𝑨𝑳𝑾𝑨𝒀𝑺 𝒀𝑶𝑼, 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑑𝑔𝑒

the downfall

    The group helped Veronica bounce back much quicker than hat she expected, both FP and Forsythe had rarely let her get too into her own head, and the others began the ruining of Archie and Betty's reputation. All the Serpents bound together for Veronica, a honorary member and the person many Serpents had soft spots for in familial ways.

Cheryl invited her aunt Alice out for breakfast and aired out all of Betty's dirty laundry. Bringing evidence of all the many rumours that had circulated of the blonde, and proof of the any that were true. When Alice found out about Betty and Archie's relationship, and going behind both Veronica and Jughead's backs she was furious. Especially about how Betty could do that to Veronica, the girl who had always been there for the family- through Hal's battle with cancer and death, Polly's pregnancy and miscarriage, and Alice herself struggling with alcohol dependency. Alice was furious with her daughter and when Polly was alerted of what Betty did over the phone, with Polly living in New York for school she became really upset and angry with her little sister. 

Fred came home early from his business trip and walked in to find Betty and Archie together in the front room, and word got around Riverdale quickly of the Cooper girl seen fleeing the Andrews house in only her underwear with Fred having thrown her clothes out onto the front lawn. With Fred publicly shaming both his son and Betty for sleeping together when they were both in serious relationships with other people.

After that everyone knew, Archie and Betty were engaging in a relationship despite being in relationships for over two years with Veronica and Jughead. What was worse was how unashamed the pair were, and within a day of the cheating being aired you could see the pair walking hand-in-hand and they were caught in many public displays of affection. Earning many in the town to offer the pair a cold shoulder.

When Fred heard that Archie was flaunting the relationship he did something that he knew would hurt his son. He went to the school, and asked Archie to be removed from the football team and any other sport teams he was on. Stating that his grades were disappointing- which they were with Archie working on a C average. Ripping any chances of Archie receiving a scholarship away, having known his son didn't actually want to pursue football and mainly wanted to use a scholarship to get to college, so he could do music.

Fred also placed many restrictions on what Archie could and couldn't do, using the excuse of his son needing to lift his grades. Archie contacted Mary hoping she would stop Fred, but his mom backed up his dad- unknown to him, having been told by Sweetpea the truth of the matter and she was as disgusted with her son as Fred was.

Betty also wasn't having a good time. She had made herself a social suicide case, Veronica was well liked throughout Riverdale and Riverdale High- as co-head Cheer captain with Cheryl, she had school status. And as the owner of Pops having bought it when Pop Tate went through money problems and keeping him on as acting manager, infusing the diner with money to make it reminiscent of the days it was the most popular place in Riverdale, she had town popularity.

With Veronica's popularity, Betty lost any and all respect people had left of her. Making her the person no one pairs with in class, the lone student sat in classes if she was without Archie. She still had the Blue and Gold until Principal Weatherby saw that with Betty as editor and the main contributor to the newspaper none of the students would buy and read it- so she was removed from the paper.

With Jughead taking over as the sole editor, Toni becoming the photographer and design specialist, and the writers spread to be Cheryl, Veronica, Fangs, Kevin and Sweetpea. The articles were much more relevant to what the students actually cared about, and it became one of the leading ways the school raised money. By selling the newly designed Blue and Gold.

All in all, the pairs reputation plummeted and nothing they would do would improve it, Fred had also told Archie that he needed to figure out his next step, as he wouldn't be taking over the business and wouldn't be hired just because he was Fred's son. Betty was told the same by Alice and her mom refused to publish any articles Betty wrote unless they were relevant and asked for by Alice. Meaning Betty couldn't do what she had been doing, publishing articles in the Register as she see fit- many of which weren't even relevant to the town.