Young, Dumb And Broke

3.

Emilee sits on her bed in the dark. The only light in the room, is the moon shining through the curtains that hang over her window. She cries for the first time since she has been living here in Fare Riverdale. She misses her friends back home, long walks on the beach, by her self or with a Beau. Sunday evening family dinners. You will never hear her complain, she is so thankful that her uncle decided to take her in, otherwise, she'd be lost.

She just misses the chance to talk with her mom about boys, or when she is feeling lost or alone. After last nights events, she is feeling Pretty lost and alone these days. She secretly hoped that she would be the new mysterious Girl from Huntington Beach, Maybe Join Drama club or the School Newspaper, Date the most popular guy at Southside High, and live a normal happy life.

Wiping her eyes she lays under her covers and closes her eyes. The life she has been dealt is better than no life at all. Her mom always thought her to always remember to count her blessings.

'Emilee Marie...you must always remember to count your blessings. Not everyone gets to wake up everyday, we're lucky that we do.' Mom says as she kisses her daughters head.

'I thank god every morning and every night momma.' Her mother smiles at her.

'Count your blessings never forget, good night bug.' She says kissing her daughter one last time before she leaves the room.

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At lunch the next morning Emilee stands in her loyal place beside Sweet Pea and between Fangs, they are all looking at a layout of  The Register and the drawing, fangs cousin made.

Revenge.

They all look up when they hear Jughead. "Nice article your girlfriends mom wrote." Sweet Pea says as he looks at Jug.

Jug tucks his hands in his pocket. "Yea, I saw that. Dilton Doiley said he was stabbed by a bunch of you guys when you jumped him?"

Emile shakes her head. "No the dam idiot stabbed himself, I watched him do it. I yelled for Sweet Pea to get out of the way, because I had no idea what he was doing with it at first."

"Don't forget he stabbed himself with his OWN knife." Fangs adds.

Sweet Pea crosses his arms. "And we didn't jump him. There was a fight. Serpents Vs. Bulldogs, and you see this??" He points to his left eye, all black and blue. "Your boy Andrews gave it to me. Just before his girlfriend shot a gun into the air."

"What happened?" Jug says clearly not informed correctly.

"And of course Northsiders get off Scot free, and the rest of us are hauled in by the police."

"It's payback time." Emilee smiles.

Toni looks at Jughead sympathetically. "What are you guys talking about?"

Sweets extends his arms out. "This."

Jugheads eyes widen and you can hear the panic in his voice. "What is that?? Is that a pipe bomb??"

"Fogarty's cousin served in the army. He's going to build us something. We'll do it after hours, but it'll shut the Riverdale Register down once and for all."

"You thing blowing up a building is going to make things better?!"

"Can't get any worse."

"Yea, Sweet Pea, it can."

"Let me talk to Archie, Let me figure this all out. Okay?" He begs with pleading eyes.

"Man that is your answer for everything, talk and more talk. And we don't even know who you stand with. Us, or them? You can't be half a serpent!"