The next generation

chapter 2

She was holding a phone in her hand ready to tell us news I'm not sure we were ready to hear.

Betty's POV
Jughead took millie out on a pops date while I stayed at home, I wanted to let them have their time together, I was cleaning around the house when I decided I wanted to watch a movie, I made some pop corn and went to the couch, I got lost in my thoughts, thinking about millie, and how to keep her safe from what may be happening.

In the middle of my trans I got a phone call, from archie, hoping it was good news I quickly picked up, quickly realizing it wasnt as I could hear veronica crying in the background.
"Arch, what happened, what's going on?"

There was a slight pause before archie spoke up.
"You know, you know how she was last seen in a red shirt?"
He asks with a worn out voice, obvious he had been crying.
I let him know I did know what he was talking about
"They found it, they found the shirt, with blood on it, in the bottom of sweetwater river" he cries and just hangs the phone up.

I immediately start crying, wanting that girl to be ok, we've all always been close with one anothers family, our kids grew up together, I haven't talked to owen through this whole thing. He refuses to come out of his room, he wont even talk to his parents.

I start to hear an engine coming closer, realizing its jug and Amelia I try to pull myself together, but I cant.

I hear them walk through the door and worry it plastered on their face as soon as they see me crying.

Jughead runs right up to me pulling me in a hug, but millie just slowly takes steps into the living room, I can tell she fears what shes about to hear.

"What is it Betts, what happend"
I don't say anything.
"Mom" I hear her say in such a whisper it's barely audible.

I look up to them both
"They found her shirt, just her shirt. Bloody and in the bottom of sweet water river."

"No" millie sobs before I pull her in to a hug letting her cry on my shoulder and then we feel jugheads arms reach over the both of us, we were both trying our best to comfort millie in this time but it was just as hard for us, she was practically our other daughter.

They say its history because it happened in the past, so why do I feel like it's becoming the future..all over again.