Assorted Riverdale Imagines

Rumor Has It~ Sweets

High school is full of a lot of things; drugs, sex, fights, work, stress, and rumors. Ninety percent of school is people talking about other people spreading lies or the truth that the said person doesn't want out. Not one high school student can keep something to themselves, no matter how long later someone will know your deepest secret(s). You knew that but you still found yourself in the bathroom stalls with panicked tears in your eyes and shaking. You were slumped on the floor in front of the disgusting white porcelain toilet of Riverdale High's second hall girls bathroom. The bell ending your last class and the one beginning your next had already rung through the halls. It was mostly silent outside the wooden door other than a few stragglers rushing to their class. You had mascara running down your face and had been trying to decide if you should leave or not. You wanted to disappear until everything was over. The sound of the door creeping open made you go still and peer through the crack of the stall.
   "Did you hear about Y/F/N?" A girl asks as she leans over the sink looking into the mirror.
   "The cheerleader?" The other asks. "No."
   "Yeah," the first one says. "Well, I guess she got with someone and got pregnant. And people are saying that it's not even her boyfriends. Probably another one of the Serpents."
"Pregnant?" The second gasped. "Really? I thought she was like a super freak with her birth control because the other guys she was with, guess that sleeping around caught up with her. And, a Serpent of all people, I'd thought it at least be one of the football players. Like, Moose or something."
"Are you stupid? Moose is totally gay," the first one scoffed. "Didn't you hear that's why he left? He was with Keller."
"Oh, really? I must've missed that. Well, I am so getting with Johnson tonight," the second said. "He texted me this morning and he's taking me to the trail."
"Well, don't end up like Y/N." You watch them walk off then disappear behind the swinging door. Anger bubbles inside you and mixes with your panic. You were tired of the rumors going around and if you said anything they'd get worse. The worst part was that you haven't even told him yet. You push yourself off the ground and open the stall. You meet yourself in the mirror and the anger grows stronger. You let out a scream as you throw your books at the reflecting rectangle. It shatters as the third book hits, and you hit it, making it fall to the floor and sink. Your knuckles are bleeding from the glass.
"Fuck!" You say looking at your hand. "God damnit!" You gather your things and throw them in your bag then threw it over your shoulder and left the bathroom. The bell rings sending kids out into the halls with you and you are mentally trying to make yourself invisible but you still hear the whispers.
"That's the one who doesn't know who the father of her baby is."
"She got pregnant because she was drunk."
"She's pregnant with a Serpent's baby."
"She's the slut I was telling you about. She hooked up with half the Serpents and Bulldogs."
You try your best to ignore it as you push through everyone to get to the doors and leave. That's all you wanted. To get out, you'd rather be with the screwed cult farm then this hell. You see the doors and you feel a little relief.
"Y/N," you hear behind you and you speed up trying to get away. "Wait, come on." They grab your arm. "Hey, you weren't in class and everyone is looking for you. Especially, Pea. Are you bleeding? And crying?"
"Look, Betty, I really need to go," you say. "Please, I have to go before..."
"It's true, isn't it?" She said quietly and you nod. "Okay, have you told him?" You shake your head. "Okay, well let's get outside, you look like you're going to pass out." She ushers you through the crowd and to the doors. The sun was almost a relief to your nausea. "So, tell me."
   "I don't know," you sigh. "It's a mess. I didn't tell anyone yet. I don't know how this is getting out, I never said a thing."
  She gives you a sad smile, "it's alright, it's going to be alright. I promise and I want to help any way I can."
   "I want to get out of here," you sigh. "I don't know what to do, Bets, I don't want a baby. I'm a junior! It's too early and I don't know how to tell him! I want everything to disappear and be over."
   "Okay," She said. "It's going to be alright. I'll bring you home, and I'll fix your hand. We can talk to my mom about getting help or even Polly." You give her a look. "Okay, don't let them lure you into the farm."
   "Maybe I should run away there," you sigh. "I wouldn't have to come back here."
   "That's not what you want," she sighs as she grabs your hand. "Just come on, we can figure this out." The cooper house was always so clean. Everything was always straight, dusted, and never out of place. Other than the rug that conveniently went missing when Chic came up. 
   "What happened to your rug?" You ask sliding your shoes off your feet. "It kinda disappeared when Chic did."
   "It had a bad stain," she said with a shrug. "We threw it out. You can go sit and I'll get you some tea." You nod going to the couch and notice a still drying wet spot. It wasn't wet to touch, but it was a little outlined. "Here."
   "Thank you, Betty," you smile taking the cup. "If you didn't stop me, I would've ran off to god knows where."
   "Well, let that be option number five," she laughed a little. "The last option. The first, being tell him. Ask for help from my mom. Talk about what you want in your future. You don't have to have the baby. It's up to you though." You look at your hands. "But, you can't do this without him."
   "I know," you sigh. "Any other options, where I don't tell anyone and I can get away from it all?"
