Serpent By Blood

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Jugheads POV:
Betty was walking alone and I thought about walking with her but decided against it because she could be fuming. I walked over to Cheryl who was sitting in a chair with her face buried in her knees. "Cheryl, are you okay?" She looked up and she had tears streaming down her face. "No, just leave me alone." I was tempted to walk away but I knew how much Betty cared about Cheryl and how much they needed each other. "I'm staying until you tell me what's wrong." Her lip quivered as more and more tears flew out of her eyes. "I-I can't do this anymore, I just can't." I walked closer to her and put my hand on her shoulder. "Can't do what?"
"Live." Her tone picked up from a whisper to a scream. "I can't live with all of the shit that is going on in my life, between my mom and the serpents and me just figuring out who I am, I can't handle it anymore, I'm stressed and I've not gotten out of this god forsaken town in forever!" She had gotten up and I walked over to her to embrace her in a calming hug. "You need to have a Vacation or something, go with Betty if you want, I'm pretty sure she needs it to." She gave me a weak smile before walking off, presumably to go find Betty. I hated seeing them this way, even though Betty put up a great front I knew that she was broken. I decided to be alone for the rest of the day, it would give me time to think and Cheryl to talk to Betty. I walked to class and sat down, doodling on my notebook whilst lost in thought. The teacher was playing a movie so I didn't pay attention. We only had one other class after this so I was planning on skipping class to go in my car and brood. The bell rang and I went straight to my car. This is when the wave of Realization hit me that I was going to be a father, I'm 18 and I'm going to be a father, at this point I was calculating every milestone that our children would have and how old I would be when said milestones would be achieved, they would go to school at age 4-5 and I would only be 22. They would go to middle school around age 10 and I would be 28, while when they would go to high school I would be 33 and by the time they graduate, they'd me my age and I'd be 37. I wondered if we would ever be ready for another baby when we got older, I wondered how many kids we would have in total and I wondered when exactly I would propose to Betty. I wouldn't do it at graduation because I feel like too many people do that and I also decided against when the baby would be born. Here I was thinking about how I was going to propose and I didn't even have a ring. I got interrupted of my thoughts by the sound of cars driving off. I texted Betty telling her that I was leaving,  that I was going to pops and she would be welcome to join me. I drove off lost in my thoughts.

When I got to pops Betty was already there waiting on me. "Hey Betts!" She turned And her smile grew. "Hey Juggie, can we talk?"
I was slightly confused as to what she wanted to talk about but I went along with it. "Did you ask Cheryl to take me on a vacation?"
"Not exactly, she was crying and I brought up that she could use a vacation and I also said that I thought you needed one too." She said nothing but hugged me. "I love you Jughead Jones." Every single time she said that, my heart fluttered like it was the first.

A/N so I'm currently in Vacation and I obviously can't stay away from Wattpad and I just wanted to update once so that it's not too much of a break. Now I know I said I probably won't update for awhile but I can't help it so enjoy!
-Ali
Word count: 700!