Bughead || recovering

Three

The following day heather didn't go to school ,
it had seemed like everybody forgot about me and focused on her,
It was Friday ,witch meant it was officially the first week of school ,
Anything was a excuse to throw a party , I got invited , the whole school practically did ,
I didn't plan on going, I was walking in the hallway when jughead approached me ,
""Are you going to cheryls party"
"I don't plan on it why""why not"
"Party's aren't my thing""yeah me either, want to do some thing"
"Like what" he shrugged ,
"I like art museums , pick me up at 6" he nodded ,
Eventually 6 came around , and he was knocking on my door my dad awnsered the door,
"Betty who is this" "this is my friend why"
"Are you guys going out" "yeah why" "no reason" "well I'll be back home around 9 or ten"
He nodded "alright"
We drove to the art museum and walked inside
After a bit he said "Betty this is kinda boring "when I was little this was a lot more exciting"
"Everything was when we were little"
We went back to the car and sat there for a moment "we're do you want to go"
I asked "I know a place"
Then he pulled up to a movie theatre,
They were playing re runs of empire records
After the movie we sat in the car
We talked there for a bit
"Are you and heather still like , you know"
He shook his head , "is it because of me"
"Not really" , I nodded "so why then" "she cheated on me"
"Oh , I'm sorry"
"No it's fine , you were right , she is just a shallow person
hiding behind this high school cheerleader facade"
"I never thought we'd ever be in the same car having a genuine conversation"
"Me either , also your dads expecting you in like a hour , so I was thinking to kill the time we could , stop by that party" , I shook my head "no way" "just for like 20 minutes"
"You promise" , he nodded.
When I walked in I felt whiplashed with the smell of alcohol
10 minutes in someone taped on my shoulder and I turned to see my ex boyfriend ,
Nick, I moved away from him and I very slightly heard "can we talk" , I shook my head
And he grabbed my hand and lead me to the back yard
"Hey Betty" "what the fuck do you want"
"Nothing how have you been"
"How have I been? Is that seriously what your gonna ask me,
We both know what happened that night of reggies party so don't sit here and ask me how I've been because you ruined my life"
"Just trying to be nice"
"There's nothing nice about you nick"
"Oh lighten up"
He was slowly walking backwards while I walked more and more towards him
Eventually he fell into the swimming pool right behind him , "I'm gonna kill you"
I ran back inside and went in the bathroom to hyperventilate for about
15 minutes , when I finally decided to come out to look for jughead he was with his friends
Drunk, "cmon let's go" "you can go" he said , "dont be complicated let's go"
"I know betty cooper isn't talking about me being complicated"
"You're just drunk" "or am I" "yes, yes you are"
"just go betty , after all , we're not friends"
"You're right we're not" I said before I walked out
The walk home was about 30 minutes and I was bound to be late , when I car drove next to me at the pace I was walking , he rolled down his window
nick , "hello Nicholas" "need a ride" "not really"
"Jughead ditched you huh" "doesent concern you" "yeah he's a dick anyways"
"what would you know about it" "well I know he's only being nice to you to get points in some misogynistic football game thing" "what are you on about"
"I'm in the boys locker room , I hear everything"
I stopped walking and stood there "go on"
"And some other football boys all betted him like 400$ if he could either get in your
Pants or tell him that you love him within the next 2 months"
"You're full of shit" "why would he randomly just decide to be nice to you after you've both hated each other for like a decade" "just leave me alone nick" "don't say I didn't warn you"
He said before driving away , I ran back home but still made it 20 minutes late, I didn't get in trouble for it though , "why are you so out of breath" "I fell" , he nodded
"How was your date" "it wasn't a date" "whatever , either way he seemed nice"
"yeah , definitely"
The weekend I hardly left my room and I hardly even could get out of bed to go to school Monday , I had like 50 messaged from jughead , and he hadn't known that I knew about the bet , we shared almost every class with each other ,
I was at my locker getting a book "listen" I didn't pay attention to him ,
"I was drunk , I don't even remember what I said"
I walked to class and he followed behind me talking to me ,
and in class he sat next to me
And he followed me into the hard when I was sitting at the table and he was talking to me , and I hadn't said a word back to him, "you're really desperate for those 400 dollars aren't you
he looked up at me"oh betty" I got up and walked away
the next day there was a letter in my mail box
I took it up to my room and opened it , "dear betty , look out your window"
And I saw a sign on my neighbor archies window , he was out of town and him and jughead are neighbors , the sign read " look under your welcome mat" I saw another letter
"Go to your car window" I was tired of this at this point , but I saw the final letter along with a book , it was the thing nick was talking about , "jughead , his challenge declined " it said
I went back to my room to read the note
Inside of it had 400$ "if you really don't forgive me keep the money , and the book,
Do with it what you please , if not , put it back in the envelope and put both of them on my porch" I wrote a note "I'll forgive you , but I won't
And put it back