Resilience | Sweet Pea.

29 - Drowning.

I walk into Riverdale high the next morning, Jughead by my side, him wearing his Serpent jacket, me in a pair of shorts, showing off the large tattoo on the side of my thigh.

"Thanks for the support." He says softly.

"Shut up." I say.

"Still mad?" He asks, I shoot him a look that screams 'what do you think?' "Okay, yeah, still mad."

The two of us stroll through the hall and into the common room without a care in the world. Fangs, Toni and Sweet pea's mouths all hit the floor as they see us.

"Oh hey guys, what's up?" Jughead laughs, draping an arm over my shoulder, I shove him off. "Right, still mad."

Jughead walks over to the vending machine, and I take a seat in Sweet pea's lap.

"You know I love whatever you wear, babe... But is this really worth getting suspended over?" He asks.

"No serpent stands alone, remember." I say, leaving a light kiss on his cheek. "Plus, he's an asshole but he's still my best friend."

I see Reggie eyeing Jughead, I immediately get out of my boyfriend's lap and make my way to Jughead.

"Take it off." Reggie snaps. I scoff at him as Jughead ignores him. I flip off the bulldog as he strides towards us.

"Sounding a bit gay there, Mantle, stop telling people to take their clothes off, it's inn0propriate." I tease.

"Take off the jacket, Rat boy." Reggie snarls again, ignoring my comment. "And put on some fucking real pants Nova."

"What're you gonna do, Reg? Spray paint us?" I mock him as Sweet pea, Fangs and Toni move closer to us, just in case.

"Oh, Reggie. I don't think you know what Nova's tattoo, or this jacket means." Jughead says, the two of us moving closer. "That's because you have no sense of honour, or history, or loyalty-"

"Actually, I'd be surprised if you had more than 5 braincells in that airhead of yours... And trust me, 5 is being generous." I scoff.

"That's it!" Reggie says, pushing me backwards, sending me flying into Fangs as he attacks Jughead.

Fangs assures I'm alright, which I confirm as the serpents, excluding Toni and Including me, and the bulldogs break into a fight, both Sweet pea and I landing a few good hits, until we're hauled into the principal's office. I stand next to Jughead with Veronica, while Reggie, Fangs, Toni and Sweet pea sit alongside us.

"You all have a week of detention for fighting." Principal Weatherbee states, before taking a step towards Jug and I. "Mr Jones, Miss Daniels, I made myself very clear to you both. Take off that jacket immediately or your suspended. Unless you cover yourself up, Miss Daniels, you'll suffer the same fate."

"Jughead, Nova, please just-"

"I guess I'm suspended." Jug says.

"Me too." I say, and the two of us leave the room.

"Suspended, Nova?! Are you serious?" Fred yells at me.

"If Reggie hadn't had been such an ass-"

"No, no. You're not blaming Reggie for your mistakes!" Fred grumbles.

"Oh there's no mistake Fred! Weatherbee has been disrespecting the serpents! Targeting us for stuff we're not even doing, Reggie is!" I say.

"Nova if the serpents start affecting your school work-"

"They're not! Fred even if they did I have one of the best GPA's in the school!" I argue.

"That's not the point, Nov-"