Youngblood // Sweet Pea

16

*beep beep*

Aww shit, is a bitch flatlining?

The lights were bright as I opened my eyes. The wall were white, light shined through the windows. The room I was in mirrored the one Hiram was in.

A cold hand held mine, probabky feeling me stir. I moved to sit up, my body stiff and sore. I winced, causing Sweet Pea to jolt from a dead sleep.

"Doll? You're awake! Let me go get the doctor." I sat in the bed, watching Sweet Pea jump from the chair and bolt out of the room.

Sweet Pea, a doctor, and a nurse returned back to the room. I could see FP and Fred watch in from the hallway window.

"Miss Gray, lovely to see you awake. We hope you make a fast recovery, due to your injuries, we want to keep you over night to make sure everything is ok."

Sweet Pea and I nodded towards the doctor as he walked out. The nurse checked my vitals and gave me pain medication.

She finished up what she was doing before she left. Fred and FP walked in as she walked out.

FP stood at the foot of the bed while Fred sat in the spot across from Sweet Pea.

Sweet Pea's cold hand clamped my warm ones.

"Mina, who did this too you." My thoughts flooded back to me after FP asked. My breath caught in my throat.

I didn't want to be a rat, but i was going to anyway, for the safety of myself and the gang.

"Monty and Mac."

Sweet Pea's grip tightened on my hand. I looked over at him as FP walked out of the room.

"Sweet Pea, son, go get something to eat. I'll be here with her."

"Bu-"

"No, go eat."

Sweet Pea stood from the chair before nodding, he looked back one more time before leaving out the door.

"I really wish your mom stayed here in Riverdale."

"Yeah, me too."

I shifted up more in the bed, my back was stiff from laying at an angle for so long.

I peered down to the foot of the bed, there was a small bench that held flowers and cards.

"Oh, yeah, people have been coming in non stop to deliver things, you've been an angel to everyone in town."

"Oh, thats nice."

"Yeah, everyone from teachers to bartenders have been in here. Speaking if bar-"

"I just know a lot of people."

Fred nodded, closing his mouth. I lefted my hands from the bed, my hands felt heavy. There was still dirt under my finger nails.

A knock came from the door, exposing Betty and Jughead.

"Hello Mr.Andrews, Mina."
"Hey kids, I was just leaving."

Fred gave me a kiss on my forehead, before leaving out the door.

Betty stood at the foot of the bed, while Jughead sat in the spot that Sweet Pea previously sat in.

"How are you doing M?"
"I'm Fine, still alive."

Jughead laughed as Betty shook her head. FP still stood outside the window, talking on the phone.

Sweet Pea walked past him, saying something, before walking in through the door.

"Oh, hey guys."
"Hey Pea."

Sweet Pea held a to-go bag from pops, he sat across from Jughead.

"Did Sweet Pea tell you that he found Sheriff Minetta?"

"No."

"Yeah, he's alive, and having a affair with Hermoine."

Betty walked from the room, grabbing Jughead by his ear.

"I got food."
"I see Sweets."

He placed the bag on the bed, opening it up. The aroma of food filled the room. I let out a moan from how good it smelt.

"Wow, that was hot."
"Pea, knock it off."

I reached for the hambuger that Sweet Pea unwrapped.

"No, let me feed you."
"I have hands for a reason, Pea."
"Stop complaining."

He moved his hand up, putting the hamburger to my lips. I took a slow bite, throwing my head back as I chewed.

I reached to grab the hamburger from Pea hands, he jerked his hand from my grasp before I could grab it.

"Just let me do this, please."
"O-ok."

I opened my mouth as he moved the burger towards me. I took a bite, chewing.

"Mac hired someone to kill your mom."

I sat up further in the bed, my body slipped down as I would move or shift.

"What are you talking about?"
"Mina, its in the journals."

I gave him a spectical look. Before nodding slightly. We contiued to eat, before talking again.

Everything was piecing together weather I wanted to or not. Sweet Pea stood, throwing the garbage into the can.

The nurse came back, checking if all was good and such. Which it was, of course.

I stood, wobbling to the bathroom. Sweet Pea helped me the most he could.

Being with him made me insecure, I always had thoughts I wasn't good enough. This feeling wasn't only with him, but everyone. It was my biggest character flaw.

Tears dripped down my face as I watched myself in the mirror. A knock came at the door.

"Mina? Are you ok?"
"Y-yeah, I'm fine."

I opened the door before walking back to the bed. I climbed into the bed, covering up.

"I marked some of the pages in the journals for you to read. I can't stay tonight. Be sure to text me, for anything."

I couldn't get a word out before he rushed out the door and down the hallway. He was acting weird.

I picked up the leather journal from the bed side table, flipping pages until I reached a marked one.

He's coming after me. I played the game, and blood is to be shed, mine. To anyone who reads this, Mac Cara is an evil man.

I skimmed pages, the rain started to hit the metal roof of the hospital. i was left waiting for tomorrow morning when I was to be release.

I wanted to be out, investigating the unexplained deaths.