   "Well, there is option four, join the farm and have the baby," she said. "That's kinda the last resort too."
   "What if I just live in the bunker?" you ask. "It will be alright in there. It's furnished and I can get canned goods. I don't have to see anyone and I can just live out the rest of my pregnancy days in there and then... I don't know what then."
   "We will let that be an alternate," she said. "It gets cold in there and it's not exactly a home. Option two, you tell your parent(s). They might get angry, but I'm sure they will help you figure something out. And, my house is always open to you. We have an extra room. You either keep the baby or you don't. If you keep the baby, there's always adoption. Not through a whack place like the sisters though." You nod.
    "There's still the option of disappearing."
   "Y/N," she laughed lightly. "If you just disappear then you give in to everything the people were saying. And, you leave everyone behind, including him."
   "I know," you sigh. "I'm scared. I didn't plan this, obviously, and he's in a gang. He's...."
  "Sweet Pea?" she offered and you nod. "You know he's gonna support you no matter what. I'm sure he'd love to have a little Serpent running around."
"Some day!" You argue. "Not today. Not when we are JUNIORS in HIGH SCHOOL! Our relationship really has just began! I just got him through the paranoia that Josie left him in!"
"Okay, no need to yell."
You roll your eyes and throw your head into your hands, "what would you do?"
"Well for one, I would make sure that I used a condom and birth control," she shrugged but had a smirk. "You know Plan B works pretty well too." You give her an annoyed look. "Okay, I would be scared too. But, I'd talk to Jug and my mom. I'd even ask Polly, but I probably wouldn't take it seriously. I'd ask for support and help in making this decision that will effect your future."
"What if the decision I make... People don't like it?" You say. "What if I make the wrong choice?"
"There's no wrong choice," she explained. "There's just many that all have a lot of different outcomes. There's not a set future for you, Y/N, don't be afraid of making a choice for yourself. So many people think that their lives are set in print, even I did myself. But, this year alone has taught me a lot about going with what life gives you because you can't change it. So, think about what's happening right now and yourself. There is no one more important right now, then yourself."
"What are the two of you doing home?" Alice asks opening the front door. "What happened to you?" She slides her shoes off before meeting the two of you at the couch. "Is someone going to explain?"
"I did something maybe stupid," you explain with a sigh and she raises her eyebrows. "Not fight that's not why my hand is hurt. That's from hitting an already shattered mirror in panicked rage."
"I think you are going to have to start at the beginning," she said confused. "Please."
You nod, "okay... So, I was with Sweet Pea like maybe a month ago and we you know. And, I swear we used protection and I'm on the pill. Well, I guess I was on it; I'm not anymore. Anyways, I am pregnant now. I don't know what to do, and someone people at school already know. I heard girls talking while I was in the bathroom. That lead to me throwing my things at the mirror and then hitting it. It was stupid. I haven't told him yet. And everyone is saying that I got with a lot of other people. It's a mess."
"Alright," She nods. "It's alright, we can get through this. Have you thought about the options? Have you tried more than one test? A doctor? Do you want to keep the baby?"
"I don't know," you say raising your voice slightly. "I'm a junior in high school. What am I supposed to do?"
"Unfortunately, this isn't something I can tell you how to do. No one can, it's something you figure out for yourself," she said. "But, I can give you my own experience." You nod for her to continue. "When I was in high school, I too got pregnant unexpectedly. I had just been, as you would say, fooling around with the guy. He was a womanizer, a Serpent, a football player, and charismatic. I didn't tell him through the whole pregnancy and I gave away the baby to the sisters. They brought him up, and when he turned eighteen he came by the house and I turned him away. I learned later that he was my son, I didn't know then. I also learned about his life with the sisters and after. He was addicted to drugs and was killed by them and his friend. The hardest thing for me to think about now is that I turned him away like trash and it pushed him into drugs. I blame myself sometimes. But, I also think about what would've happened if I kept him. Maybe I wouldn't be married to the black hood. Then I wouldn't have my girls and anything I have now. Maybe I would still be married to Hal, but Charles would be the outcast of the home. Unhappy. Or maybe he wouldn't. Maybe he be in college now with a beautiful girlfriend or boyfriend. He'd come and visit when he could. But, he'd never truly feel like he was at home because he looked nothing like the rest of us maybe Hal would've went after him. Though, it wasn't his fault. Who knows? I also think, what if I did the same things. But, I didn't turn him away at my door; maybe he'd be alive and healthy. I could explain to him the situation I was in as a teenager."
"Not many of those end well," You say. "I don't want things to be bad for him or her. I don't want my own life to be messed up either. I want a normal life."
