Jughead Jones Sister

1 / A Kiss Before Dying

Emas' POV

A woke up to a phone call. The caller id read betty. "Hello?" i say in my morning voice. "E, Archies dad got shot in the stomach." she said. "Oh my god im on my way." i say and hang up. I woke up Jughead who was right next to me sleeping peacefully. "Juggie wake up." i said as i shook him. "What." he said in a hoarse voice. "Juggie, Fred was shot." i said and he jolted up. "Well what are you doing, go get dressed!" he said and i got out of bed.

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I went up to Archie and hugged him. "you ok Arch?" i said looking him in the eyes. "Yeah, im ok Ema, im just not sure if my dad is." he said. "oh arch im sure everything is gonna be ok." i said and hugged him again.

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Me and Jughead walked into pops "Oh my God." i said as i stared at the puddle of blood in front of me. "Sorry, kids, we, uh We're closed today." Pop Tate said "There was, uh"he started but I interrupted. "Pop, we heard about what happened.We just got back from the hospital to look for Mr.Andrews' wallet.It's missing." i said. "Is he -" Pop started "He's out of surgery.We'll know more when he wakes up." i said as i cut him off. "The police have already looked.But if you wanna double-check, he was in that booth, there." he said and pointed to the booth where fred and archie sat.

"So, uh What happened, Pop? From your point of view?" Jughead asked. "I wish I knew. As soon as that gun turned off me, God help me, I dove.I don't even remember calling the police, but I guess I did." he said. "Hey, how much cash did the creep end up taking, Pop?" Jughead asked. "Not a penny" he answered quickly. "I knew it. What kind of thief shoots up a joint and then doesn't take a single dollar bill?" Jughead stated while looking at me. i shrugged my shoulders.

"He wasn't a thief.Over the years, this place has been robbed many times. Bricks through the windows, even, during the riots. I've looked plenty of thugs in the eye, but this man His goal was something else. Darker. It was like the Angel of Death had come to Riverdale." he said with hardly any emotion. "Jeez, Pop, lighten up. You sound like the cranky old guy in the Friday the 13th movies. "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here."" jughead said. "The wallet's not here." i say.

'Hey, you kids hungry?" Pop asks. "Oh, no, we're good, Pop." "Oh, I'm always hungry." me and jughead say at the same time.

Jughead sits there chewing on his burger. i stare at him. he stares back. "In times of crisis, some people lose their appetite.But me, mine increases tenfold." he says. i dont even know at this point. "I haven't eaten since last night" he says. "I don't want to be thinking about this while Mr.Andrews is how he is But last night, when you put on the Serpent jacket, it meant something, Jug" i said. Jughead sighed. "Yeah, it meant there were, like, ten biker dudes standing in front of me and I didn't think I could say no." he says smiling. "It fit you like a glove, Jug. Like a second skin. And the look on your face. You weren't acting for the Serpents. And now you're riding a motorcycle, which you've never done." i said "E, I'm not a Serpent, okay? That might be dads life, but it's not mine." .

"What about our soon to be foster family? They're from the Southside. What if they have ties to the Serpents, they could try to- " i started but Jughead cut me off "Indoctrinate us? Don't worry. I've actually made a decision about that. They'll cover for us with our social worker, but were not even going to be staying with them. We're gonna be at the trailer. Dad's trailer." he said 'What? Why?" i asked confused as to why i didnt have a part in his decision. "Ema" he started but then sighed. "Archie almost lost his dad. He may still. And facing facts, our dad is going away for a long-ass time. Wearing that jacket and riding his bike, living in the trailer does mean something. Just kinda hoping that it means we'll always be close to him no matter what." he said and looked at me. "I don't want to see you get hurt. Or hurting someone else. Not because you did it on purpose, but because that's the Serpents' world. That's how they live. Isn't it?"i say and sigh.

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We walk back into the hospital with our hands full of pops food for everyone. "Whos hungry? We've got burgers, fries, and onion rings." Jughead says. Everyone cheers and we help pass out the food.

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"Your dad would be so proud of you, Arch." Betty says. "Yeah, you've really been just a rockstar god through all of this. "Archie What is it? Talk to us.Maybe we can help." Veronica asks.

"Guys, there's something I haven't told you, 'cause I'm So I'm so ashamed. After the guy fired, I should've rushed to my dad straight away.Or I should've tackled the guy, but I was I was paralyzed.I didn't move, not even when the guy walked up to me, and he held his gun to my head.And I just closed my eyes, I don't know how long.Long enough for the guy to have taken my dad's wallet, I guess.But I didn't open them until I heard the bell.- Pop's bell.Which meant he was gone." Archie said looking ashamed.

"There was nothing else you could've done." i said "That's not true, E. I could've done anything to comfort my dad. To get the gun away from the guy. I was a coward. And now, me and my dad were witnesses, Pop Tate too.This guy may have my dad's wallet, all his information.What if he comes back?" He says.

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Me and Jughead were back at the trailer and what i saw when we came in was horrifing. "What the hell, guys? What is this?" Jughead asked Tall Boy. "Went out like you asked.This guy was holding court in the Whyte Wyrm. Talking about how if Freddy Andrews was gonna let Hiram Lodge's bitch run the show, fire his crew, then it's good he was gut-shot.Tall boy said. "So we thought we might press him a bit.See if it was all just talk." The other serpent says.

"And?" I asked angrily. "And after a lengthy cross-examination, yeah, we've concluded, he was just being a loudmouth." Tall Boy says. "What did you bring him here for if he didn't even do anything?" Jughead stutters. "So you could see we'd done what you asked.So you could tell your old man.That's important to us. With or without the jackets, you and your sister here are Serpents." he says.

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"Jug?" i say to jughead on the other side of the bed. "Yeah, E?" he responds. "Do you thinks Tall Boy is right? About us being Serpents even without the jackets?" i ask and turn to face him. "I already told you at pops Ema, that may be dads life but it isnt ours." he says and faces me. "I dont know what i'd without you, Juggy." i say and smile. "Me either, E." he says and smiles back. "Good night, E." he says and turns off the lights. "Night, Jug." i say and turn around. i feel an arm wrap around me and i snuggle in closer to Jughead.

I soon hear soft snores and fall asleep myself.