alibi [jughead]

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   Mistakes. Acacia was one to make mistakes and learn from them, yet this summer she seemed to end up making the same mistake over and over again.

   Standing beneath the Twilight Drive-In sign, the Andrews girl stopped, afraid of what may transpire between her and her oldest friend if she told him the truth.

   The truth was something she had been aching to tell him, yet a voice in the back of her head warned her not to tell him, not to tell anyone about her clandestine affair with Mr. O'Connell.

   Taking out her phone she pulled up Jughead's contact, and texted "coming over"

   She got an immediate response of "busy" making her frown as she walked forward and looked around the small building she was sure he was inside, getting angry seeing him typing away at his laptop.

   Moving to the door she wrapped on it hard in a consistent one knock, two knocks, three knocks then repeat until he opened the door. She didn't wait for him to open the door for her, instead pushing past.

   "Seriously, Jugs? Skipping out on me for you book again?" Acacia snorts and takes a glance at the open document.

   "Hey!" He moves faster then she's ever seen her friend move before, turning the laptop away and pulling it towards himself. Saying above a whisper. "It isn't finished yet."

   Acacia smiles at Jughead as he closes the door.

   "What brings you here? It's been a while since you've graced me with your presence, Ace." He leans against the door.

   "It hasn't been that lo-"

   "It's been almost a month." He cuts her off. Acacia says nothing. Guilt crosses her face and she looks away from Jughead seeing the hurt in his eyes.

   "I'm sorry." She whispers from he place on the foldout bed.

   "I know..." he trails off and watches as she picks up his discarded beanie and puts it on with a smile before looking back up at him.

   "I can here to talk. Tell you everything..." her voice trails off, eyes become distant before snapping back to reality. "I need your help, Jugs."

   Jughead looks at Acacia with worry.

   "What's going on Ace?" He asks, taking a few steps closer.

   "I was at Sweetwater River with-"

   "With who?" Jughead interjected. Well aware that her brother wouldn't be the type to take her anywhere and the only person other then himself that she would ask to go somewhere was Betty Cooper and she was out of town.

   "Mr. O'Connell..." she leaves room for Jughead to fill in the blanks, although being as smart as she is knows he most probably put two and two together. "He said he loved me and then there was a gunshot-"

   "Wait- he said what?!" Acacia say in silence seeing Jughead's temper flare. "Why would you do something so stupid? Acacia Rene Andrews you are smarter then this!"

   The brunettes eyes begin to water. Looking down so Jughead doesn't see her tears Acacia nods her head.

   "I know, Jugs. That's why I'm telling you. I know that what I've done is a mistake, and I know that you're the only person I can trust that will help me fix it."

   Looking up at Jughead, he can see the wet stains on Acacia's cheeks and tears which still continue to fall.

   "You can't see or talk to him anymore. Other then class, not even outside of class." Acacia nods her head and lifts the bottom of her shirt to use to wipe her tears.

   "What do I tell people I was doing today then? If I wasn't with-" Jughead cuts her off.

   "You were with me." Jughead says instantly. "This summer we've been having a clandestine affair... not so hard to imagine, people at school already think we're together-"

   "And if they ask how the sex is we can be honest." Acacia laughs remembering the few times they had in fact been together as more then friends.

Jughead smiles.

   "They can ask all they want, Ace. I'll never give 'em the satisfaction of an answer."

   Acacia's brows pull together in a frown as she laughs and moves to lay on the fold out with a yawn.

   "Looks like I've got my alibi then?" She asks with closed eyes feeling the springs squeak under the weight of another body. And as she drifts off an arm wraps around her waist.

   "Looks like."