Dreamers

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B POV
I hate the word perfect, but when he said it about our family. It made my heart want to burst. "I know you hate the word, but it is." he whispers. I move my head to look at him. I cup his face and smile at him. He smirks as I kiss his lips. "I love you." I mumble against his lips. "I love you." he whispers. We rest our foreheads together. "I have to go check the parlor." I whisper. I try to get up, but he holds me there. "Jug. I have to sterilize everything." I chuckle. "We'll go in a little bit." he says. I nod, and kiss him again.

J POV
We head down to the parlor and she starts cleaning her equipment. "When is your next doctors appointment?" I ask. I could see the wheels turning in her head. She checks her phone. "It's in a hour and a half." she says. "Ok. Well, finish up here. I have another meeting in a little bit." I say. She nods and I kiss her head before going up to my office to get ready for the meeting.

B POV
I clean the parlor, and head up to the bar. "Hey Betts." I hear. I turn and see Fp, fangs, Toni, JB, and sweet pea. "Hey. I gotta go." I say. "Where to?" they ask. I smirk at them. "Wouldn't y'all like to know." I say and head for the door. I get in the car and drive to the doctors. "Hey. Just take a seat. They will call you back in a little bit." the receptionist says. I nod and take a seat. They call me back and start the exam. "You are, 4 months pregnant. Would you like to know the gender?" the nurse asks. "Yes please." I say. "It's a............girl! Congratulations!" she smiles. "Thank you." I say. I wipe the jelly off my stomach and pull my shirt down. They give me a sonogram, and a paper stating the gender. I put them in my purse and drive back to the bar.

FP POV
I saw Betty walk into the officear. "Hey Betts. Where did you go?" I ask. "I went to get a surprise for tomorrow." she says. "You're back." Fangs says. "Yea." she says slowly. Jughead came down the stairs. "Did the meeting just now get done?" she asks. "No. He had another one. He didn't want any for tomorrow, so he moved them to today." I say and she nods. "Is everything done for the party?" she asks. "Yea. The cake is put up so it will be good for tomorrow." JB says. She checks the time. "We still have a couple hours until she gets out of school." Betty says. "So tell us where you went." Sweet pea says. "Nope." she grins. Jughead walks over and wraps his arms around her from behind. "How did it go?" he asks. "Good, but you're not gonna find out until everyone else does." she grins. "Yea. Yea. Whatever." he says. "How many more meetings do you have?" she asks. "That was the last one." he tells her.

B POV
He sighs and rests his head on my shoulder. "What else do we need for the party?" Toni asks. I look around, and notice that the balloon wasn't on the ceiling anymore. "Fangs! I'm going to murder you." I say. "And why is that?" he grins. "You got that balloon down after I told you not to." I say. "Maybe." he says. I glare at him and they all laugh. "I'm sorry. It was bugging me." he says. "You could have gotten hurt." I scowl at him. "I was fine. Sweet pea held the latter still." he says. "You really trust Sweet pea with your life?" I ask with a raised eyebrow. "That hurt Betts." Sweet pea says. I smile big at him. "Nobody got hurt Betts. There were about three people holding the latter." Fangs says. "When is your due date?" Fp changes the subject. It caught me off guard and took me a minute to register. "Oh. Um...... it's in December. I still have 5 months." I say, "are we gonna do another picture like last time?" "What picture?" he asks. "I was sitting on the hospital bed, and you were in the chair next to it holding Scarlett. Toni took the picture." I say. "And nobody has showed me this photo in 16 years?!" he exclaims. Everyone laughs, and Toni pulls the picture up on her phone. "Send that to me." he says. "Me too." I say. She nods and my phone pings. I save the picture. "Thank you." I say. "You're welcome." she says. "I have a question for y'all." JB says. "Ask away." Jughead says. "When are you two getting married?" she asks. Jughead head shot up from my shoulder and I choke on my water. They were all laughing at us. "I don't know." I choke out after my coughing fit. "We gotta go get Scarlett. So see you tomorrow." Jughead says.

