Under pressure

22: Fucking school (Part 1)

Betty's POV 

My eyes fly open and I sit up. I look around. The nightlight is on. Cheryl and Jelly are sleeping next to me, cuddling. Everything is fine.

I wipe my tears away. This is fucking third time tonight when I wake up like this. I take my phone. 2:17.

I get up from the bed and put my flashlight on. I quietly get out of the room and into Jordan's and Jug's. Jason, Sweets and Chic are in the other one.

I show myself the way to Jug's bed. His bed is small, but we can both fit in it. I turn the flashlight off and pull the duvet up a little. I get under it, into the bed.

"Hey," I hear Jughead's confused voice.

"Hi," I whisper and he wraps his arms around me. I climb against him and snuggle my face into his bare chest.

"What's wrong?" he whispers, peobably feeling me shaking.

"I wake up a few times. The same dream over and over again," I whisper.

He sighs and kisses my temple, "You're safe here," he says.

"I know. You're my safe place," I say.

He chuckles quietly, "Love you," he says.

"Love you too," I whisper and he kisses my hair.

"Baby, can you sing to me?" I whisper and sniffle, trying not to think about what will happen if I see the same fucking dream again.

He presses his lips against my hear and starts humming the same tune. I smile and almost sing along, but actually just enjoy his voice.

*The morning* 

"You two!" I hear Joedab yelling. I snuggle my face further into Jug's nest and he pulls me even closer to him.

"MOM!" I hear, but I don't care.

Soon, I hear her coming into the room. She sighs, "Did you guys fall asl-"

"Actually, she was having nightmares and woke up three times in the night after what she came here," Jug says tiredly.

Mom sighs, "Baby you have those nightmares again?"

"Worse," I say.

"Why didn't you tell me?" she sighs.

"I thought you knew," I say tiredly and my face is totally in Jug's chest now.

She sighs again, "Fine. You two. Out of bed right now and we'll do with that later," she says. Jug sits up on the bed. I bury my face into a pillow and keep sleeping.

"Betty," mom sighs.

"We'll handle this," I hear Jordan saying and then my mom walking out.

"Betts," Jug says and I turn my face in his pillow.

He puts his hands on my waist and pulls me on top of him, lying back down now himself.

"Well that's one way of doing it. She'll fall asleep with a second," Jordan says. We both igbore him.

I wrap my arms around Jug's neck and look up at him with a big smile. He's grinning back at me. I kiss his lips for literally only a second and then rest my head onto his chest.

His chest moved up and down as he is laughing at me quietly. He wraps his arms arpund me and kisses my hair. I smile. From everything he does, I can see how much he loves me. He starts stroking my hair.

"Jug? Come on. Get up," Jordan says.

"What's the time?" he asks.

"6:23," he says.