candy | betty cooper || DISCONTINUED

can you spell it?

juniper sat next to betty and kevin as reggie started talking.

"and sheriff keller's grilling me, mantle the magnificent. 'cause i'd want blossom dead. when he was, like, the only good quarterback we had." juniper rolled her eyes and sighed.

"and speaking of offensive tight-ends, i should've sent the cops to you, moose. because here's another unsolved mystery. what exactly were you and kevin doing at the river, huh? or does being with the sheriff's son give you a free pass? keller," finished reggie. juniper thought he'd never stop talking.

"reggie's just being a blowhard, kev," said betty. juniper nods as kevin replied, "i don't care what he says."

"i mean, let's think about it. if a kid at riverdale killed jason, it's not gonna be a jock, right? now let's be honest. isn't it always some spooky, scrawny, pathetic internet troll too busy writing his manifestos to get laid?" juniper knew where this was headed.

"some smug, moody, serial killer fanboy freak, like jughead," said reggie. juniper mumbled an 'alright' and stood up to stand by jughead.

"what was it like, suicide squad? when you shot jason? you didn't do stuff to the body, did you? like... after," asked reggie. "it's called necrophilia, reggie," jughead started. "can you spell it," finished juniper.

"come here, you little..." reggie jumped up and over the couch heading straight for the twins. jughead got in front of juniper as archie pushed reggie away.

"hey shut the hell up, reggie," said archie. "what do you care, andrews," asked reggie. "nothing, just leave him alone," archie defended.

"holy crap. did you and donnie darko kill him together? and was little wednesday addams in on it too? was it some sort of pervy, blood brother-slash-sister thing," asked reggie.

archie then proceeded to push reggie. reggie paused for a second then pushed archie back into the vending machine. "hey," yelled jughead, trying to break them up as they fell to the floor.

juniper quietly reached for the snacks in the vending machine.

she saw jughead pull reggie off, but not before reggie knocked archie out by giving him a good punch in the face. juniper dropped the snacks in her arms and ran over to reggie to help pull him off.

•••

juniper stared into betty's mirror at her braided pigtails. she took them out and ran her fingers through her hair.

"so that fight with reggie and archie? thoughts," asked juniper. she turned to look at betty.

"no clue but you were just taking snacks until the end," said betty. "i was... hungry. and i was also not interested. kiddie boy fights are cringey," said juniper.

"jun, your hair is so pretty when it's not braided," said betty, walking over to her. juniper blushed and silently thanked her.

juniper turned beet red when she felt betty run her fingers through her soft hair. "w-what are you doing..." asked juniper, stuttering and cursing herself for that.

"your hair. it's soft. i like it."

juniper smiled at her in the vanity mirror. she was so perfect.