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I was sitting at the table when Jade's phone rang. She hung up.
"We need to get to the hospital now," Jade said.
"What's going on?" Mom asked.
"That was Kailey. Dad was shot at Pop's, Archie's taking him to the hospital," Jade said. "She wants me to go pick her up from the house,"
"Okay, you go. We'll meet you at the hospital," Mom said. We got to the hospital. Archie was covered in blood. Jughead, Betty, Veronica, and Kailey rushed over to Archie. Mom looked at me.
"Sit down and I'll go see if we can get any updates," Mom said. I sat down. Archie started telling us what happened but I zoned out. Jade sat beside me. Mom and Mr. and Mrs. Cooper walked over.
"There isn't any new information. Your dad's in surgery. He's gonna be there for a while," Mrs. Cooper said.
"Uh, Archie. Have you spoken to your mother about any of this yet?" Mom asked.
"No. No, I haven't called her. I'll be right back," Archie walked out. Mrs. Cooper sighed looking at Jughead.
"What?" Jughead asked.
"Mom. Do not start this," Betty said.
"Start what?" Jughead asked.
"Well, of course, I can't help but wonder if your Southside associates had anything to do with what happened to Fred," Mrs. Cooper said.
"Alice, relax," Mr. Cooper said.
"Unbelievable. At least you can't accuse my father of being the shooter, considering he's in jail," Jughead said.
"Oh, my God, I can't handle this," Veronica said leaning back and putting her head on Betty's shoulder.
"I'm gonna go check on Archie," Kailey said. Jade went with her. I went to sit next to Mom. Sheriff Keller walked in. Archie and Jughead went off to talk with him. Betty and Veronica broke off into their own conversation and I sat staring into space. Mom tapped my shoulder.
"There's a young girl over there looking at you," Mom said. I turned my head to see LJ. I walked over to her and she ran over with a pink-haired girl.
"Hi Bailey," LJ said.
"Hey LJ. What are you doing here?" I asked.
"I had a check-up for my leg," LJ said. "What are you doing here?"
"Uh, I'm waiting for my Dad to get out of surgery," I said.
"Hey LJ, go get yourself some snacks from the vending machine," The pink-haired girl said handing LJ a couple of bucks. LJ ran off. "So you're the infamous Bailey?"
"That would be me," I said.
"Toni Topaz," The girl said holding her hand out. I shook her hand. "Is your dad the one that was shot at Pop's?"
