Jughead x Reader

Arrest

After I got my parents to the police stating, I ran to the trailer park, specifically FP's trailer where I hear the loud sobbing. I walked in quietly, feet freezing from the snow touching bare skin. I put my heels on the floor and found Jughead crying his heart out. I held him tightly as he cried loudly. As I let him cry I looked at how trashed the trailer was, papers everywhere, a table lying flat on the floor- I was cut out of my thoughts as Jughead stood up and ran out.

'Where the hell is he going now?' I tried to follow him but he was too quick, I decided I'd go to Pop's and see if he was there.

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When I entered Pop's Betty, Veronica and Archie were sitting in a booth, all still in their dance attire. I walk over and sit with them, they all looked at me before Veronica and Archie started talking.

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"We were gonna call you! Both of you." Veronica said to me along with Betty who I suspect just got here.

"Kevin called me and said that his dad found the gun that killed Jason in a lockbox in FP's closet." Veronica said looking from me to Betty.

"So?" I drag.

"So, we looked in that closest. There was no lockbox in that closet when we left. We searched through that whole trailer, no lockbox." Archie said.

"So your saying FP's being framed?" I asked.

"Someone had to have put it there after we left." Veronica added. We all looked at each other.

Betty started going on about how Archie and Veronica were wrong.

"Betty, if you care so much about Jughead why are you trying to cross out the fact that FP could be innocent?" I asked, my question silenced everyone. I sigh out of frustration.

\"We need to find Jughead." Betty said.

"Should we go to Sheriff Keller?" Veronica asked.

"Not until we tell our parents." Archie said. Archie drove all of us to his house. Our parents or their parents sat down on the couch as Archie explained what happened.

"You did what?" Fred asked.

"We had to make sure FP wasn't involved in Jason's murder."  Archie explained.

"And now we know the truth, he was." Alice said.

"Mom, no. We just told you-" Betty interveined.

"The gun was planted." Archie said.

"By whoever killed Jason." Veronica added.

"Couldn't you have just missed it?" Hermione asked.

"Yeah, excuse me if I trust the detection skills of an officer of the law over four amateur sleuths." Alice said.

"Mom you're the one who asked Veronica to break in." Betty outed her mother, I stood there holding in a snicker.

"Excuse me." 

"What?"

"Alice?"

"Actually I approached Mrs.Cooper." Veronica said looking at everyone.

"I had to know if FP was involved and if he was connected to my dad." Veronica continued.

"A gun was found. FP is the killer case closed, we're leaving." Hermione got up off the couch and stood beside Veronica.

"There was no gun." Archie said.

"Son. This isn't petty theft or a bar fight we're talking about here. This is murder." Fred said.

"Okay, fine. We'll talk to Sheriff Keller without you." Archie said.

"Archie, you entered FP's residence illegally. Whatever you did or didn't find there would be an inadmissible in a court of law." Mary added.

"I don't care what happens to me." Archie said.

"I do." Fred looked sternly at Archie.

"FP may have ruined Jugheads life. I'm not gonna let him ruin yours." Fred stood up.

It was silent until parents dragged their kids away. I walked outside and I just...Walked. I looked around for hours trying to find Jughead. I wish I knew what was going on and where he was.

I eventually walked back to Pop's only to find Jughead there. I smiled with relief. I sat with him in silence. The silences were eventually broken when B, V, and Archie came into the small dimly lit dinner.

Betty quickly sat down with a sad face.

"Jug, we're so sorry. About everything."

"Juggy we all screwed up." Archie leaned down.

"Breaking into your dad's was wrong, but some good came out of it." He continued.

"Pretty sure my dad was just arrested for murder." Jughead kept his stare out the window."

"That gun wasn't there when we searched his trailer. Someone put it there after we left." Veronica said in a quiet tone. Jughead turned to look at all of us. We all nodded along with Veronica's statement.

"Jug, someones out there that's responsible for the murder of Jason Blossom and the arrest of your dad." I said looking into his eyes.

Jughead sat there not knowing what to say. After a few seconds, I spoke up.

"We need to go talk to Keller." We all got up and made our way quickly to the police station.

We walked up to the front desk.

"We need to talk to Sherriff Keller. Its abou-" Veronica was cut off by Archie as Keller walked towards us.

"Sherriff Keller, FP Jones is innocent."

"Then why did he just confess to killing Jason Blossom?" I immediately looked at Jughead, the horror on his face said it all. Just then FP Jones comes walking down the hall an officer on either side of him, cuffs wrapped around his wrists. We all knew there was nothing left to do considering he confessed. Sheriff Keller walked quickly behind him as they brought FP to the slammer. 

We all made our ways home after that. I didn't know what to say or how to feel or what to think. I couldn't sleep that night. I texted Jughead saying I'd be at Pop's, shortly after he texted me back saying he was already there.

We didn't sleep at all. We talked, drank coffee. We walked to school together.

"Why would you want to be seen with a "killers" son?" Jughead asked out of the blue.

"Well 1)I know your fathers innocent. 2)I love hanging around you." I smiled. He shook his head and our intertwined hands swung.

"I'm still a weirdo." He said.

"Guess I am one too." I laughed. When we got to the school just as we suspected, the talk of Jason's murderer was the main topic.

"We will get through this together Jug." I said then kissed him on the cheek.

"I'll see you in Science."