Taking my message from the veins | Jarchie ✓

Nine.

"Veronica."

Veronica was about to make her way to her room, but immediately holted upon hearing her father's voice, spinning around on her heels to face him. "Yes, daddy?"

"Tonight me and your mother have organised a meeting with the mayor." Hiram told her. "But Hermione has just told me that she isn't feeling too well." He glanced over at his wife who sat next to him, massaging her head as if she had a headache. "So, I was wondering if you'd be interested in joining me to fill out your mother's position."

This news certainly confused Veronica. Not the news about the meeting, since her father was still seen as a successful businessman in the eyes of Riverdale, but the news about her mother feeling under the weather. One of the things that made Hermione stand out was the fact that she almost never seemed to get sick, she would always be the one who would look after everyone else. So how come she had suddenly fallen ill now of all times? Flooded with questions, Veronica looked over to her mother for answers. But all she got was a look that seemed to say "just do it, I'll explain everything later when it's just me and you."

"Sure." Veronica finally replied, putting her complete trust in her mother. "I'd love to join you... Daddy."

*

For the outside looking in, it seemed like any ordinary dinner party for the rich and successful. But for Veronica and Josie, the tension was high.

It only took one look for Veronica to recognise the eyes of the girl sitting opposite her as the eyes of one of her dad's agents. Josie knew that Veronica was well aware of her other life, the one involving Hiram Lodge, and she knew that she would have questions that only she, Josie McCoy, could answer. So, whenever Josie wasn't trying to avoid eye contact with Hiram, she and his daughter made a silent agreement that as soon as they were both excused, they were going to tell each other everything. As in everything.

* 

The next school day seemed to start like any other, apart from one tiny detail: Archie knew about they way Reggie had been treating Jughead, and now he couldn't stop thinking about it. There wasn't a single moment where Archie wasn't searching the halls or the classroom for Reggie and his gang, hoping to give him what he deserved. But he never found him. That is until Archie and Jughead disappeared into the school library for their free period, Jughead hardly focusing on his book due to the fact that he hardly slept the night before. Meanwhile Archie was just staring into space, and then almost instantly snapped back to reality when he spotted Reggie and his goonies leave the room. Just seeing their faces made Archie's blood boil, he knew that this was his chance to get back at Reggie for all of the pain that he had caused for Jughead. Within a split second, Archie was out of his seat and ready to hunt down the group of jocks, but his mission was interrupted by Jughead, who obviously had no idea why Archie had stood up so suddenly.