I just ran off. I just didn't know what was happening and I guess I just didn't think about anything. I just ran." I told her as I held back my tears. "Baby. Jug has been there with you for everything. I don't think there is one time you went through something and he wasn't there. I think you just need to talk to him and figure things out. Go! Right now!" She said smiling at the end. "Ok! I'm gonna go fix everything." I said as I ran out the door. I ran to Jug's trailer as fast as I could and it was still pouring rain. I got there and I knew that FP, Gladys, and JB went on a vacation with JB's friend so it was just Jughead home. I knocked on the door and wait for him to open it. He opened the door and looked surprised as ever. "Betty it's freezing out here what are you doi-" I cut him off with a kiss as he walked us inside. We kissed for about a minute and then we pulled away. I was still soaking wet so I went to grab some of my extra clothes. After I got dressed we sat down on the couch and he spoke up. "What was the kiss for?" He asked me, refusing to make eye contact. "I felt terrible." I said to him, as well as refusing to make eye contact. "So, you kissed me out of guilt?" He asked with his voice breaking. "No! Not at all!" I said as I held his face, making him look at me. "I like you too, Jug." I said as I looked straight into his eyes. He then cupped my face and kissed me again. After about 30 seconds, we pulled away. "Why did you run?" Jug asked me as we laid down on the couch. "I didn't want to ruin our friendship. I wanted things to stay the same. I didn't want us to break up and then lose each other. I didn't want us to fall apart." I said as I turned around to hug him. "It's ok." He said as he rubbed my back. "Betty, I don't want to be your best friend anymore." He said after a bit of silence. "What?" I said with my voice breaking. "I want to be you boyfriend. Will you do the honors of being my girlfriend?" He asked me with a huge smile on his face. "Yes. I would love to be your girlfriend." I said with the same huge smile. I kissed him for about another minute and then I pulled away. "I'm gonna head home." I said after about 5 minutes of cuddling on the couch. "Ok. I'll see you sometime tomorrow." He said as he picked me up off of his lap and stood up. He put me down and I hugged him. "Bye Juggie." I said as I let go of the hug. "Bye Betts." He said as I walked out the door. I walked home and i stayed dry because it stopped raining before I left. I got home and my mom was in the kitchen. It was 4:00 so I was wondering what she was doing up. "Mom, why are you still awake?" I asked as I walked into the kitchen. "I was waiting for you. So, what happened?" She asked me, getting all excited. "So, I got there and I cut his worrying off by kissing him. Then, he asked me what the kiss was for so I told him I felt terrible. He assumed I kissed him out of guilt so I told him that I liked him and we kissed again. He asked me why I ran and I told him the same thing I told you earlier. Then, we cuddled for a bit and he told me he didn't want to be my best friend anymore, he wanted to be my boyfriend. I said yes and now we're dating." I explained to her while smiling. "Betty! I'm so happy for you guys!" She said while hugging me. "I'm going to go to bed, but we can continue this conversation tomorrow." I said while walking upstairs. I got to my bedroom and got changed. I laid down and thought about Jug before I fell asleep.