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{ forever and always }

Author's Note:
[the following one shot was inspired by the song Forever And Always by Parachute. Nobody requested this, it was my own idea. I'm also working on your requests, and with college being over soon I'm going to be having much more free time to write!]

Betty peered down to her hands, which she had previously placed on the table. Her gaze locked on the diamond ring around her finger, and a light smile immediately drew on her lips as her mind took her back to the moment he bent down on one knee and looked into her eyes, asking her the one question she had been dying to hear. But he didn't just ask her straight away. He started with the most romantic words she, herself, would never even have thought of saying.

Betty Cooper, I want you forever, forever and always. I want you through the good, through the bad, and through the ugly. I want us to grow old together. You and me, Betty, forever and always.

Obviously, she had said yes. Straight away, with tears glittering in her eyes. After all these years he had finally asked her, and she was beyond excited to start a married life with him, the man who was soon to be her husband.

And tonight was a special date to celebrate their engagement, which had been organized by their two closest friends, Archie Andrews and Veronica Lodge. The two were on a promising road towards marriage as well, they were high school sweethearts after all.

Tonight, everything was going to be perfect. Veronica made a reservation in a very expensive restaurant in New York called Le Bernardin, and booked them a night at the hotel across the street. Everything had been planned in advance and Betty had been looking forward to it all weekend. She had chosen to wear her prettiest dress, which was white and partly covered of several diamonds. Of course, as such clothing were far too expensive for her bank account to afford, Veronica gave it to her as an engagement gift. Everything, so far, was beyond perfect.

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Her phone screen indicated 19h13, yet he was supposed to get there at 19h00 o'clock. So where the hell was he? At first, Betty didn't put too much thoughts into this as it was not a secret to anyone that her soon to be husband wasn't exactly the most punctual person ever. But when the clock hit 19h30, all sort of worries filled her mind. She knew for sure that he would've called her if something would've been keeping him at work, but her voicemail was empty, and he wasn't answering his text messages. Maybe he was caught up in traffic and his phone had died? She tried to remain calm. Nothing bad could've happened... right?

After countless times of glancing outside the window which gave an excellent view on the driveway, her phone finally rang. She didn't even bother to look at the number, she expected it had to be him.

"Miss Cooper?" But it wasn't his voice, and for some reasons the tonality used by the man whose voice belonged to made her heart stop.

"Y-yeah, um, you're talking to her."

"Something happened to your husband, m'am, you need to come right now to the Valley Hospital on the 4th street."

She wanted to tell the man that she was only his fiancée, but she couldn't seem to be able to speak a single word. Her fingers went numb and her phone immediately slipped from her hands, hitting the table. This couldn't be happening.

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What followed next was all a blur. She barely remembered getting into the hospital and stepping toward the front desk when two nurses who seemed to be coming from nowhere, led her through a million halls, like a maze that's never ending. They told her what had happened, but she could barely hear them. As though her thoughts weren't following with her body or the things happening around her, it felt like she was stuck in a never ending loop of nothingness. And finally, they turned a corner and stopped in front of an opened door—there he was, laying down in a hospital bed. She tried to keep a straight face as they entered the room; it had to be a nightmare.