Last December

Chapter 09: Lay in day

December 23rd, 2023, 9:15am.

In the meadow, we can build a snowman
and pretend that he's a circus clown.
We'll have lots of fun with Mr. Snowman
until the other kids knock him down.

"Winter wonderland"
by Leona Lewis.

"Do you know when Jug and Archie headed to bed yesterday?" Fangs asked, preparing scrambled eggs. Veronica shrugged, slurping her coffee.

"We can let everyone sleep in today, I guess. There's not much else to do" She explained, reaching some spices to the other. Fangs thanked her, adding them to the egg milk mix. The two ate breakfast together.

The rest of the group came down an hour or two later. Only Jughead and Archie were left, still in their rooms, though there was light in Archie's.

When it was time for lunch, Veronica headed upstairs to knock on his door. When he hummed, she peeked inside.

"Want some lunch?"

Archie was still laying in his bed, blanket drawn to his neck and nose red.

"You okay?"

"No, I think that I'm getting sick"

"That's because you went outside and laid in the snow, naked, for ten minutes yesterday"

"We cut it down to five actually. I think, I'll just lay in today"

"Alright, you do you. I'll leave some lunch for you in the fridge then. And we'll probably head outside for some fun in case we're gone"

"Thanks, V"

"You're welcome" She smiled softly, walking out of the room and closing the door behind her. After that, she walked over to Jughead's room to check up on him as well. He was still laying in bed, blanket wrapped around his body like a cocoon. The laptop was propped up next to him, a dim light illuminating his face. Seeing him fast asleep, she just put a post it on his door before leaving him to sleep.

'Gonna go outside, lunch is in the fridge'

After they all washed the dishes, they got into coats and everything else before heading outside. Once she had locked the door, they headed down the hill to get to the park. Well, Sweat Pea and Fangs rode down on the sleight, almost crashing into three cars and one tree on their way but coming out completely fine.

They were outside for multiple hours, forgetting about the time completely. It's not like it mattered anyways though. When the cold had moved into their bones, they decided to head back up. Since Fangs and Sweat Pea were pulling up Betty on the sleight, Veronica and Reggie were the first up and standing in front of the Lodge.

As Reggie got Veronica out of her coat, his arm wrapped around her waist, pulling her against him.

"What are you doing?" She asked, chuckling.

"Trying to warm up?" Reggie whispered, caressing her face with his other hand before pulling her in a kiss.

"You can warm up with the hot chocolate"

"No, I'd rather warm up on you"

Who would say no to that?

December 23rd, 2023, 3:23pm.

It's getting late but we don't want to go
and Mariah's on the radio,
so, baby, kiss me or we'll never know.
We can blame it on the mistletoe.