Gangsters or lovers?

3.

Betty was sobbing so hard and Jughead was heart broken for the petite, young girl in his lap. He had created a special bond with Betty over the pasts 15 hours, even if it had only been sleeping.
"Come on Betts, relax a little bit" Jughead had soothed.
"You hear my heartbeat? Just concentrate on that." He told her. About 10 minuite later the young girl had calmed down and she was just sitting down on Jugheads lap.
"Could you call the pretty girl to come back here so I can apologise? Only if she wants to see me or she isn't busy" betty had said.
"Of course" Jughead smiled. He had sent Cheryl a message and she replied back swiftly with a simple okay. About two minutes later a soft knock came from the door. The very same red headed girl came in and sat on the very end of the bed.
"I'm very sorry for my actions earlier, I didn't mean to scare you off. I'm just having a hard time at the moment." Betty whispered. Barely audible.
"It's okay, sweetie. I completely understand. How about I go back to my place really quickly and get some clothes for you. My girlfriend is about the same size as you. They may be a bit big because of your circumstances, but it's better that the dirty clothes you've got on?" Cheryl had asked.
"That would be nice, thank you"  Betty whisperd. Cheryl walked out of the room and came back about five minutes later.
"I thought that these sweats would fit you, but Toni doesn't have any normal shirts, they are all crop tops. Jughead do you mind letting Betty borrow one of your T-shirts until we go shopping for her? Cheryl asked Jughead.
"Sure" Jughead smiled. Jughead walked over to his chest of drawers and pulled out a blue top with a grey 's' on the front. He made his way over to Betty and passed it to her.
"Juggie, could I have some help please." Betty asked. Jughead sat in front of her and helped pull on the shirt.
"Juggie?" Cheryl asked.
"It's a nickname. Only for Betty" Jughead simple replied, now brushing the knots out of Betty's hair from the night before.
"I shall leave you two too it. I wouldn't want to intrude" Cheryl announced.
"Thank you, for accepting my apology. I hope we can be friends?" Betty said, saying it more of a question than a statement. Jughead frowned.
"Of course Betty. I would love to be your friend" Cheryl replied walking out of the apartment. Jughead sat in silence for a minuit.
"Why did you seem reluctant to ask Cheryl to be her friend?" Jughead had asked Betty.
"I don't really have any friends. In HighSchool I was known as the loner, nerd and after HighSchool I don't see anybody other than chic and Polly." Betty sighed.
"Well I can promice you, you will have friends here" he smiled at her.
"Are you going to kill chic and Polly?" Betty asked out of the blue.
"Yeah" he whisperd
" I want to pull the trigger. I want to be the last thing they see before they die" betty demanded.
"That can be arranged, as long as you are sure." Jughead said.
"Yeah, I'm sure" she replied.
"Okay" Jughead replied. They sat there in a world of their own for a while. It was a compfortable silence and betty enjoyed it.
" You sure like to make a lot of promices. You sure you can keep than all?" Betty asked.
"Only for you" he replied. She smiled and drifted off to sleep. They had both fallen asleep, but when Jughead woke back up betty was screaming.
"Please, I promice I won't to it again" she said. Jughead wrapped his arms around her and started whispering sweet nothings into her ear. It seemed to work, as she started to calm down.

Jughead was worried. He had never seen a girl so broken in his whole life. Not even Jelly bean.  But, that doesn't count as he's not allowed to see her yet. Not until she better. Betty had clearly been mistreated, but what he wanted to know is why hadn't her parents done anything about it? Maybe she didn't have any parents?  He looked at the sleeping beauty and cursed at himself for ever wanting to hurt her in the first place.
"Juggie?" Betty asked.
"Yes, Betts?" Jughead replied.
"Even though I have only known you 24 hours, I think I'm falling for you" Betty said drifting off into a deep sleep.
"I think I'm falling for you too" Jughead said kissing her temple.

No more than 5 minuite later he saw his carrot topped best friend, Archie. He walked in quietly, not wanting to wake the sleeping Betty up.
"How is she man?" Archie asked.
"I honestly don't know. She keeps having nightmares and she is really scared of other people." Jughead replied.
"Is she scared of you?" Archie said.
"No dude, she's not" Jughead smiled. Archie just nodded and walked out the room.

Not long after Archie had left, Jughead fell asleep with Betty in his arms. This is what he wanted. He wanted to fall asleep next to her, every night. He wanted to keep her close. He wanted to make sure that she was safe. He wanted it all, with her. But, he couldn't. It wouldn't be fair. He would be taking advantage of her, if he tried to do anything with her now. She's vunerable. She needs time to heal.

The next morning Betty and Jughead were lying in bed cuddled next to each other.
"Juggie, can you kiss me?" Betty asked.
"Why?" Jughead looked at her quizically.
"I haven't had a good kiss in a while, so I thought I'd ask you. You don't have to if you don't want to" Betty said, seeming rather embarrassed. Jughead leaned over and kissed her taking her by surprised. The pulled apart and just looked at eachother. Betty leaned back in and kissed him hard. Jughead turned Betty on her back and he was above her. Jugheads top was removed. Jughead pulled away.
"Wait, wait, wait, we can't do this" Jughead said.
"Why?" Betty asked.
"I don't want you to feel like I'm taking advantage of you. I don't want to take advantage if you" Jughead replied.
"Dont worry juggie, your not taking advantage of me" Betty whispered, kissing him again. They both cuddled, clothes still on, and fell asleep.

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