I Killed My Ex || Veronica

Chapter 4 - Violent for Once

//Ronnie Flashback\\

Archie Andrews. They were the two words I needed to lighten my mood. Betty, although being my best friend, was starting to annoy me.

"Blue or green shirt?" She says, looking at me and jughead.
"For jughead?" I say.
"Please say black." Jughead groans.
"No. I think pink." I smirk.
"Just like my special pink dress. I can wear that juggy."
"No. Veronica, take that b—" jug says, getting cut off by Archie walking up to me, kissing me softly.
"Gotta go." I say, pulling away from Archie. I grab his hands. "Let's go archiekins."
"What's the rush?" He asks.
"Betty and Jughead talking nonsense and jughead was about to kill me." I laugh.
"What?" Archie says.
"I said jug should wear pink to their dinner date tonight." I say, simply.
"You didn't!" He says.
"I totally did." I laugh.
"Oh god Veronica, she'll do it and he'll kill you." He laughs.
"But, my knight in shining armour, you will save me?" I say, snaking my arms around his neck.
"Most definitely." He holds my waist firmly, kissing me.
I kiss back... until the bell went and I pulled away with a groan.
"Do you wanna sit through literature or do you wanna come with me?" Archie says.
"Uh both."
"That's not a valid answer Veronica." Archie says.
"Fine. I'll copy Alyson's notes." I smile. Alyson was one of Cheryl's minions. (Not in real life) she was incredibly smart but let me copy everything. It was not gonna help me but Alyson would explain every last detail so maybe I'll be okay. Cheryl blossom loved all her minions, don't get me wrong, but she adored Alyson and Alyson's love for her studies. If Alyson didn't let Cheryl copy, though, she'd be a nerd, an outcast.

I exit the corridor, my hand in Archie's. I always want to keep him.
"The reason I saw whether you wanted to skive for once, is because I want you to see something."
The most remarkable thing about Archie is he never wanted me to skive, sometimes forcing me to go in lesson, hence my confusion on skiving.
"Ok. What?" I say.
"Surprise." He shrugs.
"Wow arch, I'm scared to follow you now." I joke.
"Don't be." He says. "It's a good surprise."
"Okay." I say, entwining my fingers with his. "Ooh one second."
I walk to my locker.
"Do you know what today is?" I ask Archie.
He nods. "We started dating a month ago."
I nod. I open my locker, taking out a giant gift bag, passing it to Archie. It had framed pictures, his favourite aftershave and chocolates in.
"You shouldn't have Ronnie." He kisses me.
I shrug. "It's nothing. Let's go."

We arrive at the forest edge.
"Okay... where are we going?" I say.
Archie says nothing but lifts up some branches. I step inside on a beautiful green field with a shocking blue lake filled with colourful fish. It looked unreal. Maybe like something from Archie's video games' safe zones. I look at Archie.
"It's where I clear my head. To write my songs too." He smiles. He passes me a small bag. I open it. I open a little box and inside is a pandora ring.
"Archie. No. I can't take this." I say.
I know as well as being short on money since dad left, I knew Archie was.
"No it's fine. I saved it. I worked on dads construction for a while." Archie shrugs.
I kiss him.
"Oh archiekins. I love you. You don't have to do this."
"I did. Now, I also did a song..."

//Ronnie's pov\\
I kissed officer Michaels. I liked it. He kissed kinda like Archie. Slightly better. Nothing like reggie. He kissed back but he ran off. I fucked up. Looking down at my Archie song book, I came across the song he wrote at the place. We kept going there. It was so great.
I walk to the prisoners lobby. I wasn't in the mood to talk, I just didn't want to sit alone and watch them play games or something.
I look down and sit, not saying a word.
"What's up fresh meat, you ain't innocent. That's why you're here." A prisoner says. I was starting to get sick of shit. I stand up and I push him to the floor.
My reflexes take control and I start punching him repeatedly in the face, crying. I don't know what came over me. This wasn't like me at all.
Officer Michaels drags me off the guy and drags me out of the prisoners lobby.
He shuts the door and holds my shoulders. He looks around.
"Ronnie, it's okay. Shh." He wipes a tear from my eye.
"N-no. The prisoners right. I'm a danger." I sniff. "And I mean, my career choice has gone and just let me be a fucking failure, Toby."
I run off to my cell

//Archie's POV\\
I don't know why but I felt I had to follow her. Too much was unanswered. I walk to her cell, closing the big metal door, locking the peep hole.
"Veronica Lodge... you ain't a failure. You will get a career in the end." I sigh.
"Toby, I want to be a cop. I went to university to be a cop." I say. "I struggled with money because my mom knew it was my dream. My boyfriend abused me. My boyfriend on top of that, made me pay for mistakes on top of that. He thought that because he couldn't go to university himself for football because he didn't get a scholarship and his parents wouldn't pay, I couldn't. Oh yeah and then on top of that I couldn't wear a skirt or I was a slut. Is that enough?" She spat, through tears.
"He didn't deserve you Veronica. This guy did." I hold up the book. It was so weird that I said this about myself.
"I know Officer. He was so sweet. Always considered me. But I was told to start hating him. I can't track him down now. I'd bring him into this mess. Then on top of that, he's moved on last time I checked. With some girl called Cassie." She looks down. "He got me a ring. He didn't have a lot of money and I never told reggie how I got it but it was Pandora. It's in reception. First time I took it off since getting it. Apart from showering, chores that reggie made me do and cleaning it so I didn't ruin it."
She shows me her finger.
As expected in September, there lay a ring shaped tan line.
"Being with reggie was like living a lie." Veronica says.
"I've felt like that before." I shrug.

RIGHT FUCKING NOW.

"What have you got to lie about, Toby?" She says.
"Who I really am. Most people don't like that." I say.
"You can be you around me, Tobias. I don't judge."
I kiss her, long and hard. She kisses back with plenty of passion. I snake my arms around her waist. Kissing her was amazing but I was risking my job. Soon enough I pull away.
"I'm so sorry Veronica. You can't tell anyone. I can risk my job. You could get transferred to a far away bad prison." I say.
She nods and smiles. "I understand. Now come. Let me show you this."
She pulls out the Veronica book.
She pulls out the song.
"He sang this on our month anniversary." She smiles. I can remember all the songs in here. She nudges me.
"Sing it me please, Toby. Make me feel like I did. Happy." She says. "You're the only person I've trusted to see this book."
I look as if I'm scanning the notes. I know how to sing it but I have to pretend this is new. Archie Andrews what are you doing, you're an idiot.
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Sorry for not posting on a while. I've been working hard.