FLAMES {Peter Parker X Betty Cooper}

ch7

"Betty? Betty? Oh my god." i hear someone mutter vaguely. I flutter my eyes open in confusion. I can immediately tell this isn't my room. I lift my head a little and in the corner of the room, see my mother sleeping on the chair while Archie paces up and down the side of the bed.

"Arch?" i mumble. He immediately twists his head in my direction, striding up to the top of the bed. "Oh my god Betty, thank god you're ok. I was so worried, we all were."
"Ver-Veron-" i mutter, my throat too sore to speak. "Veronica's fine, just a bruised arm. Whereas you definitely took a beating." he comments.

"Elizabeth? Archibald, is she awake?" Moms voice questions. Archie nods and steps away from the bed to let her in. "Oh Elizabeth, i couldn't stop worrying about you!" she places her hand on my cheek.

"What happened?" i say trying to sit up. Pain shoots through my arm as i try to lift myself up. I groan and drop myself back down.
"You got into a car accident Betty." Archie tells me, "You didn't show up to class, neither did Veronica. Nobody knew where you went. At the end of school, we found out that spiderman found you and Veronica passed out in your car."

"Spiderman?" i ask. Surely i didn't hear that right, "In Riverdale?" Archie nods. "Sheriff Keller was told what happened. When he found out it was you, he told Kevin who told us." I nod, trying to make sense of it all.

Suddenly, the door opens and Jughead walks in with a coffee in his hand. Without realizing i'm awake, he hands in to my mother.
"Hey Jug" i croak and he looks at me in surprise. "Oh my god Betty you're awake!" he exclaims, "how are you?"
"I'm fine, just a little sore." i mumble.
"Yeah no kidding Betts, you seriously had us all worried." he tells me.

"How long have i been here?" i ask.
"Today is your third day." Archie informs me, "The doctors said that once you were awake they would check everything is ok. I'll go fetch one of them." he says before darting out of the door.

Half an hour later, the doctor has checked over everything and confirmed that my wrist is sprained and a small concussion.

"Alright, so make sure to keep that wrist wrapped up, try to avoid moving it around to much." the doctor says while rewrapping my wrist. "You're friend, Miss Lodge was sent home yesterday to rest." she tells me.

When she's finished, she gives me a smile. "Alright Elizabeth, you should be good to go." she helps me sit up and pull myself up from the bed. Dizziness takes over momentarily but i quickly balance myself, leaning on Archie for support.

We all exit the hospital and head towards my moms car, apart from Jughead who drove here himself.

"Is it sore Elizabeth? Are you ok?" my mom asks, as she pulls the back door of the car open for me. "I'm fine mom." i assure her, climbing in. Archie sits in the front with my mom.
She pulls out and i close my eyes, trying not to focus on the crash.

***

When my alarm goes off, i reach over and turn it off, sitting up slowly. I quickly change for school and leave my hair down.

I grab my bag with my good hand and rush down the stairs. As i enter the kitchen, my mom looks over at me.
"I'm glad your up. I was hoping that you wouldn't use this as an excuse to miss a day of your most important year of school." she says, putting the butter back in the fridge. Typical mom.

"Of course not." i say rolling my eyes and grabbing an apple from the counter. "I'll see you after school." I walk out of the house to see Archie leaving his house.

"Hey Betty, how are you feeling?" he asks as i run down my steps. "Fine, just a little sore." i tell him. He nods and we begin the walk to school.

***

As i walk through the hall to get to my second class of the day, i stop at my locker, dropping my first classes books off. I notice someone looking at me so I turn my head and see Peter Parker's eyes on me. He looks shocked at my wrist. I shut my locker and make my way over to him.

"Hey," i say to him. His eyes snap back up to look at me, "it's not as serious as it looks, i promise." I tell him and he nods slowly.
"So how did it uhh- happen?"
"I got into a car crash. My car is completely wrecked which isn't great. It's really annoying actually." He frown at me. "You flung your car straight into a tree, weren't found for hours, were knocked completely unconscious and sprained your wrist and your annoyed about the fact that your car is broken?" he asks bewildered. "It was a really nice car." i answer and he laughs. "Well i can certainly tell where your priorities are." I laugh with him.

"Well, this is my class. So i guess i'll see you around?" i ask him, pushing my classroom door open. He gives me a small smile.
"See you around."