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

Chapter 21

*Your POV*
I text Archie, while walking through the hall.

To Archie😹:
Hey, have any idea where Betty could be? Been looking for her for a while. I want to talk more about what happened at the party.

Archie😹:
Check the Blue and Gold.

Oh, my God how come I didn't think of that before?

To Archie😹:
Right, totally forgot about that place, thanks!

I put my phone in my pocket. I walk into the Blue and Gold office and see Betty sitting at a desk, leaning on her hands. I sigh. "Okay, Betty," she looks up at me, "I'm not going to explode on you, but I just wanted to talk." I sit down across from her. "Why would you go all out on Veronica?" I ask, shaking my head. What she said about her is not at all true.

"I..." she starts. I just listen and wait for her to continue. She stands up. "I have to talk to you about something."

I stand up, too. "Okay, what is it?"

"It's about Jughead."

"What about him?" I tilt my head.

"So, the reason I lashed out on Veronica, was because I was just..." she looks down, as if she's thinking about what to say, "so mad. Mad at Jughead, and so that made all the anger transfer to my thoughts on Veronica."

"Which are not true, I may add. But wait, why are you mad at him? What did he do?"

She takes a couple breaths before saying the next thing... "He wants to break up with you." those last four words made my heart drop.

"Wait, what!?"

"He...he couldn't do it himself...So he asked me to."

"What the hell? Why?" My eyes start to water a little.

"He thinks that if you guys are together, then somehow you're going to get hurt because he's on the Southside, and you're on the Northside.."

The stammering comes in. The type of stammering when words cannot form into your brain, and so you start stammering for about four to seven seconds. My voice breaks, as I'm trying to find the right form or words. "That's what h-he said?"

"Y-Yes..."

I scoff and look to the side. Warm tears are rolling down my cheeks. I put one hand on my hip, and the other covering my mouth. "Okay, I love you Betty but I don't believe you. I have to hear it from him." I take my coat and start to walk out the door, but she grabs my arm.

"You can't," she says.

"Why not!?" I snap, as more tears fall.

"Because you're going to get hurt!"

"By who, the Serpents?"

"Yes! The Serpents!"

"God, Betty! I don't understand why you hate them so much! They're not going to hurt me because I'm his girlfriend! Aren't they like, supposed to protect him because he's FP's son!?"

"In some cases, but in this one, no. You know why? Because you're a Northsider. They hate us. And we hate them." I just stand there, and I still don't know what to say. I start crying harder, and Betty pulls me into a hug. I don't even try to fight it anymore. There's no point. I just cry. I thought that Jughead was going to be the one for me. My soulmate. My lover. But I guess that all slipped away.

*Archie's POV*
I walk up to Jug's trailer. I sigh. I hate having to do this...I pace around a couple times, before going up the small staircase. I am inches away from the door when he opens.

"Archie, you can not be here," he says, lightly pushing, more like leading, me down the staircase.

"Jughead I have to talk to you," I say, but he's still pushing me.

"Archie now is not a good time. Seriously, run."

A group of Serpents come out from behind him, "What the hell do we have here?" One of them asks.

He closes his eyes, sighs, and turns around. "Just leave him, alright?"

"Wait, Jug these are your friends? The Serpents!?" I point at them. He doesn't say anything. "Jughead, these are the guys who attacked me! Who attacked Reggie, Veronica, and Dilton. Your friends!" I raise my voice. One of the Serpents crosses their arms.

"What, is that why you're here? To warn me?"

I angrily sigh. "No. I came here to tell you to stay away from [Y/N]." Those words looked like they just broke his heart into a million pieces (damn Archie, deep). "She doesn't want to see you anymore."

"What...Screw you. I just saw [Y/N] yesterday...she was....we were fine."

"No, you weren't fine. She's been wanting to break up with you for weeks. She's been agonizing it. Since you crossed the 'dark side,' she couldn't bring herself to do it." One of the Serpents looks at me, suspiciously.

He looks to the side and looks very confused. He's stuttering a little under his breath. "What, so she sent you? [Y/N] would never do that!"

"Look, if you don't believe me, then call her!" I know that that always gets someone to stop. "And feel free to tell her that you're a Serpent now, too. I'm sure she'll love that." I raise my eyebrows. "She knew where you were headed, Jughead." I walk a little closer to him, "She knew that you couldn't be together anymore."

"Is this because of the thing that you have for her?"

"Wait, what?" What is he talking about?

He scoffs, "Nothing. It's stupid. Just..tell her I got the message. And get out of here." He turns his back to me. I sigh to myself and turn around. I walk back to my house.

*Betty's POV*
I slowly drive [Y/N] back to her apartment. She's definitely not fit to drive right now. She is a year older than me, age wise. But we're both sophomores. I think she skipped a grade or took two years of preschool like Jughead. Anyways, she's softly crying the whole way back. When we get there, I help her inside.

"Um.." she starts and turns to face me in the doorway. "Thank you for...for driving me," she says, in a tired voice.

"No problem. Do you want me to stay over?" I ask.

"I appreciate the offer but.." she looks down, "I think that I just need some alone time right now if that's okay."

"No, no, of course, that's okay. I'll see you later." I pull her into a hug.

"Thanks, Betty." We break the hug, and I walk back down. It's not a far walk back to my house, plus I need it anyways.

About ten minutes later, I walk in. "Where have you been?" My mom asks.

I sigh and close the door. "I took [Y/N] back home because she and Jughead broke up."

"Hm. I'm sorry to hear about that."

"Yeah, me too." I go upstairs and go into my room. I get a text from Archie.

Archie🤨😊:
I did it...

To Archie🤨😊:
Yeah..I did it too

Archie🤨😊:
How did she take it?

To Archie🤨😊:
Not great. I just dropped her off. She's pretty upset. How'd Jug take it?

Archie🤨😊:
Not great either.
Archie🤨😊:
They're probably never going to get over this...How are they going to get back together?

To Archie🤨😊:
They will. I know it.

But the thing is, I don't know it. This was really hard on both of them. I hate doing this. I hate lying to [Y/N]. I hate lying to Jughead. And Veronica for that matter.