𝐕𝐈𝐏𝐄𝐑 || Sweet Pea ✔️ || REWRITING

Chapter 30

Ezra Jones

The Serpents and I walked into Pops, Sweet Pea holding my hand tightly as the bell dinged above our heads.

I catch Pea grinning widely like an idiot "Hey, Ez, is that-"

"Archie!" I shout, following his gaze to the now dark haired boy turned around in the booth to face us.

I run towards him, nearly tripping and breaking my face off of a table, but nonetheless I throw my arms around him when I reach him.

"Are you crying?" Archie laughs lightly when we separate "You missed me that much?"

I scrunch up my face, shaking my head so fast I could've broken my neck "What? No! I just twisted my ankle whilst running is all"

After tormenting Archie for nearly an hour Jordan drags me away to go home to study.

"Do I look like I give a fuck about these SATs?" I whine pulling out my English books and notepad.

"Listen here kid," my dad speaks up, scaring the shit out of us "You better start caring, you and Jug are going to change what it means to be a Jones. What've you decided to study?"

He pulls out a kitchen chair and sits with us, looking over at our books.

"English and Maths" I roll my eyes sighing "AP accounting, law and biology" I hand him the form I was to fill out confirming my choices.

His eyes widen slightly "Three AP subjects, Jesus H I didn't know you were that smart, darling"

Jordan laughs lightly shaking his head "I don't know if that was an insult or a compliment, but Ezra is really smart. She's helping me and Fangs"

My dad and Jordan look at each other in shock "Oh shit, Fangs!" They spoke at once, scrambling out of their chairs and out the door.

After four hours of cramming in law and bio study, dad returns home along with Jughead. Jughead ignores me, storming into his room with his beanie in his hand.

I pay no attention to him, still trying to memorise every cell that's a part of a leaf, a fucking leaf.

"Still studying, darling? I could help you if you'd like" my dad smiles grabbing a drink from the fridge.

I raise an eyebrow "No offence dad, but you didn't even take the SATs" I try to make my voice sound awake and as least sarcastic as possible.

"How I wish I had, you guys could've had a better life" He sounds down in himself, shaking his head lightly.

I stretch my arms above my head "Don't worry pops, when I'm a rich lawyer I'll make sure you, Jughead and Jellybean won't need for anything ever again"

This makes him smile "You shouldn't have to provide for us, well JB is a spoilt kid so maybe" he laughs lightly.

"Where'd you and Jordy go?" I try my arm, seeing as he seems to be in a good mood.

"It's late, you should get some sleep your exams are tomorrow" He shuts me down in an instant.

"But dad,"

"I said go to bed, now!" He cuts me down once more.

"This is so unfair! Ever since you passed leadership to Jughead I haven't been a part of anything with the Serpents, they're my family too, it my life too!" I yell, shoving my chair under the table violently.

He slams his hand down on said table, making me jump slightly "You think I don't know that!" He screams "You think I don't know what you've had to do to keep us in this trailer when I couldn't be a father to you? Jugheads in too deep now, although he says so I don't think he's gonna commit to college and I'll be damned if I make the same mistake with you. You're getting out of this town, making something with your life rather than slinging drugs and stealing"

I roll my eyes "Night dad, love you"

5am

Five in the fucking morning.

That's when my brain decided it was time for me to get up and worry about my exams, and I'm not going to lie to you I might've had a cry to myself.

I decided against cramming before heading to the school and instead had Pops for breakfast, no cheese fries for a change.

Eight o'clock finally arrives and I'm sat in the back of the class, away from anyone who could possibly distract me.

Please do not have a mental breakdown right now.

The supervisor gives us permission to begin, and shortly after Archie storms out.

Ignore it.

Veronica gets up to follow him, being threatened with an automatic zero.

Ignore it.

What my dad said last night is the only thing stopping me from throwing the damned exam away.

"You're getting out of this town, making something with your life"

I finish the exams with an hour left, I read it over nearly four times in pure paranoia. What if I missed a bubble? Or got something wrong?

Once we're excused I nearly trip over myself to get out of there, meeting with Jughead outside the class.

"How'd you do?" He quirks an eyebrow, as we walk home together "Did you cry again?"

"How do you know I-"

"We could here you this morning, dad and I, we just decided to leave you alone" He shrugged, pushing me into the trailer "I've got to do something, you just relax and find something for us to binge on Netflix, Kay?"

He shut the door before I could answer.

I decided to take his advice, relax and binge Netflix.

Personally I was terrified about the results, but there was nothing I could do anymore.

I changed into my quote unquote pyjamas, which consisted of black leggings and one of Jordan's old sweatshirts.

I managed to binge all of Big Mouth, well the first season anyway, and by then it was dark out.

Jughead reappears at the door "We're having a party, celebrating some things. Come on"

In confusion I pull on my shoes and follow him out, why are we celebrating?

"Serpents!" Jughead calls from the hood of a car.

I make my way over to Jordan, wrapping my arms around him.

"We have a lot to celebrate, we finally unmasked our for The Gargoyle King. Hiram Lodge, The Man in Black is down for the count. And tonight we welcome back one of our own, Fangs Fogharty. Serpents!" He begins chanting.

Everyone, even a very confused me, joins in. A siren quietens us as the sheriffs car pulls up and he gets out walking toward us with his head down.

When he looks up we're all, shocked?

"Dad?" Jug questions, raising an eyebrow.

"Sheriff Jones now, boy" he winks "Listen up, you're looking at the new law in Riverdale!"

Everyone cheers loudly, patting my dad on the back as he walked.

Maybe it isn't to late for him to make something better in his life.