bughead oneshots

distraught but still wanting you//part one

set a few days after bugheads breakup in 2x08
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Betty's POV
I was empty. Indescribably, undeniably, empty. I lay in my bed crying, sobbing away everything I seemed to have left. I just couldn't think anymore. It had been one and a half weeks since Jug had broken up with me, and within that time, I had stayed so strong. I always am. I can always get myself through everything, no matter what. At least portray myself that way. I thought i could be like that with this. but apparently I couldn't last long. A part of that was that I'd kissed Archie, and I can't beleive I got that caught in the moment. And even though Juggie and I aren't together, it still felt like cheating. I hadn't gone to school for the past 3 days. I hadn't contacted V or Arch, and frankly i didn't have an interest in doing so. I couldn't get ready to go to school, it was pointless at the moment. And that was unusual of me, Betty Cooper, not going
to school. But i didn't care. I was still a strong person, just a strong person acting normal in a really bad situation. I just suddenly realized What the hell am I supposed to do without him? And those words have rung in my head ever since. You never realize how happy someone makes you until you loose them. He thought he was protecting me by doing this, but I was sure a bullet wouldn't hurt as much as this.
Veronica's POV
I was getting so worried. Archie and I had been calling Betty over and over, but she never answered any calls or texts. She was fine the other day, I didn't get it. And she hadn't been coming to school, either. I know her and Jughead broke up, but this still wasn't like her. Horrible possibilities raced through my mind as I sat on the couch by the vending machine after classes. I didn't want to have to call Jughead, but I was afraid I'd have to, I needed to know what was up. I raced to the Pembrooke and walked to my room, and decided if I was going to call him, I might as well do it when I know he's at the Red and Black usually. I clicked his phone contact and waited.
"Hey, Veronica?" he acted slightly confused, because her and Jughead rarely talk, they're just not very interesting people to each other.
"Hi, Jughead, um... so listen, Betty hasn't come to school the past 3 days, and she's not answering any phone calls or texts. I'm getting really worried. Is- is she with you?" God, please tell me she's with you.
"I- she- no, she's not." You could hear the panic in his voice.
Veronica let out an audible, worried sigh.
"O-Ok. I'm sure she's fine. I'll keep trying to reach her." Veronica quickly hung up the phone. She hated she knew something was wrong but she couldn't do much more about it. But she was going to go to the Coopers house, and ask Alice if she knew where her daughter was. Of course she does, right?
I stepped up the cobblestone steps and rung the doorbell. And again. And again. Then I knocked. Nothing. What if something is really wrong. No. No it's not. But I have to get in there just to check for anything. I'm probably just over reacting. I looked under the flower pot for a key, and kept searching. I lifted the mat. Yes! I fumbled with the key and twisted it into the door. Click. I slowly leaned into the house.
"Hello? It's Veronica."
I walked up the steps and repeated it. I burst into her room. And there she was. A mess. Sitting on her bed, seemingly uncontrollably sobbing into a different realm. Her hair was thrown up and it looked like she hadn't showered or taken care of herself at all.
"Betty!" I worriedly shouted.
I jumped over into her bed and tilted her chin towards me.
"Betty, what the hell is going on? Why haven't you been at school. I've called you so many times I- I was so worried, we were so worried B. Please ta-"
"God, I'm sorry Veronica. I guess I didn't seem to think how you would feel about all of this. I know this isn't like me. I don't know what's wrong with me, I- I suddenly just found myself unfunctional because of- of..." She just couldn't get herself to say it. Veronica could tell.
"Jughead?" She whispered as a soft question.
Betty nodded. She was so distraught.
"This isn't like me." She repeated. "But it hit me so hard so fast i didn't know what to do. Everything seemed pointless."
"Shhh, it's ok. I know." I embraced her in a hug, comforting her.
Jugheads POV
The second I got that call, I knew something was wrong. Veronica and I never talk much. When she told me they haven't known where Betty had been the past 3 days, I panicked. So many possibilitied swarmed in my mind I swear I could've passed out then and there. But Veronica didn't give me any more information. She just hung up, like I didn't need to know anymore. Ever since I broke up with Betty, I had deep down, been miserable. But I had to stay strong for the Serpents, for school, and for, well, everyone else. I was used to it. Broken boy, strong soul, right? But I just had to do it. After seeing her willingness to join the Serpents, all for me? I knew she didn't know what she was getting into. I couldn't let her get hurt and have the only reason it being as me. It had been a day since Veronica called. And I really wanted to call her back. I needed to know if Betty was ok. I picked up my phone.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Veronica, um, I was just wondering if you know whether or not Betts is ok?" He flinched at the unintentional use of her nickname.
Veronica slightly scoffed. "Yeah, she's fine, Jughead. But if it were to my consideration, I'd stay away. You broke up with her, remember?"
Those words hurt, bad.
"I- I know b-but I can still worry. I do still worry. Why was she gone from school? Why wasn't she answeri-"
"Jughead, trust me, it's fine. She's fine. Leave it be, ok?"
She hung up. Not even giving enough time for me to answer her.
