I'll Keep You Safe | Bughead

7.)

Song Credit: "You Belong To Me" by Cat Pierce

The next morning, I was woken by Jughead shaking me awake. "What?" I mumbled groggily. "Good morning to you, too," Jughead joked. I bolted up, realizing what had happened yesterday. "Oh my God, Juggie! What about my mom? Did she find us last night?" I panicked. Jughead just chuckled at my worry and took a seat on my bed. "No. Last night when I heard her come home, I grabbed everything and snuck out the window," He explained.

I put my hand on my pounding heart. "Oh thank God!" I said, relieved. "So then how are you here now?" I asked, a little puzzled. "Oh well you see, you're actually dreaming, and in the real world, I'm still right next to you, sleeping," Jughead said with a smile. What the? How could I not even realize when I'm sleeping? "Really?" I asked for clarification. "No, I'm just kidding," Jughead said. Great, now I feel stupid! 

"Oh," I sighed, a little disappointed. "No, really, I came here about 5, 10 minutes ago and your mom let me in before she left," Jughead said. Wait, she left already? Ugh, my mom is never home anymore, or at least that's what it seems like. "Which makes me think," he paused. "Maybe we could go for a round two?" Jughead finished, crawling over to me. I was about to lean in and kiss him, but then my alarm went off.

"As much I'd love to," I started to say as he receded, and I turned off the God-awful blaring noise. "We still have school," I reminded, disappointedly. I pulled the covers up closer to my chest, realizing I was still nude from last night. Grabbing and wrapping myself in a blanket, I stood up and waked to my closet, searching for an outfit. I decided on a baby blue sweater and some plain jeans. "In all honesty, I'm way too tired for any of this," I said.

"Did I really overwork you that much?" Jughead joked. "Maybe," I played along. "Well, it won't be last time." He replied with a smirk that made me really wish we didn't have school. ''Okay, I'm just gonna throw some clothes on, brush my hair and teeth, and go," I shared. "Glad you took my advice about makeup," Jughead joked. "Well, you are just filled with jokes this morning, aren't you?" I said. "Just trying to lighten the mood," Jughead explained. I didn't know the mood needed lightening.

"Okay, turn around. I need to get dressed," I said. "Really, Betts? It's nothing I haven't seen before," Jughead reminded me. "Fair, just don't judge me," I replied. "Have I ever?" Jughead smirked in response. "You know what? I changed my mind, turn around," I said with a smile and a laugh. "Oh, come on, Betts," Jughead tried to reason with me. "No, nope. You've lost your chance, turn around," I said, still smiling. Jughead hesitantly turned around and stood there. I quickly dropped my blanket, pulled up my underwear and hooked my bra.

 Now, with me being at least somewhat clothed, I didn't care if he saw me or not. "You can turn back around now, if you want," I informed. He did, and Jughead's eyes widened. "I thought that was your way of saying you had actual clothes on!" He said. "Like you said, It's nothing you haven't seen before," I said as I started to put on my sweater. "Do you have to put clothes on?" Jughead whined. "Do you have to keep yours on?" I mocked. Almost instantly, he took his shirt off and raced to me. Jughead started to attack my neck in kisses and even started sucking on my neck.

"I was kidding! I was kidding!" I exclaimed while laughing. "Oh, so you don't want this?" He said as his eyes met mine. "Well, I didn't say that," I remarked as he put his hand on my hip and drew me closer to his chest. "That's what I thought," Jughead said before locking his lips on mine. I pulled away "Okay, okay babe, seriously we need to get to school, which requires us to be clothed, whether you like it or not," I said as I began putting on my sweater for the second time today.

"Not." Jughead mumbled. "Maybe after school, we can continue." I said, pulling my jeans up. Jughead pulled his "S" t-shirt down and put his beanie back on his head. I walked into the bathroom and pulled out my brush, toothbrush, and toothpaste and set them on the counter. I pulled out my ponytail holder that was still in my hair from yesterday. My ponytail was sloppy, but there. I brushed my blonde hair and re-applied my ponytail.

After that, I brushed my teeth and headed back into my room. I grabbed my skin-colored flats and slipped them on. "You ready?" I asked Jughead, who has packing his laptop into his bag. "Yeah." he said, looking up at me. Jughead got up and walked over to me. "Let's go." Juggie suggested before placing a slow and surprisingly innocent kiss on my lips, leaving the contact to linger even when our lips parted. With that we were off. It was a new day, a better day--right? Wrong.