Under pressure

46: Mom?

1 week later

Betty's POV

"You'll be fine," I tell Jug, as he sits back down on the bed again.

"Betty, I'm..."

I sigh and go to him and sit onto his lap. "You're what?"

"Scared," he gulps.

I sigh and put my arm around his neck and turn more sideways. He puts his arms around me.

"Scared that she'll leave again," I state. He gulps and nods.

I kiss his cheek for a few seconds. "What if she doesn't? Have you thought about that? Is she gonna live with us?"

"She has two children," he smirks.

"Exactly."

He sighs, "I don't know what will happen either way."

"Exactly," I say. He smiles at me sadly, stroking my hair. "But you need to meet her. I know that you want to," I say softly.

"Yeah, but... I kinda hate her."

I chuckle sadly and nod. "I know."

He kisses both of my eyelids. "So you're saying?" he asks, brushing his lips left and right on my hairline.

"You should see her. And talk to her. If you get along oksy then I'll come home and you can introduce me," I smile big.

He chuckles, "You're so cute." He pecks my nose. "Thank you."

I smile sadly, "You're so much better in this."

He chuckles and nods, "I know."

We smile at each other and kiss for a few seconds. Then get up and I throw my backpack over my shoulder.

"So you're going surfing?" he asks.

I smile and nod. "I'm 16. Meaning, if I should win Nationals, I'm going to the world wide. Maybe we could travel," I smile sadly.

He chuckles, "Well let's hope so." He kisses my temple as we're downstairs now.

He looks around nervously. "Hey," I say and cup his face so that he'd look at me. "You're gonna be okay. I love you."

He sighs and a little smile comes onto his face, but his eyes show love, "I love you too."

"Call me if you want us back home," I say as Cher comes down the stairs now.

He nods and we kiss for a second, "Bye," I say.

"Bye," he sighs.

I kiss his cheek and take my skateboard. Cher kisses his cheek too, "Don't be nervous, Jug."

"Mm, good for you to say," he says.

We chuckle quietly and she takes her board too. "Jelly's mad, not nervous, so hold her mouth shut." She goes out of the door, but I look at Jug for one last second.

He is smirking st the thing Cher says and now smiles at me. "Don't get a sunburn, please, I can't sleep in my position if you can't," he says.

I chuckle, "I won't. Bye."

"Bye," he kisses my forehead. I smile and go out of the door.

"Let's go," I say and we both run and jump on our boards.

20 minutes later

Jughead's POV

The doorbell. My head shots up and I look at Jelly and dad. Jason and Chic should be upstairs with their girlfriends, but the girls went surfing, so we have privacy. Lots of privacy.