Serpent By Blood

16

One month later
Bettys POV:
I was going to a party with Veronica tomorrow and over the past month me and her have gotten pretty close, not to the level me and Cheryl are but me and Cheryl are cousins and have been best friends our entire lives. I got up out of bed and I ran to the bathroom and threw up, I had been doing this for about a week, I think Ive been sick. Cheryl walked up behind me and handed me a towel and a brown paper bag. "What's that?" She looked down and was reluctant to speak. "Remember when we were at the mall and you thought you were..." I face palmed myself because I realized I had been late for two months. I took the bag and Cheryl walked out. I took it out of the box and stared at it for awhile. I went ahead and took two again. I set my timer for three minutes and went out to Cheryl while I was biting my nails. "C what will I do?" I was panicking because I was almost sure that I was pregnant. My timer went off and I ran to the test. I turned them both over and there were the words pregnant plastered on both of the digital tests. My life slowed down, I couldn't move and all of these thoughts were swarming around in my head, when I could move again I realized tears were streaming down my face. Cheryl walked into the bathroom and hugged me. "What do I tell Jughead, what if he's moved on, what if." I was cut off by Cheryl. "Stop worrying about the what if's, all that you should be worrying about is the child that is growing inside of you. I nodded and me and Cheryl talked about what I should do. "When do I tell Jughead?" She rubbed my arm. "Betty you can tell him whenever you feel like it." I hated that that was her answer to everything. "What about Veronica."
"Tell her at the party tomorrow." Finally a good idea, I would tell her right before we go in, just Incase she wants me to drink later she would know what's going on. "Okay, my mom will understand considering Polly and her got pregnant as teenagers but my dad won't understand." She took a deep breath as if she was signaling I might not like to hear what she was about to say next. "How about you just not tell him." I needed to rest, I couldn't handle everything that I had just learned. I Laid my head on Cheryl's lap and she started petting my hair. I was still slightly crying because I had no idea what I was going to do.

The next day I had accepted the fact that I was pregnant and that I had to tell Jughead eventually but I still didn't know if I could. I went into Cheryl's bedroom and asked her. If she could help me get mentally and physically prepared for the party. "Sure, first lets see what your going to wear and before you leave we will do all of the mental stuff. She went to my closet and picked out a short dress and the top half was gold glitter while the bottom half was navy blue, she then sat me down to do my makeup and she did a gold navy and black Smokey eye and a nude lip. I also got a pair of black high heels. I could do my own hair now and I decided on doing a simple curl. After we got me ready we went to the couch and talked for awhile about how I was going to tell Veronica that I was pregnant with Jugheads baby. As we were talking I heard my doorbell ring and I knew it was Veronica. When she hugged me I felt a wave of guilt and nerves fly over me. I said my goodbyes to Cheryl and went into Veronicas limo. "Are you exited?" Veronica asked me and I wasn't great at hiding my feelings to my best friends. "Yeah, So exited." She looked at me and raised an Eyebrow. "What's wrong, I know that look." I took a deep breath and I knew that I was going to tell her earlier than expected. "Okay Veronica don't freak out and don't tell Jughead but, I'm...im pregnant." She hugged me and her eyes lit up. "Oh my god, you haven't told him?" I shook my head and closed my eyes while resting my head behind me. "Okay after this party, I'm driving you to Jugheads house and you are going to tell him." I looked up at her. "Veronica I don't." She cut me off. "Betty, your going to have to tell him someday, might as well get it over with." I knew she was right, I had to tell him. "Fine, But today I just want to have fun."

We partied for hours and she didn't bring up the baby or Jughead once, but then the party was over and I knew what I had to do next. She brought me to his house and she hugged me. "It will be alright." I really hoped so. I walked up to his door and was contemplating wether or not I should run. I knew I had to do this and with no hesitation I knocked in his door four times. I immediately regretted it and he was suddenly standing right in front of me. "Betty? What are, what are you doing here?" I stared into his eyes and thought to myself this could be the last time I ever see him. I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding in. "Jughead..." the tears were rising up in my eyes but I quickly blinked them away. "Jughead, I'm pregnant." His eyes widened and was still for a second, but his face quickly fell soft, he pulled me into a hug and he passionately kissed me on the lips.

A/N so yeah, I'm going to try my hardest not to be one of those stories that does 100 time skips, there probably will be a few but I'm going to try and take my time on developing other things other than the baby. Anywho I hope you have enjoyed the story so far, stay tuned!
-Ali🖤💘
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