It had been a few weeks since the FBI shut down the farm. Alice was finally free to tell everyone what was really going on. She was relived, not so relived that she had to move in with the Joneses since her and FP weren't on best terms. She was hurt, but she understood it was for his family, doesn't mean it didn't break her inside.
Since Alice had moved back in, she'd been trying to avoid FP. If they had to speak to each other it was usually short conversations, usually with it ending with Alice rolling her eyes and leaving. FP wanted nothing more than to talk to her, explain to her everything, but she was treating him so coldly. He understood but all he wanted to do was apologize, yet she wouldn't even give him the time of day. He was becoming more and more angry with each eye roll, each glare, each hair flip. He didn't know how much longer he'd be able to take. He hated the fact that she hated him, it hurt him.
"Thank you for dinner Ms. S! It was amazing" Jughead says fondly as he stuffed the last piece of lasagna in his mouth.
She smiled as everyone hummed in agreement. She loved being able to cook for everyone again, she loved it.
"Hey mom, do you mind if JB, Jughead and I head over to pops for some milkshakes?" Betty asks with a pleading smile.
"I don't have a problem with it" Alice responds eyeing FP.
"Me neither, go ahead kids" FP smiles.
"Thanks guys! See you in a few hours" JB says as all three kids walk out the front door.
Alice begins to pick up the dirty dishes, once she reached for FP's he grabbed his own and the few others that were left on the table trying to help her out.
"I don't need your help FP" she says while rolling her eyes heading for the kitchen sink.
"I'm just trying to help Alice!" He says roughly as he walks towards her and delivers the dirty dishes.
She grabs them and puts them in the water filled sink and starts scrubbing them roughly, ignoring his comment.
"Alice. Alice. ALICE!" He yells trying to get her to answer him.
She drops the plate she was washing back in the sink and turns to face him narrowing her eyes at him.
"What." She says coldly.
"I can't do this anymore Alice! You're killing me!" He responds putting a hand through his hair.
She searches his eyes for a quick moment before scoffing and turning around back to the sink, gripping it to keep herself from digging her nails into her palms. He finally gives into his anger.
"Alice I can't- I can't do it anymore. It kills me knowing that you hate me!" He says full of rage. She whips around at that statement facing him.
"I DONT HATE YOU, I COULD NEVER HATE YOU, I LOVE YOU!" She yells at him as tears form in her eyes. "And that's the problem" she says as her voice breaks in the middle of her sentence.
He stands there completely dumbfounded. Alice runs past him up the stairs and he hears the bedroom door open and slam which causes him to jump. He swallowed hard as her words echoed through his mind. He couldn't believe that she just admitted her true feelings for him, and he just stood there.
He knew he needed to do something, and he knew it had to be big.
