Now and forever, always - a bughead story

Chaper 46

Betty's PoV

The last thing I remember is sweet pea carrying me into the hospital. When I wake up im in a hospital bed and the lights are low. "Mmh" "Betts?" "Jug? What you doing here?" "What am I doing here? What are you doing here?" "To be honest I've no idea..." "there was to fluid on your back and that's what caused the pain. They had to operate" "the baby?!" "Is fine. You both are" thank god my baby is okay, I think as I rubbed my stomach "I'm sorry I ruined your birthday" "you didn't! Betty I don't care about my birthday you know that and you still planned me this amazing Dinner, yes there was...a lot of drama but I still got to spend my birthday with my two favourite girls, and son or daughter. But Betts what happened in that restroom?"

"You'll hate your mum if I tell you" "To late I already do, so you going to tell me? Or do I have to hear the rest from sweet pea and Veronica?" "How much?" "That you got pushed against a mirror hurt your head and was nearly chocked to death" "your mum slapped jellybean, I came in and punched her face that's how she got a split lip then she pushed me into the mirror, hard....then she started chocking me. Jellybean pulled her off and gave her a bloody nose. I was going to tell you tomorrow, I didn't want it to ruin your birthday, neither of us did. We both knew she was going to do something when she said she coming"

"I'm gonna kill her!" "No your not. She might be a stone cold bitch but she's your mother" "Betty-" "Fp would say the same" "...fine" "and I'm sorry for using Elizabeth against and for not telling you" "I heard what you said to JB at the house, that's actually why I'm here" he says hold up his hand. He had a cast on it "what happened?" "After I heard you leave JB cames in and saw that I heard and told me to follow you, I was so mad! No at you, I don't know what I was mad at but it definitely wasn't you and I know your thinking that so stop" "Okay" god he knows me to well "anyway so I punched the wall and broke my thumb and bruised the bone" "you idiot" I said with a slight chuckle. "Yeah but you love me" "you bet your ass I do" he just smiled at me and holds my hand. "Forgive me?" "Already have" "come here" I say as I move a little so he can lay with me.

He gets on the bed and pulls me into his arms so my head is laying on his chest and he as one arm around me and the other on my belly. "We need to stop this...the secrets...it's tearing us apart" "I know and it will" "Okay good. Now is there anything else you haven't told me?" "I don't think so apart from...I sometimes think it might have been better if I didn't wake up or if I agreed to join the ghoulies or I'd never joined the serpents or...or if I'd never asked for your help finding Polly in high school..."

"Betty look at me" I couldn't I was so shamed of myself. "Betts...look at me!" He raised his voice at me, so I look at him. He has tears in his eyes. "Please don't ever think that any of them would be the better option okay? I know you, you would of gotten yourself killed or killed your self if you joined the ghoulies or you never joined the serpents" and he was right. I would have. "And as for not waking up. I wouldn't be here right now" "Well yeah cos I'd be 6 feet under" "no Betty...I'd be 6 feet under to...I can't live without you" after he said that I pulled him closer to me.

"What about you?" "...we own a mechanic shop" "what?!" "When chic and Archie and the ghoulies came round the wyrm and I got there late cos I was at pops...that was because the sale had gone through" "oh my god. Why didn't you tell sooner?" "I don't know just...I don't know" "how could I'd not known?" "To be honest I'm surprised you didn't. It's right down the road from the bar" "oh my god"