Riverdale's Falling [13 Reasons Why x Riverdale]

11

"So you can really eat an entire cheeseburger in under a minute?" Jughead asks me as we walk down the road. Pops was in view.

"You wanna bet?" I jokingly ask, only for Jughead to nod his head.

"Uh, yes?! I highly doubt you can even eat half a one in that time." He challenges.

I look up to him, giving him the 'is he serious right now look.' Though I had to look away quickly, as his eyes always bring a bright smile to my face now. God, I need to stop.

He opens the door for me, bowing slightly.

"M'Lady." He says, a smile on his face. I roll my eyes before walking through.

"Thank you, for holding the heavy door for me. The strongest man you must be!" I exclaim with a smile, holding my heart.

"Yes, Is I, the strongest man." He laughs, before walking over to one of the booths. "How do you like your burgers" he asks.

"Well done, just cheese." I say, taking a seat. He nods his head, walking over to see the owner. In other words, the only guy that seems to work here.

I look down at my phone, to see 4 missed calls from Zach. Shit.

I call back, getting an answer.

"Yea?" I ask, but I can barley hear him. "Zach, I cant hear you." I hear him huff on the other end, and hang up.

Weird. The last time we had a solid conversation was something to do with Hannah or the police.

My anxiety begins, but I push it to the bottom of my stomach, as Jughead comes back over. Two large burgers in hand.

"Now, this is where you prove yourself." He smiles I force a laugh, worried about what is going on. He pushes the plate in front of me. I glance down at my phone to see the screen keeps lighting up. Fuck.

"You okay?" He asks, glancing over at me. I nod my head,

"Yea, yea of course. Just checking the time. Gotta make sure it's a good time to beat you." I say with a large smile. He chuckles. I love it.

I grab my phone, setting a minute timer.

"You ready Jones?" I ask, wiggling my eyebrows.

"How in gods name did you already know my last name?" He asks, shaking his head,

"I'm a spy." I say, doing jazz hands. He laughs again and my heart flutters. God I love his laugh.

"More like a stalker." He shrugs, then grabs his cheeseburger.

"Nah, start on the plate, hands under thighs." I say, obviously edging on this challenge. These cheeseburgers may be huge, but no match for Emma Obrien.

"Your on." He says.

I start the timer at a minute in five seconds so I could get my hands under my thighs.

"Go!" He says, a little loud. Though no one was currently here. I grab my cheeseburger and with all the force in my body, took the largest bite possible. Forcing myself to swallow it half chewed, I took the next bite.

Five seconds before the timer stopped, I slammed my hands on the table. Jughead still having one bite left.

"BOO YA!" I yelled out, only to earn a laugh from the owner. He clapped from behind the counter.

"Thank you kind sir!" I yelled out again. Jughead shook his head, finishing his last bite slowly.

"Congrats, you have earned yourself a milkshake." Jughead said, turning out and walking over to the owner.

"Chocolate!" I say as he gets to the counter. He gives me a thumbs up.

I take this time to look at my phone again. More calls from Zach. More texts from Zach. I swallow a hard lump in my throat, anxiety peaking. I put my phone away, not wanting this to ruin my time with Jughead.

"Thank you Mr. Jones." I say, as he places the shake in front of me.

"Anything for the best burger eater around." He says, sitting across from me. I begin drinking, looking up to see Jughead watching me. He looks away quickly though when he is caught. I blush slightly. The flutters come back. Fuck.

"That is also a talent." He says, pointing at my now empty milkshake. I shrug.

"Food is my thing." I tell him, and he shakes his head.

"It's not your thing, it's your life. Can we just put you in eating and eating contests for the rest of your life?" He asks.

"Please?" I say with a smile. Although I would be totally down for that.

Sadly, it was time to go. We both were tired, as we had gone to school earlier that day. We head outside, but Jughead stops in his tracks.

"I need to use the bathroom, wait here?" He asks, and I nod my head.

As he heads back inside I pull out my phone, calling Zach back.

"Yea?" I say, but his words make my heart drop.

"Somebody got shot."

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