Serpent By Blood

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Bettys POV:
I went back home to talk to Cheryl. "Hey Cheryl!" I said walking through the door. Her arms were crossed and she was tapping her toe. "Did you tell him?" I nodded but that wasn't enough from her so she pulled me over to the couch. "Tell me Everything!"
"There's not much to tell, I blurted it out and he pulled me into a kiss and after that we talked." Her eyes squinted. "Are you sure he wants to?" I thought so but I wasn't sure, besides he didn't have much time to think about it. I got worried and called him. "Hey Juggy."
"Hey, is everything alright?"
"Yeah, Yeah I...I just got thinking and I wanted to make sure that you wanted to do this." He quickly replied. "Yes, of course, I love you Betty." I felt a wave of relief run over me but I still felt bad about not wanting to tell Cheryl about her mom. "I love you too, bye.." I hung up and looked over at Cheryl. "He's sure." She smiled. "Anything else?" I wanted to tell her about her mom being crazy And threatening to shoot me but I refrained. "No, I'm going to go to bed, I'm really tired." She looked like she knew something was up but she didn't say anything. I smiled and went into my bedroom. I couldn't tell Cheryl about this, she hated talking about her mom about as much as I hated talking about my dad, when we talked about our parents it brought all of the emotional crap we went through a couple years ago. I went into my bathroom and took a long hot shower. How the hell was I going to keep this from Cheryl, we live together and it's not like I can avoid her forever. I tried to calm myself down so I got on instagram and we all know that's a dark hole that you can never crawl out of. I ended up falling asleep with my phone on my chest.

I woke up to Cheryl standing over me. "Are we gonna go swimming or not?" I was searching my brain for some excuse to not be around her until I can tell her. "Sorry, me and V-Veronica, have plans." She looked disappointed but she probably didn't care that much. I got ready to go and put on some grey PINK leggings with a matching top. (By PINK I mean the store with the clothes 😂) I had almost made my getaway when Cheryl stopped me. "When you come back, don't be alarmed if you hear some noises, my dad and brother are coming back into town today."
"It's okay, I'll probably spend the night at Veronicas anyways." I turned around but Cheryl grabbed my arm. "What's up with you, is it the pregnancy?" I looked down in defeat. "Cheryl don't freak out but..." I trailed off afraid of what I was going to say next. "But what, for God's sake just tell me." I took  a deep breath and slowly worked out my sentence. "Your mom, she threatened to...to shoot me." Her face got red and she stepped back. "MY DAMN MOTHER THREATENED TO SHOOT YOU!" She screamed. I nodded and she grabbed her keys and slammed the door. I was taken aback at this and it took me a second to process it. Once I did I opened the door and went after her. Just as I was reaching out for her she got in the car and drove off. I didn't hesitate to get in my car and follow her. She was going down a street That looked familiar but I wasn't sure where we were going. I looked at my surroundings and there was the McCoy's house, and Kevin's house, I then knew where she was driving to. This was my old street. We passed so many things that didn't really mean much to me anymore, but then we stopped in front of my old house, I felt worse but not to the point of tears. Cheryl walked up to the door and banged on it a couple of times...no answer, she then did it again, no answer. She slid her hand over top of the door and looked under the doormat for a spare key. I thought about stopping her and telling her to go home but I was angry, I was angry about Penelope but mostly about my dad. I recalled where dad used to hide the key, under a flower pot. I lifted it up, got the key and threw it to her. She got the door open and slammed it out. She walked in with pride but when she saw her mom sitting on the couch her eyes filled with tears. I slowly walked into the house I once called home and everything was practically the same, same floors, pretty much same furniture but different couch and rug. I looked around and I felt my heart drop to my stomach. This was the place I grew up in and it was almost untouched other than a few red things placed around the house. "Cheryl?!? What are you doing here?" Penelope asked and just as Cheryl was about to reply my dad walked through the door. He looked at me and he had aged since I last saw him. He had grey hairs and he was a little bit heavier. "What the hell are you doing here Betty?" I Bit my lip to keep it from quivering and I wanted to kill him for what he did to me and my family. My fists curled and I was getting ready to punch him. He came closer and closer to me with rage on his face. Right after he opened his mouth I slammed my fist into his jaw. After the contact was made I cried and punched him again. With tears in my eyes I went over to Penelope and said to her. "You threaten me or anyone else who I love I swear to god I will kill you." I walked out and slammed the door, only to fall right down in tears.

A/N soooo with the whole Betty pregnancy thing, imma have to figure out how to make these chapters without time skips so I was thinking about making 1 or 2 chapters in Cheryl's POV. Don't freak out because I promise the next chapter will be about bughead just in Cheryl's POV. I might also make hers slightly longer to add in some of this and bughead in the same chapter. (Sorry if this A/N/ chapter made no sense it's like 3:00 when I'm writing this and I haven't slept in days lol.)
-Ali😴 🛏

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