It Just Can't Be

Pt. 6 "thats me"

Jugheads POV:
I asked Betty for her hands, she hesitated but held them out to show me. The crescent moon scars were so deep and had blood all over them. I grabbed  some medicine and cleaned the cuts. The bleeding had stopped and Betty wasn't crying anymore. "I'm sorry Betty" I said. Betty looked at me and stood up. "Jughead..." she started "yea Be-".
    I was cut off by her lips on mine. She pushed her tongue into my mouth. It was a kiss that was full of love and passion. I pulled away and looked at her as she smirked. "W-what are we Jug?" She ask as her smile disappeared. "Well Betts" I said, I used a nickname because she used one for me. "We can be whatever you want us to be I suppose" I looked at her and she looking down at the ground biting the inside of her mouth "what do you want Betty?"

     "I want us to be more Jug" she smirked "I know we just met a few days ago but I you make me feel this way and I can't explain it" she rambled on nervously "but if you don't feel the same way it's totally cool you know? I would understand completely and it wouldn't bother- I cut her off with a peck on the lips. "Ok" I said and smiled at her. "Really?" She ask shocked "really" I said laughing at her. Her smile grew and she gave me a big hug. She was in my arms and I wasn't going to let anything hurt her again. Not her mom, or Archie, or anything else in this bad world. As she pulled away from the hug her hoodie sleeve got stuck and rolled up a tad revealing a few small cuts on her left wrist. She didn't notice that her sleeve was moved any.

  "Betty" I said putting my hands on her shoulders. "Yea" she said. I sighed and rubbed my hands up and down on her shoulders. I moved them down her arms until I reached her wrists and stopped. "What is it Jug?" She ask me looking at my hands. "Betty have you ever, hurt yourself?" I asked her keeping a loose grip on her wrists. Betty looked up at me and looked shocked.  "Um...well, i" she had trouble saying what she was trying to say. "It's ok Betty" I said looking into her eyes. She relaxed when I spoke and then looked at my hand on her left wrist. "I guess...well I've, maybe I-I..." she stopped herself again and just nodded her head up and down. I looked at her wrist that was hidden with the hoodies long sleeve. My hand gripped around it loosely.

   I slid my hand down to her hand and held it. I moved my other hand across to the other wrist and touched the bottom of her sleeve as if I were asking to look. I looked at her and she just sat there waiting for me to pull the sleeve up while she teared up. I looked back at the sleeve and I began to roll it up. I moved it up about and inch and I could see tiny little cuts that were barely visible. I then lifted the sleeve up another few inches. I seen longer deeper cuts now, but they looked old as well. I lifted her sleeve up more to realize that they kept going up her arm. They kept getting more and more red. Her whole arm was covered in cuts from her wrist to her forearm. "Betty, w-why did you do this?" I said shocked at the amount of cuts

    "It helped...whenever I sunk that blade into my skin and I seen the blood poor out of my arms it was like some sort of relief from everything. The pain could keep my mind off if it Jug." She rubbed her fingers up the scars on her arm. "I can't believe I did this to myself." She said. "I'm so sorry Jughead" she cried.
"Betts, there is no reason to be sorry." I said as I pulled her hoodie sleeve back down and looked at her. "Betty You aren't your sister, but you are you! And that is good enough Betts. You shouldn't try to do anything to please anybody. So please, don't be sorry!" I wrapped my arms around her and lifted her up. She wrapped her legs around my body and her arms around me neck. She buried her head in my neck and I carried her to the bed. I laid her down and I pulled my shirt off and climbed into the bed next to her. "I'm sorry Betty, but I promise you i won't let anything hurt you again" I said while I turned to look at her. She put her head on my chest "I know Jug" she said. We fell asleep. I really hoped that Betty would be ok.

I woke up to Betty squirming in the bed a little bit. I sat up and shook her to wake her up. "Morning baby" I said. Her cheeks flushed a bright pink color when I used that name. It just slipped I didn't mean to say it.

Bettys POV:
"Morning baby" he said. Did he just...I felt my face get hot after he used that nickname. "Morning" I said smiling. I turned around and grabbed my phone   And walked into the living room.

Veronica: 3 missed calls
Archie: 2 messages

I opened the messages from Archie.

A- hey serpent slut, how's your snake?
A- Betty I will get you back for this! Trust me this is far from over

I let out a long sigh. What in the world was wrong with this boy? I called Veronica back now
"Hey V, I'm sorry I missed your calls" I said when she answered. "Hey B, I just wanted to know if we could meet up at Pops, I heard about you and Archie. That is great News!" Veronica exclaimed over the phone. I had told her about Archies abusive ways a long time ago, she's helped me out so much. "I know v! I'll meet you there in 20?" I asked her. "That
sounds great" she said as we ended the call

    "Hey Jughead, Veronica wants me to meet her at pops, so I'll be back here soon ok" I said as I walked over to the bed. He stood up and kissed my forehead "do you want me to drive you?" He asked me "no
that's ok, I'll be careful" I said as I gave him a hug. "Well can I pick to you up in about an hour? I need to take you to the wrym if that's ok with you?" He asked me "of course that sounds good" I said as
I stood on my tippy toes to peck his lips. "See you then" I said as I slipped out the door.

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   I arrived at Pops to see Veronica in a booth "Veronica hey!" I said as I walked to the booth. She stood up and gave me a huge hug. "So, tell me every thing Betty" she said so I did, I told her how I met Jughead here at Pops, and how he protected me when I broke up with Archie. I told her my parents were getting a divorce, and I even told her that my mom said it was my fault. "Oh Betty...I'm so sorry, I'm sure your mom is lying. You dad loves you B" she said as she smiled at me a little. "Yea, that's what Jug said" I smirked a little when I said his name

   "Oh My...Betty Cooper tell me more about this...Jughead Jones." Veronica laughed. "Well he is a serpent, but he's really nice! My mom made them seem like they were all drug dealing jerks but Jug is actually very sweet" I said looking at Veronica. I heard the rev of an engine and I looked outside to see a motorcycle pull into Pops. I couldn't tell who it was until the guy took the helmet off  "he is hella hot too Betty!" Veronica said as she pushed my shoulder "go girl!"
     I laughed at her as I heard the bell on Pops door ring. Jughead came and sat beside me taking a fry from my plate "you must be Jughead" Veronica said putting her hand out for him to shake it "that's me" he said