Try Again ~ Bughead

Chapter Three

Betty POV

I had just finished folding some clothes when there was a knock on the door. I walked over to it and saw Jughead stood there.

"Hey."

"Hi."

"Ok. Let's go." I say grabbing my keys from the side and walking out of the apartment and down to the street with Jughead following. We started to walk in silence to Islas preschool then I ask "So your a cop?"

"Ye. In the 99th precinct in Brooklyn. It's not far from here actually. Do you work?" He replies (AN 99th precinct is a Brooklyn Nine Nine reference.)

"Yeah. I work at the coffee house."

As we reach Islas preschool I told Jughead to wait outside why I went to get her. I walked in and walked over to the desk and Sophie (the woman at the desk) went and got Isla. Isla can our into the office with her little bag in her back and a pice of paper in her hand. She walked over to me and I gave her a hug.

"How was your day Isla." I say why I was crouched down in front of her

"Ok. I drew a picture of a rainbow." She says holding up her picture she had drawn probably

"It's beautiful Isla." I say smiling at her "Isla do you remember the man at the door yesterday?"

"The one with the funny hat?"

"Yeah." I say with a chuckle "well he's one of mommy's friends and he's here and he wants to meet you. Is that ok?"

"Is he a nice man?" She says looking at me for reassurance

"Yes. Do you want to meet him?"

"Will you stay with me?"

"Of course." I say standing up and holding her hand then walking out the door to where Jughead was. He was stood there waiting for us. I see a smile grow in his face as he sees Isla who was clinging to my hand and hiding behind my leg. I walked over to Jughead with Isla still hiding behind my leg.

"She's a bit shy." I say to Jughead as I stand in front of him he nods his head and crouched down so he was eye level with Isla and he gave her a friendly smile.

"Hi Isla. I'm Jughead." He says in a soft voice and I hear Isla giggle at his name. "Yeah its a silly name. You can laugh." He says with a chuckle and I hear Isla laugh. Then Jughead noticed the picture in Islas hands and says "what you got there Isla?" He says pointing to the picture in her hand she looks down at it and then smiles and hands the picture to him. Jughead takes the picture and looks at it and smiles "your very good at drawing." He says handing the picture back to her she smiles at him and stops hiding behind my leg and just stands next to me holding my hand. "Do you want to go back home Isla before it rains?" I ask her looking down at her "yes....is Juggie coming with us?" She says looking up at me I look over at Jughead who had a massive smile on his face I looked back down at Isla and said "do you want Jughead to come back with us?" She just nods her head rapidly I smile at her and all three of us start walking to the apartment Isla was holding my hand and blabbering away to Jughead telling him one of her made up stories and Jughead walked next to her and listened to what she was saying. It made me smile. Maybe he really dose want this?

Once we where back home Isla let go of my hand and grabbed Jugheads hand and pulled him to the living room and over to her toy box and sat him down on the floor and pulled out her tea set and started setting up a tea party for her Jughead and a few of her toys. I walked into the kitchen and started to make pasta for dinner.

Once I was done I walked out into the living room and saw Jughead with a tiny tea cup in his hand and he was talking to Isla. "Isla it's dinner time. Go wash your hands."

"Ok. Mommy." She said standing up and running to the bathroom and Jughead stood up from the floor.

"She's amazing." He said smiling

"Yeah She is. She likes you." I say and Jughead just smiles.

"Well I should probably get going and let you two eat or worse have Ethan come home and beat my ass." He says walking towards the door he walks slightly out the door and stops in the hall way and I say "Ethan doesn't live here. Her has his own place." Jughead just nods his head and says bye and I shut the door and walk back into the apartment where Isla was sat at the dinning table I sat next to her and we started eating our dinner till Isla said "Is Juggie coming back tomorrow?"

"Do you want him to come back?"

"Yes. He said he would read me a story but then it was dinner time and then he had to leave." She says with a sad face

"I'm not sure Isla it's up to Jughead to decide if he wants to."

"Ok." She says eating her pasta.

I really hope he wants to be a part of Islas life because she already seems to like him.