" Some would look into his eyes and see darkness...but she knew better.
She could see that he carried a storm within his bones, one that contained chaos and calmness.
Look too closely and you could see the lightning peering through his veins.
He...
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Chapter 27 - The Murder Investigation
Jughead stopped the strawberry blonde on her way to class. "Hey, Mace.." she looked up at him, awaiting for the sentence to continue. "Um, just wanted to talk about what Archie brought up. Maybe talking it through would help us."
"What do you want to talk about?" She asked.
"Getting past all of this stuff... that way we can get back together. I already told you I was wrong, and apologized for everything that I said before. Last night, I really crossed the line." He repeated all of his apologies to the girl and she sighed.
"I'm sorry too. I shouldn't have lead you on or anything." She paused. "I guess, if we're being honest, both of us are at fault. I'm sorry for not mentioning Cheryl and for talking about you to the Serpents behind your back."
"You what?" Jughead squinted his eyes and a hint of an amused smile played on his lips.
"Hm?" She raised her brows innocently. "I — What did you say?"
"Nothing. What'd you say?" He pointed. She shrugged and strolled around him toward her class. "Mace, you've been talking about me behind my back?" He called out to her.
"Sorry, I've got to get to class, Jones!" She replied.
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After school she did join him and FP at the trailer park. She sat beside FP, Jughead on his other side, and Hiram across from them.
"Thank you for agreeing to sit down and discuss this misunderstanding." Hiram began.
"There's no —" Jughead was about to snap at the man.
"There's no misunderstanding here." FP interrupted, quickly quieting his son before he escalated the talk. "Tall Boy said you paid him to decapitate the Pickens statue."
"As an excuse to turn up the heat on the Serpents." Jughead added with his usual undertone of attitude.
"You've got a lot of nervous people scared they're gonna lose their home." FP pointed.
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