No Turning Back [Archie Andrews]

TWO

The next morning, Lily was in her bathroom, applying her makeup. She grabbed a pink lipstick, and applied it. Right next to her was Veronica. "Hey." Veronica smiled. "Hey." Lily set down her lipstick and smiled. "Ready for your first day at Riverdale?" Veronica nodded.

When they got to school, Lily started heading in. "I'll see you at lunch." Veronica nodded, and Lily opened the door.

Inside, she walked up to her locker. Right next to her was Archie and Reggie. She fiddled with her locker. To her right, she heard a voice. "Yo! Lily." Lily turned her head. "Looking good." Lily smiled. "You don't look too bad yourself, Reggie." Reggie smiled, and Lily opened her locker. Reggie walked over to her. "So, you, me, semi-formal this weekend?" Lily rolled her eyes. "Smooth, Reggie." She grabbed her books. "Sure." Reggie nodded, and walked over to Archie and Moose. He and Moose high-fived, and Archie looked back at Lily, who simply shrugged.

At lunch, Lily walked down the stairs to see Betty at a table. "Waiting for Archie?" Betty nodded, and Lily sat down. "You'll never believe what just happened." Betty tilted her head. "What?" Lily sighed. "Reggie just asked me to the dance." Betty dropped her fork. "He what?" Lily nodded.

"Well, what did you say?" Lily thought about it for a moment. "I said yes." Betty smiled. "We're just going as friends." Lily tried to defend herself. Betty simply shrugged. "Maybe you think that, but I don't know if he knows that?" 

"Knows what?" Lily turned her head to see Archie walking to the table - with his guitar. She smiled. "Nothing, just what happened earlier at the lockers." Archie nodded, and looked down at the ground for a second, then back up at the two girls. Betty looked at Archie. "Why do you have your guitar?" Archie smiled. "I have been working on some songs." Betty smiled. "Let's hear them." Archie sat down, and began to play some of his songs for the two girls.