Psycho ⚕Riverdale

TWO.

CHAPTER TWO

THERE WAS NOTHING YOU COULD HAVE DONE

"Archie's where?" Betty asked standing in-between Jughead and me.

"At the police station doing a line-up, he asked me to be here with Fred until he gets back" Veronica answered.

"Are they stupid? That's got to be traumatising for him we should go down there guys" I said turning to Betty.

"Wait actually could you guys do me a huge favour? Fred Andrews wallet is missing and we're thinking it might be at Pop's, that or the guy that shot Fred might have it"

Betty replied quickly "Well if it's just some rando robbing Pop's, he probably took the money and get rid of it"

"Unless it wasn't just some random. Unless it was premeditated" Jughead said

"Premeditated? The fuck does that even mean?" I asked but obviously got ignored by Veronica carrying on the conversation.

"What? Is that an actual theory?"

"Not according to Sheriff Keller" He replied "But if you asked me, people have grudges, people have enemies"

I nodded along to him "I mean yeah, looks at where we live. Fathers are killing their sons. It wouldn't be a shock if it were an actual hit"

"Or the wallets just at Pop's, so, we'll check it out, Vee" Betty replied walking away with Jughead and I trailing behind her.

"Hey guys, I think I'm gonna stay here and wait for the other but keep me updated if you find his wallet," I told them. They smiled at me before making their way over to my dad's motorcycle. Ha. Jughead's gonna have to do some persuading to get her on that.

"There's my favourite girl," Someone said as they wrapped their arms around me from behind.

"Hey Reg" I sighed turning around and resting my head into his chest.

"How are you holding up?"

"I'm alright I guess. Shall we go inside?" I asked before taking his hand and dragging him back through the entrance of the hospital. Before you guys ask, we are just friends. Who maybe have sex sometimes. I know it might seem weird as he used to hate my brother but when we became 'friends' he stopped being an asshole for my sake and his. Once we had made our way back inside, I sat on Reggies' lap as we waited for Jughead and Betty to get back. "God, I can't believe this happened. Especially to Fred as he's such a good guy"

"I know babe" He replied rubbing my arm. I snuggled into him and ended up drifting to sleep not realising how tired I actually was.

...

I woke up to loud cheering and saw Betty, Jughead and Pop's walking in with some food from the Diner "ugh thank god, I'm starving" I walked up to Pops asking if he was okay before grabbing a strawberry milkshake and some fries and going to sit at a table with Jughead, Betty, Veronica and Archie.

"Your dad would be so proud of you Archie," Betty told him with a hint of a smile on her face.

"Yeah, you've really been a rockstar god through all of this" Jughead said agreeing with Betty. I smiled before taking Archies hand in mine over the table.

"Hey Arch, what's wrong? You know you can talk to us" I said giving him a reassuring squeeze with my hand.

Archie sighed before replying "Guys, there's something I haven't told you because I'm so... I'm so ashamed" Tears threatened to fall from his eyes. He pulled his hand away from mine before continuing "After the guy fired, I should have rushed to my dad straight away. Or I should have tackled the guy. But I was... I was paralysed. I didn't move, not even when the guy walked up to me and he held the gun to my head, and I just closed my eyes. I don't know how long. Long enough for the guy to have taken my dad's wallet I guess. But I didn't open them until I heard the bell. Pop's bell. That meant he had gone" By the time he had finished talking everyone was in tears.

"There was nothing you could have done," Betty told him.

"Not true Betty, I could've done anything to comfort my dad, to get the gun away from the guy. I was a coward. And now my dad and I are witnesses. Pop Tate too. This guy may have my dad's wallet. All his information. What if he comes back?" We looked around at each other scared of what was going to happen next.

We all walked off in different places Archie going to see his dad, Veronica waiting for him, Betty and Jughead going outside and me quickly running to the toilet. Once I had done my business I walked outside "Hey Juggie are you ready to oh my god" I said not realising him and Betty were kissing. "Well, this is slightly awkward" They laughed pulling away from each other.

"Come on Iz," Jughead said putting his arm around my shoulders leading me to dad's motorcycle. We hopped on with me behind him speeding home, getting back in no time. We were shoving each other playfully and laughing walking through the doorway not noticing the three guys in our living room.

"What the hell?!" Jughead and I yelled at the same time "What is this?" I carried on.

"Sweet Pea and I went out as you asked. The guy was holding court at the White Wyrm talking about how if Andrews was gonna let Hiram Lodge's bitch run the show, fire his crew, it's good he was gutshot." Tall Boy explained to us.

"We thought we might press him" The cute guy called Sweet Pea said. What? I'm allowed to look "See if it was all talk"

"And?" Jughead asked.

"And after a lengthy cross-examination, yeah, we concluded, he was just being a loudmouth" Tall Boy answered.

"What did you bring him here for? If he didn't do anything?" I asked him, slightly raising my voice.

"So, you could see we done what you asked. So, you could tell your old man. That's important to us. With or without the jackets, you're serpents" After Tall Boy said this he and Sweet Pea left but not before the younger of the two sent me a wink making me scoff. Jughead and I fell back onto the sofa with a huff beginning to think about what we should do.