To go grocery shopping was always something Alice was used to go alone to, but since her and FP patched things up and they even decieded to move in together, she wasn't that alone at all. It was always FP who wanted to tag along, but today Jellybean decieded to go with her. Since it could be a little better for them to bond.
"So, is it already boring?" She asked Jellybean jokingly when she saw her starring at one spot.
"Huh, what? No not at all. Was just in my thoughts a little bit." She assured her. "But its actually not that boring tho. Quite the opposite."
Alice chuckled. Betty and Polly always rathered to stay at home instead, but to hear that she even found it interesting made her happy.
"Well thats always good to hear, dear."
Alice put her list out of her pocket to check if they really had everything they needed, which didn't got unnoticed by the teenager.
"You're really orginazed. When I went shopping with my Dad we usually just bought what we saw and thought if we needed it."
"Well thats the reason I always give your Dad the cart. He often insisted to do it the other way, but I never trusted him that much." Alice answered, causing her to laugh.
When she leaned a little to look at her list, she saw that they forgot the Cornflakes.
"Hey we forgot the Cornflakes, I can quickly grab them." She suggested. Alice checked and saw that she was right.
"That would be amazing, Thank you."
The Teenager sent her a warm smile and already rushed already to the shelf.
Alice hummed quietly when she leaned on the cart, just looking around to see if there was something they could also need. She got cut out of her thoughts when she heard a familar voice.
"My my my, if that isn't the one and only warden Cooper." Gladys smiled devilishly from behind.
Alice turned around and her eyebrows raised in a matter of second to her hairline. A little shocked to see her actually in Riverdale, but not trying to actually show it.
"If you like to call me that, then use Smith instead." Alice sent her a annoyed glare.
"Well soon or later I will have to call you Jones tho. Since it seems that you are patching things up with the father of my children."
"Gladys its not really your bussines where I and FP stand, since you were so busy leaving them all behind." She said while shrugging her shoulders.
"Oh believe it or not, it is. Its my children you're playing the 'wanna be stepmom' role." Gladys gritted trough her teeth.
"I'm the one who is taking care of your children. I'm the one Jellybean comes to with her problems and I'm the one that Jughead asks for help when he is writing. So to sum it all up, I'm more of the mother role than you've ever been." Alice answered her unasked question, coming a step closer.
"Oh please, thats only because they have to. Do you think they would talk to somebody who looks like a Northside B-"
Before she could end her sentence, Alice grabbed her by the collar of her coat and was already beating her up in her thoughts.
"You should thank God that I'm here with Jellybean, who could show up in a very wrong time. So, before I actually dare to beat the hell out of you up, and trust me I would so not care where we are, you better move your ass of the sight." She tightend her grip. "Got it?".
Gladys didn't answer and finally made it to get out of her grip. She sent her a death glare before making her way out of sight.
Alice let out a breath she didn't knew she hold all the time. She looked around and saw that some people looked at her with wide open eyes.
"Hey, I've think I've found the right one!" Jellybean came with a Cornflakes Carton, noticing her faceual expression. "Everything alright?"
She quickly softened her face. " Yeah, everything is perfectly fine! Come on, lets go."
Jellybean didn't really thought it was alright, but did not think much of it and just went with Alice to the cashier.
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Alice tried to not show what happend today on her mood and expressions, but little did she knew FP knew something was clearly off.
After the kids were down for the night he went upstairs, seeing Alice already changed into her night gown and removing her make up infront of the mirror.
"Hey you." She said with a soft smile, looking at him from the mirror.
"Hey." He sat on their bed, looking at her from behind. "What happend today while you were gone with Jellybean?" He asked.
"Nothing, just went with her grocery shopping." She answered quickly. The idea of him caughing on onto something went trough her head, but she did not try to show him. "Should something be otherwise?"
"I dont know." He went with his hand trough his hair. "Just caught you once or twice starring at the wall like you would want to break it."
"Just had a rough day, thats all." She answered, putting the sewer pipe away and turning around.
FP stood up, standing right infront of her, so he could face her properly. "Al, I'm more than sure that something happend. And you looking like that after both of you came back isn't a concidense, is it?"
Alice huffed, having enough of hiding. "Alright fine, you caught me. There was something, but i don't think you're going to be thrilled about it."
"Well whatever it is, you can tell me." He did not want to push her to say it, but also didn't like the fact she was hiding something that made her that mad.
"When I went out with JB," She started, fiddling with his flannel to get distracted a little. "I ran into Gladys."
FP's eyes winded a little. "Gladys? What is she doing in Riverdale?"
Alice shrugged her shoulders. " I don't know, seemed to have the perfect time to annoy the hell out of me. Anyways, it all started with her calling me warden Cooper, which I really don't felt bothered by. But then she suddenly told me that Jughead and Jellybean thought I was a Northside Bitch and that was when I lost it."
"Can I ask what've you done?"
Alice narrowed her eyes at him. "Why don't you just take a wild guess about what I could do to her in the middle of a grocery shop?"
"I don't know, I would believe you if you'd tell me you beat her up." He joked and wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Well I did it in my mind, but I just grabbed her by the collar of her coat and hold her a little speech, thats all, sadly."
FP could think what this little speech was about. Being pretty sure that it was not about having respect to someone else.
When her eyes drifted away, he cupped her cheek with his one hand, his other arm still not loosing the grip on her waist.
"Honey, I can assure you to 100% Jug and Jellybean don't think of you that way. Jellybean told me the other day how much she adored you." A small smile creeped on her face when he told her that. "So please don't give a shit about what Gladys says, sometimes she really does not know what she is talking about."
She smiled softly and pecked a kiss on his lips.
"But I wish I saw that little fight. Would've been really hot to see you nearly beating her up." He admitted with a devilish smile.
Alice bit her lip. "You would've wanted to see that?"
"Oh yeah, totally. But to have the real badass right here with me is something which turns me on more." And with that he fused their lips together.
She giggled into the kiss and he walked them back, so that her legs would hit the bed and she would lay down.
A/N:
Well it was always a dream of mine to see Gladys and Alice fighting.
