The life - A bughead story

Somewhere in Ohio

The wheels of my Harley rub against the open road and I'm free.
I'm not in riverdale, I'm just free. I guess I should've told Arch I was leaving, but to be honest, I don't think he would really care.

"Welcome to Ohio"
The sign reads as I pass it briefly, about ten miles later I find a diner; small and sweet, it kinda reminds me of Pop's.

My boots hit the floor and the little bell above the door rings and all eyes are suddenly at me.

"Umm can I get a table?" I ask

"Of course!" The blonde waiter said as her jaw closes from my entrance.

"Your not from here are you?" She asks as she hands me a menu. Which reads "Alice's" straight across it.

"Is it that obvious?" I reply

"The bike gives it alway, no one really rides in these parts anymore. Well, Not after Jug's accident."

"Who's Jug?" I ask.

And that, that is when the bell of the diner rang once again and a raven haired man in leather rushed in because he was late for his shift.

"This is my son." Gladys said. (Another waitress) Side hugging him. Motivating to shake my hand.

"Hi, umm nice to meet you, names Jughead." He said like a question which made me want to know more about him.

As we shook hands are eyes met and it almost felt like his piercing green eyes wanted to know me back.

"Wait? So your Alice" I ask pointing to the blonde "you own this place"

"Yep"she reply's
"And your glaydes, you work here too along with your son jug..head?" I ask

Jughead, slides on the counter to sit. And starts opening a bag of chip.

"Wow okay"

"So are you staying a while or just passing by" Gladys's asks.

"Well I don't really have a specific place I'm going, I just told my self to get up and ride and somehow ended up somewhere in Ohio."

"Toledo" Jughead added

"Right" I smiled

"Well how bout you stay here" Alice waitress added

"Umm I don't know"

"Is their an inn somewhere around here I can stay" I ask following.

"The blackboard inn is right down the road." Jug added.

"Okay, well that covers one thing, umm any place in town hiring?"

"You can have a job here"  Alice says
I look at her in confusion

"I own this place I can hire who I want."

"Oh well Nice to meet you I'm Betty"

"Betty what an unusual name" Alice reply's

"Well my real name is Elizabeth but I go by Betty"

"Elizabeth?" Alice repeats
"Yea"

"Oh well umm how about you go to the inn and get settled in and comeback here and we'll do some paperwork, Jughead can escort you." Alice tells me.
Than I look at Jughead and watch him set down his bag of chips almost mad like he didn't wanna stop eating.

"Sounds good" I add "and than you so much"

"My pleasure" Alice says with an unsettling look.
As I turn my back to them too walk out the door Alice reads the back of my jacket

"Southside serpents" she reads aloud.

"Umm yea"I quietly say as I turn around again.

"Ah I gotta go"Alice says as she walks backwards running into the counter than out the back door with Gladys's following to make sure she was okay.
"That was weird" Jughead comments

"Yea" I say "really weird" looking back

"Shall we" he says as he opens the door for me.

"We shall" I reply with a giggle