Under pressure

13: The competition (Part 3)

^^^ The wetsuit, Betty is wearing ^^^

Betty's POV    

We step back onto the sand. Everyone shuts again and looks at me. I sigh and look at Cheryl with a raisen eyebrow.

She comes to me and hands me the patches. "You can't keep doing this to yourself," she says quietly.

"I can't punch everyone who calls me the perfect girl next door, okay? I need to hold it back," I smirk.

She chuckles quietly and takes my hand and looks at it. "Not the worst," she says.

I nod, "You would know."

Me and Jug walk to the Serpents. I know that mom doesn't want to pressure me into talking and neither does everyone else, so we just sit down there.

"What did they tell you?" Jelly asks, earning a hit from Fangs. "What?" she asks.

I chuckle a little. I love her for just being a kid and not caring whenever someone tells her not to ask anything.

"They um.. Blackmailed me," I say, opening the patch.

"Into doing what?" FP asks.

"Not competing," I say.

"Hell no," I hear Jordan's voice in my ear. I feel him and Chic both squatting behind me.

"If you're planning on screaming directly into my ear, please don't," I say. Chic smirks and covers my ears.

"Oh wow," I chuckle and push hid hands away.

I give Jug the patches and my hand. He sighs and takes it. He opens them and starts patching it together.

"So.. What were they blackmailing you with? Because if it was something bad, I'm gonna kick their ass," Chic says.

I sigh and look at Jug. He nods a little and we both keep looking at my hand as he patches it up.

"Everyone will know about the two of us dating for tomorrow, so-" he looks up at the Serpents, "If any of you hear someone planning to go after Betty or something, you need to tell us and do something," Jug says.

They all sigh in unison. "These girls know how to blackmail," FP says, making me smirk.

"And what about if some Northsiders will come and put the Whyrm on fire?" Tall boy asks.

"Right?" I ask and look at Jug, "See. He believes that a Northsider can do something. I'm not cgoing to compete," I say.

He sighs. "Fucking hell!" Jordan screams into my ear, making me cover it.

Jordan and Chic and Archie and Jason and Sweets and Fangs and Reggie sll get up.

"Which ones?" Reggie asks.

"Reg-" I start.

"Which. Ones?" he asks.

"Ginger and Tina. They're in red and purple I guess," I say.

They all look sround and see them. They run towards them. I look down and start playing with my bracelet.

"Hey," Jug says and raises my head up. I look at him. "You're gonna go out there and kick their asses in surfing. And then later we'll figure something out, okay?" he asks.

I gulp and look back down. He sighs.

"Betty," my mom says, but I keep looking down, "He's gonna be safe."