No one ever said that it would be this hard

Chapter 10

♾ Betty ♾

I walked in the house, expecting it to be quiet and dark because mom and dad were, usually, long asleep. But today was different. Mom was standing in the kitchen, lights on and looking at me, a mug of probably tea in her hand. I putt off my coat and hung it on the hangers before walking over to the her.

"M-Mom? Since when have you been waiting here?"

"Long enough, young lady. Would you mind explaining me this?" she asked as she held up the pregnancy test in her hand. I quickly snapped it out of her hand though "An explanation, now."

"Mom... I- It's from Veronica. I s-" she scoffed.

"Quit lying, I know that it's yours" I sighed but nodded, looking down.

"I really wanted to tell you... but I- Jug and I haven't had the chance, there was just so much going on"

"I bet that I'll like that story" I sat down on the chair, starting to play with the sleeves of my hoodie. There, me and mom waited for dad to come home. My phone buzzed and I looked at it. It was Jughead. Though before I could answer it, I noticed the glare from mom, so I chose to not answer the call but instead send him to voicemail. He tried calling me again, so I then put my phone away in the living room.

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At some point the door opened, which could only mean one thing - dad was finally home. So the talk could begin, I guess. I knew that I had to talk to them eventually. I just hoped that it would have been with Jughead.

"Hal, we have to talk with you" mom said instead of a greeting.

"What is, Alice?"

"Betty hides something from us"

"What is up, Betty? Why does your mom think that you hide something?" dad asked worried. I bit my lip, hesitating to answer. I wanted Jughead to be here - he should have been here with me when we tell my parents.

"Your daughter is pregnant, Hal" And that was it. Mom knew it and dad knew it too. Very good. I knew that I had to tell them, I just didn't think that it had to be so soon, and without Jughead.

"What is wrong with you, Elizabeth?"

"Mom, I'm pregnant that isn't that big of a deal" but of course, she had to flip out. Not about me, or the baby, or that I'm young. No, she was worried about her and the family's reputation.

"What will the others think? Have you thought about that? What about our reputation? Do you ever think about the others, Elizabeth? Or do you really only care about yourself??"

"Mom! Stop with that. I'm almost eighteen. Then you can't control me anymore anyways! And I know that this is soon but we didn't plan it, okay? It happened. We always used protection. Do you think that I would want to be pregnant at 17?? No. No I didn't want it. But now I am, and Jughead and I both want it, so I won't abort it. Besides, I'm sure that we will be better parents than you two were for me!"

"Watch your mouth, Elizabeth. Say something too, Hall" mom looked over to dad and he thought for a few seconds before shrugging.

"She's right, Alice. You can't control her anymore. Let her be a parent, it she wants that so bad. You can have the baby, Elizabeth, but don't think that we will spend one cent on that baby" I looked at them.

"Why do you two have to hate me so much...??"

"We do not hate you, Betty, you're our daughter. But I bet that this baby is from the Jones boy, isn't it?" mom scoffed.

"Yes, mom, it is from Jughead. And? He is so much different from his dad. You can't just hate the Jones' because of the past that you had with Jughead's father! Only because you married dad because of his money and reputation, doesn't make it okay that you talk about Jughead like he's the last piece of trash! Besides, you had me when you were 17 too, so what's your damn problem??"

"How do you dare talk to me like that??" I shook my head.

"No, mom. I'm not the person, who 'dares to talk to you like that', it's the opposite here. What do you want me to do with that child, huh?! Give it away or let it not even see the world??"

"That would be a solution"

"You're crazy, mom. I won't give this baby away, it deserves to live and Jughead will be an awesome father"

"And what is with school?" I shrugged.

"I can graduate online" dad sighed.

"You really thought about that, Betty?" I nodded.

"Yes, dad, I'm sure. There is nothing that would change my mind"

"Let her go, Alice. But Betty, we won't spend any money on you or the baby. It's over with our family. We won't support you with anything" I scoffed.

"Okay, but you let me and Jughead live in peace"

"Fine" dad said and mom sighed.

"Go upstairs, Betty" I nodded, going back to the nice, perfect daughter. I got up from the chair and then headed upstairs. Though instead of going straight to bed, I went in the bathroom and locked the door behind me to take a short shower.

Why do they hate me? Why can't they just be happy for me and Jug? Why can't they let us in pease?

I washed my thoughts with cold water away. Then, I remembered that Jughead had called me. But my phone was downstairs. So I quickly finished showering before drying myself off and putting on pajamas. Then I peaked out of my room, checking if mom and dad were still awake, which they weren't. So I sneaked downstairs and got the phone before returning to my room again. Once there, I tried calling him but he didn't answer anymore, he was probably just already asleep. At least someone, who can sleep today...

I laid in my bed and tried to sleep but all the thoughts swirled around in my head, not wanting to let me sleep.