Dreamers

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T POV
"Toni, JB. Betty wants you in the office. Jughead. Don't kill the kid." Fp says. JB and I run up the stairs and into the office. Betty was on her knees trying to calm Scarlett. "Can you help me clean her up?" she asks. "It hurts Mommy." Scarlett cries. "I know baby. I know." she says softly.

After an hour of fighting with Scarlett to clean her up, she was asleep. "Thank you. I don't think I could've done it by myself." Betty says. "We will always help you. You're family. Always have been." I say. "Always." JB adds and she nods. "I'm gonna let her sleep for a while before we go home. Thanks again." she says. We nod and head down the stairs.

J POV
I saw Toni and JB come downstairs. "How is she?" I ask. "She's pretty banged up, but she's asleep right now." Toni says and I run up the stairs. I silently open the door and see Betty resting her head on the desk, and see Scarlett asleep on the couch. She has some cuts on her face that I could see. I walk over to the desk, and Betty looks up at me tiredly. I pick her up and sit down with her in my lap. "Ready to go home?" I whisper and she nods. She slowly gets up and I carefully pick Scarlett up, and carry her to the car. She clings to my shirt as I take steps down the stairs. "I got you munchkin." I say softly. She winces as she nods. The serpents make a path as I walk with Betty behind me. I see Fp get up and walk to Betty.

B POV
"Betty, you ok?" I hear. "I'm just tired." I reply. "You sure." I see Fp. "I'm fine." I say with a little stumble but he catches me. "Are you drunk?" he asks. "No, why would I drink?" I ask. "Because a northsider just waltzed into the bar and beat Scarlett." he offers. "Don't remind me please." I say, "I'm just tired. I promise. I haven't had a drink in a few weeks." I say. "Get some sleep. We'll talk later." he says. "Good night." I say and head to the car. We get in the house and lay Scarlett on her bed. I tuck her in and head to our room. I get in bed and fall asleep instantly.

S POV
I woke up and everything hurt. "Mommy!" I whine and she steps in. "I brought you a pain killer and some water." she says. I take the pill and wince. "Everything hurts." I groan. "I know munchkin. It's gonna be like that for a while. It will get better I promise." she says. "It doesn't feel like it." I croak. "It will. Anyways, I'm going to south side high. If you need anything, ask your dad." she stands. "Am I transferring?" I ask. "Do you want to?" she asks. "Yea." I reply. She nods and walks out the door.

B POV
I walk into the south side high office. "Kevin?" I say. "Betty? What are you doing here?" he asks. "I came to transfer my daughter and to see if I could be an English teacher. What are you doing here?" I ask. "I'm the principle. I was tired of the northside." he says and I hug him. "I'm glad. So I need the transfer information for Scarlett, and I was an English teacher on the north but now I want to be on the south." I say. "I know you are a good teacher so you have the job. I just need some information about Scarlett." he says. "Ok." I smile. I fill out some paperwork and get her transferred. "Ok. You can both start Monday." he says. "Thank you." I hug him.

J POV
Betty got back with a smile on her face. "I'm taking it as you got the job." I say. "Yea and Kevin is the principle. I got Scarlett transferred as well." she says. She walks closer and I set her in my lap. "I'm glad." I smile at her, and rest my hand on her stomach. "Do you want another girl or a boy?" I ask. "If it's a boy and it's anything like you, we are all doomed." she giggles. "I'm offended." I place my hand over my heart, and turn my face away. She places her hands on my cheeks and turns my face to her. "I don't care what we have." she says before she kisses me. "Ok." I say when we break. "How's Scarlett?" she asks as she rests her head on my chest. "Sore. It'll be better by tomorrow." I say. "Good." she yawns.

F POV
I pulled up at Jughead's mansion. I knocked on the door, and Betty answered. "Hey Betty. How's Scarlett today?" I ask. "She's better, still sore." she replies, "and I have quite a few announcements." She lets me in and go sit on the couch. "Do tell." I grin. "Well, first off, I moved in with jughead and Scarlett. So you can have my couch because  I know you love it. We're probably gonna move the rest in the Wyrm." she starts. "Yes! I love that couch!" I say, making her laugh. "I got the English teacher job at south side high and Scarlett is transferred over." she says. "That's great." I say, "I know there's more. Come on." "Ok. Ok. Don't tell anyone, but I'm pregnant!" she says and I hug her tightly. "I won't tell anyone, I promise. Congrats!" I say, "when are you moving your furniture?" "By the end of the month. I still have to sell the house." she says, "but I really don't want to get caught by the police. New York police was torture enough. They didn't recognize me, but if Fp would have been a day later, I'm pretty sure they would have figured it out." she says. "Well. I'm going to get your couch. Bye Betts." I say. "Bye." she laughs.

J POV
Betty came into the kitchen laughing. "What's so funny?" I ask. "Fangs and my couch." she giggles. "Yea. I heard." I say. She stops laughing and stares at her hands. "I'm gonna go change." she says quietly and turns. I grab her arm, and she looks at me. "I'm really not in the mood to argue right now." she says. "I don't want to argue with you." I say. "Then let me go change, because that's exactly what's going to happen." she whispers. I pull her into my embrace. "Please Juggie." she whispers. "Just tell me what happened." I say softly. She tells me why she got arrested, and Scarlett comes in after she's through. "Hey. What are y'all talking about?" she asks. "The furniture in my house. We still have to move it to the Wyrm. Fangs most likely already got the couch." she says. I could see some conflict in Scarlett's eyes. "That's what you were talking about?" she asks with a raised eyebrow. "Yes Scarlett." I say. "No it's not." she says. "I'm going to change." Betty stands and heads to the room. "Betty." I say. "No." is all she said. I sigh and head to the kitchen. "I'm sorry." Scarlett says and heads to her room.