No one ever said that it would be this hard

Chapter 06

♾ Betty ♾

I swallowed one more time before I wanted to start talking to him. I sighed and gave his hand a soft squeeze again.

"Hey, Jug..." no answer but what did I expect? That he will wake up as soon as he heard my voice? No he won't answer in the next time... I guess "I don't know if you can hear me, Juggy... but in case you do, please, just wake up. I need you to wake up again because I am pregnant and we're going to be an amazing family, you're gonna a be an amazing father, Jug, but you gotta wake up for that. So you need to fight right now because I need you, we need you, more then ever"

I took a break, trying to hold my tears back. I need him. God, Juggy, I need you. Please. Please wake up. Then I just sat there, holding his hand and squeezing it softly, while driving my other hand through his hair. I did that until someone knocked on the door. I quickly wiped my face with my hands and tried to smile to whoever just peeked inside. Thankfully it was Archie, so I decided to drop the fake smile.

"Hey, can I come in or do you still want to be alone with him?" he asked and I told him that it would be okay to come in. He closed the door behind him and I went back to focus on Jughead. Archie sighed and took a chair before sitting down beside me.

"Hey, so Veronica is gonna be here really soon and I was thinking about maybe going to Pops. Do you want to join me?" he asked and I shook my head, sniffing "Okay, I just thought that it might be a good idea to get you distracted, you know?" he added and I sniffed again.

"I can't go away right now, Archie. I don't want to leave him alone, I can't. I mean, what if he wakes up when I'm not here?"

"Well, then Veronica would still be here"

"That's not the same"

"I know that this probably won't help but the Doctor said that he won't wake up in the next time, so- oh no you're crying again. I said something wrong, didn't I? Oh God- uhm... I'm sorry?" he asked, rubbing my shoulder and I just cried even more "Also, uhm Veronica wanted to ask you about something"

"Oh," I sniffed, wiping my face "What was- what was her question?" I asked, sitting up again. Archie shrugged.

"Dunno, she wouldn't tell me" I nodded, starting to cry again. Archie tried to comfort me but I couldn't stop crying. Minutes passed that we just sat like that. We only broke apart once there was a knock on the door. A few seconds later, Kevin peeked through the door.

"Kevin?" Archie and I asked, almost in unison.

"Hey..." he walked in completely and closed the door behind him "I uhm... I heard what happened. How is he?" Kevin walked closer but stopped when Archie spoke up.

"Why are you here?" Archie asked. What's up with him? Kevin took a few steps back.

"Chill. I only wanted to see my friend, who is in the hospital, okay? Besides, I wanted to talk to Betty" I didn't tell Kevin that I'm pregnant yet. Actually only Archie, Jughead and maybe Veronica knew about it at this point. Though before something else happened, the door opened again and this time, Veronica walked in - without knocking between.

"B, I came as soon as I heard from Archie" she headed over to me and kissed Archie on the cheek before hugging me "Are you okay?" I nodded "And the baby?"