Calm Waters [Jughead x Archie]

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"Archie wait up, you're my ride." I called out to him in the parking lot. He was far ahead of me. I had never regretted saying anything this much in my life. As I reached the car Archie was already inside. His left elbow was propped up on the window as his hand slowly slid into his hair. I opened the door and sat down reluctantly.

"I don't know if I love him, he just said it and I had no other option." I explained.

"That's the thing Jughead, you're playing with his feelings and also mine." Archie's voice came out rough. I was actually surprised because he had yelled at me.

"Me? I'm playing with your feelings? That's so fucking funny because I wasn't the one who left for more than a week and practically stopped talking to me for no reason but decided to hell with it and keep in contact with two people that I didn't even know you talked to Archie. Funny how you're upset with me when you're the one waltzing into my life again after you said you were leaving. I'm not sorry that Reggie is here to replace you. I've found out these past few weeks that Reggie is actually a good person and I also found out he liked me all along thats why he was always screwing with me. And then there you are and we fuck then you blow me off, then you come back, then I jack you off in the boys locker room and you leave again? For what? Lame rumors? No actually it was the truth and something you don't want to own up to because you're a pussy!" I yelled back.

Out of breathe I inhaled deeply staring at him. A frown plastered on my face as I watched him stare back at me. His face had softened as if he wasn't mad at me anymore.

"Wow." He replied.

"That's all you have to say?" I said a little too forcefully. It sounded as if I was going to leap out of my seat and beat the shit out of Archie, which was something I actually wanted to do.
Archie didn't answer my question. I rolled my eyes at him and huffed, turing towards the window so I wouldn't build up the courage to actually punch Archie.

"I love you." Archie suddenly said.

"What?" I turned back to look at him. Our eyes immediately locked and we were stuck, staring at each other deeply; longingly.

My eyes traveled down to his lips that were a light shade of red against the sun shining through the glass windows.

Why was I now staring at his lips you may ask, well I had no idea. Maybe it was the fact that I was too, in fact in love with him. Whatever it was I was itching to touch Archie again. This was so wrong, I shouldn't be looking at Archie like this. Archie shouldn't even be looking at me like this.

He was beginning to lean in, why was I allowing him to? He was so close I could already taste him on my tongue.
before he could manage to get our lips together I pushed him away. I couldn't do that to Reggie, the guilt would eat me up.

Archie staggered back into his seat and stared out his window.
"So you really do love him after all."

"Was that another on of your tests!?" I couldn't believe this, lying about loving someone was more on my sensitive side. Most of the people I did love had lied to me and left me behind. Lying about loving someone was on a whole other of level of wrong especially to me. And Archie, knowing my past still lied and abused the word 'love'. No to me I was not over reacting, having been lied to over and over again was starting to wear me down.

"I was checking and my prediction was right." He sneered.

"I can't believe you did that." I pushed open the car door. I stood up out of my seat and slammed his door shut. I will not be using a car with him. Picking up my phone I texted the only other person aka Reggie to come pick me up.

I began to walk away from his car and towards the road. He came screeching past me and onto the black pavement; speeding off. My eyes began to swell up with tears, it seems like another person was leaving for good. I feared that Reggie would end up doing the same.