Riverdale Oneshots

The Accident (Bughead)

Betty Cooper's POV

Jughead and I were sitting at the dining table waiting for his dad to join us. We had invited him over from his trailer to try and reason with him about our engagement. He was angry that Jughead picked me over a serpent and told me that I wasn't good enough for his son. Jughead fought with him for hours until he finally kicked him out

Jughead- "he's not coming Betts, let's just eat" Betty- "he still might show up, you don't know" Jughead- "I do Betty, he does this every damn time!" He angrily pushed himself away from the table and stomped upstairs. I cleaned up the dining table and went to see where he was.

I knocked on our bedroom door before opening it to find him just sitting on the end of the bed with his head in his hands. Betty- (softly) "oh Juggie"
I went over to him and put my head on his shoulder before giving him a quick kiss on his head. Betty- (softly) "I'm sorry he didn't come, I know you wanted to make amends" Jughead- (sighs) "I just wanted to make him see that you were perfect for me" Betty- "who cares? You and I know that were perfect and that's all we need"

He looked up and met my eyes as I let out a small smile. Jughead- "I love you, no matter what anyone says" Betty- "I love you too" we kissed before I got up and put some pyjamas on. After I came back out we both crawled in bed. He kissed my cheek as we both reached for the books we were currently reading.

We were like an old married couple, lights out by eleven but then something happened

Around three thirty am Jughead's phone started ringing with an unknown number. He woke me up before answering the call. I got up turned on the light, before sitting back down. I was sitting crossed legged while facing him as he was sitting up, still under the covers.

I tried really hard to read his face but he was a statue, I obviously knew it was bad news but I couldn't think of what it could be. After he hung up the call, he sat and stared at the wall until I grabbed his hand. Betty- (softly) "what happened Juggie?" He shook his head and looked at me with sorrowful eyes

Jughead- "my dad" that was the only thing he was able to say. He just stood up and walked into our bathroom. I looked at the door before going into the closet and getting dressed. I knew from his body language that we were going to the sheriffs station which was never good. He came out and got dressed before we got in the car

The drive was silent until we got there. We sat in the parking lot as I took his hand. Betty- (softly) "can you tell me?" I looked at me. Jughead- "he hit a car, a family" my mind didn't have time to process as he immediately got out of the car, I followed quickly behind as we went inside. We found sheriff Keller who was looking over some paperwork.

Sheriff Keller- "I'm sorry for your loss Jughead" Jughead- "he was drunk wasn't he?" Sheriff Keller looked at me and nodded slightly. Sheriff Keller- "we think so, we won't know for sure until the autopsy results come back" Jughead- "is any of the family okay?" Sheriff Kellar looked down as my heart sank. Sheriff Kellar- "out of the family of seven, only one survived. The four year old girl." My hands cupped my fast as Jughead's arms wrapped around me. Sheriff Kellar- "we called her grandmother but she doesn't want her so it's probably going to be the system"

Betty- "can we see her?" Sheriff Kellar- "she's at the hospital right now but if you tell them I gave you permission then you should be fine. Her name is Ellie Pierce." Both Jug and I nodded as we made our way to the hospital. We quickly ran to the front desk and found what room she was in. When we found her with a nurse was playing dolls with but stopped when he stopped us. Nurse Daniel- "are you two family?" Jughead- "my dad caused the accident, I needed to see her" he nodded and left us alone with but stayed close by.

Jughead looked at me as I slowly walked over to the small girl. Her arm was wrapped up in a bright pink cast which broke my heart even more

Betty- "hi sweetie, my name is Betty. You're Ellie right?" She nodded as Jughead came over to us Betty- "and this is my fiancé, Jughead" she let out a smile giggle after hearing his name but quickly stopped .Jughead- "it's okay, you can laugh. I know it's kinda silly" she smiled but then asked a question neither Jug or I was ready for.

Ellie- "are you taking care of me?"

She seemed smart for her age which worried us, Jughead and I looked at each other. He nodded and I knew exactly what we were both thinking. I smiled at the girl before stepping out of the room and calling Sheriff Keller. I asked him if it would be okay if Jughead and I fostered her for awhile. He called in a few favours and a couple days later we were taking her home from the hospital

Ellie- "thank you Be-Be and Jug!" She hugged me tightly before running over to Jug. He picked her up and set her on his hip. Jughead- "of course El, we care about you so much" she nodded as he set her down and she ran to her brand new bed and room. She seemed so happy to be with us and every time I saw her smile it made me feel warm inside. Jughead and I had never really talked about having kids, It never really got brought up but it was definitely a yes after taking care of Ellie

After a couple of months we were tucking her into bed and reading her a story when something unexpected happened. Ellie- "Be-Be? Can I call you Momma?" We both stopped and looked at her. Ellie- "and Juggie, daddy?" Jughead and I looked at each other and smiled. Betty- "sure baby, only if you want to" her smile became bigger then I had ever seen as she got up and hugged us super tight. Ellie- "I do! I love you" Jughead- "we love you too, cupcake" Betty- "with all our hearts"

We kissed her forehead, turned her light off and her nightlight on. Ellie- "good night Momma and daddy!" Betty- (giggles) "good night sweetheart"

We closed her door and went to our bedroom. Betty- "well that just happened" Jughead- "yeah, you're okay with it, right?" Betty- "definitely, are you" Jughead- "I mean the reason she's with us is tragic but I love her so much" Betty- "I was thinking, maybe we should adopt her?" He smiled and hugged me which took me by surprise. Jughead- "I've been thinking about that since they day we brought her home"

He picked me up and spun me around, making me giggle and laugh.

The next day we asked her if it would be okay with her if we became her official parents. She jumped up and down with happiness. By her fifth birthday, she was ours. A couple years later we gave her a little baby brother but because she was only four years old when the accident happened, she asked us questions. We would always answer without a problem until one night. Ellie- "who was the man that hit the car?" Jughead looked at me terrified but I took his hand. Jughead- "he was my father. He wasn't in the right headspace to drive when he hit the car at a red light" he but his lip as Ellie took a second to process but then hugged him. Ellie- "I don't blame you dad, you had nothing to do with it" she hugged me after and we were true family, no matter what.