Destined to be mine

Chapter 8

CHAPTER 8 RUN, RUN, RUN

There it was again. Followed by a scream. My whole body went numb. What if it was her? This was not how this night was supposed to go at all. Me and Betty's friends (not my friends I don't have any) told everyone to stay quiet and stay down. There was no adults or staff on the premises because of a special request not to (Thanks Veronica) so we had no one to help us. It was a bunch of 17-year-olds trying to hide from a man with a lethal weapon. I didn't tell them that I had lost Betty and the fact that I had been round the whole hall 3 times and she was no where to be seen I became worried now I had to out to find her. Even though there was a potential serial killer in the building I had to make sure she was safe.

BETTY POV

Run. That was my first instinct on what to do. And that's what I did. I kicked him where it would hurt the most, I saw him fall to his knees in agony. It was my head start to get away. I ran for my life or at least to tell Jug I loved him one more time. I felt dead inside already. I knew I just needed to keep going Jug would find me soon. I was shaking from head to toe, I honestly thought I was going to be getting out of here in a white body bag.

I ran into the Blue and Gold room with him trailing behind me. Luckily for me he had dropped the gun when I kicked him. I knew he had come here to kill me I was the next on his list. How did I not see this coming? I thought I had outrun him for a moment but no by the time I realised he was in the room he grabbed me by the shoulders and had me up the wall by my neck.

I had a major sense of dejavu. This has all happened before with. And then it came to me. Why? How? When?

"Dad, why are you doing this?" I said halfway through tears and being strangled.

"Argh Betty I knew you would figure out it was me soon I got bored of being in prison and known as the Black Hood so I decided to change things up a little. I'm the Reaper and you're my next victim Betty." He said smiling and squeezing his hands tighter around my small neck causing me to choke. I let out a scream to try and get at least someone's attention.

"How? And I didn't know you would stoop so low by killing your own daughter. How would you live your life knowing that?" I somehow managed to say.

"I'm a serial killer Betty it's just what I do" he said in his menacing voice. My vision started to go all blurry and I couldn't breathe at all.

"Goodbye you bitch I once called daughter" I heard him whisper in my ear and squeeze my neck one last time. Then I heard a gunshot. A gunshot that changed everything. His grip loosened and I fell onto the floor. My eyes started to close then all I saw was black.

JUGHEAD POV

I went outside looking for Betty. I heard foot-steps and mumbling in the distance. I carried on slowly walking towards the noise and tripped over a gun. The gunshots. I picked up the gun and used it for protection against anything that was coming my way. Then talking but it was louder this time and it was coming from the Blue and Gold. I loaded the gun and tip toed closer to the door. That's when it hit me. My poor Betty. The gun was loaded in my hands and I knew what the best thing was to do.

I shot him.

As soon as I did the sheriff of Riverdale Tom Keller barged into through the door with 5 other armed police men behind him. I dropped the gun and ran over to Betty who was lifeless. She had marks around her neck from where her dad was holding her up the wall. I cradled her in my arms and checked her pulse. It was weak but it was there. She was alive and survived her dad twice. There was an ambulance outside the school so I picked up my lifeless love and ran out of the building.

She was rushed to hospital and assessed. I waited in the waiting room with her mom and we sat in silence. It was an awkward silence so I decided to break it.

"I'm so sorry Mrs Cooper, I didn't mean to kill Hal I did it t- "I said and she cut me off by saying.

"No Jughead you saved Betty's life and the towns. I hate him for what he has done and he has deserved to die. And please call me Alice." She said smiling and with that Betty had woken up and we could go and see her. The doctors had told us that she nearly died but she is just fine now and needs rest. I was relieved. I ran into her room and gently grabbed her hand dodging the IV's injected into her hand I rubbed her wrist gently.

"Hey Bett's, how are you feeling?" I asked. She looked at me and smiled.

"I'm fine now you're here, now this is the part where you kiss me right?" she said giggling.

"Yes Cooper. Yes, it is" I lean in for a kiss and so does she. She pulls away from the kiss and looks deeply into my eyes.

"I love you Romeo," she said with the most beautiful grin on her face.

"I love you more Juliet" I say smiling back at her.

Looking back at these days I could tell that she was the love of my life and will be until we grow old.  As our eyes finally met for the first time i knew she was destined to be mine.

~THE END

~TILLY WORTH <3