𝓳𝓪𝓶𝓪𝓲𝓼 𝓿𝓾 || JUGHEAD JONES ¹

• eight •

~ROSE'S POW~

We were at the school, Veronica, Ethel, Betty, Kevin, Cheryl and I. Veronica told me that tonight we were going to look for the playbook and asked me to not tell Cheryl. But I told Cheryl. She was my twin, how could I lie to her?

"Sorry, Ronnie but she is my sister." I told Veronica. She rolled her eyes but nodded.

"Hey guys," Ethel called out, getting the attention of us, "get in here..."

I walked over to Ethel, who had found some sort of poorly concealed secret compartment.

Reaching inside was a leatherbound notebook, covered in scribblings that I couldn't quite decipher.

I looked at the now opened book that laid in Ethel's hands, watching as she flipped page after page that revealed the horrible secrets of Riverdale High's football team.

"Trev was right," Ethel said quietly, "They didn't even bother to hide it..."

"'New Girl'? Is that what I'm reduced to?" Veronica asked, disgusted. "Nine points?"

"Better than 'big girl,' " Ethel told her, as flashlights shined over the book in her hand. "Seven point five."

"Polly's in this book..." Betty muttered quietly, before Cheryl finished the thought for her, "Next to Jason's name..."

"No. No. There must be another Jason, right?" I said, shocked. There was no way, right? The Jason I knew, he would never have done something like this. I took the book from Ethel and start examining it.

JASON BLOSSOM - POLLY COOPER

I closed the book and stepped away. JJ would never do something like that. I've always thought he was the nicest of all three of us but clearly I was wrong.

But this was Jason, the boy who protected no matter what. We told each other everything. EVERYTHING. Why he didn't told us about this? Why did he let this happen? Why Jason, why?

"This isn't...Jason would never-"

"It's right there, Cheryl!" Betty exclaimed, a sudden outburst of emotion surging through her. "Your brother hurt my sister... this is what guys like Chuck and Jason think about women... We're objects for them to abuse. And, when they're done with us, they shame us into silence." she said looking at me and Cheryl.

"Maybe, maybe I don't know Jason," Cheryl said sadly as she stepped back from the book, turning off her flashlight, as tears welled in her eyes.

"Betty, calm down." I said walking towards her.

"No, Rose. I won't calm down. Your brother hurt my sister so don't tell me to calm down!" she shouted.

"I-I'm sorry." I said as I grabbed Cheryl and walked towards the exit, leaving the angry teens behind.

Maybe Cheryl was right.

Maybe we didn't know Jason.

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A week past by, Chuck got suspended, the whole school was talking about it, Miss Grundy and Archie's relationship was known by Veronica and Betty, I was sure that Betty was going to do something crazy. I learned it all from Archie and Jug, Betty and Ronnie were not talking to me. Not that I understood, it was something Jason did - even I still couldn't believe it - I was willing to take the blame for Jason's actions.

It was weird, something was not right. Jason really did like Polly, at least that was what I thought but clearly I can be wrong about him, why would he put her name in the book?