We had to keep them safe- Bughead

Alice Copper

Betty POV

We decided to go to see my mum first, we knew that if Mum found out me and jug were back and with a baby not from us, we would be dead.
Jughead drove down my old family road it was begging to get dark when we arrived at my childhood home. The place that I had felt the most safe in for so many years felt cold and unwelcoming.

"I'll go first" I said to Jughead he tried to protest but I kissed his lips and carried on saying "I'll be fine, I'll be one minuet" I look at Billy who was still sound asleep in the car seat behind me plucked up my courage and walked to the door. I knocked on it with three harsh knocks so I couldn't back out from what I had done.

The door opened slowly at first almost cautiously which shocked me, my mum was many things but one of them was no a coward. "O Elizabeth?" She asked almost checking I was real "yes mum" I simply replied her faced momentarily shone with relief but then her expression changed. She then pulled me into the house with force

"Where have you been Betty! I called so many times and you left with that serpents, you could have died you have been taken... with all the things going on in Riverdale at the moment" she shook her head but something made me question

"What things mom?" I asked

"Don't change the subject Elizabeth, so why did you do it why did you leave?"

"I think it easier to show you" I replied
I slowly lead her out of the house to where our car was parked which she turned her nose up at, etched across her face was her disguste of the car we were using which was almost comical to me. Jughead saw me coming so started to un clip our son from his car seat.

As Alice got closer the realisation started to hit her "you had a baby?" She questioned Betty not moving still in shock. "Come in the both of you now!" She almost shouted coming out of her precious sate of shock "quickly,quickly!"

Once in the house mum kept shouting "why did you bring the baby back here, why now, why were you so irresponsible?"

"Mum" I said trying to calm her what's going on please we don't understand Jughead looked at me in confusion our baby in his arms but I felt the same as him what was going on.

"The black hood," mum replied "there's been killings, Fred Andrews was attacked, no ones safe"

In that moment my world stoped everything went into slow motion Jughead was right we should never had come back, why had we, the serpents had been nothing compared to the man my mum described we were so happy, what had I done

"What have I done Jughead" I asked looking up to him

"Hay it's okay we're safe, I'll keep you both safe I promise" he said holding me in his arms and in that perfect moment I believed him.

After a few minutes I came back to my sense, my fear was replaced with survival

"Mom?" I asked can we stay here

She thought for a moment "I'm not happy Betty, about you or Jughead or the running away but your my daughter and that's my grandchild and I'll do anything for you both" thanks mom I said running to her arms which felt nearly as safe as Jughead's

"Would you like to see him?"
Mum nodded and Jughead bright thebaby forward into my arms. "He's called Billy Forsyth Jones"

"O Betty he's beautiful, definitely a Jones though" she said laughing looking at the baby "and Billy what a perfect, normal name"

In my living room in my childhood house it didn't matter what monsters were lurking outside the door all that mattered was how perfect and happy my now somewhat bigger family was