The Tale of Opposite Souls

18) 𝒟𝑒𝒻𝑒𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 ℋ𝑜𝓃𝑜𝓇

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𝓑𝓮𝓽𝓽𝔂𝓼 𝓟𝓞𝓥

I had finished my tests with a physician as I widened my eyes as I muttered to my mother "that hurt so much..."

She laughed saying "it's the price of childbirth."

I sighed and the physician said "she is indeed with child."

My parents and Jugheads parents both cheered and I looked at Jughead and looked away as the physician had told us "it's hard to tell when it may be due but it seems everything is okay."

I sighed and rubbed the back of my neck.

"Thank you..." I told her and he nodded and left as my mother held my hands.

"You get to be a mother, are you not happy?" I looked at my mother and frowned getting up and leaving the room.

I held my stomach as I went quick on my feet as I made it outside.

I sat on a bench and suddenly heard "well."

I looked up seeing one of Jugheads mistresses and said "please I am not in the mood."

She sat beside me saying "congratulations on your child, I'm sure it will be a fantastic birth...sadly to say it will be your only child from Jughead. Oh well."

I told her "I hate you."

She told me "it's not my fault Jughead cannot love you."

I sniffled and told her "just get out of my space."

She smirked and whispered in my ear "Jughead will always choose any of us over you, you just get over whatever feelings you had and return to your hatred of him. It won't do you or the baby any good if you continue holding on for hope...you poor little thing. You will always have the sad life of a Queen."

She got up and I swallowed loudly as she walked away and I looked up at her and held my chest and held my stomach.

I rubbed my stomach shutting my eyes as I cried holding my face in my hands.

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𝓙𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓭𝓼 𝓟𝓞𝓥

Our families and I were walking to my throne as my father yelled continuous insults at me.

"Jughead I taught you better than this!"

I laughed out loud "and look where I am now! This is what I've become!"

He scoffed out "what has gotten into you I've never treated you like this!"

I told him "yes because you've beaten me! You've kicked me around, well no longer father I am your king and you will respect me!"

He told me "I have no respect for my son who knows nothing."

My mother told him "Fp just calm down. You have no right to speak to him in that way."

I sighed and told him "you know perhaps if I had a father who didn't use me like a prisoner to beat up at any given moment perhaps I would be different."

He grabbed my collar and Bettys father had told him "FP be easy on him, being King is not an easy task and you know this."

My father laughed at him "oh you do not know Harold. He's nothing."

He shoved me away telling him "this boy is an imbecile! He knows nothing!"

I looked at him shouting "you have never treated me as your son and perhaps if you had, maybe I would be happy to have a child! Perhaps if you treated mother with more respect than I would be the husband I can be for Elizabeth! Perhaps if you were a better king than beating your own son than I would be a better king!"

And with that my father punched me. My head moved to the right as he grabbed my collar and continued punching me. I heard my mother screaming my name as I grabbed my father's arms trying to protect myself as I hit him back.

"You think you are so tough but you aren't any longer! I am the King and you will treat me with respect!"

He hit me again and I continued protecting myself as Elizabeth's father tried to help me and I held up my arms as my father continued to do what he wanted.

He punched me and I didn't stop him as I glared up at him "FP you're being too harsh on the boy. Perhaps Elizabeth just needs time still."

Bettys father told him and he laughed out loud "my son is just pathetic. He's stupid and he's cruel."

He continued beating me and I laughed out "please continue on father, I know you, you're just as pathetic as I am. Thinking beating me will be the way to satisfy your anger."

He punched me again and shoved me to the ground as I coughed and spit up the blood as I laughed at him.

"Look at this, you beat not only your king but your son."

As he was about to hit me again we suddenly heard "what is going on!?"