Bughead : Lost in love

Chpt 59 : Healthy and Happy Jughead's POV

     "Oh my God Jughead come here, are you ok?" Said Archie pulling me into an embrace leaving  Veronica who followed in carrying Kylie with the rest of the crew with solemn faces. "Ya, I'm just really, really scared.." I said picking up a fussy baby and holding her close to my chest. Kylie cried onto my blood stained clothes as I tried to calm her down. "Jug we brought you a change of clothes, we figured you would need them and clearly you do." Veronica said handing me a bag as Kevin reached for Kylie. "Thanks." I said sniffling and heading to the bathroom.

I washed my hands quickly then changed my clothes. I re-adjusted my beanie then went back outside. Kylie squirmed in Kevin grasp. I picked her back up and she wrapped her arms around my neck. She was getting big enough to wrap her arms around my neck now, it's crazy how big she's getting. "Do you think they'll be ok?" Said Cheryl tightly squeezing Toni's hand. "Ya, were keeping our fingers crossed." I said bouncing Kylie against my chest. "Hey guys I'm going to go see Betty." I said as I readjusted Kylie to a more comfortable position.

I snuck into the room to see her beautiful yet bruised body laying quietly on her hospital bed. She wasn't awake yet, but I could still be in the room with her. "Hey Betts. I hope your doing ok. I have Kylie with me. She misses you. You have all your friends here too and your mom is rushing over. I love you. I can't even describe how much I love you and how sorry I am." I said letting a few tears slip. I just wanted her to be ok, I never wanted her to go through so much pain. I wanted to make her the happiest girl on the planet. I would promise myself that. I would never let her frown again. "Oww. Jug?" Betty said leaning up.

I pressed her chest back down to keep her lying down. "Woah, be careful stay down. Don't hurt yourself." I said rubbing the back of her hand. "Is your dad ok, oh and can I see Kylie?" She said hazily while reaching out to grab a smiling baby. "He's in surgery. We'll get more information later." I said running my fingers through her hair. It was so scary to even just think that I could've lost Betty. She could be dead. "Juggie?" I heard Betty croak our quietly. "What's up?" I asked lightly placing my hand on her cheek where dozens of small cuts were. "Can you come onto the bed with me?" She asked blushing. "Sure, move over daddy." I said giggling.

It put a smile on her face as she moved her limp body over to make room for me. "I love you Jug. Thanks for saving me." She said resting her head on my chest and putting one of her legs across my lap. "I love you too." I said kissing the top of her head over and over. I just wanted to savor this moment, me Betty and Kylie, not completely happy, but we were together in one piece. Sure, we were a little broken at the moment but it was our little family, grasping onto eachother begging to never let go, pleading to never have to let one suffer. Betty's head continued to lay on my chest drifting into sleep every so often. While Betty was resting on one half of my chest Kylie had her small head placed on a tiny portion of my chest and sleeping calmly.

We were both sitting resting for a minimum of five minutes until I figured that I should let the gang come in. "Hey Betts?" I said rubbing her scarred back. "Hm?" She responded looking up at me while running her fingers through Kylie's hair. "I'm gonna go get everyone, Kevin, V, the serpents. You ok with that or do you want one at a time." I asked her. "You can bring them in, and go check on your dad ok? You should see how he's doing." She said rubbing my cheek. "Ok Betts. I'll go tell them to come on and I'll get the update on my dad." I said crawling out of the bed and leaving Kylie to cuddle with Betty.

I walked into the waiting room where a nervous crew of friends waited. "Is she ok?" Said Veronica standing up and coming to me along with her boyfriend and the serpents. "Ya she's awake and well. She's kinda tired and is still on a ton of drugs though. She has Kylie too but she's excited to see you all" I said to them all which allowed them to let out a sigh we all didn't know was being held in. "You guys go in, I'm gonna go see how my dads doing." I said walking away from them and letting them all make their way to betty.

I walked over to the front desk of the hospital and tapped the bell that signaled there was a person waiting. I needed to ask the ladies at the front how my dad was doing. "How can I help you?" The nurse asked. "Uh I was wondering how FP Jones was doing." I said while twiddling my thumbs. "He is out of surgery and in recovery. He's in room 159 and probably needs some words of encouragement to wake him up." The nurse explained. "Ok I'll go see him." I said leaving the desk and heading towards my dads room. I got in and observed his still body laying down and the firm hospital mattress.

He had tubes sticking out of his mouth and his eyes were shut. He had an IV inserted into his wrist and his chest was slowly rising and falling. "Hey dad." I said as I felt a tear roll down my cheek. It pained me to see him in this state. "I don't know what to say dad except you're a hero. You saved Betty's life and I'll never be able to thank you enough for that. You just- you gotta stay strong ok? For me, Betty, Kylie, the serpents. I know you can dad, you're the strongest man I know, you and Betty can both lift the weight of the world. Just keep fighting dad, I love you." I said sobbing while holding his cold hands. I kept crying until I heard his monitor speed up.

I looked up at him and I could see his eyes fluttering open. "Dad?" I said shaking his shoulders. "Dad! You're here!" I said crying tears of joy. I never cry this much but I guess today was just an emotional day. "I'm gonna call the doctors. Are you ok?" I asked as I pressed the button that signaled the doctors. He nodded his head while the doctors busted into the room. "Alright Mr. Jones. We're gonna take the breathing assistant out and run some tests. You should be fine, surgery and all went well." Said the doctor fiddling with his clip board.

I sighed a big sigh of relief. He was going to be ok, he was alive. "Dad I'm gonna go check on Betty while they do your tests." I said squeezing his arm and standing up. "See ya son." He said back. I smiled and walked out into the hall to find Betty's room. "Oh wow it's a party in here." I said coming in and sitting next to Betty. I picked up Kylie and put her on my lap while my other arm wrapped around Betty. "FP is good, he woke up and is breathing on his own now." I said smiling. "Oh my god that's such good news!" Toni said hugging Cheryl. "Guess it was a happy ending to a sad story." Fangs said punching Sweat Pea in the back. "I guess it is." I said back.

Everyone hung out in Betty's hospital room playing games, talking, and gossiping about kids at school. We all laughed and enjoyed eachothers company together because at least, for now, we were all happy. We were all together, (almost) all healthy, and all of us were happy.

———————————————————————————

Hey Guys!

Sorry for not getting the update out on Thursday like I told a lot of you guys. I had a busy day yesterday and unfortunately couldn't get it out, but here it is! The long awaited chapter that finally doesn't have a cliffhanger! Thanks for the support, love you all 🖤