Dreamers

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F POV
"A lot." she says. "When did it start?" I ask. "It started last night." I see her eyes starting to fill. That means it's really bad, because she never cries. I hug her tightly. "Tell me what happened so I can help. If I need to murder someone, I will." I say. I get a chuckle, but she stops as quickly as she starts. "I told him. About everything. Then I learned that I have a brother, a sister, and two nieces. Fp kept them from me after 11 years. Then it turns out that Hiram lodge posed as Scarlett's grandfather and told her every single detail about me." she starts bawling, "then I went to the gym today after he told me that, and I got into 3 matches. Now he's mad at me because of said matches but he thinks I was only in one. Do I really just screw everything up in my life? Am I really that big of a screw up?" She cries into my chest. "You're not a screw up. We all have our flaws, and they make you who you are." I say. "Why would Fp keep my siblings and nieces from me?" she sobs. "I don't know honey. We can ask him tomorrow. Cause right now, we are eating ice cream and getting drunk." I say. She nods and manages a wobbly smile.

B POV
I woke up on the floor in my living room. I saw fangs on the couch and slowly sat up. I took an aspirin for the pain and sat in the arm chair. "Hey." Fangs says. "How did I get on the floor and you got the couch?" I ask yawning. "I honestly have no clue." he says. "What do you want for breakfast?" I ask. "Pops." he replies. "Call pea and let's go." I say.

We were in the booth waiting for sweet pea. I saw him pull up and we ordered. "Hey Betts." he says, "what happened? You got cuts on you're face." "Gym. I got into 3 matches and got hit a few times." I reply and he nods. "You know, if I was you, I'd be careful with that noggin of yours. You had a concussion when you crashed and if you keep hitting it, you're gonna get brain damage and we can't lose you Betts." he says. "Ok. I'll try to be more careful." I say. Pop sets our orders in front of us and I see Kevin walk in with Veronica. He spots me and runs over. "Betts! It's been forever! How are you?" he says. Kevin is really the only northsider I like. "I'm ok kev." I smile at him. "Who are these hotties?" he asks. "Fangs and sweet pea." I reply. He smiles at them and goes to join Veronica. "Who was that?" Fangs asks. "Kevin Keller. He is really sweet and gay. He's really the only northsider that I like, so be nice to him." I say and they nod. "And the girl." Sweet pea asks. I glare in her direction as I answer. "Veronica cecelia lodge. Daddy's little princess." I scoff. I see fangs holding sweet pea back. "She's not worth it sweets." I say. We finish eating and head for the door. "Betty Cooper!" I hear, but keep walking. "Hey Betty!" I hear. I turn and glare at Veronica. She flinches at the daggers I send with my eyes. "What?" I growl. "I wanted to know how you were. We haven't talked in a couple years. "We aren't friends. Never were and never will be." I scoff. "W-what? W-why?" she asks. "Why don't you ask dear ole daddy. I'm sure he would love to explain everything thing to you, just like he told my TWO year old." I snarl. She was taken aback and I hopped on my bike and drove back to my house.

I opened the door and see empty bottles everywhere. I sigh and start cleaning. "Do you want some help?" Sweet pea asks. "If you want to. I still honestly don't know how I still have a liver after last night." I say. We finish cleaning around lunch, and I decided to face Fp at the bar.

FP POV
I saw Betty walk in with sweet pea and fangs. She walked right up to me. "Hi Betty." I say. "Can we talk upstairs?" she asks. I nod and follow her up the stairs. Jughead was in his office with Scarlett, but Betty walked in anyways. She probably didn't know. "Sorry. I didn't know anyone was in here." she says and turns to leave. He sighs and gets back to work. Scarlett looks a little upset. We find an empty room and she starts. "Why didn't you tell me about Polly, Charles, and the twins?" she asks. "Oh. Um. Uh." I stutter. "Why did you keep them from me?" she asks. "They found me one night while you were sleeping. They told me not to tell you about them, and they would tell you when the time is right." I say. "What did they want?" she asks. "They wanted to know you. Alice and Hal sent both of them to the sisters of quiet mercy." I say and she nods. "Thank you for being honest." she says and hugs me tightly. I noticed her hair was down and moved it out of her face and she winces. "What happened?" I ask. "Instead of using the punching bag like I normally do at the gym, I got into the matches. I probably would've been worse off if jughead didn't come when he did. I was on the third one." she says. "I wish you would be more careful. I can't lose you." I say. "You're not gonna lose me." she says, "I have to go now. I'm pretty sure I've upset Scarlett, and that's exactly what I need right now." "What happened?" I ask. "Hiram lodge happened. He pretended to be her grandfather, and now she knows everything about me. She knows how much of a screw up I am." she says.

B POV
"Anyways. I have to go. I'm already in deep water with jughead. Scarlett most likely hates me. Might as well get drunk today too. Just this time I think I'll have sweet pea and Kevin over too." I say. "You got drunk last night?" he asks. "I told fangs to come over, and he brought ice cream and booze. I somehow ended up on the living room floor with him on the couch." I chuckle. "Don't do anything you will regret." he says. "I'm passed the point of caring. I've screwed up so many times, I've lost count." I say. "You're not a screw up." he says. "Everyone says that, but they think a totally different answer. I'm going home." I say and head for the door. I saw that the office door was open, so I peeked my head in. "Mommy!" Scarlett squeals, making jughead look up. "Hi munchkin." I say hugging her tightly. "I love you so much. No matter what." I whisper. She nods and I stand when we break. I take my serpent jacket off and set it on the chair before leaving the room. I got on my bike, fastened my helmet and drove.