A Little Different ~ Bughead

Chapter 33

Betty POV

Thursday after school I was sat in Pop's with Veronica and Kevin why Jughead was still at football practice with Archie. Kevin and Veronica where sat across from me talking why I was zoned out as I looking down at my milkshake. I was thinking about Jughead and how we could spend my birthday on Sunday.

"B you ok?" Kevin said bring me out of thought and making me look up at him.

"Yeah I'm fine."

"You sure you where a little zoned out there." Veronica said

"Yeah I was just thinking."

"About?"

"Well it's uh...my birthday on Sunday and it's the first one I'm going to spend with Jug and probably the last one so I was just thinking about how I'm going to spend it with him."

"Oh." Kevin said quietly and I gave him a sad smile.

"He's an idiot you know."

"Yeah well he's my idiot. At least till I leave for college." I said smiling softly.

"Well to me he's just an idiot to me. I mean there's no need to break up just because your going to college and he's not."

"Well I know that but he doesn't see it like that and every time I start to talk to him about it and try to convince him we don't have to it ends up with me crying into his shirt and us in the same position of ending it when I leave." I said then the bell above Pop's door went I looked up and saw Jughead and Archie walked in. They looked around and then spotted us and started to walk towards us. Jughead slid into the seat next to me and Archie got a chair and put it at the end of the booth.

"Hey Betts." Jughead said putting his arm around my shoulder and kissing me softly.

"What you guys talking about." Archie said

Veronica looked at me and I shook my head slowly.

"Prom. We where thinking me, Betty and Kevin could get ready at Betty's and you two could get ready at Archie's and I could get my driver t pick us up in the limo."

"I'm ok with that."

A few hours later me and Jughead where sat in his trailer on the couch watching tv why I was curled into his side.

"Jug?"

"Mmh?"

"Why do you want to break up with me once I leave for college?"

"Betty we've talk about this I want you to have the full college experience....."

"Don't lie to me Jug. I know your telling me the truth I can have this college experience your talking about but still be with you." I said sitting up properly.

"No you can't Betts."

"Yes I can!"

"No you can't."

"How would you know Jug? We could at least try."

"We can't Betts."

"Why?! Do you not care about me Jug because all your doing is focusing on how we can't be together and it's starting to feel like you don't care about me." I did with tears in my eyes.

"No Betty that's....that's not it. I care about you so much that's why I'm doing this Betts. So YOU can have the best life and so YOU can be happy the only person I don't care about is me."

"It's doesn't feel like your trying to make me happy." I said while a tear fell down my cheek

"Betty I'm helping you just take my word of it."

"Then give me and explanation." He closed his eyes and took a deep breath then opened his eyes and started to talk.

"My parents where in the same situation we are. My mom got into college and my dad didn't so he started in Riverdale and lived with his dad in his trailer and got a job in construction working 6 to 6 5 days a week. Why my mom went off to college they tried long distance and it worked for a while my dad would call her all the time and they text and he visited her at least once every month and after about a year my mom found out she was pregnant with me. She dropped out of college and my dad got a trailer this one and my mom got a job. Then they had me. They thought they where happy till my mom started to realise my dad was the one that ruined her life so she rested him for it." Then he took another deep breath and continued.

"I love you so much Betts. To much that if I did something to you to ruin your life I'd never ever forgive my self." He said placing his hand on my cheek as he started to tear up.

"You won't ruin me Juggie. I know you won't."

"Betty your so beautiful and I'm a Jones and we ruin beautiful thing. I don't want to hurt you."

"Juggie..."

"No. Don't say anything just.....you can't change my mind Betts....please don't try and don't think I don't care about you because I do I promise....I wish thing were different Betts." He said softly and I just hugged him tightly as he hugged me back.