A Bughead story

Chapter 14

Bettys POV

I woke up to a knocking on the door. I got up to check on who it was. It hurt to walk. My insides feel like they've been rearranged. It's a sick feeling. I almost fall on my way to the door but I was close enough so I fell against the door. "Betty!? Are you okay?!" Just by hearing his voice even though the door Betty knew Archie was the person on the other side of the door. I opened the door and winced. "Ah!" I shouted. Archie immediately put his hand on my waist to keep me steady and from falling. He helped me over back to the couch and laid me there. "Thanks" I smile. "Is everything okay? I heard about what happened in your biology class. Can I get you anything?" He asked then offered. "I think I'm okay. I don't know why I wouldn't be. I don't need anything but thanks for asking Archie." I say. Archie was standing up but he pulled a chair up closer to me so he could sit down. "Your mom told my dad what happened. I can't believe Jughead put you through being pregnant then losing the baby. But don't worry I'm gonna kick his ass." He says in a low angry voice. "Archie it wasn't Jugheads fault. It's not like he could control what happened." I tried explaining to Archie.
"He didn't wear one did he? When he got you pregnant?" Archie was even anger now.

"Archie, why are you so upset about this? Yes. Jughead was wearing one. Go do some research about them. They don't always work, there could have been a tear in it or something I don't know! But what I do know is Jughead did wear one." I say quickly and a little angry.

"Ugh" Archie sighed rubbing his head. I knew he was going to school because he had his backpack on he got up and began to move the chair back. "Archie" I say in a serious tone and he turned around to face me. "You can't say anything to anybody about this. Especially not Jughead. I haven't told him yet and I don't want everyone to know." I tell him. He looks unsure "please Archie" I beg him and he nods and leaves. Right about now is when I start walking to school. I heard my mom walking down the stairs and she gave me some pain medicine. "Betty, FP called me last night and said that Jughead told him what happened at school with you. Fp says Jughead is very worried about you." She says sitting down next to me on the couch. "He did? He's talking with his dad?" I questioned. I sat up and curled my legs to the opposite side of my mom. "Yes and according to him Jugheads living with him too." She smiled and told me. "Wow. You didn't tell Fp what happened did you?" I asked praying she didn't. "He asked but no I didn't. Did you tell Jughead?" She states then asked.
"No not yet. Do I? Do I tell him? I don't know how he's- going to... react" I tried the find the words. "Has he put his hands on you?!" My mom said in a snappy angry voice. "No!" I answered back quickly. "Okay good it just seems to me like he has a temper." My mom says in relief. "He does... but I don't think he'd ever do anything about it. He cares about me." I say in response. Picking at my finger nails. "Betty" my mom grabs my hands. "I'm not telling you what to do but if I were you I'd tell  him. Maybe telling him can smooth things over between you two. Jughead may have hurt you and done some bad things but haven't we all?" She says as a statement in a soft voice. The urge to say 'no offense but you didn't tell Fp you were pregnant' but alas I didn't say it. I just nodded.  "Elizabeth I love you so much, and I hate you see you like this. Hurt and maybe angry but I'd be to exhausted to be angry by now if I were you." She says and I have no idea what she means by that.
"Jugheads having a really hard time and FP is worried about him. He says Jughead won't eat- if you could just reach out to him and let him know your okay and everything that'd be great" she says that and I nod. Why wouldn't Jughead eat? That makes no sense to me at all. I agreed to talk to him and I wasn't lying. I actually thought about reaching out. My stomach turned as I thought about my baby I lost."Mom, I have a confession to make.." took a deep breath and wiped my eyes. "You can't get mad, if you get mad I won't be able to handle it" I tell her and her worried face nods. I scrunched my face up and I felt the tears rolling down my face. "I- I ki- killed my... baby" I sobbed out and my mom looked confused like she didn't understand me but she still pulled me into a hug. I cried into her shoulder for a good two minutes and then she asked me "what do you mean Elizabeth?" She asked still hugging me. I pulled away and wiped my eyes. I felt a little bit calmer now. "I drank a lot of alcohol... when Jughead got- released. I didn't know I was pregnant" I cried shaking my head. "It's okay sweetheart. You can't change what happened." She assures me. "It's sick. I'd drink until I passed out. That's the kind of person I am." I say and let the tears fall down my cheek.
"No Betty, it's the kind of person you were. Not anymore." She says and I just sit there. She lets me be and gives me space to be alone. She goes back upstairs and does whatever it is that she does. I turned the tv on and there were no good shows on so I tried to read a book for school but I wasn't in the mood for it right now it'd be like this for a while. Depressed. I didn't need that type of energy right now. I felt just kinda empty inside. Psychically and Mentally. I spent some time flipping through some old magazines on the table by the couch I was on. Then I checked my phone, social media. This is what I feared. People were talking bad about me and they had taken pictures of me during biology class when I started to give my presentation. They were making fun of me. I scrolled through some of the comments and I saw that Jughead was defending me. I couldn't help but smile. Jughead always had that effect on me. He'd always get so protective and defensive. I think from the moment I found if I was pregnant I knew I had to tell Jughead. He deserves to know. I feel really guilty that it was my fault that my baby died. I killed it. Well at least today was Friday so no school for like two days. It would give me two days to decide what to tell Jughead. I can't believe that Jughead is living with his dad. It makes me wonder where is Gladys, Jugheads mom? She must be living there. Maybe it was their plan to bring Jughead back to them and reunite them as a family? In a sick and twisted way. Frame Jughead for her 'murder' then maybe in all hopes bring him back? It was a stretch. It doesn't seem like Fp would go to such extremes but who could be sure? Wait, wouldn't Sheriff Anderson press charges against Fp or something? He was released rather quickly after- no. I need to stop thinking about this. It's over and done with.