jealous || riverdale fanfic

"if you truly love me, let me go."

POV OF BETTY COOPER

Hi, Arch! Walk me to school?" I smile at Arch.

We had been dating for 1 year now and he is the ONE for me.

Archie walks out of his house and sits me down on his porch.

"Arch? We have to get going.." I say.

"Betty, I-I CANNOT DO THIS ANYMORE. I love you but.. i need to... uh.. love myself more before I can love others... yeah... uh" Archie was caught off guard, like he was lying on his feet.

I tear up and feel like I was going to pass out.

"Arch- I love you too... whatever is going on we can do this together." I stumble on my words, trying to fix my relationship.

"If you truly love me, let me go."  Archie sighs.

I couldn't believe him. I should have listened to Josie. He was going to say he needed to love himself first then find a new riverdale hottie to date.

I grab my backpack and walk off. I see Veronica pull up at the school and run to me.

"B! You look like you cried your eyes off! What happened?!" Veronica says.

"Archie happened. He dumped me. He is such a player." I start to tear up again.

"Oh, B." Veronica pulls me into a tight hug.

Jughead was in the corner by the entrance of the school. He was shy and a loner. He was almost always around. He observed. And he would only interact if he was interested.

"Betts, are you okay?"

Jughead interacted with me the most out of our group. He really does care for me. If only Archie did.

"Archie dumped her, that carrot top prick." Veronica sighs.

Jughead just rubs my back and sighs.

"I don't know how to- uh- comfort others, I'm sorry." Jughead looks mad at himself.

"What? Juggie, it's alright. You are doing well. Better than Archie would've done.." I say, trailing off, because I was still in pain.

I let go of Veronica and nod my head.

"I'm gonna go now.. see you guys." I sigh. I wanted to erase myself.

I run off into the ladies restroom and place my head down in my knees.

"Betty? Oh, sweet cousin did that carrot top finally leave you? That was his longest relationship. What a player." Cheryl says.

I chuckle to myself. "Never dating boys, ever again."

"Tell me about it. The world sucks. That's why we girls need to stick together."

"Yeah, I'm not dating anyone any time soon."

"What about that Jughead kid? He may be hobo-like but you never know, is he a gentleman?"

"Jug? Oh- he is a gentleman. I don't know.. I never looked at him that way." 

"You never know. In this time of people going missing and broken families- you guys can find each other in the dark."

I blush to myself. Wait. What? BLUSH?

"Look who's all red!" Cheryl giggles.

I blush even more and stand up.

"I've got to get going. And before you say anything- no. Jughead and I are just friends."

I head to my locker and see Archie flirting with Veronica. I roll my eyes. I should be happy for her. And I am.

But the words he said to me- the manipulation... he tried to mess with my mind.

"If you truly love me, let me go."

V was right. He really is a carrot top prick.