Gang Rivalry

~ Twenty One ~

Jughead's P.O.V

It's been a week since I met Betty's parents. It has changed our relationship and made it even better than it was just knowing that our parents support us. Our parents have a big impact on both our lives so this matters to both of us. The rest of the school week had been amazing, but I was just excited for today. It was Friday night so I planned to have a date night with Betty. My parents aren't supposed to be home tonight so I planned to do something I wouldn't usually do. I was at my locker putting my books away when I felt someone hug me from behind.

*Betty, Jughead*

"Hi, Juggie."

"Hey Betts, ready?"

"Well that's why I'm at your locker isn't it?" She looked at me like it was obvious, making me chuckle.

"I guess so." I closed my locker and looked at her. "Let's go!"

"Yay!" The ride back to my house was short, but I decided to take the long way so we could have more time just riding with the wind blowing through our hair. We reached my house and I quickly got off the bike, but Betty took a bit longer.

"Juggie." She looked up at me with a puppy-dog look on her face. "Can you please carry me?" I laughed to myself then replied to her question.

"Of course Betts." I walked closer to her and she put her arms around my neck. I grabbed her legs and lifted her up as she wrapped her legs around my torso.  She giggled as I carried her up the stairs to the front of my house. Her head rested on my shoulder and her face was nuzzled into my neck as I opened the door. I was about to close the door when I heard voices coming from the kitchen. I assumed it was JB and a friend until I saw my parents at the kitchen counter with their coffees in hand. They both had shocked expressions seeing the blonde in my arms but quickly shifted into smirks. I put Betty down on the ground and she looked at me with a sad look until she turned around and saw my parents in the kitchen.

*Betty, FP, Gladys, Jughead*

"Um... Hi, I'm-" But she was quickly cut off by my mom.

"Betty Cooper! It's so nice to finally meet you!" My mom said going around the kitchen island and came and hugged Betty. 

"It's so great to finally meet you both as well."

"We've heard so much about you! Jughead doesn't shut up about the gorgeous blonde that stole his heart." My dad spoke as he was shaking Betty's hand.

"Really?" Betty looked over to me with a smile.

"Yes. Now we're gonna head upstairs for a movie."

"Ok. By the way, we're going out in an hour but JB is upstairs."

"Sure, bye guys!" 

"See you tomorrow Jug love you!"

"It was nice to meet you, Betty."

"It was nice to meeting you too!" Betty shouted from the top of the stairs.

Betty's P.O.V

"So... Your parents like me." I looked at Jug with a big smile on my face.

"Of course they do. They'd be crazy if they didn't." He said as he walked up to me and wrapped his arms around my waist.

"I just don't want to seem like a bad influence," I looked down as I was speaking. "I couldn't handle your parents hating me."

"Baby," He started and made me look up at him. "My parents could never hate you."

"Did you miss the part about me being a Serpent?" I looked at him very seriously. "Oh, and not just any Serpent, the Serpent PRINCESS!" I raised my voice without even realising.

"But the thing is, they don't hate you. They were fine when I told them about you being a Serpent. Just like your parents were fine about me being a Ghoulie." He was talking to me calmly and swaying me side to side with his arms around me and my head against his chest. I can only assume this was an attempt to calm me down from what could have lead to a panic attack.

"I'm sorry for getting like this."

"Baby you have nothing to apologise for. I get it, you're nervous. But know that everything is going to be fine. I am going to be with you through all of this," He started to explain to me as he looked into my eyes. "Even if this all blows up in our faces if coming from different gangs affects our relationship, just know that it will not change how much I love you." I was smiling at this point. "And I'll be damned if I let some gang shit get in the way of us." He was smiling and looking down at me.

"And I love you too, so much." I leaned up and kissed him. When we broke apart a few minutes later we both had smiles on our faces. "So, are we gonna watch a movie? Or nah?"

"We'll watch a movie." We climbed onto his bed and I snuggled into his chest whilst he played with my hair for the duration of the movie.

A.N.

Hi! I'm so sorry I've only just updated this after about a month. I was dealing with a lot of stress and decided to take a break. But I'm back now and will try and update every two weeks or so.
Also 3.5K READS! THAT'S INSANE! Thank you so much for reading my story!
Btw, finally saw the movie 'After' since it just came out in my country in cinemas. Let me just say it was fucking amazing and I loved i

Thanks for reading! Love you all!

-Mads xx