Life with Bughead

Chapter 41: Little Bug part 3

How did this go from a fluffy bughead family fic to a angsty Jughead dealing with his mommy issues fic
Betty's P.O.V
The next day we took Juliet to explore the town. We took her to Pops again, we walked around the neighbourhood until we reached Sweetwater River. There we sat done on the beach and watched Juliet wander around and even step in the water a bit.

"So when she's older are we going to tell her that a dead body was found in that exact same spot that she's standing in?" Jughead whispered in my ear
"Oh my god Jughead do you want to emotionally scar our child?" I whispered back
"No of course not that's why I said when she's older"
"Clarify older"

"I don't know 16?"
"Ok you tell our 16 year old teenager that when she was a child we let her wander around in a river that previously was were a dead body was found"  Jugheads face changed
"Yeah that's what I thought"
"I just thought it would make for a interesting story, and a big part of our towns history.. and our history." I looked at Jugheads beautiful blue eyes and smiled
"Ok maybe one day we should tell her but start from the beginning let's not lead with the dead body" Jughead smiled
"Of course"

We spent the rest of the day there and then we went to FPs house for supper. Juliet was a little more social this time even talking about her day and what she did. FP listened his eyes light up when Juliet mentioned Sweetwater River.
"It's such a pretty river we even had a picnic although daddy ate most of it." Juliet said with a giggle

"Well your daddy did that back when he was younger too even when he was your age, your grandma was getting stressed he would eat us out of house and home. She would tell me I wasn't feeding him when I was at home." Jugheads head shot up at the mention of his mom.

"What's grandma like?" Juliet asked
"She's..." before FP could say anything Jughead got up
"Be right back" he walked towards the bathroom and closed the door, trying not to slam it in Juliet's presence but her face still changed.
"Did I say something wrong?" Both me and FP spoke up
"No not at all" there was a sudden knock on the door before either one of us could say something then the door opened

"Hello?" said a familiar voice, we herd footsteps and saw that JB was the mysterious visitor.
"Hey guys, wow why does it look so depressing in here? And where's Jughead?"
"I asked about grandma and daddy got upset" Juliet said before I could speak up JB said

"Oh Juliet it's not your fault she sat down in Jugheads empty seat
"Your daddy has always had a difficult relationship with grandma, let's just say grandma did some not so nice things to your daddy and he hasn't forgiven her."
"Oh" Juliet said she still seemed sad
"Juliet?" She looked at me
"Yes mommy"
"Why don't we plan something special for daddy tomorrow?" Her eyes sparkled
"Yeah let's do that ohh I wanna make daddy a picture he always likes that"
"There you go" Juliet got down from her seat and ran into the guest room to get her things. I sighed

"Even after all these years"
"Poor kid has has enough to deal with" FP said
"It's frustrating because she never brings it up" JB said being the only one in their family who still has contact with her mother. She usually doesn't bring up her distant mother around Jughead or her father out of respect for the Jones men.
"I don't blame her for not speaking to me but Jughead is another issue he did nothing wrong." FP said

"I'll talk to her let me see what I can do Dad, it's the least I can do" FP looked at her
"Hey, you didn't do anything wrong nobody blames you for being distant with us" FP said JB nodded. I felt weird being in the middle of what was obviously a private family matter but all three of them made it very clear to me years ago that I was family.
"I can go talk to Jughead, maybe see if he's ok" I got up
"Thank you Betty, it's good to see he has someone like you with him" JB said I nodded

"Of course" I walked towards the bathroom and knocked on the door
"Jughead?" There was no answer I sighed
"Jughead if your listening I really want to help so if you want to talk then I'll be in our room with Juliet. We can talk there or go somewhere private."
I was about to walk away then the door opened, I stepped in and saw Jughead on the floor hunched over up against the bathtub I immediately sat down next to him. I just reached my arms around him again and we sat there in silence.