Serpent By Association

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Jughead, Betty, Cheryl and Toni were up way before the others, all making themselves something to eat and drink. As Sophia walked downstairs, she met up with Veronica who was also going down.

"Morning, V." Sophia rubbed her eyes.

"Morning." Veronica replied. "Heavy head?"

"Yup. You?" Sophia asked.

"Oh, yeah. There's aspirin downstairs." Veronica said

 The two girls walked into the kitchen, grabbing a glass of water and some aspirin.

"Well, good morning, ladies." Jughead said with a smirk.

"Shh." They both groaned.

"I am not in a good state." Veronica said.

"Clearly neither of you are." Cheryl joked.

"I'm so hungover." Sophia let her head rest on her arms on the table.

"If you two are like this I can't imagine how the boys are." Toni said.

"Archie's fine, because he's driving he made sure he had water and stuff before bed. He's just getting dressed." Veronica said.

"Sweet Pea was still asleep when I left the room so who knows how he'll be?" Sophia mused.

As she and Veronica made themselves tea and toast, Sweet Pea walked into the kitchen.

"Hi, everyone," he said groggily.

"How are you feeling, buddy?" Jughead asked, slapping his shoulder.

"Can it, Jones." Sweet Pea said, sitting down. "Is there anything -" Veronica slid over the packet of aspirin and Sophia handed him a glass of water. "Thank you," he said, taking it.

"You don't look as bad as I've seen you before." Toni said. 

"I feel pretty bad." Sweet Pea let out a hollow laugh.

Archie came into the kitchen.

"Hey guys, sorry, my dad called," he said. "How are we all?"

"Those three." Cheryl pointed. "Not so hot. What were you guys drinking?"

"You know what it could be? Those little bottles that you three drank but I didn't." Archie said. "It was called Ozo or something."

"Ouzo? Ouzo?! Are you telling me we drank Ouzo?!" Sophia asked.

"I remember that now." Veronica said. "What about it?"

"It's like 96% alcohol." Sophia told them.

"No wonder I feel like death." Sweet Pea picked up one of Sophia's slices of toast to eat.

"I don't think you should drive the bike, Sweet Pea." Toni said.

"And I don't think you'd last on the back of it, Soph," said Betty.

"Betty and I will take your bike. You two can go in the car with Archie." Jughead stated.

"Are you sure?" Sweet Pea asked.

"Of course. We can't have you wrecking because you're hungover." Jughead said.

"Alright. One more dip in the pool before we all pack up our swimming stuff?" Veronica suggested, and everyone agreed.

They spent a few hours getting in a last lot of sunbathing and swimming, having some lunch then all going to pack and get ready to leave.

"It's been great Lodge Lodge!" Sophia said, her arms around Betty and Toni's shoulders as the boys packed up the bikes and car.

"Come on, let's get moving." Toni said, getting on her bike.

Cheryl did the same, and Betty climbed on the bike behind Jughead. Archie, Veronica, Sweet Pea and Sophia all got into the car, and as with on the way there led the bikes on the road back to Riverdale.

"So, Archie, how privileged do you feel getting to chauffeur two of the most prestigious Serpents around?" Sophia asked, jokingly.

"Where did you get the idea of being prestigious?" Archie asked. "You've not long joined."

"Sweet Pea is well-known and has been a serpent a long time. I had a threesome with the King and Queen. Even if I haven't been a long-term Serpent, I'd like to say that would put me a cut above many of the others." Sophia smirked.

Veronica laughed. "Can't really argue with that logic."

"Andrews, I know we had our chat at Jughead's party and I said we were cool, but after this weekend I just wanted to say that we really are cool. You'll always be a Serpent in my eyes." Sweet Pea said.

"Thanks, bro. That means a lot." Archie said, patting Sweet Pea's arm. "Especially coming from you."

"Yeah, well, don't get used to it." Sweet Pea laughed.

"No, please get used to it. I love this." Sophia said. "My new favourite bromance."

"I can get behind it too." Veronica said. "The two hot boys from opposite sides of the tracks. It's like Romeo and Juliet but better."

"Shut up, you two." Archie and Sweet Pea said simultaneously, and the four of them laughed.

Sophia rested her head on Sweet Pea's shoulder, and he wrapped his arm around her. They drove mostly in a content silence, watching the landscapes around them until they got to familiar scenery.

"Hey Soph, am I dropping you at the trailer park or at home?" Archie asked.

"Home?" Sophia furrowed her eyebrows, but then smiled. "This is my home, isn't it?"

"Uh, yeah, Soph." Sweet Pea chuckled.

"Sorry, it sounds crazy but I sometimes think this is all a dream and I'll wake up in England in the same shitty life I was in. I guess I just never quite accepted Riverdale was my home." Sophia said.

"I totally get you, Soph. I had a similar experience with New York. But this is your home now. And we're all so glad it is." Veronica smiled.

"Drop me off at home please, Arch." Sophia said, and Sweet Pea squeezed her arm. They pulled up outside the Putnam house and Sophia got out of the car, getting her bag from the trunk. She went over to Archie and hugged him, kissing his cheek. "Bye Arch, thanks for the ride."

"See you tomorrow, Soph." Archie said.

She went around to Veronica's side and did the same. "Bye Ronnie, thanks for the amazing weekend."

"Of course, Soph. I love you." Veronica said.

"I love you too," said Sophia. Then she went to Sweet Pea. "Bye Sweets, I had the best time with you." She kissed him.

"I'll text you later, princess." Sweet Pea said with a grin. "And happy fifteen weeks of your new home." He pulled her in for another kiss.

"Thanks. I'll see you guys. Bye!" She ran up to the house, opening the door and going inside.

"Sophia! How was the weekend away?" William asked.

"It was wonderful, dad." Sophia sat next to him, hugging him tightly. She then turned to Trisha and did the same.

Trisha laughed. "My, now, what have we done to deserve this?"

"I just love you guys so much, and I never did thank you for moving here. I'm the happiest I've ever been and that's all thanks to you." Sophia gushed. Her parents gave her a quizzical look before giving her another hug.