Like it was meant to be |Completed|

chapter 48

Jughead ran after her, but couldn't find her anywhere. He looked everywhere in the school. He was annoyed at himself.

He was such an idiot. He thought. He was so stubborn, he was trying to protect himself from getting hurt, that he yet again managed to hurt Veronica. He promised her he would talk, he won't push her away anymore, and he said he has moved on from betty. And he has. But he just made her feel worse by telling her that betty will always has a piece of his heart. She didn't. He didn't love betty anymore. He loved Veronica.

He doesn't even know why he said what he did. He grimaced when he heard Veronica's hurt voice inside his head again.

And deep inside he knew, Veronica was right. He had to let go of his anger towards archie and betty. He had to, because they were once a major part of his life, and they are a major part in Veronica's life. If he wants to be with her, he has to forget what happened.

He slid down his locker and sat on the floor with his face in his hands.

Archie who was returning from football practice saw jughead sitting, looking devastated.  Without any hesitation, he went to his once, best friend.

He sat down beside him and asked "jughead are you okay?"

Jughead looked up at him in shock. "What are you doing here?"

"Look man, i know we aren't at good terms right now, but if you need someone to talk to, you can talk to me. And right now, it looks like you really need to talk someone" Archie said.

"Why do you care Archie?" He spat

Archie sighed. "I always cared. I still do. I made a mistake, and there's no penance for it. But don't push away the 1 person who is trying to be here for you man"

"You went behind my back Archie! You betrayed my trust. You were supposed to be my brother! You hurt me, how can i ever talk to you again?" Jughead said letting all his emotions out.

Archie looked down. He knew he hurt his friend but he didn't realise how deeply he felt betrayed. "Im sorry man. I was an asshole. I fell in love with betty while she was with you. And i know i lied to you but i need you to understand, we didn't want to hurt you because you mattered alot to us. Everyday me and betty were feeling sad and guilty for what We did, and we were cowards for not telling you.  You matter to us dude. We may not have showed it, but its true"

Jughead could feel that Archie was being sincere and finally for once was feeling at peace. He needed to talk to Archie.

"You could have told me Archie, i would have understood, i would have backed away. It hurt that you didn't trust me" jughead said

Archie nodded " i did trust you. I wanted to tell you. But all i could think about how ashamed of myself i was. I would look at myself with hatred for what i did to you"

Jughead chuckled. Archie was surprised at hearing that.
"What?"

"Veronica was right. She was always right. I'm such an idiot" jughead said

"What happened?" Archie asked.

Jughead told him everything. Archie stiffened when he heard jughead telling him what he said about betty to Veronica

"You still love betty?" Archie asked

"God no! I don't love her anymore. And now that i think about it, the way i feel for Veronica is completely different from what i felt for betty. With Veronica, i feel, i feel like, I'm at peace. I feel at home with her. With just her being near me, i feel calm. I have never loved anyone more than Veronica. I think, no I know, Veronica is the one. My first love. My soulmate."