ILLUMINATE // Sweet Pea

Ch 1. The Return of Fuego Jones

Knock. Knock. Knock.

"Jughead get the door, would'cha?"

She heard a familiar voice shout from in side the caravan.

"It's too early for visitors!" She heard another voice say just before the door opened.

In front of her stood a seventeen year old boy.

"Um... can I help you?" He asked obviously not recognising the girl.

"Juggie?" She whispered quietly.

Confusion filled his eyes before he widened them in shock.

She had grown a bit, but was still tiny at 5'2. She had went through puberty and had gotten some curves. Her jet black hair had grown down to her waist, but her piercing blue eyes stayed the exact same.

"Who is it Jug?" FP asked his son, walking over to the door where he was standing as straight as a plank.

FP looked out the door to the girl and was confused like his son.

"Joney?" Only one person ever called him that, and she had disappeared years ago.

Realisation hit him.

"Fuego?" They asked at the same time.

She nodded her head and looked down. She was as shy as she was when she was small.

FP practically jumped out the door and picked up the girl he thought of as a daughter. He held her close and she wrapped her legs around his waist.

After minutes of holding her, he put her down and she rushed over to Jughead who was still in shock. They hugged tight.

When they let go, FP suggested they go inside.

"Where have you been?"
"Why did you leave?"
"How are you?"
"Why didn't you say anything before you left?"

They were the questions the father and son asked quickly when they were all sat down in the trailer.

She quietly spoke, but they heard her.

"I was somewhere across the country, mom wouldn't tell me where exactly for safety reasons. We left, because um... my stepdad, John, um... had been hurting me and mom. The last time it happened mom just took me and we left, I think she was scared of him. I of course was scared, m-mom died a few months back though, she was shot."

She looked up and saw sadness and fury in their eyes.

"What did he do to you Fuego?" FP asked slowly.

"He, uh, he used to whip my back. I said I would tell you Joney, but he would laugh and say he would hurt Juggie."

The two males let out growls.

"I would kill him, but he took his own life in Sweetwater River the day after you guys left."

After a few minutes of silence, Jughead spoke up.

"You remember the Serpents and the Northsiders disagreements?"

She looked up at him and nodded.

"Thats still happening, but its not as bad. Southside high shut down a few months ago and the Serpents go to Riverdale High School now."

Finally she asked the question she wanted to ask as soon as she had met the Jones once again.

"Is Toni still around?" She had been her best friend other than Jughead growing up. She had been more a part of the Serpent Life than her cousin as her mother visited Southside more.