The Room Mate

43-f a m i l y

👑Jugheads Point Of View~

I decided not to call Betty on the way up to the cabin. I thought I'd surprise her with the fact that I'm not dead. I thought that would make her day, maybe. I purposely ignored the phone the million times she rang, popping up with out word will put her mind at rest.

We pulled up to the cabin and it was around 8:30. I itched to see my Bea, but first I had to try and hide the fact that my face was black and blue, even that would send Betty into a stroke.

I walked into the cabin and no one was around, so my paranoid ass searched every where for them.

"Ronnie?" Archie called out. Then from somewhere in the house there was a squeal, a bang and a whirlwind of black hair and silk pyjamas came flying down the stairs and into Archie's arms.

"Your okay!" She gasped wrapping her legs around his waist and kissing every inch of his face.

"Didn't Jughead tell you we'd be fine!" Archie laughed carrying her over to the couch and sat down with her in the living room.

The next person to come flying down the stairs was Cheryl, she hugged me hard.

"Thank god your alive" she sighed throwing my arms around my neck and squeezing me to death.
"But you better get your ass up stairs, I've just had to convince Betty for the past four hours that you weren't dead, she's been in hysterics all day" she added pushing me up the stairs. I let out a little chuckle.

I made my way up the stairs and knocked on her door.

"If your name doesn't start with a J I don't want to know" I heard her little tiny voice come through the door.

I put my hand on the handle and let myself in.

"Too bad mine begins with an F huh?" I laughed looking in the cot at Bea, she had a white vest top that said "I love my aunties" and very big pink tutu. Her little socks had frills on that were bigger than her actual feet and she had a baby head band on.

"Why you letting Cheryl dress my kid" I laughed looking down on my baby, sound asleep curled up with my beanie. Doesn't look like I'm getting that one back.

"Juggie" Betty cried and leaping up off the bed and jumped into my arms. She wrapped her legs around my waist and I laughed and looked up into her eyes.

"Miss me?" I chuckled.

"More than anything" she said and then kissing me hard, her hands on each side of my face. It wasn't a sweet kiss, it was rough and hungry. I bit her lip and she gasped opening her mouth and I darted my tongue in which she happily accepted, her arms were now resting on my shoulders and her hands fisting in my hair.

"I've missed you too baby" I gasped breathless looking at her perfect face.

I walked over to the bed laid her down, I hovered in between her legs and she pulled my face down to connect her lips to mine again.

"Can I come in and grab my angel baby before you start literally fucking" Cheryl laughed barging through the door and over to the cot to pick Bea up.

"We weren't, Jughead was just saying hello" I laughed, Jugheads head now in the crook of my neck leaving secret kisses there.

"Yeah, I wish Toni said hello to me like that" Cheryl laughed and Jughead got up and walked over to Cheryl.

He gave her a kiss on the cheek.

"As always Cheryl your timing is impeccable, now let me say hello to my baby girl" he chuckled taking the baby out of her arms and cradling her against his chest.

"Come on baby B, let's go get food, Fangs is famished because of his stab wound so he's ordered a pizza" Cheryl sang as she walked out of the bedroom.

So there we were, just me, Betty and Bea, in the dimly lit room.

"Is it over?" Betty sighed putting her head on my shoulder looking down at Bea.

"It is" I breathed out, and that breath felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders and I could finally breathe again, knowing that my two girls were safe.

"So JB" Betty said lifting me from my trance.

"What about her" I asked her.

"She's hiding in her room, she can't face your dad" Betty sighed taking the baby from me and walking out of the room, a sad smile in her face, her eyes moved towards the door over the hall.

"Go and speak to her" she said and then made her way down the stairs.

I knocked on the door and I heard shuffling. The raven raven haired teenager came to the door, tears in her eyes, a red puffy face, and a fake smile plastered across her lips.

"What's up" she smiled but it didn't reach her eyes.

"Come on JB, why can't you face dad?" I said hugging her, she started to break down again, getting my chest wet, I just stroked her hair.

"I'm 17 dude, I shouldn't be crying over my daddy like this" she scoffed sarcastically.

"So tell me what's up "dude" and maybe I can sort it" I laughed as I saw her smile reappear.

"I have spent the last 10 years of my life, waiting for him to get out, to come back to us, I was already daddy's little princess and it crushed me when he left, he won't even recognise me, I guess I just got a lot of daddy issues" she laughed through her cry.

"Hey, I have a lot of mommy issues, we're family JB, we're the god damn Joneses, there's nothing like a war to bring us all together, let's go down stairs eat some pizza and be nice to each other, he's just as nervous seeing you as you are to see him." I chuckled and she took a deep breath and followed me down stairs into the living room.

"Fangs, Pea, this is my little sister...." I started but I was cut off by my dad.

"Jelly bean!" He gasped.

"Uh it's actually JB now" JB said awkwardly standing there, clutching onto the bannister of the stair case.

Betty looked over to me and I looked over to her, leaning against the door frame I shot a wink in her direction and then was rewarded with a blush and an eye roll. She turned back around to feed the baby, whilst simultaneously eating a slice of pizza. American hot of course.

Cheryl was sat on the corner of the table eating a pasta box watching Toni and fangs fight over the last onion ring. Sweet pea was in deep bro conversation with Archie, and my mom and dad? They looked the happiest they've ever been. My mom was on the couch next to Betty and JB was sat on the floor in between her legs, getting her hair braided, wolfing down some chips. My dad sat in front of her giggling with her and tickling her. Betty and Veronica were gossiping and it just felt home. Crazy, delusional, fucked up in every sense of the word, but these nut jobs were my family.

I strolled over to the couch and sat in between Betty and Veronica who were discussing various weigh loss regimes.

"Join my gym I have at my complex, free to use obvy" Veronica purred, I don't think she knows it but that's just her tone of voice.

"I can't wait to get back in the gym, I've missed it" Betty squealed.

"You know what would make this night even better?" I shouted so everyone turned to look at me.

"Monopoly" I smirked over at Betty, the first night I ever met her she made me play the game, and I hope she was smiling at the memory too.

"I've been told I'm rather good at it" I said wiggling my eyebrows at Betty.

"Count me out of this one jones, bed time for Bea" Betty laughed with a tilt of her head.

"Scared I'll whoop your ass?" I teased.

"Jesus jug, why you flirting with her? She's already yours" JB giggled.

"All mine" I said as if I didn't believe it. Because I don't. Betty cooper is all mine. Forever.