It's ten in the morning when I wake up, maybe I should get up and get some work done. Alice would call me when to get started. So if queen Alice calls I need to be ready, Jughead was right.. she seems like a pain in the ass. Sorry future boss.
I leave the booth to go to Pop's, to get some breakfast and some work done. As I enter Pop's I bump into a hard chest. I look up to meet with a familiar face, "Oh sorry mister Andrews, wasn't looking where I was going."
"You weren't following Google Maps were you?" he says with a smirk. I laugh at his comment and let him come out first. " If you ever need a tour around here, I can always hook you up with my boy." he says with a smile. I nod and wave while he gets in his truck.
"You should really try something else than your usual coffee kiddo." Pop says to me. "Well surprise me!" I say while he goes back to get me my food. I open my laptop to get started on my novel. I'm writing a novel about gangs in general, but also about gang members their personal life. I fill in my password but something seems wrong, "Password incorrect." I mutter to myself. How is this possible? As I take a closer look at the login picture I suddenly get it. Jughead and I switched laptops for fucks sake. "Pop I'm sorry but I have to go, something came up." I say while leaving the diner.
Riverdale High, the home of all the perfect students Riverdale got. As I walk through the door I feel people's eyes on me, like staring at me. I thought to blend in easily, guess I was wrong. I notice some guys standing against their lockers. "Uhm hey, do you happen to know where I can find Jughead. You know the guy with the beanie?"
"Oh you mean Donnie Darko? Riverdale's loner/loser?" a jock with Asian roots says. I look at him with disbelief, "First of all I said Jughead, and secondly dude coming up with those nicknames won't make you cool." I scoff at his remark. What was this guy thinking?
"If you look for Jughead he is in there." a familiar voice speaks up and points to a classroom. "Ah Archie thanks. And you see mister, no need for nicknames to be tough." I say while I walk towards the classroom. "I'm Mantle the magnificent, cool is my middle name babe." he shouts with a quick wink. "Fucker" I mutter to myself while letting out a small laugh.
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I see Jughead struggling to log in on his, well my laptop. "Yeah that's not gonna work." I say while entering the room, seeing a blonde girl glancing at me. "Melissa, what are you doing here?" he says while trying to log in again. "Because my friend, that is my laptop. And this" I say while pointing at the laptop in my bag, "Is yours, they did a switch just as in the Parent Trap." I joke while handing him his laptop.
"I'm Melissa by the way, the owner of the other laptop." I say while looking at the blonde girl. "Betty Cooper, nice to meet you." she says while smiling. Did she just say Cooper? "Cooper, as in Alice Cooper?" I ask a bit hesitantly.
She glances over at Jughead who is smirking at us, "Yeah that's my mom. Do you know her?" I roll my eyes at Jughead, "You got me a job with someone you know? And you don't mention it to me? Really?"
After I explained everything to Betty about my job at the Riverdale Register Jughead starts to talk. "So Betty if I'm correct, you want me to question Dilton Doiley and his scouts?" he says while packing up his bag pack. "Melissa, want to join me on this very boring adventure?"
"Sorry Jughead but I need to be available all time, Alice could call me in every second so to speak." I say while patting him in the shoulder. "Yeah you better not let mama Cooper wait one second." he says. "Jug!" Betty says while giving him a light push.
"So you really convinced my mom to give you a job? How did you do that?" Betty asks while walking through the hallway. I laugh at her comment, "I may have been a bit harsh, and apparently your mom appreciates someone who dares to speak up."
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"We had brownie sundae, if that's what you hyenas mean." I hear a raven haired girl say when Betty stops. "Mm I could definitely eat that right now." I let out. The raven haired girl and slim boy looked up to me. "Melissa meet Veronica Kevin."
"Oh my god." Kevin says while looking at his phone. "What? What the hell is a sticky maple?" Veronica lets out while looking with disgust at Kevin's phone. "It's kind of what it sounds like. It's a Riverdale thing."
"Is it better than a brownie sundae, 'cause if so I'm so getting that." I say licking my lips. Veronica looks over to me, "No Melissa and Kevin, it's a slut-shaming thing." and she hands me over the phone. Fucking teenage high school boys, this is so so wrong.
As Veronica and Betty argue about what to do about it I interrupt their conversation. "Veronica, let's not only break the rules. Let's break the boy too." I say while taking her arm in mine. If something gets me angry, it's guys not respecting girls.
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As I stayed behind Betty and Veronica I just can't keep calm anymore when I hear the guy talking, "But please, fight back. You'll only make it harder on yourself." I step in front of Veronica and look with disgust at the guy. "What do we have here? New meat boys? I sure want to give you a good time" he says while the other boys start whistling.
" You are a pig, you are disgusting." I say while walking closer to him. As I put my finger on his chest, "Guys your age don't know how to treat me." I walk away but before leaving I turn around, "Maybe you should get some advice from your dad, he'll know how to handle someone like me." and as I walk out I hear all the jocks screaming "ooooooh".
Shadows seem to fade and, light takes place in Riverdale. But for how long?
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Leather jackets and wandering thoughts - FP JONES
FanfictionRiverdale was a town with pep some said. For me Riverdale was even more. My arrival in Riverdale was an accident. Even my stay in Riverdale was an accident. But everything that happened during my stay turned out to be way more than accidental. "Ni...
