Miracle Baby | A Riverdale Story

surprise, surprise

claire unlocks the door and sees alice sitting on the sofa with a glass of wine and her laptop. "hi alice." she sulks "how was it?" alice asked, already anticipating the answer. "it was awful, i can't believe you let me go!" claire replied. alice put her glass on the side table and put an arm around the girls pulling her in. "she kept asking me all these questions, like do i like living with you and stuff." she continued. "well, can't say i didn't warn you." alice said, raising her eyebrows. "where's fp?" claire asked, curious. "well, he said he was planning a surprise for tomorrow and he needed to prepare" alice explained, taking a sip of wine. "a surprise, what do you think it is?" she asked, suspicious. "if i knew, it wouldn't be a surprise. now go get ready for bed." she concluded. "good night." claire responded, going upstairs. she got in to her her pyjamas and wiped off her makeup but she couldn't keep her mind off fp's surprise, so if alice wouldn't talk about it she decided to turn to the gossip queen herself, betty. she heard giggling coming from betty's room so she knocked on the door. "don't worry, it's claire." she said opening the door. jughead and betty were sitting on her bed talking. "oh, jughead. does alice know you're here?" she asked closing the door behind her. "no, so don't tell her." he said sternly. she mimicked zipping her lips closed. "what do you want munchkin?" betty spat, lying back. "did you hear the gossip?" claire said, grabbing her attention. "no, why what is it?" she replied, suddenly intrigued. "well" claire began "alice told me that fp is out planning a surprise for tomorrow and you know him, he doesn't really need a lot of planning for normal dates. so what do you think is going on?" "what if he's going to propose?" betty suggested. jughead whipped his head up from his phone. "no, they've only been dating 5 months." he spluttered. "jug, you do realise they went out for like two years in high school." betty informed him. "i know, but it seems a bit rushed. after all that was a long time ago." he tried to prove his point. "well, time for me to go to bed. try to figure out what's going on by the morning and remember, i'm always happy to spread a little gossip." claire said leaving the room and going to bed. "fine, if fp proposes tomorrow, you owe me ten dollars. if he doesn't, vice versa." betty suggested. they shook on the deal as jughead climbed out of her bedroom window.