FLAMES {Peter Parker X Betty Cooper}

ch4

PETER

I look at the bottle in shock, it's lid pointing at me. "Looks like the bottle has chosen..." Cheryl begins but she doesn't continue on.
"Peter Parker" Liz clarifies with a wide smile. Of course she didn't know my name. She's Cheryl Blossom.

I look up at Betty to see her reaction. She doesn't seem too bothered or anything but, then again, she's a lot more extroverted than me.

"Okay then". She says with a shrug and stands up. "You going Parker?" Cheryl asks. I look at Liz and she has a bright smile on her face.
"7 minutes alone with your crush Peter." She says quietly and happily. I frown at her. "I still hate Ned for telling you." I mutter, standing up.

I look over at Betty who is leaning against the closet door, waiting for me. I take a breath and walk over in her direction. She smiles and walks inside, and I follow her in. "See you in 7 minutes B." Veronica calls cheerfully. Betty gives her a little wave before Cheryl closes the door, leaving us to adjust our eyes to the darkness.

She leans against the wall of the closet, not saying anything for a few moments. As my eyes adjust further, I notice she is drinking from her solo cup. Silence fills the room as neither one of us speaks.

"I'm Betty". She says after a few moments, breaking the silence.
"Yeah, i-i know. I'm Peter". I tell her with a stutter. She tilts her head and smiles.
"You knew?" She asks with an amused smile.
"Um, y-yeah, it's kinda hard not to know who you are." I respond while mentally slapping myself. What a stupid thing to say.

"Wait who did Betty go in there with?" Someone asks from the other side of the door, moments later followed by "Peter who?"
Betty rolls her eyes, smiling. "Kevin." She comments. I nod in response. Neither she nor her friends have any idea who I am, which I honestly expected.

"Alright, so have you always lived in Riverdale?" She asks. "Um, no I used to live in New York". She smiles in response. "My best friend used to live in New York. She was just there on holiday actually. Veronica, do you know her?" Betty honestly has no idea how popular her and her friend group actually are.

"Yes, I have a couple of classes with her. She's always the loudest in the class." I tell her with a laugh. She giggles. "I'm not surprised. She excels under the spotlight."

"Okay, now you ask me something." She says.
We do a couple of rounds with some stupid questions, like what's your favourite colour or if you could have any superpower what would it be? Little does she know.

Third round- Peters question.

"What is something interesting about you? Something that you can't tell by looking at you" I ask her, feeling a little braver. She lifts her head and her eyes meet mine.

"I am always trying to solve the case. It could be a murder, it could be a robbery, it could have absolutely nothing to do with me and i'll be trying to figure it out. I solved Jason Blossom's murder and I don't think that was my last case".

I look at her in silence, my mind flashing back to the day Jason died. How I was too late to the crime scene and how when i got there, the murderer had fled. I couldn't put anyone in jail for it as I had no idea who did it. But the girl in front of me, the blonde haired, green eyed girl, solved the case that I failed to.

Suddenly the closet door opens. "Times up. I've got to say, i didn't think that you could withstand 7 minutes. Good job" Cheryl says with an amused smile, leaning against the door frame.

Betty walks out first and I follow her out as the next two players take our places in the closet.
"Well, it was nice to get to know you, even if it was only for 7 minutes. Who knows. maybe we've built a life long friendship." Betty jokes.
Friendship. "Um, y-yeah."

"See you around Peter." She says with a smile, before she turns around and walks off to Veronica and Archie.