Bughead 💘 | Wattys2017

Chapter 3

The strobe lights were seeping through the fog coming from off the stage. The music was blaring loudly from the speakers. The hype of the crowd was high. Josie and the Pussycats were rocking out hardcore on stage tonight. Nothing out of the ordinary appeared as if it were going to happen.

I had never been to a concert before, so I awkwardly stood next to Jughead and Veronica. Veronica was going all out, jumping up and down, singing along, she was practically like a maniac who was drunk on the music itself. Archie kept cheering and making dopey love eyes at Valerie. At one point, Valerie was rocking a solo and came over to the edge of the stage just to softly brush her hand against Archie's face. He blushed. Jughead just kind of stood there next to me, hands in his pockets, smiling and occasionally glancing in my direction. Eventually, Reggie came over and he and Veronica almost appeared to have a thing going. Needless to say, there was lots of flirting going on. Then there was me. I'd never been to a concert, so I just stood there awkwardly and cheered after every song.

Then the last song played. It was a slow song.

"Now, I want y'all to grab your special someone and look them in the eyes for this one. Dance real slowly if you'd like," Josie said softly through the mic.

Jughead turned to me and offered his hand, with a smirk on his face. "Shall we?" He joked. I nodded. I placed one hand on his shoulder and the other in his. He tightly grabbed my one hand and put his other hand gently against my lower back. We couldn't stop staring at each other. I can't remember if the music stopped, or if time just froze, but it felt like Jughead and I were the only two folks in the world in that moment. His soft, blue eyes stared into mine. Our faces were inches apart. I kept looking at his lips, he kept looking at mine. We both closed our eyes and leaned in. Our lips had barely grazed each other when....

"Don't you dare touch me again, you pig!" I turned around and saw Veronica slap Reggie across the face. She then preceded to stomp on his foot and then storm off. I turned to Juggie and shrugged.

"Ehhh shouldn't you probably go to her, Bets?" Juggie inquired. I sighed.

"Yeah. Sorry Juggie." I frowned. "But catch you later at home?" He grinned.

"Yeah. If I can figure out a way to sneak in without your folks noticing.... again." He winked, kissed me on the cheek, and then casually walked off to talk to Archie. He looked over his shoulder and quietly snickered when he saw how red I was. Don't get me wrong, I loved when he made me blush, but I'm not into "public displays of affection," more like "private displays of affection." I quickly pivoted on my heels to go follow Ronnie.

I saw her head into her limo, but I quickly grabbed the handle on the other side.

"Hey. Can I join you?" I asked. Veronica nodded, so I hopped in.

"I just, I can't believe that Mantle jerk. Thinking he could feel me up while dancing! What kind of scum does that?" Veronica looked as if fire was coming out of her ears. She had her arms and legs crossed. Her scowl would have scared the crap out of me, except I knew that it was directed towards Reggie. "I mean, honestly, Betty! I'm not an 'easy' kind of girl. Who does he think he's messing with?" She pointed at herself then rolled her eyes. "I wish that he had been as much of a gentleman as Jughead was with you." Her gaze softed when she mentioned me and Jughead. I decided to blush again. I didnt know quite how to respond to that. She put her hand on my shoulder and looked me directly in the eyes. "Honey, you and Jughead have something really special. I hope you know just how lucky you are to have him."

"I know. Thanks, Ronnie." I gave her a hug. "And you'll find your special someone too. I just know it." I pulled away from the hug.

"Oh I know I will." We laughed. "Thanks for coming to check on me... and for listening to me vent."