Just The Two Of Us <Sweet Pea FF>

54. Late night feelings

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have a very special treat for you tonight" veronica announces, smiling in her black and gold dress
"Making her debut at La Bonne Nuit, Julia Monroe" she steps of the stage as the people start applauding

The music starts playing and I question why I agreed to this or better why I let V persuade me, cause I hate singing in front of live audience. Shit.
I should have thought this through. Trying to hide my anxiety I look around the speakeasy meeting familiar faces but I only stop when I see sweet peas tall figure standing at the bar, arms crossed, smiling while his dark brown eyes look at me.

Maybe this wasn't the best idea because I nearly missed my queue getting lost in his eyes. I know very poetic.

"In olden days, a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking. Now heaven knows, everything goes" singing the first words of everything goes into the mic my whole nervousity is gone.

After 2 minutes and 44 seconds Cole porters song is finished and the guests start applauding. Shyly smiling I walk of the stage, swearing to myself to never do that again.

"Hey you" tipping my finger at sweet peas chest as he admires me in one of Ronnie's dresses
"Hello there"
"...Ms. Gladys Jones" Veronica's voice sounds making sweet pea look to the stage in disbelief
"Ms. Jones is singing here?"
"I know, I dont know" shrugging my shoulders

I turn around to watch gladys walk on stage in her all black outfit raising her hand like a rockstar. I never really got to meet jugs mom she just appeared some time ago I think leaning against the bar, sweet peas arm around me.

"Baby can you understand me now" she takes the microphone, seductively looking through the room

"So that is jugheads mom, huh?" I whisper keeping my eyes on the stage
"Yep"

"I'm just a sould whose intentions are good" she sings not bad actually
From my first impression I didn't think she was one to sing

"Come on, when does the real show start?" The men on hiram lodges table shouts
Ronnie next to me rolls her eyes
"Bring the other girl back" another shout
Some people laugh others are annoyed
"Wait, wait, wait," ronnie holds reggie back

"That dude's being a total ass-hat"
"I know. But he's also a vip"

Sweet pea looks down at me and I bite my tongue.

Gladys keeps on singing but is more like background music because the whole attention centres on hiram and his friend.
"So, you got good pipes, yeah? Why dont you give gladys some tips?" Veronica's father leans over
"I'll give her a tip, all right" he answers
"Oh, yeah?" Gladys pushes the mic away and the music stops
"And I got a sharp tip for you boys, too"

At the sight of her pulling out a knife the crowd gasps
"Ooh" mr. Lodges friend laughs, not by the blade

"Ehm ronnie" I look at her appealing to do something
"Ok, now you can throw him out" she turns to reggie
"On it" he walks up to the man and touches his shoulder

"I'm gonna ask you to leave, bro"
"Are you kidding me?"
He turns to hiram "cheekbones here is bouncing me?"
"Come on"
Aggressively standing up "get your hands off"
In the end he guards the man outside

"Veronica, I hope you didn't just cost me a million-dollar deal" he walks up to his daughter

"Hey, betty" I walk into the blue and gold writing room where Betty is sitting at her laptop "what are you writing on?" I put my bag on the table and walk up behind her to look at the new article
"A dangerous cult of deluded teenagers, who gather for occult-like, self-harming activities" she reads the headline
"Alright"
"Look, I was at that farm meeting initiation thing and kev walked over glowing coals. This is seriously dangerous"
"Since you were there yesterday you know that I wasn't" actually I was just at the bonne nuit because i promised ronnie but Betty doesn't need to know this "I wouldn't hurt myself"
A relieved sigh escapes her mouth although she knows that the farm is still a bigger problem than anyone could premonition.

"We found the kid, but he's still in danger, so is archie for that matter" jug explains at our regular serpent meeting
"What's the next play?" Sweet pea next to me questions
"It's a classic gambit. The hunters become the hunted. Kurtz said that there are some rogue goyles"
Quite honestly I'm not up to date which is not because I missed one serpent meeting but because the guys plan way too much without me. Damn it i dont even know which of the gargoyles is kurtz. I've got through worse things than this so why would they exclude me. Jughead whistling returns me to reality
"You two... hey, heckle and jeckle. Start talking"
Turning my head I face two pale guys in dark hoodies and gloves. Its bot even cold outside, freaks.
"I want the name of those outliers. And I want sentries posted at the gargoyle lair" he continues until toni comes running into the room
"Jughead, you need to come right now" although she is out of breath you could still hear the panic in her voice
"What, toni?"
"Kurtz is about to kill fangs"

My head turns to sweet pea and after we exchange shocked looks both of us jump up and run after toni.
Bumping through the crowd that has formed we get closer to the stairs where fangs is hanging.
"Fangs" jughead shouts
"What the hell" I gasp at the sight of two gargoyles, one of them kurtz supposebly, hold fangs' legs that that his torso would be hanging down from upstairs.

"Guys, guys help" he screams frightened
"Don't be scared, you dirty serpent spy. You're about to ascend, you'll fly too" one hisses
"Kurtz, don't" hug raises his hand trying to calm the situation
"They are not gonna let him fall, are they?" I turn to sweet pea, touching his arm but his eyes are still fixed on his friend about to fall.

"Happy landings, worthless snake"
"No!" Jughead screams as the goyles let go of fangs' legs.
Immediately, sweet pea and jug start running, resulting in fangs landing on both of them. The shouting turns into grunting.