S POV
I saw dads car pull up, and I headed towards it. I get stopped by one of the students. "Hey! My car is here." I say. "I know. I see the king Scarlett." he says. "Yea. So let me go." I say. I look over at the car. "They will have your jacket if you don't let me go." I growl. "I just wanted to talk." he says. "Well, I'll be at the bar tomorrow. I don't even know your name. So I will talk to you tomorrow." I wrench my arm free. "It's Ryan." he says as I walk to the car. I get in and dad starts to drive. "How was your day?" Mom asks. "Your sub is so rude. She gave me detention, because I asked a question about the work." I huff. "How about we go to pops?" Dad asks. "That sounds good. I could really use a vanilla milkshake." I say. "So why did Ryan stop you?" Mom asks. "He said he wanted to talk." I shrug. We pull up at pops and mom wraps her arms around my shoulders as we head in. "Hey Betty." Pop says. "Hi pop. Two vanilla milkshakes and one strawberry." she says. "Your order will be out in a little bit." he says and we get in a booth. I see initials carved into the window sill. B.C. and J.J. "What are you looking at munchkin?" Dad asks. "You carved your initials in the window sill." I smile. Mom looks over. "He hasn't covered it." her eyebrows raised. "I guess not." Dad grins. Pop brings us the milkshakes. "Pop? How come you haven't covered the initials?" Mom asks. "Because I like them there. They are the only initials I would keep there." he smiles.

B POV
I smiled at pop and he headed back into the kitchen. I took a sip of the milkshake and leaned back in the booth. "You ok mom?" Scarlett asks. "Yea. Just thinking." I smile. "About?" Jughead asks and I grin. "The day we carved those initials into that sill." I say, "we need to add to it." He grins and hands me his pocket knife. I carve Scarlett's initials into the seal. I hand his knife back to him and someone walks up to our booth. "Well. Well. Well. If it isn't the one and only Veronica lodge." I say sarcastically, "what do you want?" "I want my son out of jail, but thanks to you, he's not getting out for years." she says. "Do you really want a broken arm right now? I'm trying to have a decent time with my family." I scowl at her. "Well I can't have a decent time with mine." she snaps. "Who's fault is that?" I growl. "It's not mine." she says. "I didn't have a kid with Andrews." I say. "I didn't have a kid with a snake." she retorts. I start to get out of the booth, but they hold me back. Veronica steps back. "I wouldn't start with me. I will gladly kill you." I snarl. "Mom. You need to calm down." Scarlett whispers. "I suggest you leave while you can." Jughead says. She hurries out of the diner and I lean back against the booth, my eyes squeezed shut. I take in some deep breaths. I feel the spot next to me sink and an arm around me.

J POV
Veronica hit a nerve, and it was clearly written all over Betty. She opened her eyes, and leaned against me. "Why won't she just leave me alone?" she asks. "I don't know." I say. "I just wanted to spend one night, one night, before Scarlett's birthday, and she ruined it." she says. "She didn't ruin it. We can finish our milkshakes and then we could go to the park." Scarlett suggests. Betty nods and sips her milkshake. I hear the bell and see Fp walk in. He sits across from us, taking in the situation. "Lodge came didn't she?" he asks. "Don't say that name please." Betty says and he nods. "I need to go to the bathroom." she says and I let her up. "What happened?" he asks. "Hit a nerve. Betty told Veronica that she wasn't the one who had a kid with Andrews. Veronica said she wasn't the one who had one with a snake. I really don't understand the lodges. They roped the Andrews in, and I get that Hiram is in leagues with the ghoulies, but still." I say. "She said that." he chuckles. "Yep." I say, "she's mad cause her son is in jail." Scarlett was staring out the window. "Uh. Dad. That's not a serpent jacket." she says. Betty came back out. "What is it now?" she sighs. I look out the window. "It's a ghoulie." I say. "Do they really not remember the deal. Specifically, what I get to do." she says. "You can't exactly do that in a diner parking lot." Fp says. "Buzz kill." she grumbles, "can we at least put him in the basement? He's breaking the deal." "We will." I say.