Riverdale One Shots

Welcome Back - Part 1

Changing the way I show who's POV it is to the way it says betty under this! Just an FYI.

♥betty♥

I now attend Columbia University in New York, pursuing my dream of journalism. I'm half way through my second year. Of course, this had it's consequences. It meant loosing connection with all my friends, and even my father after the divorce. Although I was still very close with Archie and Kevin, childhood bonds I suppose. Veronica still crossed my mind every so often, but he was always in my mind. No matter how hard I tried, our breakup hung over me, like I was canoeing down a river that never made it to the other end. I loved him. Sometimes I think I still do, he was my first love after all. I didn't want to loose connection with them, trust me. But after my first year in university, we all parted ways. Jughead, however... well we never spoke since I left town.

*FLASHBACK*

"We can work through it, Jug!" I say, trying to hold his face.

He grabs my hands and pulls them off.

"I'm happy for you, Betty, I am. But why couldn't you have warned me, told me you applied? Instead you're throwing this on me when your leaving tomorrow? How did you expect me to react?"

"I-I don't know. I just wanted to spend time with you without you thinking that it was coming to an end." I explain.

"And you're telling me it isn't?"

My face drops.

"What? No. It's just a few hours away, a lot of people have long distance relationships." I shake my head as I talk in-denial.

"Betty. Who are we kidding? You think we can do that when you'll be off with your preppy friends and I'm here, hanging with the serpents? A gang? I can already feel you slipping away." his eyes are now glossy, tearing welling up.

"It won't be like that, Juggie. I love you, I wouldn't let that happen." I hesitate as I say this, realizing just how different people are in Manhattan. Hell, we all remember how Veronica was when she lived there.

"If you loved me, you would've told me about this. I would've applied to college somewhere near there. I only stayed here because I was under the impression you were going to work with your mom after your dad left. You were the only thing I was certain about, I would've went anywhere with you."

My heart sinks at the fact he would go wherever I was. Also as he says 'were' as if our relationship was already in the past. Tears now flow freely.

"Th-that was that plan, but when I got accepted at Columbia I couldn't turn it down."

"Yeah, well clearly I wasn't apart of this new plan of yours. I'm sorry, Betty, I have to go."

"Jug." I cry out, following him as he trots down my stairs. "Jug, please!"

He freezes with his hand on the door knob.

"Here." he pulls out something out of his pocket. "I was gonna surprise you, but now it's useless."

My eyes blurry from tears, I take the blue box from his hand. I open it up, the lid has a note.