Under pressure

44: Memories (Part 1)

July 28th

Betty's POV

"Hey," I smile and grab a coke from the fridge.

"Wow, you're not grumpy as usually in the mornings?" Cher asks.

I shrug, "I'm going surfing."

I put the coke into my bag and throw it back over my shoulder. Just as I start to leave the kitchen, Jordan wraps his arms around my waist and pulls me to sit on his lap.

"Jor," I whine.

"I'm going away tomorrow. We thought you'd like to watch old home movies with us?" he asks.

My eyes go a little wider, "We have home movies?"

He and Chic chuckle at me. "We found a few boxes in the attick," Chic says and both two of them wait for my reaction.

"You found the key?" I ask in shock.

Now they're smiling and nod. I jump up and throw the bag down, "It's still open, right?"

He pulls me back onto his lap, "Breakfast."

"Jor," I whine, "I haven't gotten to the attick since I was 10."

"Seriously? Aren't they supposed to be open?" Jug asks as they change me onto his lap.

"Yeah. But mom locked it after I hid there so that I didn't have to go to dad's. Later forgot where she put the key." I open my mouth to get the food.

He chuckles and brings his hands with a rolled together pancake and strawberry jelly to my lips. I take a big bite and he kisses my cheek as they keep talking about everything.

"What year were these taken?" dad asks the boys, 'cause obviously Jason and Jug were with them when they were on the attick.

"One box is 2002 and 2003. The other one was 2004 and 5 and 6. And then 7, 8. And 9, 10," Jug says.

"Could've just said 2002-10, but okay," Jelly mumbles, making us chuckle. Jug keeps feeding me his pancake, which is delicious as always when he mixes something together.

We chuckle quietly. After eating, we all go into the living room after everyone grabbing a can of some drink.

"Why are you all so unhealthy," dad sighs while opening a coke, making us laugh.

"Tell me one family in Riverdale where are more kids who do sports than us," Jason smirks.

"No one has that many kids," he says with a smirk.

"So you can't name one. Meaning, we're healthy," Cher smiles big and fist bumps with Jason.

"We're starting from the beginning?" Jug asks as he and Chic are setting the old cassette player up.

"Yeah, maybe I'm in some of them," Cher smiles big, I rest my head on her shoulder.

"Wouldn't be suprised if you're on all of them. You guys basically lived with us," I tell her.

She smiles, "We did."

The boys come back to us now too and sit down on the ground beside me and Cher. Jor, dad, Jason and Jelly are on the couch.

Jug comes next to me. I sit against him and he wraps his arm around me, smirking at Cher's bummed face. Chic presses the play button.

May 15, 2002

Collin and Jordan are sitting on Hal's lap and me and Chic are on mom's. I'm still in diapers. Wow.

"Hi," Collin smiles at the camera. I smile sadly at that, but the grin stays on my face.