Riverdale One Shots

The Girl Next Door

In this story, Betty is new to Riverdale.

Jughead's POV:

Archie and I are playing video games in his room. As always, I win the race.

"You have to be cheating some how." Archie whines.

"What can I say? I'm just that good, Arch. Sorry." I gloat.

"Hungry?" he asks.

"Always." I respond.

As we head downstairs to the kitchen, the doorbell rings. Both Archie and I go to the door, expecting to see Mr. Andrews coming home from work. We open the door.

"Oh, hey Betty!" Archie welcomes the beautiful girl at his door. "Do you wanna come in?"

"Oh, no, I just came to give you some lasagna! My mom made it as a thank you for showing me around town yesterday, thanks though." she smiles.

"Oh, Jug, this is Betty! She just moved in next door." Archie says to me, introducing me to the mystery girl. I come into the light from behind Archie to be face to face with Betty.

I smile at her and put out a hand expecting her to shake it, instead she is frozen, staring at me.

"Hi, Betty." I say, hoping that her beautiful green eyes would exit the trance they were in.

She shakes her head and apologizes.

"Hi sorry, Betty Cooper." she says before giving me a greeting hug.

"Jughead Jones." I say with a smirk. Her blonde locks were pulled back into a sleek ponytail, framing her perfect face in the best way.

"Are you sure you don't want to come in?" I ask again, wanting her to stay.

She frowns and says

"I gotta get going, my mom is expecting me back."

"Maybe another time?" Archie adds in.

She nods, "Definitely. Hopefully you're still around." she nods towards me.

"Always am, just starting living with Arch over here, my dad just went to jail and my mom and sister live in Toledo." I tell her.

"Jail?" she says with a worried expression.

"He was in the Southside Seprents, the leader actually. The police aren't very fond of them." I say with a laugh.

Betty seems confused as to why I would be laughing about such matter.

"Hey, don't worry about it, it's just for a little bit. My dad is a good man and didn't do anything extremely illegal." I reassure her.

"Oh okay, that's good." she smiles. "I'll see you guys later?"

"Yup!" Archie answers.

I say "Bye, Betty." as she walks down Archie's front stairs. She turns around and her rosy lips turn up, forming a smile.

"Bye, Jughead."

Archie closes the door and we walk back to the kitchen. My head keeps replaying the image of Betty Cooper, the girl next door.

"What's up, bro?" Archie says.

"Huh?" I say, exiting my day dream.

"With Betty? You were looking at her all dreamy eyed." he laughs.

I punch Archie lightly, "What are you talking about." I snicker.

"C'mon, I've never seen you look at a girl like that. It has to mean something." he pushes.