Lost in Temptation

Chapter 16

Betty POV:

I bit my bottom lip, feeling nervous about what Jughead will think or do. I look between him and Archie and feel the tension rising in between us. Jughead hasn't stopped glaring at Archie and still has his fists clenched together while Archie is just looking at him, trying to explain that he was only trying to help. 

"You? Help?" Jughead asks through a humorless laugh that makes my stomach churn. 

"Yes help. I was trying to convince Betty to talk to you and that no matter what she does or who she chooses to be with I'll support her regardless" Archie tells him, his body still kind of tensed up thinking maybe that Jug will be angry enough to attack him again. 

Jughead stops glaring over at Archie and looks down at me and softens his expression "Can we talk baby? Please" He says to me. Oh fuck me why does he have to call me baby and standing there looking irresistible. I look over at Archie and gesture for him that it's okay for him to leave and he does. He says his goodbyes to me but avoids giving me a hug secretly liking the thought that Jugheads possessiveness has him this way. 

As soon as Archie walks out of sight I turn to look at Jughead and cross my arms across my chest waiting for him to say something "What did you want to talk about?" I ask him 

"Why do you always have to run to Archie?" He asks me through gritted teeth. Liking that he's jealous but that's the last thing I want jughead to feel. I don't want him thinking that I need another man to help me feel better so I drop my hands from my chest and walk over to him slowly, I wrap my arms around his waist and look up at him and surprisingly he doesn't pull away from me. 

"I'm sorry that you feel this way but I need you to understand that I don't like Archie that way and nothing will ever happen between him and I. I also need you to understand that he's my friend and has my best interest at heart though I feel like he should've handled things better but at the end of the day he's accepted our relationship and I think you should do the same" I tell him 

He looks down at me and lets out a breath now wrapping his arms around my back holding me tightly near his chest. 

"I know and I'm sorry for acting like a dick but I can't help to think that if me and you wouldn't have gotten together then he'd be the one standing here with you and not me" He confesses "I know I have no right to throw these things in your face especially after all the shit I've done to you but I can't help it. You mean so much more to me than any other girl I've been with and I'm just afraid that one day you'll wake up and realize that I'm not just worth all this trouble" 

I continue looking up at him and mentally slap myself for ever giving him a hard time for his past relationships when I have no right since we weren't even together. Who cares what people say? And it's true he only yelled it out to Veronica to make her pay for what she did to me and that makes my heart flutter at the thought of knowing that Jughead would defend my honor even when I'm not present.

"If anything I should be the one who should apologizing for acting like a child and handling this situation so poorly" I tell him looking down but I feel his finger under my chin making me look up at him and slowly watch him bringing his head down to my level and connecting his lips to mine. I smile in between our kisses and can't help but to feel like the happiest girl alive to be able to call myself Jughead's girl. I don't care about who came before me just as long as there isn't any whule I'm around.