They met at the ripe age of 7. For as long as they could remember Alice and FP had been best friends, playing with each other until the sun set over Sunnyside trailer park. As they grew older they relied on this friendship more and more. No one, except for FP of course, knew Alice came from a home where her mother, still grieving from her fathers sudden death, had become a drug addict. When her mother wasn't out of it, she was screaming at Alice. No one would believe the horrible things Helen Smith called her own daughter.
Alice had to get out, so at just 14 she ran away. Not having any place to go she found herself at the playground towards the back of the trailer park where she found FP sitting on a swing. His drunken and abusive father had kicked him out the trailer and he too, had nowhere to go. They sat there for hours, talking about how they had such horrible lives and how they would love to live on one of them big Northside houses on Elm Street.
It was that summer night when they deided that they were to run away together. They had nothing but eachother. Not knowing where to reside they decided that the abandoned pipes in the forest would do for the night. It was as they were talking by the bonfire that night when they shared their first kiss. A soft, tender touch of the lips that started it all. That night they made a promise to each other, that as long as they had each other, nothing could ever hurt them.
They were Riverdale High's power couple, they owned the halls of Riverdale High along with their best friends Fred Andrews and Hermione Gomez. FP Jones and Alice Smith were no one doubt in love. They were passionate and lustful and boy did they show it. If you shared the halls with them, it wouldn't be uncommon to see them in a heated kiss by her locker or in a full on make-out session on his motorbike before first bell. Aside from the fact that they were together, no one knew much else about the pair.
Besides from Fred and Hermione , none of their classmates knew that they had joined the town's infamous gang the Southside Serpents. In no way was Alice ashamed of her position in the gang but she enjoyed having her secret life away from the privileged and snobby Northsiders and found it quite entertaining watching them come up with theories about herself and FP's past. FP went along with this because, like Alice, he found it amusing. Their membership of the Serpents remained a secret until they were sixteen when Alice was arrested. Soon after, the town's newspaper wrote an article on her arrest and the whole town was made aware of her commitments to the gang.
A week later, Alice returned to school. As she walked down the halls with FP, she could hear the whispers coming from everyone. They all knew of Alice and FP's gang life and their reputation changed from 'Power Couple' to Southside scum. But they remembered the promise they had made. They had each other, and that was all they needed and nothing would ever hurt them.
1 year later.
FP and Alice were as strong as ever. They had grown used to the snide comments coming from the mouths of Northsiders, particularly those from Penelope Blossom. They didn't have a care in the world. They were about as happy as high school seniors could get. They brought a trailer at Sunnyside and were as happy as could be. Of course they had their Serpent obligations but that was nothing they couldn't handle. It was when Alice realised she had skipped her period that their carefree world came crumbling down.
She didn't think it was possible, her and FP were always safe. She had to be sure so she drove her bike over to greendale and brought three pregnancy tests. It was as she was driving home that it hit her. Only about month prior to that day Alice and Fp had been at the drive-in at the back of his truck. They were parked at the very back away from everyone. One thing led to another and before they knew it her skirt was scrunched up to her waist and his pants were unzipped. They hadn't bothered with protection because, quite frankly, they loved being reckless.
It was when she was in the small bathroom of her and FP's trailer when her fears came true. She was pregnant, 17 and pregnant. She heard FP open the door of the trailer and she walked out of their tiny bathroom in tears.
"Al, what wrong baby?" FP asked as he saw his girlfriend in a state and ran through the kitchen to catch her fall.
"FP, I-I'm pregnant." she said as she cried in his arms.
"Wh-what, are you sure" he said whilst holding her in his arms. She nodded with the tears running down her cheeks.
"What are we going to do FP?"
"I don't know baby, but I can promise you that I am here, no matter what. I know this definitely wasn't planned but no one is going to love you and this baby more than I will"
"I love you Jonesy" she said sniffling still in his arms.
"And I love you Al, and our baby, more than anything in the world"
That night Fp and Alice lay in their bed, entangled in each others arms talking about what they were going to do once they had the baby. The baby wasn't due until after they graduated but Alice would sure as hell be showing before the end of the school year so they were to drop out together and FP was going to work for Artie Andrews' Construction Company and Alice was going to pick up some shifts at Pops. It wasn't ideal, but they were happy and they were going to raise this baby together.
