Bughead : Lost in love

Chpt 5 : Pops Jughead's POV

Betty texted me and said she had something important to ask me. She told me to meet her at Pops and I was there already. I ordered her milkshake for her too. I heard to door to Pops jingle and there she was. Her beautiful smile and her beautiful blue eyes met mine. "Hey pretty," I said. She didn't respond. Something was off, you could just tell by the uncomfortable look on her face

"What's goin on Betts? You don't seem like yourself?" I asked her as she sat beside me. She let out a sigh and put her head on my shoulder. She never does that, she usually sits across from me too, and she barley puts he head on me. I put my arm around her as she replied by saying "there is a lot of family drama. It's fine it will be fine." I didn't believe that everything was fine. She obviously wasn't fine. "Betty you just don't seem yourself tell me what's going on," I said.

I wanted to help her. I looked down at her face and she was about to cry. "Stuff at home isn't good, and my parents practically abuse me" she said as she tried not to cry. "The last two weeks I've been doing things." She sighed. She was wearing jeans and she undid the zipper. She pulled down a small part of her jeans and revealed a canvas of red scars all over her thighs. She was cutting herself. I didn't know what to do or how to react. I love Betty and it broke my heart to see her pain.

"Betty why?" I questioned. She zipped her jeans back up and then started crying. I instantly wrapped my arms around her as she dug her face into my shoulder. "I don't now why, I just do I to make me feel better. My parents hate me and it makes me do dumb things."

She took a minute to calm down from her sobs then she looked me right in the eyes. Her eyes glistened with the tears. Then she moved close and pressed her lips against mine. Our tounges pressed against each other's as we kissed. It felt so good to be locking lips with her. She pulled away then rested her head back on my shoulder. "Betty" I said quietly. "What?" She asked. "I love you." I said. I just told her I loved her. It was true but I didn't know how she would respond. I rubbed her shoulder as we sat together. "I love you too Jughead." Betty replied. She said she loved me back. I felt happy and sad at the same time. Happy because I had the best girlfriend in the world and sad because she was in so much pain.