Chapter no. 15 - Bad Dreams

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      CRASH!
      My body was overwhelmed with heat and worry. I tried to lift myself up, but I couldn't see. Why can't I see?! A thick fabric felt as if it was tied tightly against my eyes. Am I blindfolded?

      "She's up," a distorted voice said in a hushed tone.

      "Well, what are you doing? Pick her up!" A voice demanded. A familiar voice.

       Numb. I went numb. Liz. I hear Liz's voice. How did she find me? Where's Betty? Where am I? Without thinking a second more I tried to scream, but I was too weak from the shock. I managed to let out the most powerful and guttural scream I had, and then —

       "Shit! (Y/N)! Wake up!"

        A voice calling me to wake up ripped through my body and suddenly I was okay. Well, as okay as I could be. I was dreaming? Liz isn't really here? I'm fine?  I jolt up from my reclining position to see Betty and Jughead standing around me with worried faces. I clench my chest and feel my heart pounding.

      "Are you okay?!" Betty asks.

      "Yeah... I just had a dream about—" I stop mid sentence when I remember Jughead doesn't know about Liz. But, somehow Betty manages to fill in the blank for herself and gripped my hand tightly. I swing my feet over the edge of the bed and push through my friends. The clock reads 7:30 am. I'm late for school, why are we still home. I turn to look at the couple with tired eyes.

       "Don't you remember?" Betty gently asks as she steps closer to me. I shake my head. "School is closed for a couple days. Recovery time after what happened at the play,".

       Weakly, I nod my head. Suddenly, I remember what happened to Betty last night and I quickly let my face fall in confusion. So does hers.

       "Last night, Chic, are you okay?" I sleepily ramble to Betty.

       She tenses up, "he's taken care of,".

       Taken care of. What does that mean?

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Briiing! Betty shoots up from the couch. Muffled voices and rustling is all I can hear as I wonder who's at the door. A couple seconds later, Veronica walks towards the couch.

"Hi," I say with a small smile.

She smiles sweetly at me, "what's up?".

"We're watching The Breakfast Club, want to watch?" Jughead answers.

"Seen it a million times," she sighs, "of course I wanna watch!".

We all laugh a little and she sits next to me and we continue the movie. I notice Betty wasn't in the room with us. I'm still really worried about her. What happened to her last night? She doesn't seem like herself. I quickly get up and look around the kitchen for her. She's not there. I continue searching around the first floor when my phone buzzes in my grey sweatpants pocket.

toni
| hey what are you doing ? x

you
| watching movies with jug, veronica and
betty

toni
| sounds boring, come over.

What? I feel my face flush a little. But, I laugh it off and respond with a goofy smile on my face.

you
| I don't know, topaz. dont know if I can:(

toni
| whatever loser see u later ;)

I feel my stomach get jittery at the though of Toni inviting me over. However, I have to make sure Betty is okay. As I walk by the back door I spot Betty's golden blonde ponytail through the window. Slowly I open the back door, Betty doesn't even turn around to look who it is. She stays still as she leans over the wooden railing of the porch, I prop my arms up against the railing and sit in silence with her for a minute.

"I did something really bad," she says quietly, not turning to look at me. I look at her puzzled. Her breath is visible against the winter night sky, she looks so scared.

"Betty, it's okay. Do you want to talk about it?" I'm not sure what to say and at this point I'm just saying random words that will hopefully help.

She laughs exhaustedly, "there's nothing to talk about,".

"Betty, what does that mean? I'm here I want to help, let me help!" I exclaim and turn my whole body towards her.

She turns to look at me, her sea blue eyes glossy. "I killed Chic,".

I step back, surprised. The air is heavy and tense as I wait for her to explain.

"I sent the black hood after him, who knows what is going to happen to him," she starts to sob.

"You did what you had to, he was a bad, bad person," I try to reason, she just shakes her head and lets a few crystal tears drop to the snowy floor.

I wrap my arm around her and pull her close. I feel her ragged breaths against my chest as we stand in silence. A few flakes of snow start to drop, a couple collecting in Betty's hair. I continue to hold her body and I close my eyes.










a/n
sorry this is short and overdue. I'm so so busy ahshsjjsks. anyways thank you so so much for 11k !!! keep commenting I love reading them and have a great week.
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