Try Again ~ Bughead

Chapter Two

Betty POV

"Hey Betts." He says with a slight smile

There he was Jughead Jones. Standing right in front of me. He was wearing what he always used to wear a pair of black jeans a grey S tshirt with a flannel tied around his waist but instead of his serpent jacket he had a red and black plaid denim jacket with fluffy white wool on the inside on and of course his grey crown beanie. I was shocked.

"Jug? What are you doing here." I say still shocked after 4 years here he was.

"I..." but before he could say anything else Isla came running over and stood next to me

"Mommy who's that?" She says looking at Jughead I look a Jughead and he was just smiling a Isla

"It's one of mommy's old friends. Why don't you go sit back down with Ethan honey?"

"Ok. Bye hat man." She says smiling and waving to Jughead and walking back into the apartment

"She's beautiful."

"What do you want Jug?"

"I want to talk to you."

"Why?"

"Because Betts I want to be a good dad to Isla I want to be there for her and be a part of her life. But I want to talk to you first. Or at least explain myself to you. Please Betts." He says looking at me with hope and sorrow before I could say anything Ethan came up behind me

"Who's this?" Ethan says looking Jughead up and down

"Ethan just go sit down and watch Isla. I'll tell you later." I say looking at him I see him look at Jughead and then back at me then he kissed me and then walked back into the apartment. I looked back at Jughead and he just looked.....broken.

"Please Betts. Just let me talk to you and you can decide if you want Isla to know who I am or even be a part of her life."

"Fine meet me in Central Park tomorrow at the fountain at 1:30pm."

"I will. Thanks Betty. Bye." He says walking away then the pizza guy walked up the stairs and Jughead walked down I took the pizza and walked back into the apartment.

The next day I had the day off so after dropping Isla off at preschool and cleaning the apartment I walked to Central Park and sat on a bench near the fountain waiting. After a little while why I was looking at the fountain someone sat next to me I look over and saw Jughead he gave me a weak smile and I gave one in return. We sit in silence for a second till Jughead says "I'm sorry." I looked up at him

"You told me to stop an I didn't. I don't know why I was even drinking I was just like my dad. I didn't even stop after you left."

"When did you stop?"

"A year after you left. I was a reck. I was mad you left I was mad at you. Well after actually sobering up properly I realised I was mad at my self not you. I realised I could only blame myself." I stayed silent and he continued

"I was arrested a lot. Then a year after you left that was the last straw and instead of jail my lawyer got them to just send me to rehab. It was horrible at first all the stuff like regrets and failure just came rushing back. See when your drunk you don't really remember a lot you only see stuff and why your drunk it kind of just gets filed away and you keep drinking and that keeps those draws full of files locked. So when you stop the draws open and you have to face it all."

"How long have you been sober?"

"2 and a half years I also quite the serpents and they where ok with it. I spent a lot of that time getting my life back on track. I was in rehab for a while I left rehab and ended up relapsing and sent back for longer then after my second time in rehab I moved to Brooklyn. I went to a police academy when I was done I got a job as a cop. An apartment. I got my life on track. Now that took a while but after a year of being completely sober and not feeling the need to relapse I started looking for you. Then a week ago I found you. I want to be apart of Islas life Betty. I want to take care of her and be there for her and Betty I know you've moved on but I sobered up for you and Isla."

"Jug.."

"I know your with Ethan so I'm not trying to win you back or anything. If your happy with him I'm happy for you. But I still care about you Betty. And I want to be apart of Islas life. Please. Give me a second chance?"

I looked at him I'm not going to lie he did seem like he was telling the truth and he did look a lot better then he did when I left him.

"Ok Jughead I'll give you a second chance. But to be clear I'm not introducing you to Isla as her dad YET and you can't tell her I have to tell her your her dad. If I see you show me you can be a good farther to her and that you really want this. Ok?"

"Ok."

"Look I have to pick Isla up at 3:00 from preschool so come to my apartment at 2:45 and you can meet her and you can come back to our apartment and spend a little bit of time with her. But you don't have to if you have to work or anything."

"No it's my day off. I'll see you at 2:45." He says smiling

"Bye Jug." I say standing up and leaving.