more than friends ✩ beronica

chapter thirteen: apologies and memories

veronica

  today i had to face archie and talk about what happened that night. i know he was drunk, but from then on i just felt like i couldn't trust him. i had to move past this and repair our friendship.

i sat at our usual lunch table with betty, kevin and jughead. we all talked about the recent development in jason's death, but mostly about 'ms. grundy' and archie's relationship. betty and i had broken into the teachers car and found a gun and an id that had ms. grundy's face, but not her name. she had left the following day. this all happened last weekend so it was still fresh in everyone's minds, especially archie's.

he arrived at the table and my head spun for a second. i took a bite out of my tray and looked over at betty who gave me a reassuring nod. "archie-kins, could we talk over there?" i tilted my head to point at the nearby tree. he finished the last of his sandwich,
"sure."

we walked together and i stopped him once we reached a place where nobody could hear us. jughead had found out about what happened even if we didn't want him to, and kevin probably knew as well but he didn't say anything.

"you know that party at reggie's house? and you were like blackout drunk?" i crossed my arms over my chest. even with heels, he was still taller than me.
"yeah! do you remember what happened? i woke up and my head hurt and i was just -"
"you forced yourself on me, archie." i interrupted his talking. his face fell,
"like, did i...?" archie didn't finish his sentence, but i knew what he meant.
"no! but you did kiss me and i felt very uncomfortable." i stood up taller, trying to act more confident.
archie stuttered, "i-i'm so sorry. i don't know how to make this up, oh my god i'm so sorry." his apologies flooded out. i know archie didn't mean to do this. he was kind and gracious, and i had forgiven him long ago but this would still be engraved in my memory. i forced a smile,
"i forgive you. i still want to be friends with you, i just had to tell you this." i spoke. it was hard but i had to move on. we both hugged and walked back over to the table.

archie's redemption arc is what i live for but i didn't want veronica to pass it by like what he did was okay so here u go, these past two chapters have been poorly written but i have to move the storyline along so yah keep on reading if you want