The Last Summer (Bughead Fanfic)

Item Number 25: Defy Your Mother

Sunlight streamed through the pale pink curtains of Betty's room. Two bodies moved around in the bed, both squirming to get away from inevitable dawn. Their legs touched, and both people shot up in bed, wondering where the hell they were and how they got there.

Betty pulled the covers over her body, quickly realizing that she was only in her underwear, and trapped in bed with some strange guy. 

Sweet Pea jumped out of bed, also realizing he was not in his room. Instead, he was in some big, pink room, with a super hot, strange, blonde girl.

"Um, who the hell are you?" They blurted at the same time. 

"I live here," Betty said, "What the hell are you doing in my room?"

"Uhhh I don't know? Did we have sex or something?" Sweet Pea nervously tried to play off that he was naked. In a  girl's room. That he didn't know.

Betty scoffed, "Wow, really? That's your first thought? We fucked? No, dude I would've never done that with some stranger."

"Okay, then you wanna explain why I slept naked in you're bed, princess?"

Just then, the events of last night came flooding back to Betty. She had done the first item on her bucket list, gotten completely drunk. However, there had been one other thing that happened.....

.....LAST NIGHT......

A drunk young gang member had gotten his hand's on the Serpent King's infamous gun, and being the stupid person he was, decided to fire it. Thinking that the bar was under attack, Sweet Pea knew he had to protect Betty.

"Betty, come on, let's go!" Grabbing her hand, they ran out the back, trying to get as far away from the bar as possible. 

"Where do you live?" He asked her. Seeing the look on her face, he explained, "Not like that. I just want to get you home safe." Betty smiled and told him her address. Together, they ran all the way to Betty's house.

When they got there, Betty fell into bed, moaning at the feeling of comfort. Sweet Pea's ears perked up at the sound, thinking about what it would be like if he caused her to make that sound. Before he could daydream too much, Betty called over from the bed:

"Sweets? Can you help me get undressed?"

He turned around, only to see the girl struggling to unzip her short pink dress. He smiled at her adorableness.

"Here, let me help," he offered, sitting down on the bed and unzipping her dress. He slowly pulled it off her body, throwing it to the floor once he was done. Betty was staring at him the whole time, lips slightly parted, soft sighs escaping her mouth. They sat on the bed, gazing at each other, Betty half naked in her pale pink lace underwear. Sweet Pea started to get up, knowing that he shouldn't stay, but Betty pulled him back down to the bed.

"Stay," she said, "Please, stay here where its safe."

That was all it took for Sweet Pea to latch his lips onto the girl's, relief flooding into his body realizing that he was finally kissing her. Betty ran her hands over his body, desperate for his clothes to come off, slowing pulling off his shirt and unzipping his pants. They kept kissing until they both were in their underwear, Sweet Pea hovering over Betty, waiting for her consent to keep going. Instead of nodding like all the other girls he'd done this with, Betty pulled away, rolling over to the other side of the bed, not quite ready to give away her virginity yet. 

Sweet Pea tried to say something, then understood she must not be ready yet, so he moved over to his side of the bed, and quickly fell asleep, being comforted by the fact that neither of them would remember this in the morning.

.....Present Time.....

Betty let out a gasp, realizing that she had almost given herself away to this...this... stranger. She stood up quickly, keeping her blanket wrapped around her. 

"Sweets, I'm sorry, but you need to leave. Like, right now. If my mom finds you, she'll kill me. Plus, I'm just not ready for this yet."

"Ready for what? Who are you?" Sweet Pea said, still not remembering the events of last night. 

"I'm Betty. We met last night at the bar. We almost had sex, but I stopped it. Got it?"

"Um, I guess so?" He replied still really confused.

"You'll remember later. Just, please, I really need you to go before my mother finds us."

Just then, Betty's mother, Alice, came barging into the room with a tray full of pancakes.

"Good morning, Betty! How are- OH MY GOD! WHO IS THAT? ELIZABETH COOPER!!!" 

Sweet Pea rushed to grab a blanket, covering himself to the best of his ability.

"WHY IS HE NAKED? WHY ARE YOU NAKED? DID YOU HAVE SEX IN MY HOUSE WHILE I WAS SLEEPING NEXT DOOR?" Alice yelled at the top of her lungs, face red from anger and embarrassment.

"No! God, no Mom. This is my friend, uh, Alex, and he just, uh, took me home last night from the senior party at Veronica's. We just fell asleep and forgot to put pajamas on after a, uh, bad game of strip poker. That's it Mom, I swear. Right, uh, Alex?" Betty replied, the lie nervously slipping off her tongue. 

"Yeah, Miss. That's all it was," Sweet Pea/Alex responded. 

Alice sighed, not fully believing the lie, "Fine. Both of you get dressed, then Betty, come downstairs so we can further discuss your punishment."

Betty sighed, about to give in, then realized, this was her chance, to finally stand up to her mother. 

"You know what Mom? No. I'm not getting punished for this! I'm 18! I'm an adult! You can't control me forever! If I wanna have sex with a guy, or sleep with one, I will! You don't control me anymore, Mom. I'm my own person, and if you don't accept that, then I guess I'll just leave."

Betty stood defiantly, glaring down her mother, until her mother gave in and left. Betty let out a breath she didn't know she was holding, and turned around to see Sweet Pea smiling in wonder at her. 

"Betty, that was amazing. What happened?" He asked.

Betty smiled, realizing what she had just done, "Item number 25."

A/N: That's the next part! Sorry, I'm not going in order of the list, but I'm doing it in the way that makes the most sense to me. You might want to refer to the list in the chapter 'The Bucket List' or I'll have what it is posted in the title. Thanks for reading!