Our Lustful Summer

Chapter Nine: My Dilemma - Part 2

(Archie's P.O.V.)

I stormed out of the school so fast I didn't know I had this speed inside of me, I was feeling so many emotions, from anger, pain, sadness. I cannot stop the tears from falling from my eyes and streaming down my face.

I had this perfect plan set out to win Jug's love and trust back: I was going to walk into that music room, strum the right cords on my guitar, and then sing the song that I worked on with Betty and Veronica.

I was really excited to play this song for him, in hopes of him loving the song as much as I did while I was working on it. I couldn't stop thinking about him while writing it, and my smile never left my face until I arrived at Riverdale High.

I couldn't believe what my eyes were witnessing when I got to the door to the music room. Jughead and.. Kevin?

I figured that Jughead would be in the music room, as it turned into "our spot" to get away from everybody when Sweetwater River became overpopulated, but it never crossed my mind that he'd take someone else there, let alone someone who we are both super close to.

My heart felt like it had been yanked out of my chest and trampled over by a bunch of party goers dancing on the dance floor. I have never felt this much pain and heartache before in my life.

I was in such a state of emotions I didn't even know where my feet had taken me, I finally stopped myself and took in my surroundings when I noticed that I was standing on Betty's porch.

I didn't even have to knock on the door, as I heard the door click and open.
Betty saw me standing there and then noticed the tears streaming down my face.

"Oh Archie, what happened? Betty asked while wiping away a stray tear trickling down my cheek, and taking my hand in hers and leading me into her house.

We headed upstairs to her bedroom to talk, since I didn't want anybody else hearing about all of this.

I took a seat by Betty's vanity mirror while she places herself on her bed after making sure her door was shut.

I suddenly cursed out in tears again, and started to breathe in and out erratically to try and calm myself down before telling Betty what happened.

"So, I got to school and I was headed to the music room. I was all ready to began singing my song to Jughead." I let out another sob, as it was still fresh on my mind.

"I was about to open the door and enter the music room, when I saw two people already in there. The first that I could make out was Jughead, as I had expected, but when I reached out toward the doorknob again, I looked closer and saw that he was kissing someone, which was revealed to be Kevin, passionately in the music room" I said as I looked down at the floor for a brief moment, trying to catch control over my crying again.

"I didn't know what else to do in that moment, so I just ran. Jug and Kev didn't see me, at least I don't think they did, so I made sure to get the hell out of there as fast as I could, and I ended up throwing my guitar in the nearest trash can" I break down into uncontrollable crying once again.

Betty rushes over to me, and pulls me into one of her endearing and comforting hugs, before she started whispering to me in her soft and sensitive tone.
"Archie," she she said as she whispered and silently comforted me. "I'm so sorry about this."
She got up and moved to the vanity bench next to me and held me in her arms for a while, a feeling that I haven't experienced since we were kids.
After a few minutes of silence, Betty started to talk again.
"You can stay the night if you want to, Arch. I know how hard it is to be alone sometimes." She slightly looked away as she said, putting her hands on mine.