"Don't let go"

34-sticky and awkward

Betty's Point Of View-

We pulled up to the trailer and Jughead had just his jeans on and carrying the rest of his clothes and his boots in hand and I was wearing his t-shirt, my clothes still in the truck.

I used it to mop up the stickiness of the front seat.

Our hair was sopping wet and this wouldn't have bothered us if we were going home and straight to bed but our home is like one of those revolving doors, where everyone just comes and goes as they please.

We walked in laughing to see the whole gang sat on the couches, giggling and the gasping at the sight of us. Even FP was there.

"Where have you two been? I've been waiting for the truck to do some business" he laughed looking up at us and me and Jughead shot each other a look.

"The truck is uhh" I cringed and Jughead burst out laughing.

"Take your bike dad, I need to um, clean the truck" Jughead laughed and scratched the back of his neck awkwardly.

"You guys are disgusting" he said walking out of the door and I walked over to the couch and watched him drive off on his bike.

"Skinny dipping, classy" Ronnie giggled.

"Yeah uh what are you doing here exactly?" I said standing in the living room, looking at every single one of them, Jughead came in with a pair of shorts for me and I slipped them on.

"Well you missed the big announcement after you snook off into the night, Prom is in 4 weeks! We have to go shopping" Cheryl squealed.

"Prom is not my thing" Jughead sighed and I smacked him hard on the shoulder.

"Well you have four weeks to change your mind about that don't you, you are going to rent a tux, buy me a corsage, slow dance with me and enjoy the whole prom experience" I almost shouted at him, causing everyone to laugh around us.

"Relax, don't get your knickers in a twist!" He laughed at me waving me off as he saw the keys and Toni out of the door, leaving a rather expecting pair of best friends in the living room.

"What?" I laughed as I tucked a strand of hair behind my ear, looking down at Ronnie and Cheryl.

"You're so happy" Cheryl said wistfully but Ronnie nudged her.

"What she means to say" V glared at Cheryl.

"We're so happy that your in a better place, it was so hard seeing you distraught the past couple months" Ronnie smiled. For some reason this felt like an intervention.

"I feel like there's a but..." I rolled my eyes.

".....but Jughead isn't going to be very happy when he finds out he's been selected to join the prom committee because his grades suck" Cheryl said all at once.

"Hey, he is trying his best to catch up" I said sternly.

"First meetings tomorrow, if he's not there weatherbee will freak" they said walking out the door, and with that I went to go and find Jughead.

It wasn't hard, I heard the shower on.

I pushed my way into the bathroom, and ripped the shower curtain to the side so I could see him.

"So here's the thing babe" I started, in that tone that makes him understand he is not going to like whatever I'm going to say.

"Nope" he said washing the bubbles out of his hair.

"Just listen" I argued.

"I don't want to" He laughed.

"You don't know what it is!" I said exasperated.

"I know I don't want to do it" he chuckled pulling the curtain back over to continue his shower.

Somehow I had to persuade Jughead. So as any other person would of, I took off all my clothes and climbed into the shower with him.

He turned around to look at me with a grin on his face and I just leaned over him to start putting shampoo into my hair. I didn't say a word.

I brushed past him and got the shower gel, slathering it all over my body, letting out a content sigh.

"What are you doing?" He said with a smirk.

"I'm getting a shower Juggie" I said nonchalantly.

"You know what I mean" he said stepping closer to me, so I put my hands on his shoulders, taking my chance to tell him the bad news.

"Your grades suck so mr weatherbee has put you on the prom committee and it's mandatory, first meetings tomorrow" I said quickly leaving a kiss on his lips and then jumping out of the shower before he could say a word.

I dashed into our room and slid on one of his t shirts and just as I got into bed he flung the door wide open and stood there in his towel.

"No" he said with a chuckle.

"But you have to" I said rolling over to face the wall.

"But, baby girl, I don't wanna" he said getting in bed next to me.

"Look" I said softly rolling over to look up at him.

"I want you to be there holding my hand when we graduate, my mom and dad can't, Polly won't come, it's just you and your dad, so please endure this, for me, then we'll ride off into the sunset and never look back" I said into the darkness, he was quiet for a while, I nearly fell asleep wrapped around him before he spoke.

"I never can say no to you, can I?" He said his hand in my hair, massaging my scalp.

"So that's a yes" I grinned looking up at him.

"It's a 'I'm only here because my girlfriend made me' and I won't help, I'll sit near the back nodding but not really listening" he laughed and I nuzzled into him.

"Thankyou baby" I said with a grin.

That night, I dreamt of prom. Something I've always thought was an excuse for the pretty girls to show how much better they are than the less pretty girls.

But this one was different, I know I'm not gorgeous, I'm just your average 17 year old girl, but, Jughead makes me feel like I'm beautiful, so I'll tolerate prom, as long as I'm on his arm.