Quiet Child ~ Bughead

Chapter Eight: scarred

Betty's POV:
I was being led out the doors of the sisters of quiet mercy. I was too weak to do anything. It had been a year since I had felt the breeze on my hair, the sun on my skin, or the grass under my feet. I was finally leaving.
I was greeted by my mother sitting in a car in the front of the building. She was the last person I wanted to see. "Hello Elizabeth," my mom said in an almost robotic voice. I didn't want to respond. I wanted to tell her how much I hated her but I responded "Hello mother," matching her robotic tone. We drove the rest of the ride in silence. I never realized how much I appreciated the beauty of nature until it was taken away from me. We finally reached the perfect cooper household. I didn't consider this home and I never would. My home would always be in Jugheads arms, he made me feel safe. I wish I could see him... but I can't. I love him so much but I can't. I can't risk going back there. Every day they would give me shots or pills or something to make me "better". I got sick every time. J wanted to tell Jughead how much I loved him but I can't risk it.
    "Elizabeth, " my mother asked pulling me out of my thoughts. I realized we were in front of the house. I got out of the car and rushed to my room avoiding my mom or any conversation she would try to start. I didn't want to think about anything that had happened or that will happen. I would have to face Jughead, Veronica, Kevin, and Archie. I let a couple tears slide down my face. I couldn't ignore them forever. I sat in my bed thoughts swirling in my head. I lean against my headboard wishing they would go away, wishing I could be normal. I felt reality start to slip away from me. I shifted a couple times, then let sleep take me.
                            Jugheads POV:
    Today was the day, the day I would finally see Betty again. I quickly threw on an S t-shirt and some jeans, with a flannel tied around my waist. I scrambled to get my things together. I made sure I had everything and walked to the door, grabbing my serpent jacket that was hanging there and finally left the house.
    I was in front of the doors of Riverdale high trying to contain my excitement. It had been a year since I had seen her. A whole year. K walkthrough the doors and head straight to the student lounge guessing that's where Betty would go. I sank into the couch waiting for the love of my life to arrive. My leg began to bounce as it did whenever I was nervous. That's when I saw my blonde beauty pass by the doors of the lounge. Our eyes met but she quickly looked away. I got up to talk to her but she ran away tears glinting in her eyes. What was that?
    I continued my classes as normal but the incident this morning was always in the back of my mind. Was she ok? I was absent-mindedly walking the halls when I ran into her. "Betty! Hey!" I exclaimed. She wouldn't meet my eyes but instead kept her head down. She began to walk away when I lightly grabbed her wrist making her stop. "Betty, what's going on? Are you okay?" I asked concern growing in my voice. Her eyes were glinting with tears. "I can't" she mumbled pulling her had out of my grip and running off. I was seriously worried now what had they done to her?
                              Betty's POV:
    I couldn't see Jughead. It was too much. I ran to the house I had grown up in, the house that didn't feel like home. "mom?" I asked hoping she wasn't home. "Elizabeth sit down," she gestured towards the chair at the end of the table. I really didn't want to have to listen to another one of her lectures. "What extracurricular are you doing? They are important for your college application, " I shifted in my seat j wanted to rejoin the blue and gold. Writing was the only thing that I felt comfortable doing anymore. "I....uh was thinking about joining the blue and gold?" my mom just stares at me as if that was the most absurd thing she had ever heard. "So you can hang out with your southside scum boyfriend? No way,"  she said her critical green eyes boring into my helpless ones. "No, I just... Like writing....." I was going to argue when I felt a sharp pain across my face. "don't talk back to me! Did the sisters teach toy nothing?" she asked the anger evident in her voice. "I'm sorry" I mumbled. "go to your room, " I did as I was told. I climbed the stairs as tears spilled out of my eyes. I couldn't stop them. I felt so alone. So...broken. I felt every wall I spent years building crumbling around me. I reached my room and quietly closed my door not wanting to anger my mother. I sank to the floor tears heavily spilling out of my eyes. I wanted to end all of the pain I was in. I wanted to tell Jughead I loved him. I wanted to be a normal teenager, well as normal as you can be in Riverdale. I finally moved from the floor and got in bed. I let thoughts of the past flood through my mind. Gosh, how I wished I could go back to the simpler times. I let sleep begin to take me hoping my dreams could distract me from the horror of reality.
Word count: 976
Thanks for reading! This chapter was kind of good I'm so much better at depressing chapters than happy chapters. Yup this is my life.