The Dark World

The Blue and Gold

After school I ran into the blue and gold and shut the door. I turned on the lights and I threw my bag on the ground and sat down at the desk and started to sob. I put my head in my hands and let it out. I gave myself a few minutes and then calmed myself down. I grabbed my bag and took out the huge folder of work that Principle Wetherbee gave me. I took out a pen and started working on my math. It wasent that hard so I got through it pretty easily as some tears still escaped my eyes falling on my paper smudging some of the pen marks.

I heard a knock on the door and looked up and wiped my eyes. I put down the pen. "Come in!" I shouted. The door slowlet opened and Jughead peaked his head in. "Is this were Betty Cooper spends her afternoons?" He laughed as he walked in closing the door. I wiped my eyes again and sniffed. "Uh, yeah she does." I forced a smile. "Are you okay, am I interrupting-" "Oh my gosh no Jug, I'm just stressed with all this work I have to catch up on I was uh- I was uh sick." I said putting the work away in my bag. "Um what are you doing here?" I asked. "You said I can ask you questions whenever right?" He said walking closer to the desk. "Yeah ofcourse you can Jug, but school finished a hour ago." I said confused. "I was wondering if I could write for the blue and gold?" He asked smiling. "I have a file of my writing if you want to take a look at it." He said handing my a folder. I flipped it open and read the first page and was amazed. "This is the best thing I have ever read in my life Jug, are you sure you did this?" I said suprised. "All me," he said pulling up a chair and sitting down. "So am I in?" He asked. "Your so in!" I said excitedly. "I could really use the help around here to." I added. He smiled. "That's great!" He said. I smiled and I held out his folder to give it to him. "Oh you can keep it if you want, just in case." He looked up at me and his eyes glistened. "Oh sure yeah." I said as I put the folder in my bag. "What's the work hours look like boss?" He said jokingly. "Well really whenever you want to come and work, well usually I'm here a lot. But we can maybe meet evrey wensday? At lunch?" I said. "Sounds like a plan Cooper." He said smirking. "Can I get your number?" He added. "Uh sure." I said. I told him my number and he added it to his phone. "Well I got to get going my old man might be getting worried." He said smirking and standing up. "See you towmorrow Betty." He said as he walked out of the Blue and Gold slowly shutting the door.

I took out my work again and started doing it all night until I finished. I looked at my phone and it was 1:00 am. My mother was going to kill me. I shoved all my papers into my bag and got up and ran out of the Blue and Gold and down the still light hallways hearing my klunking of my wedges as I ran down the hall. I got to the main door and ran out and down the street. I got home and saw that the lights were off. Good I'll sneak in and send my mom a text saying I was home and alright. I put the spare key in the door that was under the mat and slowly opened the door as it squeecked a little as I cringed. I walked in slowly and shut the door behind me quietly locking it. "Elizabeth where on Earth have you been?!" My mother said I jumped around to face her. She was holding a wine glass in one hand. "I've been texting you I was so worried I was about to call the cops Elizabeth!" "I'm sorry mom I lost track of time!" I said. "Where were you anyways out drinking with Veronica and Archie? You know I don't like them!" She snapped at me. "God no mom I was in the blue and gold working on my homework I missed while I was not in school." I said calmly. "Blue and Gold my ass where where you actually Elizabeth don't lie to your mother." She said pointing her finger at me. "The Blue and Gold mom I'm not lying!" I yelled annoyed. "How worried do you think I was Elizabeth? And your going and sneaking around after Polly died?" Her words stung me in the back of my throat as I held back the urge to cry. "I'm done with you tonight mom." I said walking past her and up to my room brushing her arm a bit with ignorance. I ran up the stairs and into my room. I let down my hair and undressed. I put on a grey shirt and pink shorts. I put my hair into a messy bun and went the the bathroom. I brushed my teeth and washed my makeup off and washed my face. I used the bathroom to and washed my hands and walked out to my room. I set the alarm for 7:00 am and un did my bed getting it just the way I liked. I hopped into bed and put my phone on a charger and turned of my lamp. I layed down and closed my eyes trying hard not to cry but tears slipped out falling down onto my nose and onto my pillow. My moms words replaying in the back of my mind over and over like a broken record label. I sat there in the dark trying to silence my sobs when I heard a ding from my phone. I layed there resisting to get it but then gave in.

[Hey, can't sleep. Thinking about you.] it was from a unknown number. I furrowed my eyebrows of to who it could be. [Whos this?] I responded. I saw the texting bubble pop up on my phone as I waited anxouisly for a response. [Jughead, is this Betty Cooper?] he replyed confused. [Oh Jughead! It's me Betty.] I replyed. [I can't sleep either.] I added. [You want to maybe meet at pops? I heard that's pretty good place on the Northside?] he texted. I wanted to so badly. But I couldn't shake the words my mom put in my head. [Id love to but my mom got mad at me, if I snuck out there would be no Betty.] I said adding a laughing emoji. [Thats a bummer, but idk if I could go a day without seeing your face so I might as well protect it.] he said adding a sad face. [Ill see you towmorrow Jughead Jones.] I replyed turning off my phone and putting it by my bed. I yawned and fell asleep.