Riverdale - When Life Goes Wrong...

The Morning After

I go to school the next morning, on my own, earphones plugged in blanking out the world. I can't stop thinking about what happened between me and Jughead last night. I just keep going over one question in my head, 'what do I do next?'. After a long hard deliberation, I decide to talk to Jug first. There's no point upsetting V if it didn't mean anything to him, or if it's not gonna lead to anything in the future. I head into the student lounge and go over to where everyone was sitting.

"Jug can I talk to you quickly please?" I ask, quickly heading out of the room, expecting him to follow. He follows me into the blue and gold office.

"What's up?" he asks,"you look upset."

"I just wanted to talk to you... do you remember what happened between us, last night?"

"Well yeah" he says, pulling me closer towards him.

"No, Jug," I say, pushing him away, " I just want to know what it meant to you, because if it didn't mean anything, then there's no point in us telling V. But then if it meant something, I think we should tell her... she's my first real friend at this school, and I don't want to destroy that with a secret."

"No yeah it definitely meant something, but I feel like whatever this is between us, we need to tread carefully about it. Maybe wait a bit, if you really wanna tell her. Okay?" he asks, trying to keep the peace and calm my nerves.

"Sure, yeah okay."

Throughout school that day, and that week I was feeling quite sick, and then the following week I started being sick in the morning. But then this happened...

"Honey?"

"Yeah mom?"

"Are you okay?" my mom asks, calling through the bathroom door.

"Yeah, I feel fine, just a little sick."

"Nothing's happened has it?"

"No." I say, coming out of the bathroom.

"Well are you late?" she says, as if I haven't been thinking about anything lately. Then it hit me. It was like a light bulb moment. I missed the first half of the school day and went to the local chemist and got some pregnancy tests. My mom was at work the whole day, and so was my dad, so I had the house to myself. All of them came out positive. I ran to school, an hour or so late, and ran into the student lounge, upset and in a panic.

"Betty?" Kevin asks when he sees me, 'Betty what's wrong?"

"Uh, do you know where Jug is? I really need to talk to him." I say, trying to remain as calm as possible now that we're in a public place.

"I think he's in the blue and gold office... why?" I run off before I can answer his question. My thought process is disabled. I run round the corner and see Jug and Toni working on something together.

"Betty? What's wrong?" he asks, standing up at the same time as Toni, although different manners about them.

"Uhh, Toni could you give us a minute please, I really need to talk to Jug alone right now." She looks at Jughead, and after he nods, she reluctantly leaves the room. I shut the door after her and turn around, feeling like tears are about to stream from my eyes.

"Betty," he says, coming over to comfort me, "what's wrong?"

"Uhm, I need to tell you something."

"Okay."

"I'm pregnant."