Letters From Another (Bughead)

Chapter Six

A/n And we're back!

[Present Time]

Jughead POV

"THE HELL YOU ARE.  LOOK WHERE WE'RE STANDING.  THE HOUSE I PAID FOR.  WHAT'S YOU PLAN? I'M MEAN REALLY BETTY." I've boiled over.  I have no restraint anymore.

Does she really that she can just take my child away from me? She's not going to get away with this. She can't take my child away. She has no right. This is my family.

"IT'S NOT LIKE YOU GAVE A SHIT ABOUT US BEFORE. YOU WERE PLANNING ON RUNNING OFF WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND."

I haven't looked at her like this in a while.  The red in her eyes making the green pop.  If you didn't know any better you'd think they were emeralds.  Plucked from the Earth and polished until they shine brighter than anything else in the room.

I don't know what to say now. I don't want to lose her. It feel like I've been asleep at the wheel and now I'm finally waking up. 

I don't know why I started talking to Toni in the first place. How could I not see the beautiful girl who was standing right in front of me this entire time?

I'm snapped back in reality when Betty says "Jug? Are you listening to me?"

All could do was stare at her. I couldn't move. I was thinking of all of my mistakes and all of the horrible things I've done. I saw that she was starting to go up the stairs. I couldn't lose them. I chase after her and grab her hand. She turns back at me with tears in her eyes.

"Don't leave me Betts, I can't live without you." I feel streaks of water flow down my cheeks.  When was the last time I cried?

"Then why did you do this to me Jug, I gave you everything I had, I would do anything for you. You still betrayed me and you've lost me and Juliet forever. You've got what you wanted now.  We're done."

"Can't we just talk about this Betts you're not being fair, I love you, I'm so sorry Betts." 

"I'm not being fair?! This is on you Jughead. Not me." She maintained eye contact. "I'm leaving Jug.  Alone."

She then took her hand back and continued up the stairs.

Betty POV

How could he think for a second that this is my fault in anyway? He was the one who lied. He was the one who was planning on leaving me first.

I rip my hand away from his grip and stormed up the stairs. I go into Juliet's room first and started throwing clothes into a bag along with a couple stuffed animals. 

Rounding the corner into our bedroom makes me pause.  The bed we shared, the life we shared... it's crumbling around us.

It feels like the room itself is coming apart before my eyes.  The wallpaper is peeling, the furniture falling through the floorboards, there's nowhere to hide.

I grab a couple photos, some clothes and a stash of money I'd been keeping for a while.

Once I had our bags packed I started heading down the stairs again.  The further I walked down the more he comes into my line of sight. Standing by the door hands in his pockets glaring at the ground.  

I know it is him, but all I see is a stranger.

Jughead POV

I'm drawn out of my thoughts by a creak from the stairs. I always said I would fix that. 

When I looked up I saw the most beautiful girl in the world standing at the end of the steps staring back at me.  All I wanted to do was go over and be with her, but I couldn't. 

A/n 2 be continued...