I'm Here For You

The Hospital

Veronica's POV
I was woken up my a beeping noise. Annoyed I opened up my eyes, thinking it was my alarm. I was then greeted by a blinding light as soon as my eye were opened. This wasn't my room, where am I?

"Good your awake, your in the hospital."

I turned around to face the voice. It was Betty.

"What am I doing here?"

"I went to your house to find you, when I saw that your door was opened, I quickly rushed in and saw you lying on the ground with a knife wound on your shoulder."

"You've should have left me there to die, especially after what I said to you"

"Don't you ever dare say that! And yes, I was hurt by what you said, but you know me, I'm stubborn, I won't leave unless I get a straight answer." 

I smiled a little. That's when we heard the door open. It was the doctor.

"Good, I see that you are awake. You should be discharged from here by tomorrow. Try not to move your shoulder too much or it will affect the stitches. If the stitches break, come back here. The stitches should be gone in a week or two. Before you are discharged, we would give you some painkillers for the pain. Do you have any other questions?" The doctor asked.

"No I don't, thank you" I replied

As soon as the doctor left, Betty turned to face me.

"Now, tell me what happened before I arrived. You were clearly not robbed."

"I don't know, now please leave I would like to sleep. I'm exhausted."

I laid down on the hospital bed away from Betty. I've hurt her again. I hated doing it, but she doesn't need to know about the shit hole that's my life. As soon as I heard her walk away and the door closing, I sat up. It's better for her not to know about my life, she could be hurt.

The door was slammed open. My head shot up to see who it was. It was my parents. I gulped this couldn't be good.

"Would you like to tell me why I got a call from the hospital telling me that you've been admitted in here?! You know how much this is going to cost me?" My dad shouted

"I'm sorry, I didn't know Betty was going to come over and see my lying on the ground bleeding and call the ambulance."

"You are going to pay for this. So you better watch or" My father said in a low dangerous tone.

My parents exited the room.

I gulped. This won't be good for me, as soon as I'm discharged, I will probably be beaten up by them. But it's my fault, I deserve it, I should have been more careful around Betty. I probably should make it up to her or she will be even more suspicious and find out more.

I picked up my phone and called Betty.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Betty, I'm sorry for telling you to leave earlier. I was just grumpy. Please come back, I will tell you what I know. Please?"

"Fine, but you better tell me everything."

"Alright, I will" I lied yet again

"Good, I'm on my way."

10 minutes later

The door opened up to reveal Betty. She sat down on the chair next to the bed.

"Hey V, before you tell me anything, you know I'm here for you right? You can't get rid of me. You are stuck with me."

"Thanks B, I can trust you right?"

"of course you can trust me"

"Promise you won't tell anyone"

"I promise"

Betty's POV
"Ok before I start, sit closer. I don't want anyone else to hear."

I moved to her bed. She took a deep breath and started telling me her story. From how the beating started to right now. After she was done she was sobbing profusely.

"Shhh, I'm here  for you." I comforted her

Inside I was furious. How could her parents just start beating her for no absolute reason? It's no wonder she acted the way she did when I asked why her parents are here in Riverdale.

Veronica's POV
As Betty comforted me, I felt even more guilty. I lied to her about telling her everything. I only told her about my parents abusing me. But I didn't tell her the exact reason why. I also didn't tell her about me getting raped, or me starving myself. I doubt she would still wants to be associated with me if I told her everything.

Why is she still here anyways? I doubt she wants to be friends with a broken person. I'm so broken inside. I've been used, beaten and worn out. Why does she still want to be friends with me? Even I wouldn't want to be friends with me. So why does she want to?

Honestly? I would have ended my life way earlier back in New York if my parents hadn't sent me to Riverdale because they were tired of dealing with me and I wouldn't have met Betty. She made me feel normal and sane, away from all my bad thoughts and memories.

I continued crying and crying on Betty's shoulder. I couldn't even stop, all my emotions came rushing out at once, emotions that I have kept in for so long. The anger for my parents abusing me and the anger that I was raped twice. The sadness of knowing no one wants me and that I was broken. The fear of my own parents and that I could take my own life so easily.

That was when Betty leaned down and kissed me on the cheek and whispered "Calm down, you wouldn't want to tear your stitches by crying would you?"

I'm not sure why but her kiss immediately calmed me down. I felt so loved, so wanted. The feeling of being loved was so good, it was something I've never felt before. But me being me, I began overthinking.

'What if she's pretending? Just like Jessica? Once I trust her completely, she will just leave me. What if she actually hates me? What if she thinks I'm disgusting? What if she hates a used item especially one like me?' She's probably like Jessica. A million thoughts ran through my mind.