The Runaway

3. Reunited

Jug's POV

It has been a long week at my dad's, but I'm so glad to go home. Ava and Jellybean have been blowing up each others phones. I'm also ready to go back home to see my soon to be step siblings. I had already packed Jackson and I's bags and we we're telling dad goodbye. "Bye dad." I say hugging him. He picks Jackson up. "Bye buddy, you be good for your daddy and Auntie Jelly." He says. He kisses his head and hands him to me. Jelly walks up to him. "Bye dad, I love you, but I really want to see Ava." She says and hugs him. "Bye, love you too. I'll see you in a month. Call me." He says and we nod grabbing our bags and go out to my car. "Ready Jelly?" I ask her. "Of course! I love dad, but I can't wait to see everyone." She says excitedly. Jackson giggles at her excitement as I put him in his car seat. He has dirty blonde hair like his mom and green eyes like me, but he looks a lot like me. I don't like his mom, not at all. After she had Jackson, she handed all her rights over to me and I have took care of him since he was born. I don't trust many people now because of her, but I don't let that get in the way of me having friends.

We were almost to Toledo, Jelly and Jackson fell asleep and I was listening to a song that was quietly playing on the radio. It wasn't my favorite song, but it was very depressing. Jelly woke up and looked at me with her eyes still closed. "Turn this shit off." She says. "Don't say words like that Jellybean." I say. "Why not? Everyone else says them." She says. "Jelly your having a nightmare, go back to sleep." I say trying not to laugh. "Okay dream monster person." She mumbles and goes back to sleep. I almost start laughing, but focus back on the road instead. I turn off the radio as I see the sign that says your in Toledo.

After a little more driving, I pull into the driveway of our really big house. We have a big family, even if their not blood related, we are still family either way. It was like seven in the morning, so Sweet Pea came outside about to go for a run. He comes up to me. "Need some help?" He asks. "Can you get Jelly? I'll get Jack and the bags." I say. He nods and picks Jelly up and takes her inside. I grab Jack and the bags and go inside. "Hey, your back." Mom says and hugs me. "Shh. Jack is asleep." I say and I go upstairs. I put Jack down in his bed and put the bags down. I go to Jelly's room and put her bags down. I go back to my room and check on Jack. He was still asleep, so I kissed his head and went downstairs. I hugged mom. "I'm back." I say. "Want some coffee?" She asks. "Yes please. I might go to sleep after I'm done drinking the coffee though." I say and laugh. "It doesn't matter, you need sleep anyways." She says making coffee. "Where's Ava, Toni, and Kev?" I ask. "Ava met new friends, who were of course not her age. She introduced Toni and Kev. They went to the park. Then it got dark and they still didn't know their way around, so they stayed at their new friends' house." She says. "When do they come back?" I ask. "In a couple hours. Go sleep." She says and pushes me lightly. I go upstairs and change into pajamas. I get in my bed and go to sleep.

I wake up to Jackson crying. I get up and pick him up. "Hey buddy, are you hungry?" I ask. "What am I thinking, your a Jones. Your always hungry." I say and laugh. I change his diaper and clothes, I get changed, and we go downstairs. I put Jack in his high chair and mom sets pancakes in front of him. His eyes go wide. "Mom, he's going to have a sugar rush." I say as Ava, Toni, Kev, and two other girls I don't know walk in. I go to sit down, but Ava runs up and hugs me. "Hey Ava." I say as she sits down right next to me. Jelly comes downstairs and her and Ava run into each other's arms and hug, for a long time. "Come on in, we won't bite." Mom says to the girls. One of the girls comes over and sits next to me. "Where's dad?" Ava asks mom. "Work." Mom says and hugs her. The other girl sits down next to Sweet Pea and they start talking. "Hi I'm Jughead." I say to the girl who sat next to me. "I'm Betty." She says. She looks over at Jackson. "He's so cute." She says and tickles him and he giggles. "That's Jackson, my son." I say. Usually people would question me and then walk away, but she just smiled at me. "Are you pregnant?" I ask her. She looks down and nods. "With triplets." She says. "How old are you?" I ask. "16." She says. "I'm 16 too." I say and smile. "I moved her almost a month ago with my sister." She says. "I moved here a week ago, then I went to my dad's. I never got the chance to explore." I say and she looks at me. "I can show you around, I don't go to school though. I'm homeschooled." She says. "I'm homeschooled too. I have to watch Jackson, but he's easy to take care of. He just started to walk." I say. "I can't wait to get this pregnancy over." She sighs. "If you want to talk, you can always talk to me. Do you have your phone on you?" I ask. "Always." She says and hands me her phone. I put my number in her phone and hand it back to her. "If you need to talk, text me or call. I have to bathe him, he's so messy." I say. "Can I help bathe him?" She asks. "Sure." I say and pick Jackson up and head to the bathroom. She follows me.

We were sat in the bathroom bathing Jackson. Well, I was bathing Jackson and she was watching as we talked. "Polly and I ran away from home." She says. "Why?" I ask. "Well, we we're sick of how our parents treated us and they were the reason we were in toxic relationships. We ran away from our home town Riverdale and I miss my friends." She says looking down. Jackson splashes us with water a day giggles. We both look at him and laugh. "You got us wet buddy." Betty says smiling at him. I stare at her and she looks at me and blushes. I think I'm crushing on this girl. She's so good with Jackson, she has problems that I listen to, she listens to my problems, and we both blush at the sight of each other. I then just thought back to my childhood. She looks awfully familiar to my best friend. I examine her looks. Everything is the same. Then it hit me. "Betts?" I say and she looks up at me and smiles, probably remembering too. "Juggie." She says and hugs me. It was a long hug and then we heard giggles from Jackson. "Are you ready to get out?" I ask him. I get him out of the tub and dressed him. "I can't believe I didn't recognize you." She says. "I mean your name's Jughead, how can anyone not remember that name." She adds laughing. I laugh too and we go out of the room. "Hey Gladys." Betty says. "Hey Betty." She says. Polly looks up in disbelief. "We are idiots Betty, we didn't even recognize Gladys." Polly says. "I mean I didn't even remember Jug so." She says laughing. I sit Jackson down and he crawls over to his toys. Mom, Betty, and Polly hug and then mom asks them a question. "Who knocked you guys up? Not to be rude or anything." She says. "Umm..well, we were forced into toxic relationships. They basically raped us." Polly says and her and Betty look down. "Who raped you?" Mom asks. "Reggie raped me." Betty says. "Jason raped me, even though he is our cousin." Polly says and mom pulls them into a hug. "I'm sorry guys you didn't deserve this, but you will be amazing parents." Mom says. "I'm having three babies and Polly is having two. They really did a number on us." Betty says wiping her tears away. I pull her into a hug and she sobs into my chest. Polly is sobbing into my mom's chest. I sit down on the couch and hold Betty while she cries. I have known her my whole life and I always hated to see her cry. She then falls asleep from sobbing too much and I pick her up. "I'm going to let her sleep in my room, Jackson needs a nap anyways." I say and carry Betty upstairs. She was still in her pajamas and I put her under the covers. I go and get Jackson and he fusses, but he goes to sleep. This day has been one full of many reunions and it was only the beginning.