you are the reason

chapter two _ finding friends

Jughead's POV
Waking up by the sound of baby cry sounds cute but only for one day, not for two months. Delphine was hungry and I couldn't let her starve, no matter how exhausted I was. I fed her and we took a bath then because we didn't want to smell in front of Ronnie and her friends.
We were free that day since I had given posters to Veronica, so we spent our day watching cartoons, playing and I face timed with my dad before I go to Ronnie's house.

"Hey dad what's up?" I said
"Nothing, we're living our boring lives, sitting in a small room all the day doing nothing. "
"I got it. It's really boring. Don't you wanna come here to visit your son and your granddaughter?"
"I want to Jug and I'll visit you soon but I can't leave the town now. Tell me why do you look so sick?"
"Me? Do I look sick?"
"No you look like you're dying .I can see your pale skin and the bags you have beneath your eyes. Jug, do you eat? Do you sleep enough?"
"Dad, I'm not a kid anymore. I'm a father now "
"And that's why you have to take care of yourself. When you're a dad your life isn't yours; it's Delphine's now "
"Ok dad. I'll eat and sleep more. Is ok now?"
"It's ok when you do what you say. We'll probably visit you next month; so try to look better in front of us, specially your mother "
"Fine. I should go now. I'm invited to the house of my boss. I should go get ready "
"Ok son. See you soon "
I then opened my closet and started searching for something good to wear but all I had was flannel. I had no choice so I picked one of them and after looking myself in the mirror, I swore to buy a suit as soon as I have the money. I looked like a truck driver who is going to eat in a diner than a teenage boy who is going to his boss's house for dinner. At least Delphine wasn't like me, she had lots of clothes thanks to her grandma.
We got ready and I got an uber then because it was cold outside and I didn't want Deli to have another fever. We headed to Ronnie's house and I bought her a box of chocolate on our way. We finally arrived to her mansion; it was big and super luxury. I had only seen one of it's kind in Riverdale and that was Pembroke, house of the Lodges.
I rang the doorbell and few seconds later she came to open it for us .
"Hey guys, welcome to my house "she greeted us
"Hi Ronnie "
"Can I hold her?"
"Of course " I handed her Delphine and this time she held her like a real mother; seemed like she had practiced.
"Why are we standing here, let's get in " she said
We went inside and I saw two teenagers in the living room. They were talking together and they didn't really see me until Veronica went to them with Delphine in her hands
"Guys, look at our little guest, look how cute she is " Ronnie said
"OMG she's so cute " the guy said
"Jughead, come here. Let me introduce you my friends Archie and Betty. Guys, this is Jughead, the father of this cutie "
"Hi I'm just glad to see you " I said
"I'm Archie Andrews. Nice to meet you man " we shook hands and the girl named Betty came then
"I'm Betty Cooper. Nice to meet you "

"Ok guys we have two options now; our first option is having dinner and the second one is watching the new episode of Supernatural. I want to choose the second one but I'm really starving ." Ronnie said
"Totally agree. I can't watch Supernatural when I'm hungry " Betty said
Suddenly I noticed Delphine was playing with Veronica's pearl necklace and the Pearls looked funny for her. I didn't want to make any damage, specially in our first meeting, so I got her from Veronica and handed Delphine her favorite rattle. After that we headed to the dining table. There were different types of foods on it and seeing them made us more hungry. We started eating and Delphine was watching us
"Shouldn't you give her something to eat for dinner?" Betty asked me
"She's not an adult to have three meals per day. She already had a bottle of milk on the way and she'll have the next one before she sleeps " I replied
"We forgot to ask you her name, what is it by the way?" Archie asked
"It's Delphine but I usually call her Del or Deli "
"What is the meaning of her name? Dolphin? "
"No No it's a French name and it's a historical name "
"It's cute, I like it "
"It's nice of you "
"Where do you come from? Are you from Phoenix?" Betty asked
"No I'm not. I come from a small town named Riverdale and I moved to Phoenix only two months ago "
"What a coincidence ! Did you know that Veronica is from Riverdale too? She moved here last year "
"Wow ! I've never heard of you or your family. I didn't know we had a Luna family in Riverdale "
"You're right. Actually I wasn't a Luna when I was in Riverdale. I was Veronica Lodge, the daughter of Hiram Lodge. I think you've heard a lot about my family "
"Did you run away from him ?"
"I did. Even his name was toxic "
"Sorry if I ask but do you know Vivian Lodge by chance? "
"Yeah she's my cousin. How do you know her?"
"I don't. I've just heard about her "