more than friends ✩ beronica

chapter eighteen: night out

next episode of riverdale is on march 30th (a day before my birthday cool) which sucksss and also the series finale of the vampire diaries is tonight so try to catch my reference in this chapter. THANK YOU FOR 20K!!!

betty

after the whole school found out about me and veronica it's been... alright? cheryl's master plan to out us wasn't working but my mom was asking questions and it was hard to dodge them. stuff like, "i've heard rumours about you and your little friend veronica, they're not true right?" with a smile that told me she wouldn't take it well if it was.

"veronica how did you come out to your parents?" i went over to veronica's house for a study date but we haven't done much studying, and polly was asleep.
"don't remember," veronica laughed, "i just eat them down and told them i was bisexual. my mom was okay with it but my dad took a bit of convincing. that's how he's always been." she sighed. i groaned out loud. after polly coming back, pregnant with jason's baby i didn't want to burden my mom anymore.

"well, even if in the future we're married and you haven't come out, i'll still love you." veronica smiled at me. i blushed sheepishly, "so, we're going to get married?" i giggled, rolling on top of her.

"yep, we'll plan a june wedding." she sighed dreamily, leaning down to kiss me. the sound of the door opening both made us push the other off,

"oh my god, sorry, was i interrupting something?" mrs. lodge awkwardly laughed, stepping out of the room. i opened my textbook to a random page, veronica sitting up on the bed with her head in her hands.

"oh my god mooooooom!" veronica looked up. i cleared my throat as her mom came back in. "i'm sorry veronica, but i just had something to tell you! i'll be working late tonight so i won't be home until next morning." they exchanged a few words before mrs. lodge left.

"so, wanna go clubbing?" veronica grinned at me.

after we arrived at this club along with reggie and josie, my head was already pounding because of the music thumping from outside. reggie handed us all fake i.ds to use and the bouncer seemed to believe i was a 31 year old from texas. at first we all just talked but we slowly trickled in on to the dance floor and in a matter of minutes we were all dancing against each other, and i could hardly hear myself think.

we were all laughing, everyone getting drunk (except me, i was going to be the driver). reggie and i both went to request some songs at one point, and i actually danced with someone i had never met before, i felt kind of free. after a few hours we went to go sit in a lounge and all i had was water.

"oh my god when cheryl tried to out you guys it was hilarious." josie laughed with the group, "it was kind of obvious already. nobody who's just friends looks at each other the way you guys do." she continued and reggie nodded.
"alright enough with this romance talk." he spoke up for the first time in the conversation. veronica rolled her eyes,
"and how about you and archie andrews? we can't be the only gay couple in this school." she teased, i almost choked on my drink. reggie shut up after that.

veronica started ranting about her mom, how she would do that to her and her father and how fred andrews was really a strange choice. someone who worked at the club walked up to us, questioning our right to be at the club as we looked so young. veronica and josie both chatted him up before the guy left. reggie and i burst into laughter,

"that was close." he said. the night was slowly coming to an end and i drove josie and reggie both back to their houses, dropping off veronica last.

"you wanna come in?" veronica offered and i agreed hesitantly. she didn't seem drunk but she definitely was tipsy and i didn't want to take advantage of her.

"so now that we're home do you wanna..." veronica didn't finish her sentence, her arms reaching around my neck. i rolled my eyes and pushed her off, "not tonight ronnie. come on, let's get you to bed." but she hardly made it back as she passed out. i wrapped a blanket around her and kissed her nose and went off to the guest room to sleep as well.