Deceitful

The Phone Call

Narrator POV:

In her own sick little mind, Betty Cooper Andrews really believed that she would be able to get away with what she's done, that she'd be able to give birth to this baby she was currently growing inside of her and make it pass as if it were Archie's but reality hit today and it hit hard. As she read the message over and over again, she began to fear the inevitable. She quickly stood up carefully once again with her phone in her hand and walked out of her bedroom as quietly as she could and shut the door, rushing down the stairs and straight to the backyard, she felt the ground still wet from the heavy rain that fell from the sky but she didn't let it bother her since she had other pressing issues she had to resolve and quickly. 

She took a deep breath and pressed the number that had sent her the message, and held the phone closely to her ear. She heard the dial tone ring and as soon as she heard the third ring, it stopped meaning he had picked up the phone, she let out a shaky breath when she heard him say "Hello Betty, It's nice for you to call" He says to her in a teasing tone, and by the way he was talking she could literally feel the smirk that he had on his lips and she hated him for it. 

"What the hell do you want!?" She growled out, she asked as if she didn't know what it is he wanted when in fact she knew very clearly what it is he wanted and that made him laugh, she claims to be an innocent Northsider when he knew she was far from it and for that he hated her for it. The laugh he let out sent chills down her spine and made her stomach churn and not in a good way and it's in that moment when she realized that she had fucked up. She didn't dare speak, not until he said something but he didn't instead the laughter died down and she stood with the phone close to her ear holding it tightly until her knuckles went white but she didn't dare hang up on him, not until he tells her what he wants from his own mouth using his words. 

Betty gulped rather loudly and mentally thank god that he wasn't present, that he wasn't in front of her but when he spoke, she had wished he hadn't said a thing  "Oh Betty, Betty, Betty" He began in his teasing voice again once again, a voice that for some reason got her motor running because who was she kidding, to this day, the moment they had together still lingered in the back of her mind, the memory alone making her let out a shaky breath as she continued to listen to him "I want you and I will have you...." he paused for a brief moment and within a second he spoke again "Both of you" And with that he hung up, leaving her in shock. She took her phone and looked down at it trying to analyze what had just happened but before she could go further into her thoughts, Archie came out with a sweater and a worried expression on his face as he rushed out the door and straights towards her "Betty, what the hell are you doing out here. Its cold out and its beginning to rain" He says to her, making her realize that she hadn't noticed anything about the weather. She looked at him straight in the eyes and tried to say something, anything but she was still in shock by the phone call she just had. A phone call that she had with Archie's childhood best friend and the one person who had the power in his hands to destroy everything in her life. 

"Betty!?" Archie shouted out once again and this time breaking her out of her spell. 

"I'm sorry Archie, I needed fresh air" She replies, able to form a small lips on her lips despite the nerves and the fear she was feeling from within inside of her. Archie looked at her in disbelief, arching an eyebrow at the words that had just came out of his wife's mouth but thankfully for Betty he didn't ask anymore questions and instead guided her into their home and made her some tea. Betty secretly hoping that this little stunt didn't raise a red flag inside of Archie's mind. 

The rest of the night seemed endless for Betty, as she was unable to go back to sleep since the fear that she felt inside kept her up, her mistakes were literally closing in on her and they were on the brink of coming out to light for the world to know and she knew she had to do something to stop it so she quickly grabbed her phone from the night stand and sent him a text message, a message that she knew would bite her in the ass but she needed to do it for her sake and her marriages. 

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After the phone call, Jughead felt like he had succeeded in the first step of his plan, he knew he could have began his plan without saying a word to Betty but where was the fun in that? He knew that she would go into a panic as soon as that message was sent, he knew to expect to hear from her and that she would try anything just to make sure her little secret was kept under wraps and he fucking loved it. He knew exactly the type of woman she was, Betty Cooper Andrews was all about image and he wanted nothing more than to ruin that for her before he taking her for himself. 

Jughead laid on his bed with a grin on his face as he imagines the face she's going to make once Archie finds out the truth and he can't wait until it happens, he lays there just staring up at the ceiling when suddenly his phone goes off. He quickly grabs his phone and opens up the message and is surprised to see that it's Betty who had sent the message. He doesn't think twice and quickly opens up the message. 

We need to talk, face to face

Sent: 5:36 am

He furrows his eyebrows and thinks about what to say but he doesn't get the chance since immediately a second text comes in with a lot more detail than the first. 

Archie leaves for work at 8, please be here at my house by then. 

Sent: 5:37 am

He smirks to himself, everything is going as planned. He doesn't bother in texting back, he knows that she's going to try to get out of whatever situation she got herself in but not this time, she messed with the wrong person, so if he were to agree to meet with her, it would be on his terms and when he wants not when she finds it convenient so he simply places the phone back onto his nightstand and goes back to lay down and instantly falls into a deep sleep, feeling completely satisfied in knowing that he's gotten under her skin.