Riverdale | He Has Her Now | Edited

Chapter 13 | Jughead | Funeral Day | Part 1

Betty grabbed a tie and handed me it. I placed it around my neck. Betty look me dead in the eyes as they started to water.

"I'm so sorry Juggy."

She grabbed me and I wrapped my arms around her and just rested my head lightly on her. She put her hand lightly on my head as I cried. That's when I looked up and she wiped the tears off my face. She kissed me softly and we walked out of the living room and down to my dads car where he was waiting by the door. We all climbed in and he pulled away. His face as I could see in the mirror was expressionless. No tears, just no expression. Betty had tears lightly in her eyes when I looked at her. She missed the small girl she knew for most of her life. Grabbing her hand as tears fell down her face as we sat in the back seat.

Before we knew the car was sitting in the parking lot to the mortuary. Archie was just barely climbing out of car and finishing his tie off with Veronica standing next to him dressed in all black. She didn't have her signature black dress, this dress had black lace sleeves going down it, with black heels and gloves to go with it. Archie took her hand and I took Betty's as we walked into the building. Everyone started to say their words after the bishop finished talking.

My father left the podium and started to stand and I stood up.

Standing next to the casket I looked down at Jellybeans closed eyes. Looking at her neck sat a small white lace choker to represent her personality and to cover up the bullet wound from the riffle. I looked over the crowd and spoke into the mic.

"I've always referred Jellybean as the Girl from the Small Town of Riverdale. But I can't anymore. People have been asking me how I've been doing over the past few days, honestly, awful." I looked down as tears started to roll down my face I breathed deeply.

"That moment where I was supposed to protect her I didn't. In some ways I do blame my self, in others I know I was trying my best, giving her a sense of freedom but yet love."

A break in my voice approached the mic. Making me straighten out my voice.

"Later that Night she was laying dead in my arms and I was screaming for her to come back. But she didn't. So for now on I'm going to live up to how Jellybean would want me to."

I wiped the tears away from my face.

"I will live and let her smile try to spread across even though she's not here anymore, I will do it by making others smile the way she did. She will forever be Jellybean Jones to some but to us she will be a smile that spread. A fighter that stayed strong. Someone who lived for others. My sister Jellybean Jones."

Walking over to her casket I looked down at her. Her eyes were shut showing how pale her skin really was. A tear rolled down my face, that's when I put my hand on the top of my head grabbing the soft fabric of the hat, pulling it off of me and looking down at her body. Placing it down on her hands that were laying lightly on her . I walked off after saying goodbye. Brushing my black hair back I sat down next to Betty. She looked over at me with sadness in her eyes. Grasping my hand.

"You surprised me when you placed your hat down on her."

"Had to get rid of it eventually."

I said gazing into her eyes.

They started to stand to head over and grab the casket, that's when I heard the doors swing open. All the sudden I heard a gun shot and Tony went down, blood drenching the floor. My eyes widened as I saw her laying in her own blood. She had a dark green serpent sewn onto the back of her dress that was now becoming brown from her blood. I screamed.

"Tony!"

That's when I felt a tug on my arm and Betty pulled me away as the man with the gun shouted.

"Next patient is up!"

That's when he turned around and ran out the building. My dad stood tall and ran after him. Only for I to find out he would loose him as he climbed into the car and went speeding down the road after pulling out. I ran over to Tony and picked her up, she was the only one of her family members that came to the service. I looked her dead in the eyes, they still had hope as she said my name lightly. Betty ran over with her cotton jacket ripped into strips to be wrapped around Tony's body. Little did we realize that the month was only half way through, making him break the deal.

Ambulances and cop cars started to pull up, making me see that Jellybean's body was now part of the crime scene. They pulled Tony away to the hospital and we all stood there as suspects.