All A Lie

All A Lie part 8

It was a couple of hours later and now night time, the bar had closed and we were all downstairs sitting and talking. I had Harper in my arms while she sucked on her blue pacifier that Jug bought her since her other one was being washed.

B-"I just wanted to say thank you again for making me feel welcomed. I honestly couldn't thank you all enough"

T-(smiles)"Really, it's no problem. We love having you here already, plus this cutie"

She tickled Harper's tummy and Harper started to to make cute and happy faces and I giggled.

B-"So when do you want me to start working?"

T-"You can start in a couple of days, I want to give you a few days to rest and spend time out of the hospital"

B-"Thanks" (smiles)

She returned with a smile of her own as we continued to talk and laugh about stupid things. We were a nice little group of friends, everyone loved Harper and thought she was the cutest thing. Everyone excepted me. Something that not a lot of people did.

T-"So Betty, how old are you again?"

B-"19"

S-"Where's Harper's father?"

J-"Sweetpea!"

S-"Sorry"

B-"Um, I'm sorry but I don't really want to talk about Harper's father. It's a touchy subject for me"

T-"No don't be sorry, we get it"

B-"Thanks. But I should really be getting this one to bed. I'll see you guys in the morning, Night"

They all replied wished me a good night sleep before I walked upstairs and into my room. I changed Harper into some pj's then made her her bottle and rocked her until she eventually fell asleep in my arms. I put her down in her crib and kissed her cheek.

B-"Good night my sweet angel, mommy loves you"

I smiled as I rose from her crib then walked over to my bed where I sat down and pulled the covers over myself then quietly fell asleep.

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I woke up a couple of hours later to the whaling cries of Harper, I quickly jumped out of bed and ran over to her crib then picked her up and started rocking her while walking around the room.

B-"Shhhh baby, please don't cry"

She finally started to calm down after a couple of minutes, but I knew that if I put her down she would start screaming again. And since she was still awake I needed to get her back to sleep. So I walked out of my room and began walking around the bar. Since it was almost 4 am, there was no one up and all the lights were off. I walked around and rocked Harper, she still wasn't asleep. So I continued to walk around until I heard someone banging on the doors. I heard a familiar mans voice call out something that I couldn't make out. I got really scared and ran upstairs and knocked on Jughead's door.

B-"Jug! Jug!"

I whisper-yelled to his door. After a few more knocks he finally opened the door. His hair was a mess, he was wearing his boxers and a white beater tank top. He rubbed his eyes, trying to wake himself up.

J-"What's wrong?"

B-"T-There's someone b-banging on the door downstairs"

He opened his door wider and signaled for me to come in. I did and he turned on the lamp.

J-"Stay here, I'll be right back"

I sat down on his bed with a wide awake Harper still in my arms.

Jughead's pov:

I walked down the stairs softly, my pocket knife in hand. I finally got the the bottom and heard someone banging on the door, thankfully the doors were locked. He kept on calling out something that I couldn't understand, I finally opened the door and was faced with a guy, about my height, in a black hoodie. I could barely see his face because there were no lights on.

J-"What do you want?"

?-"I'm looking for a girl"

J-"Well she's not here"

?-"But I need to find her"

J-"Well then look somewhere else"

I started to walk away when he grabbed my wrist and pulled me back.

J-"Get your hands off of me"

I stuck out my pocket knife and he backed off a bit.

J-"Get out of here"

He ran away quickly and disappeared into the alleyway. I walked back upstairs and into my room to see Betty sleeping peacefully, with Harper in her arms. Harper was wide away and looked at me innocently. I chuckled then went over and picked Harper up then moved the covers so they were covering Betty.