Sinners -Sweet Pea-

3. Sweet Pea? What the heck is that?

Lou's POV

Jugheads and my destination was the bus station. As soon as we reached the counter we brought two tickets to Toledo to visit our mom. 

I was never on best terms with my mother, from my view it seemed like she had two kids, Jughead and Jellybean...

"I'm going to call mom okay", Jughead mumbled as we stepped outside. He got in the little phone cell while I held the door open so I could listen in on their conversation. 

"Hey mom, guess what? Lou and I got bus tickets to Toledo. We thought we'd come and see you and Jellybean for a while... Lou could crash on the couch and I could even sleep on the floor... Yeah... Mh-hm... No, we. No, I understand. Look, uh... forget I said anything, okay? Alright bye", Jughead said and I could see the tears forming in his eyes. 

"She doesn't want us to come?", I asked my big brother. "No, she said that they were re-doing the apartment so there was barely space", Jughead told me. 

"Come on", he muttered and grabbed my hand as we walked back inside. My feet started to hurt really bad, due to me still wearing my dress and shoes from the dance. 

"We changed our minds about Toledo. Can you just put us on whatever the next bus out of town is? I don't care where it is going", Jughead told the lady behind the counter. 

"Citrusville, Florida. Leaves tomorrow morning at 6 AM", the woman said and handed us the tickets. 

There was a janitor cleaning the lounge and it seemed like we couldn't stay here for the next couple of hours. 

"Lobby closes in 15 minutes and re-opens at 5,30", the woman told us and shut her little window. 

I sighed and looked at Jug, where was the only place that was open for 24 hours? Pop's Chock'lit shop. 

*

Jug sat in front of me in silence, our coffees placed in front of us. I really thought that our dad changed but he didn't. 

I let out a sob when I realized I had nowhere to stay. I couldn't go back to the Blossom's after my dad turned out to be the killer of Jason Blossom.

The doorbell caught my attention and the three musketeers walked in and towards my brother and me. 

"Jug. We are sorry. About everything. Lou-lou, Juggy, we screwed up", Archie said. "We all did. Breaking into your dad's was wrong, but some good came out of it", Veronica smiled at us. 

"Pretty sure our dad was just arrested for murderer", I mumbled looking out again. 

"That gun wasn't there when we searched his trailer. Someone put it there after we left", Archie told Jug and I. "What are you talking about?", Jughead asked him.

*

We all ran into the station well I mostly stumbled in since I was still wearing my really hurting high heels. 

"Excuse me, sir. We need to see Sherrif Keller. There's been a huge mistake", Archie told one of the guys behind the counter. 

"Sherrif, we need to talk to you about FP Jones", Betty told Tom who approached us. "What about him?", he asked. 

"He's innocent. He's being framed", Archie explained to him but the sheriff's face didn't change, "Well, then why did he just confess?".

On cue, a deputy dragged our father into the next best cell. Jug and I stood there and looked him in the eyes, my breath hitched and my eyes filled with tears. Time seemed to go in slow motion.