Strawberry. [J.J]

28.

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
"No shit."

"When I was delivering the crate, I came across some guy. A truck driver, he was super weird," Jughead said from his position from Marley's bed while he looked through Marley's sketchbook as Marley detangled her hair.

"Oh, Yeah?" Marley asked and Jughead hummed before closing the sketchbook and stroking Chewie.

"Yeah, he basically told me about the Riverdale Reaper," Jughead said and Marley stopped detangling her hair to look at him.

"Riverdale Reaper?" Marley asked and Jughead nodded and Marley quickly put down the comb and pulled her hair into a messy bun.

"Some time ago, a guy broke into a house and killed the a family of four. The strange guy said that he thinks that The Riverdale Reaper is the Black Hood," Jughead explained and Marley furrowed her eyebrows before grabbing a pair of tweezers from her dressing table.

"When did this slaughtering happen?" Marley asked Jughead while she plucked her eyebrows in the mirror and Jughead shrugged.

"I'll swing by the library tomorrow. What are you doing?" Jughead asked and Marley turned to face him.

"Plucking my brows," Marley said and Jughead raised an eyebrow at her as he watched her until she was done.

"That must of hurt," Jughead said and Marley shrugged before putting the tweezers down and standing up.

"You get used to the pain," Marley said while sitting down next to Jughead on the bed and shooing Chewie off the bed and into his. Jughead put his arm around Marley.

"So, I think I'm going to start looking for my brother slash cousin," Marley said and Jughead looked at her.

"Do you know where you're going to start?" Jughead asked and Marley shook her head.

"Nope, but I'll figure it out," Marley said before yawning and climbing on top of Jughead so she was straddling him.

"Wanna order Chinese?" Marley asked and Jughead looked at her before raising an eyebrow at her.

"You had to get on top of me to ask me if I wanted a Chinese?" Jughead joked and Marley rolled her eyes before leaning in and putting her lips on his before pulling away.

"Chinese then?" Marley asked and Jughead nodded before leaning in to kiss her again.

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Jughead was sitting down on Marley's bed while typing on his laptop while Marley sat in the bedroom floor sketching besides her dog. An empty pizza box in the bed.

"Hey, Jug," Marley said randomly after a long comfortable silence and Jughead hummed.

"I, uh, I'm about to say something really needy," Marley said and Jughead sighed before urging her to continue and Marley put down her sketchbook and sat down cross legged on her bed opposite Jughead.

"Uh, I love you. And I know that I'm a mess, and that I'm extremely annoying and rude at times. I know I'm flawed and I know you can do better than me and I'm sure you know that too. But I'm working on it?" Marley said and Jughead put down his laptop.

"Working in what?" Jughead asked and Marley sighed before gesturing to herself.

"On me. Not appearance wise but like, within. If that makes sense," Marley said and Jughead sighed before shaking his head.

"Marls, I've already told you. I love you for you, I don't want you to be perfect or change yourself because I'm not perfect. I love every inch, every flaw of your being. I want you. I can't do better than you, Hell, I'm punching above my weight by being with you. You're way out of my league. So, please stop worrying, okay, baby?" Jughead said and Marley sighed before nodding.