A Forever Kind of Thing

Mantle the Mangled

"What are you reading?" Veronica asked as they entered the school on the next day.

Her twin continued reading on her phone as she answered bluntly "Painless ways to kill myself, this city had me suicidal at some point"

Veronica pulled on her cheek, making Reina wince as she slapped her hand away with a scowl, while the youngest twin glared at her.

"Don't play with those things, idiota"

Reina brushed her red cheek softly as she tried to lessen the pain, still scowling at her twin as Veronica rolled her eyes at her, before looping their arms together as she pulled Reina to the student lounge with her.

"And Sheriff Keller's grilling me, Mantle the Magnificent" Reina squinted her eyes as she looked around, trying to find the imbecile that was talking. "Cause I'd want Blossom dead, when he was like the only good quarterback we had"

Had to be the players didn't it?

Reina and Veronica quickly spotted Jughead on the corner, walking over to the loner boy who seemed more interested in the book on his hand then whatever was leaving Reggie's mouth.

Reina could relate, since she leaned against him and started to read from the page he was, immediately identifying the book as Fahrenheit 451, while Veronica twirled the ring on her sister's finger, taking in everything that was being said around.

"And speaking of offensive tight-ends, I should've send the cops to you, Moose. Because here's another unsolved mystery, what exactly were you and Kevin doing at the river, huh?" Reggie continued with a taunting smile "Or does being with the sheriff's son give you a free pass? Keller?"

"I mean, let's think about it, if a kid at Riverside killed Jason, it's not gonna be a jock, right? Isn't it always some spooky, scrawny, pathetic internet troll, too busy writing his manifestos to get laid? Some smug, moody, serial killer fanboy freak, like Jughead?"

Reina's eyes slowly left the words on the book, trailing upwards until she met those of the jock.

"What was it like, suicide squad? When you shot Jason? You didn't do stuff to the body, did you? Like... after?"

Veronica's grip on her hand tightened.

"It's called necrophilia, Reggie, can you spell it?"

Matching grins broke out on the twins' faces, before Reina quickly placed herself in front of her twin and Jughead as Reggie jumped over the couch to get to him.

"Get out of my way"

Reina's finger quickly curled on a fist around his shirt as she shoved him back, her face blank of emotions as the jock bared his teeth at her like an animal.

"Was that an order?" Reina questioned slowly, a smirk raising on her lips her fingers twitched in anticipation.

"Your name has no power here, Lodge, get out of my way before I make you"

Reina chuckled at this, fingers instantly closing in fists by her side as she clicked her tongue, shaking her head in disapproval.