In Your Arms | A Bughead Story

Chapter 8

Betty Cooper:

I guess I'm not a normal teenager because while most people were getting drunk and grinding on others. I was currently seated in the corner of the room, observing my surroundings. Feeling uncomfortable for invading their intimate moments. Until my eyes land on Archie and Veronica. Currently very close to each other. Giggling words into each others ears.

No Betty you're fine, you're not mad. You deserve better, you deserve better. Repeating the same things to myself, after this long you would think my little crush on Archie would have subdued to platonic feelings. But yet watching them I can still feel my blood boil, and then I know that this is the moment when something bad is going to happen. The dark part of my mind is going to come out, and I can't let that happen. Not now, because I know I'll do something I'll regret.

So I quickly stand from my chair as I feel tears sting my eyes. Basically running to the door to escape the room that is suffocating me. I can't think straight all I can do is imagine them kissing, and their hands roaming each others bodies as they get lost in the music. The next thing I remember is throwing up in the bushes outside. I only had a beer because Veronica suggested it, but yet my mind and body feels like I'm drunk. My head spins as I find myself sitting on the sidewalk.

"Betty?", "What, are you doing out here. A-are you okay," A worried voice says coming towards me, my vision blurred as I see the outline of a guy. Dark clothes and dark hair is all I see until my eyes give out. Still a little conscious as I feel my body being lifted into the air. Someone's arms wrapping around my body securely and for some reason sending chills down my body. Until I finally black out.

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Waking up is literally the worst feeling in the world. I didn't even drink that much, but yet the sunlight coming in from the windows is enough to give me a migraine as I look around at my surroundings, blinking a few times so my eyes can focus. As I see I'm in my room. Beer bottles and red solo cups littered on my floor. Were people in my room last night.

God I hope no one had sex on my bed.

Wait, how did I get here. Then I finally relive the last moments of last night, of being mad at Archie and Veronica. Getting dizzy and angered as I threw up. Then the guy, seeming to know who I was helped me. Carried me to bed, who was it. Why did the voice sound so familiar.

"Betts," I hear from beside me. Wait what the hell.

"JUGGY, w-what..why are you in my bed," "Oh my god we didn't have sex last night did we, shit we did didn't we," I start freaking out, but noticing that both of us still had our clothes on.

"Betty no, stop you were crying last night and pretty out of it. And I carried you up here, and must have fallen asleep before I could leave, sorry," he yawns, it's quite adorable. Betty stop.

"No Jug, thank you for last night. Even though I couldn't remember it was you it was still nice of you to do that for me," I smile over at him. Noticing that his beanie had fallen off in his sleep. And it seemed so weird and oddly intimate for me to being seeing him without it.

God he's handsome.

"What did you say," he suddenly looks over at me with shock. Shit did I say that out loud.

"Oh, um nothing. Again thanks jug," I change the subject feeling my cheeks flush because I had literally just got caught.

"It's fine really. But why were you so upset," he questions, in confusion. My eyebrows furrow in uncertainty.

"Um. I saw Archie and Veronica together, and I don't know I snapped, I guess you could say. I don't know why I was so upset, I thought I had finally gotten over him, maybe it was the beer but I don't know I wanted to walk over to them and yell my feelings. I don't know it's all so confusing, I thought I had finally started to like som-," shit why'd I mention that last part.

"You started to like what," he pushed for more information, but I kept my mouth shut not wanting to embarrass my self even more.

"It's nothing, thanks for listening to me ramble," I chuckle feeling my cheeks deepen in red.

"It's fine, we're friends again right so we can talk to each other about anything," he smiles, trying to reassure me. Friend-zoned.

"Yeah, thanks jug for everything," I smile over at him, his smile reaches his eyes and I can't help but keep staring into them. Their so beautiful, he's so beautiful.

The tension definitely changes when I see his eyes glance down to my lips for half a second, making me rethink it. Was I just imagining it. But he does it again, and I swear I think my heart stopped for a second, as I find myself doing the same. His lips looked really soft and pink. Plumb, god how much I wanted to kiss him. It felt like the room was running out of air, I felt like my body was on fire, as we found ourselves moving closer and closer. Wanting to close the distance between us, as I reach my hand up to cup his cheek. His eyes widening at the sudden contact and right when I was about to lean all the way in to just press my lips against his soft ones.

The door swings open, "B, I have so much to tell you," And excited Veronica rushes in not looking up at us yet, but I was so in shock I couldn't move. And then I looked down at out position, I was literally almost completely on Jughead, our faces centimeters away from each others, as we stare at her in shock.

And finally when her eyes snap to us, they widen. And she blushes for the first time I've ever seen, as she also smirks.

"Oh my god, um I can come back," she points to the door.

"What no, it's fine I was just leaving. Um Betty I'll be seeing you in school," Jughead rubs the back of his neck as he grabs his beanie placing it on his head before walking to the door. Shutting it behind him, as the entire time I stay frozen, what in the hell just happened.

"What happened between you two, did you have sex, is he good in bed." she rambles on after, my mind still mad at her for two reasons now. last night and today.

"No veronica, we didn't have sex," I answer honestly, her eyes widening at the use of her real name and not her nickname.

"What's wrong," she suddenly asks while walking further into the room.

"Nothing, Jughead helped me last night and then he brought me in here, we both fell asleep and woke up this morning talked, and almost kissed," I admit, seeing a smile form.

"That's adorable," she chuckles.

"Wait what do you mean by he helped you," she asks suddenly her eyebrow raised in curiosity.

"If you must know...I was a little out of it, and then I saw you and Archie, and I don't know why but I was mad. So I went outside, got sick, passed out and jughead put me to sleep." I explain, her smile falls as she continues to stare at me.

"You were jealous," she asks, and I nod slowly telling the truth.

"I thought you said-,"

"Yeah I know what I said, and yeah maybe in the moment I was telling the truth, and I don't know why for some reason I got jealous but I did, I can't change that, I can't not have these feelings. And now it's even more confusing because me and Jughead had a very almost beautiful moment and for some reason I really like him. He's always there for me, supporting me, helping me. He's sweet and kind, caring, I really like him. And it makes me that much more angry at the fact that I may still have feelings for Archie. And yes V, I'm sorry that I told you it was fine, and it is. It was just something that happened and I have no idea what so ever as to why I was so upset," I ramble on and on, trying to get my point out there.

"B, it's fine. Thanks for telling me the truth. I get it, you've always had feelings for Archie, so of course when he's with another girl you'll get upset, it's logic. I just wish it didn't have to be that way," she exclaims before standing from the foot of my bed, walking over to my door throwing back a sad smile before walking out of my door.

what just happened, and shit now I have to clean up the entire house. 

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