She concocts what is suppose to be an easy and simple plan but turns out to be much more complicated than anything she could ever imagine. Or Veronica and Jughead pretend to date but start catching feelings for each other.
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When Veronica makes the promise with Betty not to let boys get in the way of their friendship she means it. She wants to change, be the new Veronica and it won't happen if she is actively pursuing the boy her new best friend has loved for years.
Of course, she can't deny that the red-headed boy, Archie, is attractive. Anyone with two eyes can see that, but she absolutely refuses to go anywhere near the thought of turning looking into touching or more.
So she finds herself in a bit of a pickle when she sits with Betty and Kevin at school outside discussing potential dating prospects for each of them when Kevin brings up Archie. It isn't Kevin's fault that an awkward hush falls over them as Archie is still a sensitive topic.
Archie, who is oblivious of Betty affections but hyper-aware of Veronica's sensuality, is still looking at Veronica like a kicked puppy.
"He's not my type." Veronica insists. Kevin rolls his eyes and even Betty looks at her with a small smile because it is a complete lie.
"He's hot," She admits but feels bad when Betty's smile drops and her eyes look away
"but there's someone else that has caught my eye." She lies, she has been asked on dates multiple times and while the boys at school are attractive there seems to be a lack of mature boys who can actually keep Veronica's attention.
"Who?" Kevin immediately asks eyes wide ready to absorb any new gossip he has yet to hear.
Betty's eyes are also wide yet Veronica reads it as disbelief but a small smile has returned, so she thinks she made the right call.
Now, however, she is faced with having to extend this lie and make it believable. So she quickly scans the field when a grey weirdly shaped hat catches her eye.
A plan immediately starts to form in her head. It's simple and easy, as there is a code between friends that you never date your best friends ex. She knows that if she could pull this off and somehow pull Archies head out of his ass and make him realize that Betty is pretty much his soulmate she could strengthen her friendship with Betty and finally find a home in Riverdale.
As if he feels Veronica's eyes on him green eyes look up and pierce Veronica's brown ones. He furrows his brows in confusion and this pretty much solidifies her plan.
"Veronica!" Kevin exclaims "Stop keeping us in suspense and tell us!" Veronica leans forward causing both Betty and Kevin to lean in as well. Veronica knows she needs to sell this to be believable.
"Details to be revealed at a later date" Veronica leans back and laughs, while Betty reaches forward to give her arm a small tap. Kevin looks positively scandalized. Opening his mouth Kevin's eye catches the time on his watch.
"While I would love to stay and extort all the details about your new crush I need to go, hot date in the supply closet."
"Oh really, do tell?" Kevin just rolls his eyes at Veronica.
"Details will be given at a later date" He replies huffily parroting her earlier answer. Veronica lets out a gasp of fake outrage while Betty throws back her head and laughs. A calm silence falls over the two girls this time as Kevin makes his exit.
Betty clears her throat, which causes Veronica to lift her head from examining her nails in question at the blonde.
"You can tell me, I won't go blabbing to everyone about it." Betty's blue eyes are wide and sincere.
"Oh B, I know you won't" injecting all her sincerity into the sentence. She knows for a fact that this girl is trustworthy, any secrets Veronica has she knows the blonde would take to her grave if she asked.
"Is it because of what happened between us with Archie?" Betty whispers looking down.
Veronica withholds a sigh. She could start the wheels in motion now, tell Betty who her "crush" is but she knows that it would be premature. First, she has to convince said "crush" to agree with his part.
She is really not looking forward to that talk.
Veronica decides to go with a partial truth.
"Absolutely not, B" She sighs to play her part. "Honestly, I am not sure if he even likes me." She looks down biting her lip. It's completely true, this boy has shown no inkling of curiosity towards her. In fact, she is pretty sure he dislikes her and everything she represents.
A real Holden Caulfield. He probably finds her phony.
Betty's hand is warm on her arm causing Veronica to look up into her baby blues.
"Any guy would be absolutely crazy to turn you down." she smiles at the dark-haired girl. "And if for some reason he is, then he is going to have to deal with me." It's moments like this that makes Veronica know that choosing this girl to be her friend was the right choice.
This fierceness to protect her friends, even if she forgets to protect herself, makes Betty's light shine so, so bright.
It makes Veronica want to bask in it.
She wasn't kidding when she said that Betty could be queen if she wanted and what an amazing queen she would be Veronica thinks.
Betty doesn't bring up her "crush" and Veronica is grateful because she has a feeling it's going to take all her energy to convince Jughead Jones the third to become her fake boyfriend.
