Gang Rivalry

~ Four ~

Jughead's P.O.V

I came to detention and to my surprise Elizabeth was there before me. We were the only two students in detention that day, which surprised me because this is South Side High after all. She sat in the back corner, so I sat in the back row, but the opposite corner. The teacher went on about the rules of detention, as if I hadn't been here before. 

1. No Talking

2. No Eating

3. No Phones

4. No Graffiti

5. No Leaving

He finished off his speech with,

"I'll be down the hall in my office marking tests. And just so you don't think of any ideas, I can hear everything from there."

And with that he left. The minute hand on the clock moved to 3:31, signalling we have 59 minutes until detention is over. And if we didn't start talking, I knew this was going to be a long hour.

Betty's P.O.V

*Betty, Jughead*

"So, Elizabeth," is what he started saying to me five minutes after the teacher left the room. I tried to ignore him but he repeated my name. I turned to him and shot him a look before rolling my eyes and positioning myself back into my seat.

"Ouch. I'd be careful about how you look at me. I'm sure you know by now who I am, and just how dangerous I can be." He talked to me with a slight angry but amused tone in his voice. I couldn't put up with this so I just turned to him and said,

"You're right, I do know who you are, but I'm not scared of you. So tell me right now what you want or stay out of my way." I really didn't want to deal with this on a Monday afternoon, especially when I could be swimming down at Sweetwater River with my best friends right now.

"Calm down Princess, I just want to get to know you and become friends, since we are going to be lab partners in Chem and all." I almost had a heart attack right there in my seat when he called me Princess. A million thoughts were running through my mind like how did he find out? or is he going to hurt me? and what is he going to do to me? But I decided to play it off as a nickname just in case he didn't actually know about me being the Serpent Princess.

"Well I'm sorry, but I'm not interested in becoming friends with anyone. So, if you could leave me to get through this detention in peace, that would be great, thanks." I rolled my eyes once again, turned back to my original position and put in my earphones. I know he wasn't speaking to me because even though I had music in, I made sure I could still hear everything, just in case the teacher came back. I quickly texted Toni:

Betty👑: Hey T, can you please bring my motorbike to the front of the school. I need to quickly get out of here once the teacher dismisses us.

Toni🐍: Sure thing B. I'll ride it there and then walk back home.

Betty👑: Cool thanks T. We get out at 4:30 so I should be home at 4:40 the latest.

Toni🐍: Cool, see ya then xx

Betty👑: See ya then xx

At about 4:25 I heard footsteps coming through my music, so I quickly turned it off and stashed my phone into my pocket. I continued to draw just as the teacher walked in. He supervised us for the last five minutes and let us go at 4:30.

I went out to the front of the school and found my motorbike. I quickly hopped on before Jughead could stop me and rode to Pops. Once I got there, I ordered one vanilla, strawberry and a chocolate milkshake each, just in case Veronica was back at my place. The orders were quick so took them and rode home, arriving at 4:40. And as expected, Veronica was over.

Veronica's P.O.V

I was sitting in Toni's room with her, just gossiping about the school losers when Betty walked in holing three Pop's milkshakes.

*Betty, Toni, Veronica*

"Hey, Girlies! Guess who brought Pop's!" She shouted excitedly as she walked over to where we were sitting.

"Thanks, B, love you!" I giggled as she handed me my chocolate milkshake, which I immediately started drinking.

"You're the best B, love ya!" Toni thanked her as she got handed her strawberry milkshake.

"No problem guys." She smiled at us and started sipping on her vanilla milkshake.

"So, how was detention with that hottie Jughead Jones?" I asked her with a smug look on my face, knowing what I said wasn't appropriate with the whole 'from separate gangs' story, but I shipped it already.

"First off, V, I can't think of him that way, he's from a rival gang. Secondly, I just ignored him and listened to my music the entire time until I heard the teacher coming. Why would I want to talk to him?" She basically scoffed that last bit, but she was still blushing from when I said Jughead was hot.

"You'd want to talk to him because he's super hot! Also because you're lab partners, and lab partners have to end up talking to each other." Toni stated that very obviously, and I nodded my head going along with it.

"Whatever you say, guys." She giggled then took a sip of her milkshake. We talked for hours, and I ended up sleeping over like most times I come over. I have a few pairs of shoes, bathers, outfits and pyjamas at their house, same with them at my house, so we're all set for situations like this. We talked until two in the morning and eventually dozed off to sleep.