Stuck With Me

31 | Internship

A few weeks had passed and both Alice and FP had tried to adjust more to the situation. It was easier than they thought as long as they weren't together for too long with just the two of them. Since Betty and Jughead hadn't seen anything suspicious yet they had kind of dropped their whole investigation. There had been nothing weird going on in the house. The teasing even seemed to come back a little just the way they had gotten used to it.

What they didn't know was that both adults always felt asleep with the other on their minds, wondering if maybe somewhere there was a place for them. But now they had to put all their energy in to going back to the friends they were before. As long as they focused on that, everything would be fine.

''So, how do I look?'' Betty turned around dressed in her baby blue blazer and matching pants, waiting for Alice to compliment her.

She was going to shadow her mother for a few weeks to write a paper about politics in a small town. And who better to write about than your mother who happend to be the towns mayor?

''You look like a copy of me, honey. I love it.'' Alice beamed happily. She couldn't wait to spend more time with her daughter. They had grown closer together over the last few months but she hoped this would be another thing they could bond over.

''I am going to change.'' Betty sighed the second she heard she looked exactly like her mother. That weren't the words teenagers liked to hear. Before she could run up the stairs Alice grabbed her hand and made her turn around again.

''I meant that you look appropriate for your first day at City Hall.'' She pointed out, so she would see that there was nothing wrong with what she was wearing.

At that moment FP came downstairs, as he had just made himself ready for the day. Alice placed her arm over her daughter's shoulder and turned them both to face him, making him stop as she did so.

''Check it out! We're a pair of Alice Smith's.'' She smiled enthusiastically, pointing her finger at the both of them to imply how much they were looking alike right now.

''That is the scariest pair in poker.'' FP joked as he made his way towards them.

''Look at you in your little internship costume, huh?'' He was estatic for Betty that she got the change to something like this. Not every teenager was allowed to shadow the mayor for a few weeks.

''She is going to learn what I do, watch my every move...'' Alice said mysterious, like her job contained some international secrets.

''Make sure that she know how to do this one.'' FP turned to Betty and mimicked Alice's signature eye-roll, making it bigger than it actually was.

''I know that one already.'' Betty threw in another eye roll, copying her mother exactly. They earned a glare from her before she was going to show them how it was really done.

''You guys are amateurs.'' Now she rolled her eyes herself and made her way to the coatrack, leaving the two of them laughing in the living room. Before they would leave, Betty needed to make something very clear.

''Remember as soon as we're at the office no special treatment. I am there as Betty Cooper, not as your daughter.'' She stated, emphasizing her name as she spoke.

If there was one thing she knew about her mother it was that she was going to make the whole building know that her daughter was now working there too, even if it was just as an intern. Everybody would know anyway, she didn't need her Mom to remind everyone.

''I promise you, honey. But if there is a cake that says best intern then it wasn't me.'' Alice quickly defended, making Betty sigh exaggerated. She made her way out of the house while Alice quickly turned around to FP.