"Well, abortion is an option," she explained. "I would talk to him though, he might want a say. Of course it is your body though. There are some effects that abortion does to your body and some can be rare, but lethal. One being that later in your life if you decide to have children, there can be complications with the birth or even infertility. Abortion can lead to death if not done properly or completed. Infection is also easily spread and that can lead to you becoming septic. The procedure can also damage your other organs and your cervix which can lead to you needing a hysterectomy. There are also emotional turmoils that you will have to go through. There is a sum of women who commit suicide after an abortion due to the overwhelming emotional and physical pain they may be in. And if you don't have support that can also make the stakes higher. I want you to realize these factors if you are looking into abortion because I want you to have a beautiful future. Many women who go to get abortions don't really get all of the facts or pay attention, these days abortions are more of a politic situation."
"Every choice I am given seems terrible," You sigh. "I don't know what I am going to do. This is all just too much. I can't think. I can't breathe. I can't do anything. It's too much for me. I feel sick." You stand up and begin pacing the floor. "I can't."
   "It's going to be okay," Betty said. "Really, just breathe."
   "I can't," You shake your head running your fingers through your hair. Your world was falling beneath you. You couldn't do this. You were still a kid yourself, how could you have one? How could you deal with the thought of giving a child away to a poor adoption system? How could you make the decision? You had taken the precautions. You had done everything like you were supposed to, yet here you were in this situation.
   "Y/N," Betty said calmly. "Just breathe, alright, it's going to be okay. It's three they should be here any second. He'll help you figure this out."
  "He is coming here?" You ask feeling your chest tighten. The urge to hurl had become extremely strong and you felt the fever of your skin rise. "Oh god." You run upstairs to the bathroom locking the door.
  "Y/N," she says through the door. "I'm sorry, time just kinda went by. But, you know you have to talk to him. Please open the door." You feel your throat burn as your tea is thrown from your empty stomach. "Y/N?" More contents rise in your throat. "He's here, I won't tell him anything." You lean your back against the wall and rest your head between your knees with a laugh. A head between your knees is how this all started and how it will end, with at least one person screaming.
Betty
"Hey," Jug smiles down at me. "Why'd you leave school?"
"I brought Y/N here," I say eyeing Sweet Pea and Fangs. "She was have a hard day."
"Where is she?" Sweets asks looking around confused. "Did she go home?"
"She's in the bathroom, she's not feeling well," I sigh and move as the three come in.
"Well I wouldn't be either," Fangs said. "All of the things people are saying at school, it's awful. Who would even start rumors like that?" I shrug. "Like, she's pregnant. How would that even work right now? She and Sweets have only been dating for a few months."
"Things can happen unexpectedly," I say. "You can't just hope that things will go right."
"Is she alright up there?" Pea asks eyeing the stairs. "How long has she been in there?"
"Maybe five minutes," I shrug. "I think you should go up there though. She's having a difficult time trying to piece things together and I think you can help."
"Me?" He looks confused. "What can I do? I'm not a doctor." Sweet Pea was never the brightest when it came to people and what they need. "What's even wrong with her?"
"She is scared and she's throwing up," I explain. "She is amidst a panic attack and I have tried talking her down but it's not working."
"She's throwing up? Why is she scared?" He asked and Jughead turned around to lean his head against the wall in annoyance. "What happened?"
"You happened," Fangs said. "She helped you get through your grievances with the Josie conflict and then over the paranoia you had with her. And, when you got comfortable you gave her those sweet eyes like you do all the time. Just get up there."
"I'll walk you up," I said gesturing towards the stairs. "Come on." He nods and follows me up to the still locked door. "Y/N?" I knock softly. "Open the door please."
"Please just give me a second Betty," you groan with your head over the porcelain again.
"Just at least unlock the door," I say hopeful. "Please, I know how scared you are and I want to help as much as I can." I hear the scraping of the metal lock and sigh in relief. "Go in there."
You
You unlock the door before returning to your spot in front of the toilet. Your heart had slowed down and you weren't as fevered as before. You were finally able to calm yourself down. Tears were gliding down your face when you heard the door unlatch and cool air hit your back. A hand is lightly placed against your back and a shadow is casted over you.
  "Hey babe," Sweet Pea says softly. "What's wrong?" Your heart begins to race again. "Come here." He pulls you from the floor and wraps his arms around your shoulders, pulling you close to him. His scent fills your senses and over power them. Your body automatically relaxes and your brain stops harassing you. His hand glides up and down your shoulder as he places a chaste kiss on your head.
   "Pea," you start. "I have to tell you..."
   "I know," he nods. "I know and it's okay. I'm not angry. It's a two person ordeal. You don't have to worry about that and I will help you with whatever you want. I want you to know that I will support you with whatever you choose to do." You look at him. "It's gonna be okay, Princess, I got you through all of this."
   "You aren't real," you laugh lightly. "Honestly, you are such a good soul and I love you, Pea."
   "I love you too and I'm sorry that you were scared to tell me this," he said. "I know I'm not the best with my emotions and I am a violent person. But, I don't want you to be afraid of telling me anything. Okay?" You nod. "Alright, let's go down downstairs?"