Painful Sight

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Betty's POV
Today we were finding out what colleges we got accepted, I was with my mother as she held my hand.

She said "remember, I'm still extremely proud of the work you've done okay? No matter what your accepted to my big baby girl."

She kissed my face as I laughed and groaned.

I smiled saying "mom calm down...if they don't accept me it's there loss."

She sighed and kissed my forehead and I said "let's check please?"

She laughed and we began checking as I sat there she gasped.

I said "what?!"

She yelled "you got into NYU!"

I smiled and she hugged me and I laughed holding her tightly.

She said "we can move to New York! God I miss it there don't you!"

I laughed again and she kissed my forehead, as we continued, I actually did pretty well, I only didn't get into Stanford which was fine, we were on the final one, Yale, I've talked about Yale since I was able to talk, it's my dream college, I hope it happens for me...she began pressing keys.

I waited as she gasped "Elizabeth..."

I turned my head as she yelled "you got in!"

I screamed, we both did and I began crying as she held me and cried herself.

She said "your father would be so proud of you.."

I smiled gently and she kissed my forehead and hugged me again.

Later that day I was with my friends.

Veronica said "I got into Columbia and Barnard my top two! God this is gonna be such a difficult decision, you Kev?"

He said "I'm unsure...Archie has no idea still what he wants and I wanna be there for him, but as of right now New York is my calling card, so I think NYU."

I smiled and said "I got accepted into Yale..."

They both gasped and I laughed as they yelled "congratulations! That's such a hard school to get into!"

I then said "I worked really hard...even if blind it's been my dream school forever..."

I frowned and they noticed asking "what's wrong?"

I then said "what do I tell jughead?"

They sighed and I said "what if he breaks up with me? I told him a month ago I loved him...what if I ruin everything?"

Veronica said "hey calm down... and Kev...I'm not in love you are."

He laughed and I smiled as he said "I was nervous to tell Archie about leaving...cause honestly...long distance is hard especially when I'm nervous everyday if he'll get hate crimes, attacked. It's always something to worry about, especially him cheating, but I trust him with all my heart, you should do the same and trust in his decisions he makes okay? Plus Jughead fought so hard for you, he won't let you go that easy."

I smiled and nodded saying "I'll tell him tonight we're having him over for dinner."

As the night came Jughead came over and we were eating.

My mom said "so Betty...tell Jughead..."

I nodded and said "Jug, my college admissions came back, only one that didn't accept me was Stanford..."

He then said "woah...thats...th-thats a lot of schools."

I nodded saying "yeah I know right...but I think the one...I wanna go to is Yale..."

I then heard him say "Yale?"

I nodded saying "it's been my dream school Juggie...I think I want to go there for college."

He then said "but Yale is so far from here..."

I smiled and said "then we will figure it out where ever you go I'll be supportive and we'll make it work and if your school is close to Yale maybe we can also hang out afterwords maybe even get an apartment!"

He said "Betty...can we talk in private?"

I gulped and my mom said "I'll leave you two alone..."

I heard her walk away and I said "what's wrong Jug?"

He sighed and said "I...I'm...I'm sorry..."

I then said "you can tell me anything Juggie you know that."

He then said "I'm sorry...Betty I don't want you to go that far."

But I said "but Yale is my dream, it's what I've wanted since with was younger...Jug you can't tell me to give up something I've worked so hard for..."

He suddenly yelled "you would if you loved me!"

I flinched and said "I...I do...you can't use that against me! That's unfair!"

He then said "so you'd pick a stupid college over me?"

I gulped and tried thinking and he said "wow..."

I then said "Juggie don't go...please let's talk this out we can find another way, we can get an apartment..."

He then said "no! I don't wanna be treated like a damn baby!"

I then said "but your not...Juggie I just want us to work...please let's talk this out right now? Please..."

He then said "no...no I'm not doing this..."

I tried finding him and said "Jug where are you?"

I tried feeling for him and he grabbed my arm.

I said "please let's talk this out Juggie? Please...I don't wanna break up, I love you so much...but Yale is a chance for me to finally get to something greater then I have my whole life because of my blindness... please Jug..."

He then said "I have to go home."

He let go of me and I heard him walk out I began crying and I felt my mom embrace me after as I held her and cried.

Jughead's POV
I got home and screaming as I threw everything in my home around, I flipped the table moved the bed pillows the kitchen tables, shoved bottles off counters. That wasn't until my dad walked in and saw everything and I cried and hugged him.

I said "don't leave me please dad..."

He then said "what happened?"

I cried and said "Betty wants to go to Yale for college...Yale! That's one of the top schools in the country!"

He then said "what's wrong with that?"

I gulped and said "I didn't get into my safe school..."

He frowned and I said "how...I tried so hard!"

He hugged me and said "we'll figure out something Jug I promise...what about the other schools?"

I scoffed saying "if my safe school didn't accept me why would my others!"

He frowned and I cried saying "I'm sorry...I'm sorry I'm such a disappointment..."

Suddenly he grabbed my shoulders saying "boy your not a disappointment, your an amazing son, an amazing boyfriend, and amazing young man. Don't say that."

I cried and he held me saying "it's gonna be okay alright?"

I nodded and cried holding him him tighter.