Serpent Wolves (Sequel to The Serpent wolf)

17.

I stand outside FP's trailer with Betty, Jughead and Sweet-Pea, my hand intertwined with Sweet-Peas. My heart hammering in my chest, this is it. I listen into FP and Gladys talking inside.

"Where's Jellybean?" FP asks.

"In the shower. So Jughead's coming here?" Gladys asks.

"Yeah, he is." FP answers, he doesn't want to speak to her after what she did, but he knows he has to.

"You know, don't you? About Logan?" Gladys asks.

"How could you do that to her, Gladys? Or to Emma and Blaze?!" FP yells, leaving it to interpretation whether I'm dead or not.

"She's not Logan, anymore FP! She's a shell of herself-"

"No, she is fucking not! You come back for 5 minutes and start assuming shit!" FP yells.

"C'mon we need to go now before they rip each other's heads off." Jughead says.

Sweet-Pea grips my hand tighter as the four of us burst through the front door, Gladys looks stunned, seeing my stand before her, alive.

"Logan! You didn't..." Gladys seems speechless

"No, I didn't." I say

"Mom, please sit down. It's time we all talked, instead of you trying to kill everyone." Jughead says, him and Betty taking a seat on the couch. Sweet-Pea and I join them.

"Why don't I make everyone a hot drink." Betty suggests after an awkward 'could cut the tension in here with a knife' silence.

"Listen, Gladys. I don't know why you hate werewolves so much-"

"Because of Jay, your mother's ex-boyfriend, the one that killed her and your father? You know him, you're the one who joined him." Gladys tells me, Betty has gotten up from the couch.

"Jarred was a terrible person and I absolutely did NOT join him." I say.

"Well how do you explain you being... a werewolf, and how do you explain my own son being forced into your sick world?" Gladys asks with a disgusted tone.

"Mom that's why you need to listen to us." Jug says.

"No, you need to listen to me, Jughead. There's still hope for you son. We can fix you." Gladys tells him.

"You don't need to fix me mom! There's nothing wrong with me. I'm still me." Jug defends himself.

"I read online if you kill your alpha, you'll be human again. You know what needs to be done." Gladys says coldly.

"If you think I'm going to kill my best friend, you're more fucked up than I thought." Jughead growls at his mother.

"I thought you might say that." Gladys says.

We all turn our heads to Betty as the cups she must've been holding, fall to the ground and break, as Jellybean stands behind her with a switchblade to her throat.

"Betty!" Jughead yells, he gets up to help her, but Gladys halts him.

"Let her go, Gladys!" I yell.

"We both knew you wouldn't just kill Logan if we asked. So, we thought we needed to persuade you a little." Gladys says.

"So, what?! Our son kills his best friend, or our 10-year-old daughter slits his girlfriend's throat?!" FP gasps.

"Jellybean let her go!" Jughead yells, Jellybean shakes her head.

"Gladys, I had a feeling you'd think it'd work like this! It doesn't!" I plead.