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

Chapter 31

*Your POV*
My phone starts ringing and it's Veronica. I answer, "Hello?"

"Hey, meet at Pop's?" She asks.

"Sure. Be there soon." I put my phone in my pocket and stand up from my couch. I get a light jacket and drive to Pop's. When I walk in, I look around for her and she's sitting in a booth. I smile and walk over to it. I sit opposite of her. "So, what's up?"

"Well lately, Archie and I have been getting closer to each other, like.."

"Oh yeah, I get it. That's great."

"Yeah but, yesterday he told me something.." She tilts her head.

"What?" Pop comes over to us and puts a chocolate milkshake on the table for me, "Thanks." I say. He smiles and walks back to the kitchen. I take a sip of it and look at Veronica.

"He...he said that he loved me."

"Oh, Vee that's great!" She doesn't say anything back, but only looks down at the table. "What's wrong?"

"It's just...I don't know if I'm ready for that kind of stuff yet."

"Oh, okay." I clear my throat, "Was it like, during or after the.." I blink a couple times fast and slightly tilt my head.

"After." She nods. "I don't know..I just feel like maybe I gave him the wrong idea or something like I don't love him back or something. But I do, it's just that I didn't expect him to just say it right then." She takes a sip of her milkshake.

"Hm.." I think for a second, "Want me to talk to him?"

She thinks, too. "No, that's okay. I think I just want to pretend that it didn't happen."

"That might not be the best idea because knowing him, he's not gonna want to let it go." I shrug.

She sighs, "Yeah, you're probably right." Her phone dings, making her glance at it. She picks it up, and groans. "My mom wants me back at the Pembroke. I'll see you later, and thanks for the advice and, just being here for me to talk to." She chuckles.

"Anytime. See you later." She walks past me and out the door. I just sit there for a little bit, thinking. I hear the bell ring behind me a couple times, just from different people coming in I guess. I scroll through my phone and open my messaging app.

To Archie😹:
How ya feeling?

Archie😹:
Wdym?

To Archie😹:
Veronica told me about the 'love' thing.

Archie😹:
Oh. I don't know. I thought that she was ready for it. I was gonna talk to her about it later today.

Before I could answer him, someone taps on my shoulder. I look over, and it's Jughead. I smile, "Hey."

"Hey. Didn't know you would be here." He sits across from me.

I put my phone away and shrug, "Veronica wanted to meet me here, but she had to leave."

"Hm. So, remember that thing that I had to leave for in the morning," he tilts his head, "like a couple days ago?"

I think for a second and look to the side. "Yes."

"Well, it was because I had to do a drug deal. But it was only a one-time thing."

"Okay.."

"And I ran into someone, who told me about the Riverdale Reaper."

I raise an eyebrow, "Who's that?"

"I guess it's someone who's just like the Black Hood. And he murdered a family of four." He puts a newspaper on the table, for me to look at. "The victims were Jim and Mary Ellen Conway, and these are their kids."