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The next day Mila was on edge, Tonight was the gauntlet and Jughead would be put in serious danger. She watched as Jughead sat there, nervous as well. "You don't have to do this. Jug." She tried, one last time.
"I know, but i want to. If i want things to change, i have to be on the inside looking out." He stated, taking her hand. She nodded and sighed. She groaned placing her head on the table.
"I don't know if i can watch them hurting your gorgeous face." She pouted. He laughed slightly, shaking his head and leaning forward, kissing the top of her head.
"I love you."
"I've been knew." She joked, "I love you too." She smiled. "Are you ready?"
"As ready as i can be." He sighed. The two walked out of the trailer and towards the side. When the rounded the corner, Archie was standing right there in front of them.
"Archie?" They both asked in confusion.
"We have to talk." Archie stated. Jughead looked to Mila and then moved forward, Looking behind him.
"Now isn't a good time, come back tonight." Jughead said, trying to get Archie to leave. Mila looked behind her again, looking for the serpents.
"Archie, you really have to leave, like right now." Mila stated. Archie looked to Mila with narrowed eyes.
"You're different... You weren't like this when you went to Riverdale." Archie stated. Mila rolled her eyes at his antics, "Neither of you were, Why do i have to go?"
"Because i said s-"
"Well what in the hell do we have hear?" Sweet Pea asked from behind Mila, slinging an arm over her shoulders.
"He was just leaving." Mila gritted out, Glaring at Archie slightly.
"Wait you're friends with these thugs?" Archie asked Jughead.
"Hey, careful what you say carrot top, you're friends one of us." Sweet pea stated, looking down to Mila. :"And call us thugs, one more time."
"Are you joining the serpents?" Archie asked.
"If he survives." Fangs added. Mila slapped the boys shoulder making Fangs back up.
"These are the guys who attacked me, Who attacked Reggie, Veronica, Dilton, Your friends." Archie stated, trying to guilt trip Jughead.
"From our understanding, it was you who put a gun in their face." Mila stated, "And is that why your here? To warn him?" Archie looked between Mila and Jughead.
"No, i came here for Betty, she doesn't want to be friends with you, either of you." Archie stated. Mila moved away from Sweet Pea.
"What? No, Betty isn't like that." Jughead defended. "She wouldn't say that."
"She did! She doesn't like what you two have become, especially now that you're going the serpents, and you're sticking up for them." Jughead started to shake in anger and Mila placed a hand on his shoulder, pulling him back.
"We got the message." Mila glared, "Now go on." She said, shooing him off. Archie gave them all one last look before walking off. Jughead turned around looking to the Serpents.
"What?" He asked, throwing his arms up, "Did you get the show you wanted?" Mila gritted her teeth and turned around and started walking away.
"The show hasn't even begun." She stated, the rest of the serpents following her.
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Only an hour later, night had fallen over Riverdale. The teen serpents were all lined up in two lines, Jughead stood in between the lines as Mila stood off the side, slightly worried. The boys puffed up their jackets, and cracked there knuckles, waiting for Mila's word. Jughead looked over to Mila and nodded and she sighed. She looked to the teenage serpents and nodded, Jughead started to walk forward and one guy swung a punch at his stomach.
Mila held onto Toni's arm, her foot tapping on the ground. Another went to his stomach and another until one guy, Took a swing to his face. Mila gasped, launching herself forward slightly, but Toni held onto the girl.
"He's gonna make it." Toni whispered to her worried best friend. The one punch to the face triggered many more and Mila was growing more worried by the second, but she was also proud that Jughead was making it through. Soon Jughead came to the end of the line, meaning he came to Sweet Pea.
Sweet Pea cracked his knuckle hat his brass knuckles were on and Mila frowned.
"Is that all you got?" Jughead mumbled. Mila smirked slightly at Jugheads words, but the smirk soon fell when Sweet Pea hit him and Jughead fell to the floor. He had thirty seconds to get up, or he'd have to do the trials all over again.
"Come on Jug, get up.'" Mila muttered to herself. And as if he heard her, he started to stand up, blood dripping from his mouth. She smiled as Sweet Pea and Jughead shook hands, he was a serpent now. Toni handed Mila his serpent jacket and she walked up with a small smile, handing it to him. He took the jacket, and smiled to Mila.
"Welcome to the Serpents, Lover boy." She grinned.
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Jughead and Mila sat together in her trailer after the Gauntlet, she had an ice pack pressed against his side, and one against his jaw. "You know, that was pretty hot, watching take all those punches." She laughed.
"Only you, Angel, only you." he laughed shakily. She searched his face, assessing the real damage and then frowned. "What?"
"I'm sorry." She said quietly, He quirked an eyebrow and frowned.
"For? You didn't do anything wrong."
"I dragged you into this." She said looking down, Jughead understood why she felt guilty, she had explained to him earlier that she believed that he had a future ahead of him, one that didn't involve her or the serpents, a better life.
"I want this, i wanted this." He said, taking her hand. "None of this is your fault." She nodded and looked up and over to his shoulder seeing his Serpent tattoo. "Now what?" He laughed seeing her longing gaze.
"Nothing, now we just have matching tattoos." She laughed.
"I wanna see it."
"You've seen it before." She countered.
"It's totally different now." He prompted, she rolled her eyes playfully then stood up, pulling down the hem of her jeans low enough to see the snake on her hip. He grinned at the sight, he pulled her hand so she fell next to him. "God, i love you." He whispered, kissing her.
