SPARKS

FRIENDS?

" c'amon V, I already accepted your proposal now you are going to play dress up with me?" Jughead asked in disbelief wishing he never came looking for her.

"yes you have to and you are not going to wear that....old suit, You have to look acceptable and presentable if your coming with me "

V said as she went checking one tuxedo after the other as if she was shopping for her husband.
" just say you are doing this because you are afraid I will embarrass you and now you trying to turn me into one of your puppets." Jughead couldn't stop talking blubbering nonsense and blaming her which irritated her even more.

"Jughead can you just stop!, you've always been like this, never changed even at the edge when i am trying to help you, you find faults in me. If you can never have a normal conversation with me better stay quiet." Veronica snapped finally had it with his words that always found ways to hurt her.

By this Jughead found himself quiet, they've been quiet the whole time even when she picked him a dark blue tuxedo that she found suited him.

" I'll pick you up at 20:30pm, till then you can get prepared." Veronica spoke dropping him near his place. She wanted to ask if he was still living with Betty but it wasn't her place to ask. Jughead could tell she had something in mind. " about....earlier....."

" Jughead don't apologise for speaking your mind out not most of us get a chance to do that."

She said closing the door and asked Smithers to leave.
Jughead now felt bad, was this another ways she was trying to do to make him feel as a bad person? Veronica had become so different, sometimes different from the old Veronica he remembered.

It was crazy for him to say but she turned a bit soft and maybe it had to do with what she was also going through.

He decided to knock at Betty's House hoping she wasn't around and maybe ask Mrs Cooper if she could let him stay till when Veronica arrives to pick him up. It was exhausting shopping with her and he hoped after tonight it'll be his last encountering with her.

"Son,.....what are you doing here?" He was surprised seeing his dad open the door with Mrs Cooper behind. He hasn't seen his his old man since last year and just seeing him there infront of him made him jump and hug him. Fp hugged back, it was an emotional kind. He felt bad he had no idea he was in town.
" I didn't know you were in town, I...feel very bad." He got in as Alice helped him with the package. " c'amon neither did I, I just arrived this morning and Alice was telling me about the reunion and it made me think of you." He took his son with his arm and sat next to him asking him to tell him all about Newyork.
Jughead didn't want to worry his dad about his exhausting life so he skipped all the bad parts.

" Well welcome home but if you came back yesterday where are you staying?" He curiously asked with a change of expression knowing that the serpents wouldn't welcome him back not after what he wrote in his book.

" actually at the....five season...I didn't want to...you know." Jughead stammered knowing how it deeply affected him to stay one house with his ex.
" I understand boy, she's not around though I guess she might be busy with her usual FBI business." Fp smiled proudly to see his son again.

" so I've noticed the tuxedo Jones planning to go to the reunion?" Alice smiled bringing some coffee for him and Fp. Gosh why did she have to bring that up? " I thought Betty...." yap Betty the sweet girl who tells her mom everything.

" actually I changed my mind." I forced a smile at Alice remembering how she likes interrogating people since that's what journalists do.

" that's good boy, you've really changed." Fp pat his shoulder. When he remembered what Veronica said to him earlier about him not changed. " so who's your plus one?" Alice asked withdrawing her cup of coffee from her mouth. " she'll be here later but now I'd like to use one of the rooms Mrs Alice." I cried heading up the Cooper House stairs.