It's Always Being You

19- Misery

Archie's POV
I woke up as I felt the cool winter air breeze through my slightly opened window. I slowly rubbed both my eyes with balled fist before reaching over and checking my phone in hope for a message from Betty, but there was nothing. Misery washed over me as memories of last night came rushing back to me. All I wanted was to be holding Betty's warm, smooth body against mine and tell her how much I love her and don't deserve her. But I've possibly lost the chance of doing that ever again. As I dragged myself out of bed and placed my feet on the cold wooden floorboards, I could feel my body start to shiver before making my way out of my room to head downstairs. I could hear commotion from the kitchen as I reached the bottom of the stairs. I slowly made my way to the kitchen to see my dad and Jughead cooking up pancakes as I plopped myself on a stool before resting my arms on the kitchen island while letting out a long sigh.
"How you doing?" Jughead asked as he turned on his feet to face me before handing me a glass of orange juice. I quickly grabbed the glass, taking small amounts into my mouth before placing it back on the counter and turning my gaze towards Jug.
"I've being better." I stated as I rubbed the back of my neck with my hand only to feel a slight pain stringing through my fingers. Quickly I brought my hand back to my view only to see a large swelling in my fingers followed by dark bruises. My thoughts where interrupted when my dad placed a plate of food in front of me before questioning me.
"What happened last night?" He questioned as he took a seat on a stool while taking a sip from his glass of juice.
"Long story dad, but to summarise basically Betty and I are a little rocky at the moment. Don't ask why just leave it at that." I explained as I turned to meet his eyes before grabbing a knife and fork to begin cutting into my pancakes.
"Whatever you say son. Oh by the way, I ran into Haley as she was leaving and I thought I'd invite her and her mum over for dinner tonight as it's there third last night in town." He explained, making me drop my knife and fork on my plate before shooting my gaze to Jughead only to see that he moved his gaze to mine.
"Wait, what?" I questioned as I turned my gaze back to my dad.
"Yeah, I thought it'd be like old times. They'll be here around six, your welcome too Jughead." He explained with a joyful tone before digging into his pancakes. Worry and anger swamped every part of me right now and I knew that I couldn't face Haley tonight alone. As I turned my gaze back to Jughead he gave me a slight nod reassuring that he would be here. The thought of seeing Haley again frustrated me to my core, I couldn't say no as my dad would lecture me and kill me but I worried that Betty would see and get the wrong idea. All these thoughts clustered in mind making me lose my appetite.
"I'm not that hungry actually. I think I'm just going to go for a run." I stated standing up from the barstool before running to the front door and placing my jogging shoes on before heading out the door. As I ran down to the street, I slowed down before turning left as I came face to face with Betty's house. My gaze averted up to her bedroom window to see the curtains closed though I could still make out the moving figures behind them. The temptation to run up and climb that window was painful, as I knew that I shouldn't and I couldn't. I quickly pushed the thought to the back of my mind as I continued to run down the street, in attempt to let all the frustration that I had running through my body out.

Betty's POV
I could feel the crustiness of my mascara dragging my eye lids down as I slowly woke up. I could taste the saltiness of my tears over my lips as my tongue slowly escaped my lips, along with tightness over my cheeks due to tear stains. I'd never felt so heavy and broken in my life, all the memories were haunting and where impossible to get rid of. I was taken from my thoughts by Veronica quietly entering my bedroom with a tray holding Coffee, scrambled eggs with toast and a small glass of water.
"Hey your awake. I brought you breakfast, thought you might need it." Veronica gently stated with a warm smile as she placed the tray at my feet before placing herself next to me in the bed. I could feel the tension radiating off Veronica's body. I knew what she wanted to ask me but she was afraid oh how I was going to react.
"I know what you wanna ask. So to answer your question, I have no idea how I'm doing V. Not a single clue." I explained with a sigh as I turned my gaze from the tray to meet Veronica's eyes. I could see the sympathy in her eyes, I knew she hated seeing me and Archie like this and that she always felt torn but I wasn't going to make her choose.
"I just want all this to be over. But I can't even think about being in the same room as him. Every time I think of him all I see is them kissing V and I want so bad to be rid of this memory but I can't. I just can't." I explained as my words began to quiver just at the thought of Archie. The boy who stole my heart and went to above and beyond to make me smile was now the boy who broke me.
I felt Veronica's arms slowly wrap themselves around my upper body as she embraced me in a hug while I placed my head on her shoulder as I could feel my eyes starting water while my stomach began to knot up. Half a week left of winter break and I had gotten so used to being in Archie's presence that being without him felt so foreign and new as if apart of me had being snatched away. 
"It'll all be okay B. All you guys need is time." She said as she let a deep breath before removing herself from the bed and standing up straightening out her outfit.
"Now I have to go. I promised Josie that we'd do band practice at least twice a week this break, so I've got to keep my word. Now will you be okay?" Veronica questioned as she stood in front of me placing a hand on my shoulder giving it a light squeeze. I quickly turned my head up to meet her gaze to give her a reassuring smile.
"Yeah I'll be fine, I'll see what Kevin's up to and maybe get him to come around." I stated as my body relaxed.
"Alright well text me if anything happens, maybe I'll meet you guys at pops tonight for dinner around 6:00?" Veronica questioned before grabbing her jacket from my vanity chair and placing it over her shoulders.
"Yeah definetly, I'll get Kevin to drive." I stated with a light laugh as I watched Veronica head towards the exit of my bedroom.
"See you B." Veronica stared with a giggle and light laugh before exiting my bedroom. The room fell so silent. Not a single noise in the world could be heard. I slowly dragged my self out of bed and headed towards the ensuite slowly removing clothing items with every step I took. I could feel the scorching hot water slowly drop against my body sending a wave of relief through my body taking the stress away, though my thoughts couldn't help but find there way to Archie. All I could think about was how things where going to be at school between us. We have every class together and always have. Just knowing how much tension will be the air made me dread going back to school.