Calm Waters [Jughead x Archie]

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It had been a couple of days since the talk me and Archie had. He would be leaving tomorrow. A week before our Senior Graduation. I at least wanted him to stay til school was over but he had refused and said that he couldn't take it.

Each day that passed by felt more and more uneventful; depressing really. It felt like the same day in and the same day out. I felt like a dead corpse, barely coping with life.

Reggie made a few attempts to talk to me but I had mindlessly ignored him and brushed past him. Maybe I was doing it on Archie's behalf. Maybe I was hoping somehow I hadn't seen him today but somewhere he was here, though it was stupid because I knew deep down that he was already gone.

"Hey juggie." Reggie said as he caught up to me. I said nothing to him in response and carried on, though I knew it wasn't fair to him. I just didn't have the energy since I hadn't been able to get sleep lately. Plus I always felt like I was in a sulking mood, conversation was the last thing on my mind.

"You can't ignore me forever," he finally said, breaking me out of my thoughts. Reggie you'd me surprised at what I can do.
"You regret it don't you." He said a little too loud, people around us started staring even more than usual.
"Well I don't, I liked it." Reggie said as his hand quincidentally touched mine for the hundredth time while he was trying to talk to me.

I stopped at my locker and began to open it so I could put my books back.
"I'm not afraid to tell people." Reggie said as he leaned against the locker beside me.
"Hey everyone!" Mostly all the people standing in the hallway had quieted down. Everyone always listened to Reggie Mantle.
"I like J-" he began before I covered his mouth with my hand so what he was saying was muffled. I could feel his mouth slyly form into a smile only making me want to slap him. Why was Reggie always so irritating?
"Come on Jug, talk to me." Reggie said against my hand, his hot breathe left my hand tingling as I removed it.

"Reggie." I groaned as I turned back to my locker. I had no modavation to sit and have a conversation, especially with him. I began to take new books out of my locker for my afternoon classes.

"Jug-" Reggie grabbed my hand, pulling it down slowly so I couldn't grab another book.
"Please." He said, staring into my eyes with utter sadness. I started feeling guilty now, I was ignoring him without a good reason.

I sighed and shut my locker. Quickly I grabbed his hand in mine, I begin my descent to the library. Once we were there I didn't say anything I waited for him to tell me what he was thinking.

"Do you regret it." Reggie said in a small voice.

I didn't hesitate to say "No," but I did feel guilty. If Archie kissed someone behind my back I'd be furious. But lying isn't the worst thing I've done.

"Then what's wrong?" Reggie groaned while grabbing my arm and placing his head on my shoulder. As badly as I wanted to shutter away from his touch, I didn't. I didn't want to make him feel more worse because of me.

"Archie." I said in a small voice, trying to make it impossible for him to hear.

"Forget about him already I mean if he wanted you he'd be here right now, but he's not." Reggie removed his hands off my arm and folded it a crossed his chest like he was pouting. He stood up again, towering over me.

"Reggie if you knew half of what I knew you'd be hung up on him as much as I would." I growled, offended at what he'd just said. I couldn't just forget about him, especially since Archie is literally the first person I've fell in love with.

"Alright," Reggie sighed as his hands innocently started to play with the hem of my shirt, "that was too far I know. It's just irritating when the guy you like won't shut up about the guy he likes." Reggie said in a low voice. He quickly turned his head away, staring at the book shelves as those words flowed out of his mouth.