Touch Of Serpents

Ch.12 Hey I just wanna..

"So you're telling me that you're going to Pops with Jughead Jones, the newly crowned Serpent King, just because? What about your soul mate?" Veronica questions as she rumages through my closet.
"Don't you have anything to wear..that's, more I don't know, sexy?"
"Mhmm, back of the closet." I answer, ignoring her other questions.
"Here! Perfect!" She says as she throws a leather pencil skirt, and a military green body suit with lace sleeves onto the bed. "Wear your black flats or converse! Now stop ignoring me!"
"I'm not ignoring you. You never know until you get out there, right? Lets see what happens. Thanks V!" I say reaching for my converse. I let my hair out and shake it to release the blonde waves.
"Damn!" Veronica says giving me a thumbs up.
The rev of an engine fills my hearing, "that's Jug!" I cheer.
"Good luck, Chica!" V winks my way.

"Hey there, Juliet."
"Hi." I shyly reply.
"Let's hit the road." He smirks as he hands me a helmet.

"You look beautiful." He says once I'm dismounting his bike. "I forgot to say that eariler."
"So." He waves to Pop as we enter. "Tell me about coming to the Wyrm." He finishes as we sit in a booth.
"Uh, well, if my mom is really a Serpent then your dad would have known her. I wanted to know more. She would never tell me the truth. I didn't know until I found a serpent jacket in the back of her closet."
"Hm. I could go digging around for you, if you want?"
"You would?"
"Yeah." The way he looks at me, the way he doesn't hesitate to help me. Why? Why would this boy want to help me?
"Why do you want to help me?" I question, skeptically.
"Lets just say, I know what's it like not knowing."

The more time I spend with Jughead the more I fall. My heart hurts for some unknown reason, but looking into those ocean colored eyes, I see the the pain he carries. I want to hush all of those nasty, hurtful thoughts that swim in his mind. Could he be my soul mate? Because I can't figure out another logical reason as to why these feelings would just hit me like this, now I really need to confront my mother. I need him to confront his dad too.

"Jug. Do you think our parents were or are soulmates?"
He ponders my question for a moment. "I guess they could be. I remember seeing him with a blonde woman in old serpent photos."
"Okay. well. Question your dad about it. I'm going to question my mom." I eat some more fries before I say, "then we can meet up once a week. We will let the other know what was said."
"Okay, Betts." The nickname makes me smile bashfully.
Once we leave he stops me before I can get the helmet on. "Hey, I just wanna.. "
"Wanna?.. " "What?" I say because he trailed off. He starts leaning in, and before I can stop it I notice I am too.
Then his soft lips are on mine. He tastes saltly and sweet from his meal at Pops. I hum and deepen the kiss. He backs out of the kiss first.
"Wow." I giggle at him.
"Let's get ya home, princess. Before your mom or dad has my head." He jokes.
"Yeah.. Okay." I agree reluctantly. Not really wanting the night to end but also wanting to question my mom.