you are the reason

chapter seven _ date night

Veronica's POV

I couldn't focus on any classes. All I could think about was Jughead and the date we were going to have. At lunch I was playing with my food when Archie tapped me on shoulder and brought me back to reality.
"Ronnie, you seem off today. Is everything alright?" He asked
"Yeah I was just overthinking "
"I think it's something about that Jughead guy. You have changed since you saw him " Kevin said
"I kinda agree with Kev " Archie said

"I don't know Arch. It's really hard for me to see him like this. He's a nice guy who is trying his best to be a good father. He's smart, kind and he deserves a life. It just drives me insane when I think about how my cousin destroyed his life. He could stay in his hometown and raise his kid. He could have his family by his side but now he's working hard just to bring food on the table. I really don't know what to do with him. I want to help him but I don't want him to think that he's my charity project . You're right Kev, I've changed a lot because I can't live my life seeing people in pain " I was yelling and I couldn't even understand that

"Ok V calm down. I know what a caring person you are and it's ok if you care about Jughead. We'll help you too. Guys I think we should stop talking about Jughead when we're together " Betty said
"Thanks for understanding Betty "

That day I made an excuse and went home earlier. My mom was sitting in the kitchen with a worried look. She came to me as soon as I walked in and hugged me tightly.

"Thank God Ronnie. You're finally home " she said and it really worried me
"Mom, you're really scaring me. What's wrong?"
"It's Jughead honey. I think we should take him to the hospital. He's...."

I cut her off and rushed to my room then. Jughead was sleeping on the bed but his skin was paler than ever. I put the back of my hand on his forehead to check his temperature; he had fever but it wasn't that bad. I turned back to my mom then.

"What happened mom?"I whispered trying not to wake Jughead up

"I_ I was in my room talking to my friend when I heard loud screams. I went to your room and saw him on the floor screaming in pain. He said he had a really bad stomachache. I wanted to call 911 but he didn't let me. I made him some ginger tea but he vomited everything. At the end I had no choice except giving him painkillers. He's been asleep since then."

" it's OK mom thank you.Where's Delphine?"
"I took her to her room "
"Ok. I'm here now, you can go"

she nodded and left the room then. After that I started calling Jughead's doctor in the hospital

"Hello it's doctor Williams "

"Hi I'm Veronica Luna, Jughead's girlfriend. We brought him to the hospital two days ago and you gave me your number to call you in case of emergency "
"I remember you miss Luna. So, it must be something important that you called me"

" I think it is is I really don't know what happened and I was at school when it happened but my mom was home ma and took care of him. He had a really bad stomachache and he threw up everything we gave him. Actually, he's been vomiting since he came back home and he can eat nothing. Do you think we should take him to the hospital?"

"Is he awake now? I mean can I talk to him?"
"No he's sleeping right now and I forgot to tell you that he looks so pale like he's really dead "
" listen to me; youdon't need to bring him here now but if symptoms persisted for more than 10 days then you'll have to to take him to the Hospital ‏. Make him eat; it doesn't matter if he vomits but make sure there isn't blood in his vomit. Call me again if you needed help "
"Ok doc thank you "

I put my phone on my vanity desk and went to check on Jug again. I lay on the bed next to him and stroked black locks of his hair. His started opening his eyes and he smiled when he saw me.