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𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲: 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐤

Betty's POV

I wake up with my back feeling sore. This is after my surgery, and even with the pain medicine, it still hurts.

I look around the room to see Toni and Jughead. I smile softly at them. They're both asleep, but still seem so tense.

I know I probably should wake them up so that they can get a doctor, but I don't want to disturb them.

I twist around a little bit before falling back asleep.

The next day

I wake up and look over to see Jughead and a nurse next to me.

"Oh, you're awake!" the nurse exclaims. "How are you feeling?" she asks, using a light to look at my eyes.

"I feel fine. Sore, but fine," I say, moving to get the light out of my eyes.

"I'll have a doctor come in here in a minute," she says, leaving the room.

"Hey!" Jughead says, grabbing my hand.

"Hi," I smile.

"I'm so sorry," he apologizes, once again.

"It's okay, Jughead."

I don't want to admit it, but I've already forgave him. Why? I should hate him, but I can't. I just can't.

I chuckle a little bit, examining him. His dark hair that was usually tucked away in his beanie, is now messy, and out of the beanie. His eyes were a little puffy, as if he were crying.

"Where's you're beanie?" I ask him.

"Oh, um, it's over here," he says, reaching back to grab it off of the table that was next to the chair he was sitting in.

He grabs it and holds it in-front of me. I grab it, chuckling, and put it on my head.

He smiles at me warmly, looking as if he was examining me too.

"Are you okay?" I ask him, referring to his appearance.

"Oh, yeah. I'm fine."

"Jughead," I drag out. "I'm a lady. I know what, 'I'm fine,' really means."

He chuckles. "No, seriously. I'm fine. Even better now that you're awake."

I smile at him. "You suck."

"Why?"

"You screw me over so many times, yet I can never seem to get you off my mind," I smile, playing with his hair.

"Betty, I'm bad for you. You should hate me. You should get over me."

"I want to, but I can't. I truly can't."

And in that moment, we were at our most vulnerable state. We were definitely more than friends could ever be. We both loved each other, and we knew it, but it scared us to our core. We were afraid to lose another person, but we can't stay away from each other.