✔️| 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝐨 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡

Chapter 17.

I walk into Pop's diner for the River Vixens fundraiser that Betty made me come to, and I see Betty dressed in a yellow shirt and high waisted, maroon shorts.

Never thought I'd see Betty Cooper in something that revealing.

"You made it," Betty says, happily, and walks up to me.

"Yep" I reply.

"Would you like anything to eat or drink?" Jughead asks, standing behind the counter, and I realise he's dressed in the diner uniform, so I'm guessing he's working a shift tonight too.

"No thanks" I answer, smiling, and Jughead nods. "I'll see you around."

"Will do" she replies, smiling, and she walks back over to Jughead.

I see an empty booth and decide to sit down for a while.

"Hey," Kevin says, sitting down across from me.

"Hi Kev" I reply, smiling.

I go to say something to Kevin but get cut off by Veronica yelling. "Everyone come outside, the Pussycats are about to perform."

Everyone here tonight stands in front of Pops, in either their friend group or with their partner, but I stand alone at the back of everyone. Josie, Cheryl and Melody start singing their version of the song Milkshake.

"You don't seem amused" I hear someone say. I turn my head to look at them and see it's Sweet Pea.

"What are you doing here?" I ask, confused, and look up at him.

"Maybe I wanted to keep my girlfriend company at some stupid Northside thing, or it's because Jughead told me to show up and keep you company" Sweet Pea answers, looking down at me.

"What one is it?" I ask as I turn my attention back to girls singing on the rooftop.

"A mix of both... mainly the second one" Sweet Pea answers as he puts his arm around my shoulders.

As all three girls take a bow after their song is other, Betty and Jughead look back at me, noticing Sweet Pea is with me. Jughead smiles and Betty gives me 'get it girl' look. I hold back my laughter as best as I can and they both turn back to face the diner.

"You wanna go inside and get a milkshake or something?" Sweet Pea asks, looking at me.

"Sure" I answer, smiling, and Sweet Pea smiles back. I sit down across from Sweet Pea and he moves the straw around in his milkshake.

"You sure you don't want anything?" Sweet Pea asks, looking up from his milkshake.

"I'm fine, thanks for the offer though" I reply, then Sweet Pea smirks and I just know that something popped into his head.

I look at Sweet Pea confused as he scoops a big amount of whipped cream onto his finger, and he smirks at me.

"What?" I ask, even more confused, and he doesn't answer, instead, he wipes the whipped cream on my cheek.

"Sweet Pea!" I slightly yell, shocked, and he bursts into a fit of laughter. I go to grab a napkin to wipe the cream off my face, but Sweet Pea stops me and I scrunch my eyebrows in confusion.

"I've got a better way of getting the cream off your face," Sweet Pea says, standing up, and he sits down next to me. Sweet Pea gently grabs my face with his hand and he licks the whipped cream off my cheek.

"See, all gone," Sweet Pea says, smirking, and I wipe my face, removing the wetness on my cheek.

"Damn Sweets, didn't know you would ever be at a Northside event," Toni says, appearing next to Sweet Pea's and I's booth.

"Shut up, Toni. I'm only here because I wanted to make sure no Northsiders would harm Karisma" Sweet Pea replies, annoyed, and I feel myself blushing. Toni walks off to find Jughead and Sweet Pea rests his arm on the back of the booth behind me.

"Wanna get out of here? There are too many Northsiders for my liking" Sweet Pea asks as he looks around the diner.

"Yes," I answer.

We stand up and walk out of Pop's. Sweet Pea leads me to his motorbike and helps me get on the back. He gets on and revs the engine, earning looks from people. I wrap my arms around Sweet Pea's waist and he kicks up the stand as he slowly starts moving, then he speeds up and takes off down the road.

* * * *

I close the fridge after putting leftovers from dinner in it. I turn around and walk out of the kitchen, looking at the floor. I walk into the kitchen and almost bump into Sweet Pea.

"Jesus," I say.

"No" he replies.

"I'm Sweet Pea... nice try though," Sweet Pea says as a grin forms on his lips.

"Ha, cute," I say, sarcastically. Sweet Pea grabs my waist and picks me up. I wrap my arms around his neck and he holds under my thighs.

Sweet Pea walks over to his couch and sits down. I straddle Sweet Pea's lap and peck his lips.

"Fuck! You're so cute" Sweet Pea says as he cups my cheeks. I smile and hide my face in the crook of his neck.

"Sttooppp" I whine.

"Just saying what's true, baby" Sweet Pea says, then kisses the side of my head.