Life with Bughead

Chapter 36: Little Runway part 4

BUGHEAD DID IT FINALLY I WIL BE MAKING A CHAPTER DEDICATED TO IT (smut free don't get too excited) IT WAS ACTUALLY GONNA BE THIS ONE BUT I ALREADY HAD THE TITLE AND EVERYTHING

JBs P.O.V
Ever since I brought up mom coming back Jughead seemed a little bit off, like I set something off. He wasn't angry or anything he was just quite especially in the dinner after I mentioned it and Veronica and Betty sent me away. There was definitely something off about it, something Jughead isn't telling me.
"Jughead?" I asked on the walk home
"What is it?" He asked
"When I brought up mom coming back you got really quiet and even after you were still quiet, did I say something?" Jughead sighed

"No Bean it's not you it's them, both of them too stubborn to sit down and talk like adults, mom won't make the effort to come out and Dad won't buy a bus ticket. To be honest I'm a little upset at mom right now well more then a little, her own daughter disappeared and all she said was 'ok I'll send you your homework?' She should have gone crazy and booked a ticket to riverdale and come and gotten you immediately but no she didn't want to step foot in this town."

I didn't know how to respond, Jughead never talked about Mom like this before. I must have looked shocked because Jughead sighed and said
"I'm sorry it's not you JB it's just this whole stupid feud." JB nodded
"Mom said it wasn't safe, to see Dad again that's why we left"
"Yeah and she left me with him, don't get me wrong Dad is 100% better now but up until that point it was hard, I needed her and you."

"But now you have me"
"But for how long?" Jughead asked and I was quiet, Jughead always did focus on the negative people told me. Not around me though this is the first time I've seen him like this it must be really bothering him, Jughead stopped
"Do you want some ice cream?" Jughead asked looking at a nearby ice cream truck. My eyes widened
"Can we?" Jughead smiled
"For you? Of course"

We walked the rest of the way home with ice creams in hand, they were gone by time we arrived at the trailer and when we stepped in  Jughead said
"Dad! We're home!" We walked into the living room where Dad was on the phone

"Yeah she's doing fine, yes I'll make sure she gets the homework down, ok talk to you soon." Dad hung up and looked in our direction
"Hey guys have a good day" we both nodded
"Was that mom on the phone?" I asked
"Yeah she was just checking to see that..."
"That we were looking after her? That she wouldn't starve? If she's really that worried about JB why doesn't she come out to see for herself" Jughead said then stormed off into his room, I looked at Dad

"Is everything ok with Jughead?"
"That is a question I don't think anyone not even Jughead could answer"
"Did something happen with him and mom?"
"I don't know kid, but what I do know is that your brother loves you and while it may not seem like it loves that your here and is just scared that your going to leave."
"What? Why would I do that?"
"Because people have a habit of leaving Jughead so it got to a point where he just shuts people out, he does it to me all the time."

"But what about his friends? What about Betty?" Dad smiled
"Betty is special she somehow knocked down the walls that he built up, he loves you JB more then you'll ever know." I nodded looking in the direction of his room.