When the North meets the South (Jarchie)

Chapter 13

Archie POV

I was laying down on my bed, staring at the ceiling wondering how Jughead was doing at the dinner with the Coopers when my dad knocked on the door. He slowly opened the door and leaned against the doorframe, it took him a minute but then he said "Archie, can we talk?"

I sighed and sat up, "I assume you want to talk about what you walked in on earlier."

"Yeah, why don't you tell me about it, I mean not about that moment specifically, but about you. Because apparently there are some things I don't know about you." he said while sitting down in the chair facing me.

"Ugh." I groaned "This is not how I pictured coming out."

"Did you think that I wouldn't support you?" he asked.

"Well everyone in Riverdale is homophobic and... well ... you never said anything about it so I assumed you would be as well."

"I'm sorry you thought that. I don't love you any less because you're...?"

"Gay, dad, I'm so gay." I laughed.

"I love you just the way you are. But I think I like you better out of the closet." He joked.

"Thanks but you're like the 5th person I've ever told. Well I mean 6th if you count Jellybean, she figured it out. So I am far from out of the closet."

"Wait, who all knows?" he asked.

"Well, I told Vegas. He was the first, but I didn't count him. Then Jughead was the first person I told, then Jellybean figured it out because she figured out Jughead was gay, then Sweet Pea walked in on us and we ended up telling them. Then you and Jugheads dad walked in."

He just laughed. Then I heard F.P. yell for Jughead, so I raced downstairs and saw Jughead leave on his motorcycle. "What just happened?" I asked.

"Let's just say, his mother called, I wanted to talk to him, and then Polly asked about why he knew sign language." F.P. summarized.

"Great, every topic he doesn't want to talk about wrapped into one." I said, as I pulled out my phone and texted him.

Me:

When you get this message, call me. I'm worried about you.

Just then Betty came out of her house "What's going on? Where did Jughead go?"

"I have a feeling I know where he went." I said, looking at the time on my phone which shined 8:48

"So, where did he go?" She asked.

"He literally left, because he didn't want to talk to anybody there beside Jellybean, which he will always talk to her, because he feels responsible for her." I explained.

F.P. then said "What if he did something? What if he is planning on doing something?"

"I am not going to tell you where he is. Okay, I am not going ruin his trust like that." I said.

"Hey, he's my friend too." She said.

"He's my bo-best friend!" I yelled, stumbling over best friend. "Grow up, and quit asking." I just left and walked back into my house and up to my room. I laid down on my bed, but smiled as I thought of an idea.

Jughead POV

I was still laying there,going over all of it in my brain, remembering every minute of the day, and hoping that it had just been a bad dream, when I heard the door to the tree house open. Pretty soon I see Archie lean over me. "Hey cutie. I brought you some food." He said as he held a Pop's bag over my head.