Northside Angel

Seventeen

Adeline's P.O.V

I stood next to my dad as we stared at Archie, Betty, Veronica, Kevin, Josie, and Reggie. They were in some sort of trouble cause of a party that Nick St. Clair hosted. I sat on a chair next to my dad.

"Riverdale's best and brightest, huh?" Mrs. Cooper said. 

"Alice, thank you for hosting," Mayor McCoy said. 

"Of course, Mayor McCoy. When I heard what happened at Nick's party, I decided that we should come together to deal with this motley crew of liars, dope-fiends, and fornicators. Except for my Betty, who was smart enough to leave the party before it descended into a bacchanalian free for all," Mrs. Cooper said. 

"Oh, my God. Mom, please don't."

"Oh great, here we go Saint Betty and Succubus Veronica."

"So, this is for clarity, Alice. You're hosting this little get-together to what?" Dad started. I was slightly annoyed. I didn't do anything that involved drugs or Nick. Mr. Lodge cleared his throat making me snap out of my thoughts. 

"Careful throwing stones there, acid-queen Alice. I'm not the only one in this room that knows the story behind that mugshot that your daughter printed in her paper," Mr. Lodge said to Mrs. Cooper.

"Well I, for one, would like to know who brought the Jingle Jangle to the party?" Mrs. Lodge said. Reggie raised his hand.

"Reginald, not a single word out of your mouth until we get a lawyer," His mom said.

"No, all Reggie needs to tell us, Melinda, is how he acquired it," Mr. Lodge said.

"Some gang member who deals on the Southside..."

"Oh, my God, you have a dealer?"

"Not surprised," I mumbled.

"Once again, Mayor, the Southside is the source of all our problems. Was he a Serpent? Does he go to Southside High?"

"I think so, yeah," Reggie said. 

"What does it matter? Not all Serpents are drug dealers," Archie said.

"Archie, not helping," Dad said. 

"But he's right dad. I know a good majority and they don't deal drugs," I said.

"And how would you know this Adeline?" Sheriff Keller said. 

"Cause I'm dating a Serpent. You know, there's more than one gang in the Southside," I said. 

"Adeline, stop it," Dad warned me. I crossed my arms and leaned back.

"Look, we shouldn't have taken the JJ, but Nick's the one who asked Reggie to get it and then pushed it on us. He's the one who should be in the hot seat. I mean, he's the one who roofied Cheryl and tried to assault her," Veronica said. 

"Prosecuting Nick St. Clair would be difficult given that all witnesses were high," Sheriff Keller said. 

"Yeah, but Josie and I saw Nick with Cheryl the night after the party, and neither of us were on Jingle Jangle," Veronica said. 

"The drug stays in your system for three days. So if I drug tested you right now, you'd have a credibility problem. 

"Josie, you took that drug? You put that poison in your system, knowing the way your father's struggled with addiction?" Josie nodded at her mother," I see. From this moment on, bringing the Southside under control is my number one priority as mayor. If it means razing it to the ground or arresting every single Serpent in sight, starting at that high school, so be it. Let's go, Josephine, now!"

I stared awkwardly as Josie and Mayor McCoy walked out of the Cooper home. I looked up at my dad who looked down at me.

"Adeline, I want you to stay out of any of this," He told me. I nodded at him before looking over at the group. 

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