Chapter 4

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Goodwill was crowded. Were they having a black Friday sale? Two weeks later. What the fuck? Also why at nine in the morning. We were going to go at ten, but I just know we're not going to make progress.

And I was right. Braeden was lost. Again. For the fifth fucking time. Jesus Christ. I can't take him anywhere.

I found him sitting in a cart. He was refusing to move out of Betty's way. Wait. Why the hell is she here?

Jughead looked over from besides her. He gave me that look that asked for my help. I grabbed the cart and pushed it down the isle. "Your welcome," I flipped my hair and strutted down the isle.

Braeden had crashed into a rack and had a bunch of clothes on top of him. He waved and I rolled my eyes as I pulled the clothes off of him. Oh shit. That sounds dirty. Good thing he's gay.

We went down the isle and he grabbed anything that looked like it would work for us. We would have to get letter patches for the letterman jackets. Also underwear for Fangs and Braeden. He hated that part and I laughed evilly.

We were there for like an hour and then Fangs showed up and I nudged Braeden who glared at me harder then he'd ever before. I chuckled. I love it when he's flustered and nervous.

I paid for everything while Braeden talked with Fangs. It was kinda cute I guess, until Fangs decided to take the cart and run out the front door with it. Who knew that carts were so expensive?

I found him pushing Braeden around through the parking lot and I couldn't help but laugh. They were cute together and it was obvious to literally anyone that they had feelings for each other. Fangs jumped onto the cart as they began to roll downhill and I let out a sigh of annoyance as I chased after them.

They started rolling down the street in front of my house and I honest to god thought they would've got hit by a car by now. They finally stopped a block away from my house. When I caught up to them I put my hands on my hips and gave them a look. Braeden smiled and Fangs couldn't stop laughing.

"If you're going to go on a cart adventure, at least let me sit in the cart so I don't have to run," I complained and they both laughed. I jumped into the cart. "Off to the high school," I yelled and Fangs smiled and began to push us down the street. We screamed in enjoyment as he jumped on and we began to roll down the street. We got to the school like ten minutes later, mostly because Fangs refused to keep pushing so we had to roll and hit a tree.

We got inside and we were the first ones there. To be fair it was only like ten-thirty. I began to organize everything into piles of who wore what and Braeden sat next to Fangs and helped him with his lines. "So we die," I heard Fangs ask and Braeden simply nodded. "And Andrews and Mantel play our dads. Who are also gay," he asked. So he hadn't watched the musical.

"Braeden, do you want to watch the musical with him so he understands better," I asked and he nodded.

"Come on Fangs. We'll go over there and sit on the bleachers and I'll pull it up on my phone," Braeden said and they made their way to the bleachers. I smiled. I laid on the stage and only occasionally glanced over at them. Braeden was snuggled into Fang's shoulder as they watched.

I scrolled through Tumblr until I saw a video and clicked play, because why not. My eyes grew as I got to the end. "NO FUCKING WAY DID THEY DO THIS," I yelled and I saw Braeden jump. He whispered something to Fang's and ran over to me.

"Jesus Christ. What's wrong Jazz," he asked and I showed him my phone. "They leaked that! I swear they will never learn how to not fuck shit up."

"Right. This could literally ruin the whole series," I whined.

Fangs let out a whine. "I'm so confused," he yelled.

"I've gotta go help him out, but we shall continue this rant later," he said and ran up the bleachers. I heard footsteps coming. I looked and saw Archie, Veronica, Betty, and Jughead. They entered and the first thing both Betty and Veronica saw was Braeden snuggling into Fangs.

"Holy shit. Are they," Veronica started.

"Not that I know of," Betty said, but she was smiling. It was so obvious that they were both internally fangirling at the sight.

"Who are they playing," Veronica asked.

I smirked. "Kurt and Ram. AKA the dead gay sons," I couldn't help but laugh and Veronica and Betty were jumping up and down.

"So. Anyways. Where should we start," Jughead asked, but even he was smiling at the two boys.

"Well we can't do many songs until the third Heather gets here, so I guess we can do Blue, which by the way, is going to be the most awkward thing ever. Then Dead Girl Walking, we can't do Shine A Light until Toni gets here, same with the reprise of Dead Girl Walking. We can pretty much only do ones between Veronica and JD, one with Ram and Kurt, and then McNamara's solo of Lifeboat, and then Duke, McNamara's, and some extras which can just be us, singing of the Shine A Light reprise, but lets do anything not including those two, because I don't want to disturb them," I said, out of breath. They all nodded though.

"I think we should just go in the best order we can," Betty said and we all agreed. "So we're starting with Freeze Your Brain. Get up there Juggie." (Get ready for a long chapter because I am putting every single fucking lyric. There will only be one song per chapter. Probably ;))

Jughead jumped onto the stage and I followed with help from Archie because short people problems. Betty grabbed my laptop from the side and started the instrumental.

I stood to his side and tried my best to imitate how Veronica was in the musical. "I've been through ten high-schools. They start to get blurry. No point planting roots. Cause your gone in a hurry. My dad keeps to suitcases packed in the den. So it's only a matter of when," his voice is angelic. Like oh my fucking God.

"I don't learn the names. Don't bother with
faces. All I can trust is this concrete oasis. Seems ev'ry time I'm about to despair, there's a 7-11 right there. Each store is the same from Las Vegas to Boston. Linoleum isles that I love to get lost in. I pray at my alter of slush. Yeah, I live for that sweet frozen rush," he stopped singing and pretended to such on a straw. Even he could make that hot.

"Freeze your brain. Suck on that straw get lost in the pain. Happiness comes when everything numbs. Who needs cocaine? Freeze your brain. Freeze your brain," he stopped singing and looked at me. "Care for a hit?"

For half a second I was worried that I forgot the words. "Does your mommy know you eat all that crap," I said and I almost let out a sigh of relief. I really thought I'd forgotten the line.

"Not anymore," he said and then looked away. "When mom was alive, we lived half way normal. Now it's just me and my dad, we're less formal. I learned to cook pasta, I learned to pay rent, learned the world doesn't owe you a cent. You're planning your future, Veronica Sawyer. You'll go to some college and marry a lawyer, but the skies gonna hurt when it falls so you better start building some walls," and the moment he looked at me, I felt my heart skip a beat. Why did I suggest him be JD?!?

"Freeze your brain. Swim in the ice, get lost in the pain. Shut your eyes tight, 'till you vanish from sight. Let nothing remain. Freeze your brain, shatter your skull, fight pain with more pain. Forget who you are, unburden your load. Forget in six weeks, you'll be back on the road. When the voice in your head says 'You're better of dead.' Don't open a vein. Just freeze your brain. Freeze your brain. Go on and freeze your brain," he quit singing and looked at me again. "Try it."

My cheeks burned. I hope my hair is covering them somehow because this is embarrassing. Everyone was clapping and I did too. Jughead's cheeks lit up and he smiled.

I looked over and saw Braeden wearing a huge smirk and he winked at me. I rolled my eyes. Why does he want me to steal his sister's boyfriend so bad? He whispered something to Fangs who looked at me and smiled slightly.

Somebody save me because I think Dead Girl Walking is next.

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