The Story of Emma Andrews

The Aftermath

"Wait, so Nick St. Clair tried to do the same thing Veronica before?" Emma shook her head as her and her brother stood in the hallway.

Archie nodded and continued to walk towards. "According to Cheryl, she thought Veronica told me."

"And she didn't." Emma concluded. "Are you going to ask her?"

"I don't know. Should I?" He looked at his sister as she stared down at the ground, pondering.

She met eyes with her brother, "Maybe don't confront her but give her the space to know she can talk if she wants. Look, you two just patched everything up, do you think it would be wise to corner asking why she didn't tell you now?"

"You're right. I guess."

The strawberry-blonde sighed, "Take it from someone who knows, Arch, when something traumatic happens— something like that— It's the retelling of what occurred that is even more terrifying than the actual events. It's haunting. So, if she choose to tell you, listen. If not, then you wait until she is."

Archie sighed while he turned to look at his sister. Emma very rarely brought up what happened to her. He only knew a few things that occurred, but he found her always clamming if she spoke about it too long.

Wrapping his arm around her, Archie nodded. "I hate what he did."

"I know, Archie." Emma offered him a soft smile yet her brother's face said it all. He hated that the two women in his life that he cares about both had experienced things no one ever should. 

Emma looked at her brother as they rounded the corner, "What else?"

"What else what?"

She stopped walking causing Archie to stop and look at her. Emma crossed her arms and stared, she could sense something else bothered him. "Archie, we are twins. I know there is something else. So spill it."

"Cheryl saw Betty and I kiss outside her house after we after we left."

"Leave it to Archibald." She whispered harshly.

He nodded fully knowing her feelings towards Betty as of late. "I know, I know. But Ronnie and I were broken up and everything that went down, it was just..."

"Just what?"

"Heat of the moment. Tensions rose, Ronnie and I broke up, you and Jughead were fighting, Betty and he were also fighting. It just happened."

"God, Arch. Why do you always complicate things." She shook her head as they began walking towards the lounge. "Man, if only Kevin knew. He would restart the Barchie fan club again."

He smiled slightly, "Just please, don't say anything."

Emma looked at her brother as if he stated the obvious. "Obviously I'm not. But I would play it careful or get ahead of this soon cause-"

"Which of you defaced our school seal with this... graffiti?" Emma and Archie neared the front entrance as Weatherbee— along with Reggie— questioned the Serpents that trailed behind Veronica.

Reggie shrugged and spoke to Weatherbee smugly, "This is what they do, Principal Weatherbee. They tag their turf."

He pointed to it causing Veronica to scoff. "Can you be anymore transparent?"

Emma looked at him as he smirked and nodded. Weatherbee spoke sternly with anger laced within. "Effective immediately, no gang behavior of any kind will be tolerated at my school. As of this moment, no more Serpent jackets."

As they chorused their anger and frustrations, Weatherbee raised his voice over the Serpents. "No more Serpent jackets! All tattoos are to be covered. Possession of any gang paraphilia whatsoever will lead to immediate suspension. Are we clear? That's all."