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

Chapter 37

[A/N]: So the total words for these chapters for the 8th episode is 10119 holyyyyyyy shet😂😂and also this is a shorter chapter sry

*Your POV*
The room is filled with clapping and cheering. People start coming over to us and patting Jughead, pushing him around and congratulating him. He ignores all of them and his eyes are still glued to FP. People are doing the same to him, too. When he turns around, he walks over to us.

"What happened to retiring?" Jughead asks. I give them their moment alone and walk over to the bar. I sit down and lean my head on my hand.

"Well that was...interesting," I say.

"Uh, yeah," Toni says.

I sigh, "I'm definitely going to talk to her about this. She made him really upset."

"Really?"

"Yeah.."

"You look like you could use another drink."

I think for a second. "You know what? Why not? I have too much crap going through my mind right now. I could use one."

"That a girl," she winks at me, making me laugh. She makes a drink for me a then brings it back.

"What is it?"

"Just try it."

I look at her and then down. I shrug and take a sip. The taste is bitter at first, but the aftertaste is great. "Hm. Tastes good." I laugh. I take another sip. Loud music starts playing, and everyone starts dancing.

"Go join them!" She yells over the music.

I laugh, "Okay!" I get off the bench and into the crowd. Everyone's jumping up and down and dancing. I join them. Some guys try to hit on me, but I turn them all down. I see an upset Jughead walk into the room. He looks like he had just talked to Betty. I go over to him. "Hey, come join everyone!" I say over the music.

"You know I think I'm just going to go home. I've had a rough night already." He says, "You probably should, too."

I sigh, "But I just got started."

He chuckles, "Let's go, party girl." I laugh and he drags me through the crowd and out the door. We both go to my car. I toss him my keys and he gets into the driver's seat, while I get into the passengers. He starts driving and we arrive at my apartment. I stretch and yawn. "Tired?"

"Yeah, a little bit. Let's go inside." I open the door and walk out. We both walk up to my door and I unlock it. We walk inside. I take my jacket off and he does, too. I see his tattoo on his shoulder. I stare at it. "Hm. Looks nice." I nod.

He laughs, "Thanks." We stare at each other for a second. He leans in and kisses me. I'm a little shocked at first, but then I kiss him back. I hear him close the door, probably with his foot because his hands are on my waist. He picks me up, making me giggle.

I pull away, "Was that really necessary?"

He smiles, "Mmm, yes." He takes me over to the bed and sets me down. He starts pulling my shirt up. I take it off and he takes off his. We strip the rest of our clothes and he moves his lips down to my neck.

~

I wake up and feel his arm wrapped around me. I smile and turn around. He's already awake and staring at me. I chuckle, "What're you staring at?"

"You. And your beautiful face." He smiles and kisses me. He pulls away, "So, I talked to Betty about what the hell she did and why."

I nod, "Oh yeah. What'd she say?"

"She said that she...wanted to be part of my world? It was really weird. I don't know. I mean, she's not my girlfriend, so I don't see why she has to do that. I don't need anyone to protect me or anything like that. I don't know. I'm just kind of upset. I think things are going to be awkward between us now. I thought she was my friend."

"Hm. I'm definitely going to talk to her." I nod.

"Okay."

"Also, I found something out yesterday, while investigating with Veronica and Archie.."

"What is it?"

"Apparently, my dad went to Riverdale High and lived here when he was younger. He also dated Mrs. Blossom."

"Whoa. That's a lot of stuff. How did you find out?"

"We were looking through old yearbooks, and I found his name," I shrug.

"And you didn't know that he went here?"

"No! I thought that I could come here and start a completely new life. You know, go somewhere where no one I knew existed." I say, like what I said to Kevin.

"Everything's going to be okay." He puts his arm around me, pulling me closer.

I smile, "Thanks."

~

"Okay, explain something to me." I'm pacing around in Betty's room, while she's sitting on her bed. I put my hand on my hip and the other over my eyes. I look down, "What.." I nod, "in your 'right' mind...turned and told you to become an overnight stripper?" She doesn't say anything. "I mean, seriously. Do you know like, how much danger you put yourself in? What you did wasn't," I nod, again, "wasn't going to prove what you hoped, if anything it was just really disturbing."

"Okay, I get it. I messed up."

I scoff, "Yeah, you did."

"Why are you so upset about this, anyway?"

"Because you upset my boyfriend!" I pause, and we make eye contact with each other. She's more shocked than I am. "Because you upset Jughead. That's why." I put my hand up. Her eyes start to water. Soon, she starts crying. I sigh and sit with her. "Come here," I whisper. She's still crying, and she leans over, so she's sitting on my lap. Her tears soak my jeans. I look up at the ceiling and sigh. "You know, he's probably going to forgive you. So just, calm down for now, okay?"

She sits up and wipes her tears, "Okay." I reach over to her desk and give her a tissue box. She takes a tissue and blows her nose. "Thank you, [Y/N]..I honestly don't know what got into me...I'm really stupid."

I look at her, "No, you're not. You were probably just upset about something that, I don't know what, actually." I look to the side, "Yeah, that didn't help. Um, anyways," she chuckles a little, and I do, too, "everything is going to be fine." I nod.

She nods, too, "Okay."

"And plus, it's almost Christmas. Gotta cheer up for that." I lightly punch her arm. She smiles.