{UNFINISHED}We Won't Give Up//J.J.||Riverdale[sequel to The Diner]

Chapter 1

*Your POV*
He leans in and kisses me. I kiss back. We keep kissing and end up putting our plates on the counter. I smile and climb on his lap. It's...basically a make-out session now. We're interrupted by his phone ringing. I pull away, a little, "Do you want to get that?"

He looks over, "It's just Archie. I'll call him back later."

He turns his phone off and turns back to me. I laugh, "Okay." We keep kissing. He starts slowly moving down my neck.

We're interrupted, again by his phone. "Ughhhh," he says, and I laugh.

"It must be important. You should get it." I get off his lap.

He picks up. "Arch, what's up?" I get up and take our plates over to the sink. I start washing them. "Oh, my God, what?" He asks, I look over at him. I turn the sink off. "Okay, we'll be there soon."

I walk around the counter, "What's going on?"

"Fred...he's been shot," he says.

"Oh, my God, well yeah, let's go." We both walk out, and get into my truck. I start to drive. "Did he say like...where or when specifically?"

"No, he just said to meet him at the hospital. I assume that he's just going to tell us when we get there."

I nod, "Right." A couple minutes later, we pull up to the hospital. We both get out and walk inside. We run into Betty and Veronica walking down the hall. 'Betty." I say.

"Come on, we got to go," she says, and we all walk into the waiting room. Archie's pacing back and forth, his hands and part of his jacket covered in blood.

"Arch.." Veronica says. He looks up and walks over to us. "Oh my God.." she whispers. We all pull into a group hug. After a little bit, we all break. "Let's sit down, okay?"

He nods, and we all sit, and he tells us what happened. "So..my dad wanted me to meet him at Pop's, but I'm not sure what for. We got there, and we were just fine. But then, I went to the bathroom, and while I was in there, I heard someone yelling, 'Where's the money?' so, I ran back out, and there was this man, a thief. With, a black hood. He held a gun towards Pop Tate, and then pointed it at my dad and then he fired."

"Oh my God, Archie," Betty says.

"And then he..." he takes a deep breath. Jughead looks over at him, waiting for him to say something.

"And then he what?" Veronica asks.

"And then he bolted." I...don't know if I believe him..."I was holding my dad, and Pop Tate called an ambulance, but they didn't get there soon enough so...I drove him here instead."

"Wait, Arch you don't even have a license yet," Betty says.

He sighs, "I know. But...I had to bring him here."

"Yeah, you did what you had to do," I say.

"You saved your dad's life," Jug says, patting his back. "First Cheryl, and now your dad, if you keep this up you're gonna need a superhero name." I slightly chuckle at that. "Pureheart the powerful."

"There isn't any new information," Alice comes over to us. "Your dad is in surgery. He's gonna be there for a while."

Hermione kneels down and sighs. "Archie, have you spoken to your mother about any of this yet?"

He nods, "No, I haven't called her. I'll be right back."

"I'll come with you." I stand up, and he nods. I follow him into the hallway. We stop, and we both sit on a bench. I pat his back, "Hey, I, guess I never really got to say this but, I am really sorry."

"Thanks, [Y/N]." We hug for a second and then pull away. He gets out his phone and dials his mom's number. He puts his phone up to his ear, and looks at me. I just nod, and he does too. "Hey, Mom. How are you?....Good, yeah we're uh..." he pauses and looks like he's about to cry. "Actually Mom, no we're uh, we're in trouble here." He takes a deep breath, "Dad's in the hospital." He starts shaking his knee, I put my hand on it for comfort. "It was a robbery. And he was shot." He sniffs, "I don't know..what's going to happen, Mom but I think you should come here in case....in case we have to say goodbye..." He nods and then hangs up.

"Hey.." I say, and he looks up at me. "Come here." I pull him into a hug, and he starts softly crying on my shoulder. "I know...I know..." I start circling his back. I slightly look up and see Jughead leaning against the doorway with his arms crossed. He's looking at us, sympathetically. I slightly nod my head. He stops crying, and we break. "You won't have to say goodbye, okay?" I look him in the eyes.

"Okay..." He whispers.

"Do you want to go back?"

"Um...I think I'm just gonna sit here for a second."

"Okay." I stand up. "Just come in whenever you're ready." He nods, and I pat his shoulder, and start to walk back. I stop where Jug was, and I hug him.

"You okay?" he whispers.

I sniff, and we break. "Yeah...I'm okay." I nod.

"Okay." He takes my hand, and we both walk back into the room and sit down.

"How's he doing?" Betty asks.

I sigh, "Not great. But, he'll get through, don't worry." I nod, and she does, too. A couple minutes pass and Archie walks back into the room. He sits down next to Veronica. We all just sit there and wait for something to happen. He looks up behind Jughead and I, so I look too. Sheriff Keller is walking in. Everyone gets up and meets him in the middle.

"Sheriff," Archie says.

"How's your dad doing?" Keller asks.

"He's still in surgery," Betty says, rubbing her arm.

Keller sighs, "Archie I know this is a hell of a time for you. But, if we could go somewhere and talk about what happened.."

"Is it, cool if I tag along?" Jug asks.

Everyone looks over at him, "Actually if you don't mind-" Keller starts.

"Yeah, Jug that'd be great." Archie interrupts.

"Alright, then," Keller says and starts walking to another room.

"I'll be back." Jug says and kisses the top of my head.

"Okay," I say and sit down with everyone else.