Just The Two Of Us <Sweet Pea FF>

28. Wait

Wait, wait for the dawn my dear
Wait till the sun gets here

There was this song that my mother used to sing when I was little. She loved the message that when you find something good, you hold unto it.

And you will wait too long he will be gone

I don't know why I'm thinking of this song again, I haven't heard it in a while but the lyrics are carved into my brain

Wait, wait till the sun shines through
Wait till the sky is blue

She used to sing it all the time. When she brought me to bed, while cooking, doing laundry. I still have this vivid image of the three of us in the living room dancing to this song. My Mom and dad taking my hands

And you will wait too long he will be gone, he will be gone

I sing along in my head

Wait, wait till the signs are right
Wait till the perfect time

I now realise this is what I've been doing all my life. Waiting for the perfect timing but eventually there is no sign that tells you what to do when.

And you will wait too long he will be gone, he will be gone

I can literally hear my mom saying
"Dont wait too long, darling. Or he will be gone"
I don't want him to be gone I think as I open my eyes.

Confused I look around and when the blurry outlines turn into vivid images I discern Jughead and sweet pea and Toni and FP.
Now I can hear their voices but I can't understand what they are saying, they seem so far away.

"Guys, guys look" Jughead points at me and the others turn around. In the exact same moment I realise my leg is hurting really really bad.

"Omg, you're awake" Toni runs to the side of my bed
Sweet Pea slowly steps to the other side and I look at him, it's good seeing his face again despite everything that happend between us. I try to smile.

"Julia? Say something" Jughead seems a bit worried
I don't know what he was thinking but I press a small "ouch" out of my mouth. Everybody chuckles a bit and sweet pea leaves out a relieved sigh before he sits down next to me and takes my hand.

"Maybe we should leave them alone for a minute. I'm glad your ok" fp smiles before leaving the room leaving me alone with sweet pea.

"How are you feeling" he asks brushing my hair out of my face.
"Alright" I force out a smile "You know my leg hurts"
He chuckles "You know you said my name before you lost your consciousness" a proud grin spread over his face. I can't believe this boy.
"Yeah, don't feel too flattered, I lost a lot of blood and probably wasn't with my senses" I laugh a bit and he joins brushing his hair back.
"So are we good?"
I nod because I realise that I need him in my life. Moreover, he's a serpent so if I want it or not he's always gonna be a part of my life, so why not be friends.
I explain it to him and he nods in agreement although I can see in his eyes that he's a bit hurt by my words.

I grab his arm "is fangs alright?" I totally forgot about him
"Yes he's in the next room"
With a sigh I lay back down as it knocks on the door.
FP and the others enter, "we wanted to say goodbye but here are some who want to see you"

I watch the door as Ronnie, Archie, Betty, Josie, Cheryl, Kevin and Moose enter the room. "Guess that's my queue to leave sweet pea gets up and walks out glaring at moose and archie.

"Hi guys" I smile weakly
"We heard what happened" Archie begins "So we immediately bought those beautiful flowers and came to visit" V continues his sentence and points to the flowers betty is holding.

She gives me a small smile which I don't return and walks to put the flowers down on the table next to me. I stare on the sheets because I can't stand seeing her face.

"Oh wow your leg" Kevin points to my bandage
"My aorta got struck by a" I take a deep breath as I look at Archie "by a bullet"

Cheryl sits down on my bed next to me stroking my healthy leg when betty speaks up, "I wanted to apologize for kissing sweet pea" her voice soft but guilty.
"I don't need an explanation" I say seriously

"You have every right to be mad at me and yeah there is no sane excuse" she looks to the ground and archie supports her by touching her back.

"What's the insane one then?" I ask rolling my eyes at her.
"The black hood. He made me do all those things. He forced me to break up with Jughead, to cut v out of my life and finally to break you two up. If I didn't do as he told me he threatend to kill someone" tears roll down her cheeks and I feel bad for being mad at her "I'm so sorry, and if you two dont get back together... I could never forgive myself." She wipes her tears away "but now the black hood is dead" I look at her with big eyes. When? How? Who was it? "So I can tell you this and hope that you forgive me" she steps closer to the bed.

"Wow, betty that's horrible. I didn't know... I'm sorry I was so hard on you when you just tried to protect me" the picture of her and sweet pea pops up in my head again. I can't help but get mad a bit, I try to cover it up
"Does sweet pea know that?" I question
"Yes I told him"

Why didn't he tell me when he was here a second ago? He respects my decision of only being friends. That idiot.
I imagine being back with him. He is not the bad guy that I thought he was, he's only another victim of the black hood but for some reason I can't get the picture of them kissing out of my head.

Maybe they didn't want to hurt me but in the end they did.

"Can you forgive me?" Bettys sad eyes look at me and how could I say no considering all that she went through
"Of course I do. But who was the black hood?" I wonder

Everybody looks at betty, she looks a bit frightened "m-my dad"
I cover my open mouth with my hands "oh betty, I'm so sorry"