Betty's POV
No. I wasn't going to let myself sit here and cry and be helpless. That isn't like me, and that won't be like me. It isn't doing anything for me. I have to talk to him, or have it in my mind forever. I need closure, I need to tell him the truth and i need him to tell me the truth.
Veronica came over this morning to help me get ready for school and to cheer me up. She always can. I didn't look my always best, but I tried, and I guess it wasn't as bad as I imagined. At least Jug wasn't there.
The next day
God damn it, Betty. You can never bring yourself to do things. You hit a murderer with a shovel, for god's sake! Love, it does things to you, doesn't it. Geeze. I was planning on coming to Jugs trailer yesterday, and made it to Sunnyside park, but I couldn't bring myself to his door.
(okay so this part is what's gonna happen in 2x10, so i incorporated it into this oneshot (; )
I quickly showered, brushed my hair, and got changed into a mustard yellow crop top and baby blue ripped jeans, something different. I wasn't feeling like the girl next door Betty today. Not like I ever was, but I knew that's what the public thinks. I left my hair down and hastily grabbed some yogurt and a bottle of juice and ran out the door. I saw Veronica waiting for me. Ever since the kiss with Arch,
I had been walking to school with her. She didn't know about it, but she was kind enough to come all the way from the Pembrooke to walk with me.
"Hey, V."
"What's poppin', B?" She laughed
"Nothing much."
"How are you feeling?" There was genuine worry on her face.
"Emotionally... the same... physically, a lot better. But I have to get to school and just focus on that for a day. As my mom says, it's an important year!" I rolled my eyes and chuckled.
"I'm sorry you're, emotionally, not better, but don't worry, It'll get easier."
Easy for her to say, she got back with Archie about a week ago after their breakup.
We arrived at the school and I went to the locker room to put away my uniform until practice this afternoon. I sat on the bench and suddenly the speaker came on. Principal Weatherbee's voice boomed into
the classroooms. But it wasn't the daily announcements.
Good Morning students. South Side High School shut down. The students will be joining us tommorow. We're sorry if this is inconvenient for you, but it is what we must do.
"What?" I whispered aloud.
I heard Cheryl talking to Josie on the other side of the lockers.
"Ugh, now we have to deal with those dirty cheap snake bags. Great." You could hear her rolling her eyes.
But that's not what I was thinking about. I was thinking about Jughead. We would be taking the same classes together again, we'd be unintentionally in each others lives again, and I didn't know if this was bad or good. Would it heal me? Or crush me?
Jughead POV
I couldn't beleive this had happened. I was going back to a Riverdale High? I didn't know if this was good or bad. RH was definantly a better school than the South Side High, and it meant seeing Archie and Veronica, but it also meant seeing Betty. I know I can't let us get too close again, because it would make the already bad tension even worse. I want with all my heart to get back with her, but I know that I couldn't.
Betty POV
I was gonna see Juggie today, no doubt, and to add onto that, all the other high school serpents that watched me strip in front of middle aged men. As embarrasing as it was, I won't let myself worry about it because I know that I did the right thing for Jughead. And I won't give up joining the Serpents. It just feels... right. Today I decided to go darker, just because I felt like it. I'd been doing it a lot more lately. I picked some dark blue ripped jeans, a white brallete with a gray fitted halter top matched with a leather jacket over it. I grinned slightly at the thought of that jacket having a south side symbol on it. I slipped on some black lace up boots and tied my hair in a big, messy bun on the top of my head, not the usual sleek, flawless one. I glided out the door and like yesterday, V was waiting for me.
"Heyyy..." I said slowly, implying she knew just what I was thinking.
"So, today, huh. This is weird. Having a bunch of goulies, serpents, just a whole new school of people come to riverdale high. And..."
"Jughead." I finished for her this time.
"Listen, I'm sure you'll cross paths, but don't worry about it, honestly it will feel awkward no matter what. Also, not that this has any regards to your serpent ex, but you look HOT."
"Oh my god, V, stop." I laughed and felt myself heating up.
"It's only true, girl, what has gotten into you? Not complaining, I love it."
"Honestly, I don't know. I want to express what I feel like, and I guess this is it. I just feel... confident."
"Well that's great, B. You go!" She laughed.
I pulled out a gray hoodie from my bag.
"What's that for?" V asked.
"I'm gonna wear it in the halls so that I don't have a chance of seeing him. Or having to talk to him. Just wanna be safe!"
"Uh, ok?"
"Im kind of kidding. But not. We're not extemely tense, but I just don't want him to know I'm there, tbh."
"I can get it, i guess. You'll be fine."
"Yeah."
We slipped into the school. The SSH (south side high) students are supposed to be coming an hour into the day, so that they're less commotion. I pulled off my hoodie since it was surprisingly warm in the school, and me and V walked to homeroom together.
Good Morning, students. As many of you know, today, the students of South Side High will be joining us here at Riverdale High. Due to it's sudden shutting down. To avoid commotion, the students will be arriving at 9:20 instead of 8:20. Thank You. It boomed out of the loud speaker.