Bughead 💘 | Wattys2017

Chapter 38

I awoke screaming, only to feel a searing pain in my lower back. Jughead was by my side, holding on tightly to my hand, as I squeezed his about ten times harder. I'm pretty sure that somehow I ended up in a hospital.

"Betty, baby. It's all going to be ok." Jughead reassured me, but he sounded so far off. His face appeared to be tear stained. Ok? What was going onnnnn-OWWWWWWWWWW.

"Give her more epidurals." I heard a lady say. "You're going to be just fine, honey." Who was she? "I'm your new doctor, Doctor Green. Don't worry, I've delivered hundreds of babies before." She assured me.

"As long as you're not a vampire, zombie, or anything else supernatural." I said, as I breathed heavily. Jughead laughed, then kissed my forehead.

"You've got this." He whispered into my ear.

"Wait... but I'm only 26 weeks." I cried. "My baby is going to be premature." Tears of worry were running down my face.

"Don't worry about that right now, honey. I promise she'll be just fine. She'll be tiny, but there's always a higher chance of survival for girl babies." Dr. Green said. "Now, I'm going to need you to push, ok?" I felt a searing pain in my gut, screamed, I heard screaming, then something about the baby not being what they expected, and then I blacked out again.

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I was in a mansion, drinking a cup of tea. I was waiting for someone important to come. I hadn't seen them in what felt like years, and I was anxiously awaiting their arrival. I needed them now more than ever. I needed advice on what to do. I heard the high heels hit the wooden floor, and I turned around in my chair, a smile written all over my face.

"Polly!" I said more calmly than I had anticipated. I walked over and threw my arms around her and cried.

"Betty." She sighed and started crying too. "I've missed you."

"I've missed you too, Polly." I cried. I pulled away so that I could finally see her gorgeous face, full of happiness, full of life. "You look so good."

"Yeah, well so do you." She looked me up and down. I reached to rub my stomach, but then realized my stomach was slightly flatter. What the? "Betty! You had your baby." Polly laughed. I shook my head.

"Sorry. It just... feels weird not being pregnant for once." I responded, then we walked over to sit down at the small table, and have some tea. "Polly... I need you now more than ever. Now I'm not only raising JJ... I'm raising my baby. And.. there were all these vampires and Sabrina and I don't even know what else has gone on."

"Betty," Polly gently reached for my hand across the table. "You're doing just fine as a mom to JJ. I know that you'll be a great mom to your baby." She smiled. "Thank you for raising my son after I died." Tears were coming to my eyes again. Polly cupped one hand around my face. "Please tell him all about me and Jason. And tell him how much that I love him, ok?" Now, she was on the verge of tears too.

"Polly! No! You can't leave me! I only just got to see you again!" I cried out. Polly stood up to leave, then she kissed my forehead.

"I have to go, Betty. You have to wake up and raise our boys." She replied. Wake up? Boys? What? "I love you, Betty." And with that, she disappeared into the light of the hallway.

I awoke bolt upright in a sweat, still unsure of my surroundings. I reached down and placed a hand on my stomach. Yup. No baby. Polly was right, I had given birth. That much wasn't a dream. My baby was born prematurely. Tears were coming to my eyes again. My life had become one giant, emotional roller coaster. There was no one present in my small little hospital room. I wanted to get up and wander around, but I was in so much pain. I covered my face with my hands, as I cried into them. After about five minutes of this, I heard the door to my room open. Jughead walked in, head down, then he saw me and his face lit up.