Calm Waters [Jughead x Archie]

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Seconds later he pulled away, though those few seconds felt like an eternity. Once he pulled away I didn't open my eyes. I just froze, stunned by his actions. A few minutes ago he was telling me how annoying I was then suddenly he gets the urge to kiss me right when I was going to call him the thousands of names I've always wanted to call him in one sentence?

Sadly sitting here all day with my eyes closed was not going to happen; so I slowly opened them.

Reggie was staring at me and when I opened them fully he rolled his eyes.

"I still find you annoying," He pressed, insulting me once again. Though we were having a moment he always has to find a way to kill it.

"Well I still find you an asshole so, win win?"

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The end of the day was finally here. I couldn't of raced out of that school faster. I went to all my noon classes; since I missed all my morning ones, no me and Reggie didn't sneak off to go make out somewhere. We just had a few second kiss and that was it...

So many fingers and stares were pointed at me today. It's strange really, since I was the boy invisible but now people can't stop look at me.

I was already out of school grounds by the time the majority of my school came outside. I would of asked Reggie to take me home but walking would help clear my mind.

Before I could turn the corner someone grabbed my arm. I immediately turned to face them and it was Archie. My arms attached themselves around his frame, almost like we were magnits.
I buried my face in the crook of his neck, enjoying the scent of his cologne. I missed you, I wanted to say.

He let me hold him for a few moments longer then softly pushed me off.
"I just want to talk." He said when I finally was detached from his body.

So me and Archie walked to my house. My father was gone like usual but right now that didn't matter to me. What mattered to me was the boy in my room.

As I closed my door, I began to speak.
"These past three days have been a living hell for me." I laughed as I leaned against my door. In all honesty it was not funny, it was just funny how much he could hurt me with only a few words.

"I can't take this anymore," he stopped studying my room, swallowing hard as if the words were choking him. His Adams apple bobbed up and down, his hands immediately finding his face. He sat on the edge of my bed.

I didn't feel like pushing him to tell me, I was going to give him all the time he needed before telling me; even if it meant months later.

"Jughead." He said again but this time in a breathless voice, taking a sharp breathe right after.
"Are you, planning on leaving me." He said into his hands that were still shielding his face making his question muffled. I didn't answer, no, but you left me.
"I hurt you, and now you're trying to hurt me,"

"Why would I do that." I questioned. Standing up straight I walked over to him, sitting right next to him.

He uncovered his face only to expose the glistening tears on his cheeks. I wanted to hold him and tell him I would never do something that stupid, but as I reached for him he stopped me by scooting further away. Shattering the last bit of control I had over my feelings.

Archie had rejected me over the phone but seeing him distance himself away from me, like something was wrong with me hurt.

I hated showing weakneas. It didn't matter who, I'm suppose to be the boy with no raw emotion and here I am on the verge of tears because Archie Andrews rejected me. I turned away from him. I wouldn't show him that he was affecting me this much.

"Archie, I would never do anything to ententionally hurt you." I said in a shaky voice as the tears began to swell up so much that I could hardly see the desk in front of me anymore; it was all blurry.

"I can't deal with the texts, or the rumors, or the stares. Jughead I'm not like you. I can't just ignore it even if I tried. Practically the whole town knows. Where ever I go, Jug, it seems like someone's always there to judge me and insult me. My dad wont even talk to me. No one will talk to me." He ranted.

That's it, I couldn't hold them back any longer. I have officially ruined Archie's life without realizing. The tears finally began to fall. I silently sobbed the other direction as he carried on.

"I'm leaving." He said breathlessly.
"I'm leaving Friday."

"To where?" The sharp inhales after only made it so much more obvious, his words only making me cry harder.

"Where ever my money takes me." He rubbed his tears away with his fingers and stood.
" you're the only one that knows because you're the only person worth saying goodbye to." He said, trailing in front of me so he could look at my face.

"Or did you just decide to make my life even more of a living hell." I yelled. I had yelled mostly because Archie had found me out, he has now seen how much he was affecting me. No one's ever seen me cry before.

Everyone always seems to abandon me. My mom, Jellybean, and even my own father.
Now the only person that is worth anything and everything to me is leaving too.

Archie wasn't gone yet but I could already feel the hollowness in my chest. The tears just wouldn't stop coming; seeing this Archie guided his hand towards my face. I wanted to pull away like he had done to me, so he could feel what its like but I couldn't. Archie was wrong about me, he was stronger than me in every way, I had just grow to know all the hate and torture.

I was so choked up that it was getting harder and harder to breathe and I just wanted all this to stop. I felt like I was dreaming right when he said he was leaving. Abandoning me like everyone else who has once walked into my life. His hand was lightly pressed against my right cheek, his thumb worked back and forth to wipe each tear that fell.

"Archie, why did you say that I was planning on leaving you?" I asked as I suddenly remembered he had said that.

"You kissed Reggie." He said in a small voice.
"The fight with you and betty, I saw it, then Reggie looked mad and dragged you outside. I thought he was going to hurt you so I aimlessly followed you guys but he did the complete opposite." Archie rubbed his puffy eyes.

I was going to tell him that I didn't like Reggie but Archie had put me in enough pain these few days, he deserves not to get an answer.

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I know this is really confusing, next chapter you'll understand why Archie thinks Jughead is leaving him and not visversa.
I also decided that I'll be uploading new chapters every two days, though there's only a few chapters left in this book I will carry it on into book two of this book. Hopefully the book will be out by next week sometime.