𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱, 𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗲

Chapter 12

Braveheart sat down on the couch in the Andrew's house. She hadn't talked to Archie since they kissed. She didn't want to. She had been avoiding him frankly. She was sat there staring at the carpet in her own world. She hated humanity more than ever at this point. Her brother blew her off dinner. He would prefer to spend time with Betty. Jason Blossom was murdered and she was trying to find out who did. Everything just was not going her way. It never did honestly.

She felt the couch go down next to her and she glanced in that direction. It was Archie. She didn't say a word to the redhead. She had ignored him so far and that's what she was going to continue to do.

"Brave, you can't ignore me forever," Archie muttered. Braveheart shrugged still staying in her silence. She wasn't going to say something to him. She just wanted to be left alone but that wouldn't happen. "Braveheart. Jughead is gonna be here any minute." He said trying to get her attention. She didn't care. She didn't care if her stupid brother was going to be here soon. He blew her off for Betty Cooper the perfect girl. The perfect student. "What is up with you?" He asked looking at her in annoyance. She shrugged. She was not going to answer him. She slowly got to her feet and walked upstairs. She knew this house like the back of her hand. She went into the bathroom and locked the door. She didn't need to pee, she just wanted to escape Archie's constant questions. She looked at herself in the mirror and sighed. Then took her beanie off and stared at herself. Braveheart felt so estranged from her 'friends'. She was basically abandoned after she made a mistake. It ruined her. There was a knock on the bathroom door. It was gentle so unlikely to be Archie. She put her beanie on adjusting it to be in the right place, she plastered a smile on her face and walked to the door. She unlocked it and opened it. Veronica was on the other side.

"Brave. We are having cake. Come on." Ronnie smiled. Braveheart nodded and followed her downstairs. Braveheart sighed and walked up to her brother.

"Why didn't you say it was your birthday too?" He whispered into her ear. She shoved him away and walked off. She sat back on the couch and began just staring at the carpet again. She heard the door open and people talking but she ignored it. She wasn't in the mood to talk to people.

"Braveheart. What a surprise to see you at a party." Reggie said walking past her. Braveheart glared up at him.

"What the hell is going on?" She asked getting to her feet speaking for the first time all night. Reggie chuckled and looked around. There were a bunch of people milling around with red or blue cups in hand.

"Cheryl and Chuck turned this into a party." She rolled her eyes and grabbed the cup from his hand. It had some sort of alcohol in it. She didn't care what it was. She downed it in one. "Wow, Braveheart. You know how to handle alcohol." Reggie slurred slightly. She shoved the cup back to him crushing it in the process.

"I can handle alcohol better than your sorry ass." She muttered before turning away. She had a few more cups of alcohol. She wanted to get drunk. She felt like crap and getting drunk was her way of fixing it. However, she wasn't that much of a lightweight so she had to drink a lot to become drunk. Braveheart downed more alcohol. She was sick of this stupid world. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed her dad.

"Oh hey, Dad!" She grinned downing another cup of alcohol.

"Braveheart? What are you doing?" He asked suddenly getting concerned for his daughter's well-being.

"I'm drinking. Can't you see? Like you care anyway. I mean, you forgot it was even my birthday just like everyone else. I mean, it's all about Jughead, right?" She slurred clearly already tipsy. She took a sip of alcohol and glared at him. He sighed and walked towards her. He snatched the alcohol from her hand.

"Stop it, Braveheart." He glared at her. She laughed and rolled her eyes.

"You have fun with Joaquin, was it? Yeah. Have fun." She slurred walking away from her dad. She was sick of people especially her family. This was probably a mutual feeling. She walked upstairs trying not to trip over herself. She went into the bathroom and sat on the edge of the bathtub. She had a drink in her hand which she took from someone on the way here. She didn't want to be interrupted. She wanted to drink and wallow in her own pity. It's what she did best. Reggie walked down the corridor glancing into the bathroom. He smirked when he saw Braveheart.

"Braveeeee." He slurred. She smirked slightly as he walked towards her. "God. You look hot." He grinned looking at her up and down.

"Thanks." She smirked looking at him. He was hot. He was quite irresistible. She rose to her feet almost tripping up but Reggie caught her. He smirked and leaned closer to her. He reeked of alcohol but she didn't care at this point. She leaned in and kissed him. He kissed her back his hands moving to her waist. Her arms moved to around his neck and they continued kissing, Reggie quickly adding tongue to it.

Archie, coming from his room, walked past the bathroom quickly seeing the two making out. He looked hurt but that was quickly replaced with anger.

"What the hell are you doing Braveheart?!" He practically shouted at her. She broke away from Reggie and looked to Archie, she didn't say anything just stared. "Why the hell are you making out with Reggie Mantle!?" He shouted. He gave Reggie s quick glare before turning his glare back to Braveheart. Reggie took that as his queue to leave and did so.

"Why do you care?!" She shouted back crossing her arms over her chest. She was definitely more than tipsy. She couldn't even stand up properly she felt like the whole room was spinning.

"Because you are my friend! And you would be making a huge mistake!" Archie shouted. She scoffed and returned his glare.

"A FRIEND WHO FORGETS MY BIRTHDAY!" She shouted louder than she was earlier. She stepped towards him almost tripping up but she caught herself.

"Don't put this on me! You are the one that said nothing about it!" He shouted back at her. He was considerably calmer than she was.

"Not like you guys care. We fell out and we haven't talked since so yeah I didn't say anything." She shouted slightly calmer than earlier.

"I'm still your friend, Brave. You don't have to be such a bitch about it." He said not shouting anymore.

"You are the one that said you didn't want to be friends with me! Don't put this on me! Don't say I shouldn't be a bitch about it! You cut me off not the other way around!" She shouted annoyance clear in her voice.

"You joined the Serpents! What was I supposed to do? Congratulate you and pat your back? Tell you, you just made a great decision?" He asked crossing his arms over his chest.

"You could at least shown some support. You were my friend. You and Betty and hell even Kevin. As soon as I joined the Serpents you cut me off. That hurt, Archie!" She shouted her annoyance only growing for the redhead.

"You went behind my back and became one! It hurt me too! We were meant to be best friends! We told each other everything!" He shouted annoyance clear in his tone now. She scoffed and rolled her eyes.

"We never told each other everything! You know what! Just leave me alone, Archie!" She shouted but muttering the last bit. She went to leave but Archie stood in her way. She tried to move him out the way but he refused to move. She looked up at him. "Move!" She practically shouted at him. She was getting annoyed by him. He didn't move. He just found himself leaning down to her level slightly. He pressed his lips against hers, kissing her softly.

She shoved him off. "Stop, Archie. We can't." She muttered shoving past him. She liked the idea of being with Archie but that's all it was... an idea. A dream. She couldn't be with him. That wouldn't be fair on Betty or anyone really. She walked downstairs and left the party. She was done with this. All of it.

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