sleuth ≀ jughead jones

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Jughead walked Noah to the classroom for the Blue & Gold office. Betty was behind a very outdated computer, typing away.

"Hey, Betts." Jughead got her attention, she looked up to see Noah and Jughead together. Her heart dropped a little bit.

"Hey, guys. What's up?" Betty asked, smiling.

"Noah just wanted to ask-" Jughead started, but Noah took over for herself.

"I was wondering, since you're getting the Blue & Gold started up again, I was wondering if you needed a photographer?" Noah asked, Betty hesitated, "Look, I can show you some of my photos-"

"That's not the issue, Noah. It's just right now we don't need photographers, we need writers-" Betty started to reject Noah's help.

"Pfft, I can help her with that." Jughead rolled his eyes a bit.

"You can?" Noah looked at the boy.

"Yeah, I mean having another mind in here is good." Jughead said, "So, she could be head journalistic photographer, and mediocre, occasional writer."

"Okay then." Betty sighed, a little disappointed at how Jughead basically just overrode her authority, but he never was good with authority. "It's not like we're paying you. Welcome to the team."

~

It's so easy in the morning to forget about the previous days events. To feel unwearied about the days events as slowly, a body wakes up into recognizing who they are. Everything was fine for Noah, until she was reminded about what happened to her. Everyone was getting Instagram notices that Chuck Clayton gave Veronica Lodge a "Sticky Maple."

Everyone in Riverdale knew what that meant, Noah included. Noah hoped this wouldn't happen to Veronica, he'd never posted something this crude on his social media before. The whole day she looked for Veronica, but in Biology it was clear she had gone home early. It wasn't until Betty asked Noah in the hall if what happened to Veronica, happened to her that Noah got the chance to tell the truth.

Veronica came after school to the student lounge where at least 15 girls sat, none of them Noah, but all of them been slut shamed by the football team for never doing anything.

"What's this?" Veronica asked, half scared it would be an intervention.

"I started asking around, to see if what happened to you happened to anyone else, and if anyone would go on record." Betty said, looking at the strong girls around her. Veronica was shocked at the mass amount. That was when Noah walked in, hesitating in the door frame.

"I will. 100%." Ethel said, confidently.

"Okay." Betty said, not noticing Noah yet.

"Count me in, too." Noah finally walked in.

"I'm so glad you decided to come, Noah." Betty said. Noah looked around the room.

"Of course. Chuck ruined me. I really hoped he changed, but obviously.." Noah trailed of. Ethel kicked in.

"It's five guys on the football team. Chuck and his posse." Ethel told her story, "One day last year, Chuck and I talked in the library for 10 minutes. I helped him with a Pre-Cal problem, and nothing happened. But the next day, he-he started telling people that I let him do stuff to me. Like, sex stuff. And then he... Or one of his goons, wrote, 'Sloppy seconds' on my locker."