Underneath ¤ Jughead Jones [2]

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CHAPTER EIGHT, CREATIVE ART

The buzz of the tattoo sterilizer finally came to a stop as Mason was holding Lauren's hand as she squeezed at it from the pain of the needle, the serpents stood around the girl, all waiting patiently for the hours to finish so they could celebrate then go home. It was probably later in the evening, however no one had checked the time yet.

"Alright, you're all done." The older man stated moving away from the girl who let out a loud exhale, sitting up from the position she was in.

Lauren glanced at her right shoulder, trying to see the new art on the back of it, the two headed snake had more details to it, with help from the illustrator herself, the other all getting impressed more.

"Damn Lauren, this looks sick." Fangs commented, looking at the girl's shoulder, nodding his head. "You should totally design my next one."

Lauren laughed, standing up from her chair and going to the mirror to take a proper look at the tattoo on the back of her shoulder, smiling as she appreciated. It had been a few days since Lauren had visited the Whyte Wyrm, as excited as everyone was to get her 'inked' they decided to wait a few days for her joining officially to be announced to the rest of the serpents who happened to be extremely welcoming and impressed by her.

Toni clapped excitedly, putting her hands on Lauren's arm from the back. "Welcome to the Serpents, Ms.Davis."

"At least she isn't half Serpent like her boyfriend." Sweet Pea commented, Mason releasing a sigh along with Lauren.

"Look, Sweet, thanks for finally accepting me but Jughead just needs time, okay? His father just went to prison and he has to change his schools, get into the Foster system, it's not easy." Lauren calmly defended the boy, though she had no idea what Jughead's plan.

The group started walking out

"Do you think our lives are any easier?" Sweet Pea retaliated with a roll of his eyes. "You still had Northsider privileges, I'm just trying to understand, okay?"

"I've gone to prison for a crime i didn't commit, my mother is there, my dad was killed and his body was sent to my house, I found him lying next to my bed, blood soaked, my sister sent me to a mental hospital and then I got shot twice." Lauren quickly said, trying to stay calm. "Look, I know you hate the Northsider, I'm not gonna lie some of them are bitches but not everything there is Sunshine and rainbows."

"Sweet's, there are stereotypes for Northside just like there are for the Southside and yeah they treat us like drug addict trash but Lauren's not like that and we don't know who is either." Mason tried to reason with the boy.

"I defended you guys even when Jason died and I'm gonna keep defending you guys, plus, we're family now, a family that I've desperately needed." Lauren said, smiling at the group, Mason giving the girl a side hug .