Too Hard To Find (Book Two)

Friends Meeting Friends

Veronica's POV

I woke up in Xavier's arms and something felt, I don't know, off. I slowly and quietly got out of bed. I don't know. After yesterday something felt off about him. Or, I guess, I've been off since yesterday. I ignored it and started getting around for the day.

Everybody was slowly getting up while the kids and I were already up. First, Madelyn got up a little after me. Then Sophia. Then Xavier. Then Aaron. They were all getting around and by noon we were at Pop's. Cheryl and the other three were already there.

"Veronica, hey!" Toni said. I walked over to them and hugged her, Cheryl and Kevin.

"Hi, Jughead." I said awkwardly.

"Hey, Veronica." He said back.

"Ummm, Sophia, Madelyn, Aaron, Xavier meet Cheryl, Toni, Kevin and... Jughead. You guys, this is Sophia, Madeyln, Aaron, and my boyfriend, Xavier." I said with a small smile.

"Boyfriend you say?" Toni said. I rolled my eyes.

"Really guys? Not now." I said looking at Cheryl and Toni.

"Hey, don't worry. We watch him." Sophia said. They laughed. I looked over at Jughead. He looked.. upset about something.

"Hey, Veronica. Can I talk to you for a second?" Sophia asked. I nodded.

"Sure." We walked away from the group. "What is it?" I asked.

"You never told me your friend was this hot!" She said.

"Umm? Which one are you talking about?" I asked.

"Jughead!" She said and looked over. I looked down. "Weird name, but my God! Do you think I could have a shot with him?" She asked. I shrugged.

"I-I don't know, but go ahead knock yourself out, I guess." I muttered and looked over at Jughead then down again.

"Veronica, are you okay?" Sophia asked. I looked at her again.

"Yeah, I'm fine." I told her.

"Oh, he's the ex, isn't he?" She asked. I shook my head.

"No. No." I lied.

"Veronica." She said kind of seriously.

"Yeah, he is." I said quietly. She sighed.

"Why didn't you tell me that? I wouldn't have said anything about it." She said.

"It's fine. We're over. We've had our chance. That was two years ago." I told her.

"Still. I don't want to do anything with my friends ex." She said. What was she wanting to do? What was she trying to do?

"Oh, umm, let's just get back to the others." I told her and we walked back over to them.

"Hey, Veronica. Where's Camila?" Cheryl asked.

"Her and her brother, I've got somebody watching them." I told them.

"Brother?!" Toni asked. I nodded. She looked at Xavier, but I didn't say anything. I looked at Jughead again. He still looked upset.

We talked. They got along. That's perfect. All my friends got along just fine. That's something I really needed. It's one and we're all leaving. Everybody walked outside and ended up leaving me and Jughead inside. We started walking out together.

"So, uhh, you had another child?" He asked. I nodded, but didn't look at him.

"Uhh yeah, I did." I told him.

"Oh, Xavier's the father then, right?" He asked. I sighed.

"Umm no, he's not." I told him.

"Oh. Well, you better get back to the others." He said and I nodded.

"Yeah, I guess I should." I said and he started waking off. "Jughead?" He looked back at me.

"Yeah?" He asked. I finally looked at him.

"Would you like--" I stopped and laughed a little. "Do you want to meet your son?" I asked.

"What? My... my son?" He asked. I nodded.

"Yeah, your son." I slightly smiled at him.

"I, uhh no, I don't want to intrude." He said. I shook my head.

"No, you wouldn't be doing that. It's fine." I told him. He sighed.

"Sure. I would love, too." He said. I smiled.

"Great! Come on." I said.

We get there, and the other three were already there. Nobody said anything to us it was just quiet. I looked at Madelyn.

"Where's Xavier?" I asked.

"In your room with the kids." She said. I smiled at her.

"Thank you. Come on, Jughead." I said and we walked to my room. Xavier was sitting on the bed.

"Baby, your back. Is this one of your friends?" He asked. I nodded.

"Yeah, Jughead." I told him.

"Oh well, I'm gonna go talk with Aaron for a bit." He said and left.

"I'm not sure he likes me." Jughead said. I rolled my eyes.

"It's fine. He just didn't want to come here." I told him and he chuckled.

"That's noticeable." He said. I went and picked up Camdyn then walked back over to Jughead.

"Jughead, this is your son. Camdyn Tyler Jones." I said and let Jughead take him.

"You kept my last name for him?" He asked. I nodded.

"Yeah, I kept it because I knew he was yours. There was no doubt in my mind that he wasn't." I said. He smiled.

"When did you find out you were pregnant?" He asked.

"Well, it was a week after I left Riverdale. He's two years old now." I told him. He just continued smiling which made me smile. Then Camila came over to us and I picked her up.

"Do they... do thet call him anything?" He asked. I knew what he ment. I shook my head.

"No, they really just call him Xavier. I've never heard anything other than that." I told him. It became quiet.

"Hey Veronica, I..." they stopped. We looked and saw Sophia. "Oh," she looked back and forth between me and Jughead. "I'll come back later." She said and walked off. Then Xavier walked back into the room. Jughead sighed.

"I better go." He said.

"Oh, okay." I said kind of quietly.

"Here. I'll take him." Xavier said and took Camdyn out of Jughead's arms. I sighed quietly.

"Bye. I'll, uhh, see you later, Veronica." He said. I nodded and smiled at him.

"Yeah, sure. I can text you. Or you can it doesn't matter." I told him. He nodded.

"Yeah, I will. Bye, Veronica." He said and walked off. Bye Jughead.

"What was that?" Xavier asked. I looked back at him.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"What was up with him? Does he love you?" He asked. I laughed.

"What?" I asked him

"I think he has feelings for you." He said.

"And what if he does? Are you jealous?" I asked.

"Is he the ex? Is he the father them?" He asked. I sighed, and stayed quiet. "Is he?!"

"No! No, he's not. He's not the father. I don't even speak to their father." I told him. He sighed and looked down.

"Okay." He said. What's up with him? Why did I lie to him? What was the point of it? I'm scared if him hurting Jughead, I guess. I don't know. This is gonna be fun.