jealous - a jeronica fanfic

Chapter Eleven

After the whole thing with Reggie, I wasn't sure what to expect the following Monday. My parents had gotten a call from the school to tell them that Reggie had been expelled, and wouldn't be bothering me anytime soon. I spent the whole weekend lying in bed, and my parents didn't seem to mind. I think they were still in shock about the incident, and if that meant I could laze around all weekend, so be it.

I knew everyone was probably going to be staring at me, and before stepping inside of the school I mentally prepared myself for the glares and fake concern. However, to my surprise, when I walked inside nobody turned to look at me.

I furrowed my brow, looking around me in confusion, before hearing someone walk up beside me.

"Hey Veronica, how are you feeling?" Jughead asks, squeezing my shoulder as I turned to look at him.

"Way better- although everyone else seems to have gotten over it quicker than I thought they would," I laugh, looking around me and feeling slightly uncomfortable.

"What do you mean?" Jughead asks, his concern for me even more apparent now.

"Well, I thought everyone would be asking me questions and swarming me. But no one seems to care- which is good! Just unexpected," I reply, and Jughead looks even more confused than before.

"Why would everyone even know?" he asked, tilting his head slightly.

"I don't know.. I mean who knows, you me, Reggie, and the school, and my parents," I say, my voice trailing off.

"Yeah. Reggie has been expelled and probably doesn't have permission to talk to anyone about the whole incident, and your parents and the school aren't telling anyone. I didn't tell anyone," Jughead finishes, and my eyes widen in surprise.

"No one?"

"No one."

"Not even Betty?" I ask in surprise. Betty and Jughead tell each other everything, and it wasn't like him to keep secrets from her.

"Not even Betty. Why would I tell anyone, it's not anyone's business but yours," he tells me, and I feel myself soften.

"I don't know.. I guess you're the only person who knows how to keep a secret around here," I laugh, and he smiles.

"You're not too bad yourself," he replies, and for a moment I'm lost in his eyes, and the world goes into slow motion.

Suddenly I'm very tempted to kiss him. To kiss him in front of the whole school, to let them know that we have something. We have something special. And that that something can't possibly be wrong if it feels so right when my lips are on his, and his hands are on my body.

Something that makes you feels so safe can't possibly be wrong, can it?

My thoughts are interrupted by a familiar, perky voice.

"Juggie! V! My two favourites in the same place at the same time- what a coincidence!" Betty says, linking arms with both of us.

"Hey B!" I say, trying to shake off my clear annoyance that she had interrupted our little moment. "You seem perky today, what's up?"

"Oh nothing! Prom king and queen nominees are being chosen today!" she says excitedly, and I start to feel the same excitement she does.

Prom king and queen are obviously the most adored people in the school- or rather the hottest. It's an honour to even be nominated, but it's even better to stand there, with the crown on your head, and the whole school clapping and cheering for you.

"Really? I totally forgot!" I say, my tone matching Betty's now.

"I'm so excited- do you think you'll be nominated?" Betty asks me, and I open myself to answer before Jughead cuts me off.

"She'll totally be nominated! It's a guarantee," he says, giving me a grin. For a moment I'm tempted to give him a wide smile back, but remember Betty's right there. I shift my eyes to Betty and then look back at Jughead, as if to say "cool it your girlfriend is right there".

"And of course you will be too, Betts!" he adds on after an awkward pause, and Betty smiles at him, but clearly took the comment as unusual.

"Thanks baby. Anyways, they should be announced any minute, I hope we both g-"

Betty is interrupted by Cheryl's voice over the announcement system- since she's our student body president she makes all the announcements.

"Hello Riverdale High students! It's me, Cheryl Bombshell, here to give you your nominees for prom king and queen!" she exclaims, and the whole hallway hushes in anticipation.

Betty looks at me excitedly and squeezes my hand, and I smile back, tempted to look at Jughead and give him a nervous smile.

"For prom queen your nominees are: Josie McCoy, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, and- oh! What a surprise! Cheryl Blossom!" Cheryl announces, and the whole hallway cheers at the news.

"Oh my gosh, V, we're both possibly Riverdale High's next prom queen!!" Betty squeals, and I can't help but feel giddy as well.

"Alright, your nominees for prom king are... Archie Andrews, Chuck Clayton, and... wow.. Jughead Jones!" Cheryl says Jughead's name after a long pause, clearly as shocked as the rest of the hallway was.

"I of all people am nominated for prom king?" Jughead exclaims, clearly as surprised as the rest of us.

Betty doesn't say anything for a moment, but soon is back to being overly hyper, "Oh Juggie! Imagine if we were prom king and queen! Wouldn't that be a dream come true?"

Betty skips away, Jughead's hand holding hers, and I sigh as I watch them walk down the hallway. I was excited to be nominated for prom queen, and was over the moon for Betty's nomination too. I wasn't expecting Jughead's, but hey, good for him!

My mind started to wander, imagining what it would be like to be prom queen. This fantasy wasn't new to me- I had pictured it many times. However, now when I looked at that fantasy, I saw a new boy standing next to me as prom king.

I once saw Archie in that spot, but not anymore, for obvious reasons. Then I suppose I saw Reggie, since he's mister popular, but you can't be prom king at a school you don't go to. Now instead of either of those two boys I saw a new figure- tall, dark haired, shy but confident.

My dream prom picture now showed myself, with a crown on my head, standing next to Jughead Jones, with a crown on his head as well. His arm wrapped around me, smiles shining bright.

I sighed at the thought, the fantasy that I knew could never come true, not unless I was willing to lose my best friend in the entire world. And am I really going to risk my life long friendship with Betty, for a boy?

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The answer is YES lmao. Thank you guys so much for all the support on this story, it makes my day to see everyone liking it :) ALSO FOR EVERYONE WHOS CONCERNED ABOUT VERONICAS NECKLACE FROM LAST CHAPTER, WE'RE GETTING THEREEE