Alone

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"No way. There's no way Archie can still be alive." Jug tried to reassure me. I just nodded my head.

"I know. They found his body. But what if he did fake his own death and he's still out there just waiting?" I looked into Jughead's eyes with fear as I said what I was thinking out loud.

"Is that possible?" He asked, concern evident in his voice.

"Okay, Mr. Detective who reads murder mysteries, you of all people know it's possible." We both chucked at that.

"You're right. But where is he if he really did fake his death?" I shook my head and shrugged.

"I don't know. I wished I did." I looked down at the grass and started playing with the grass, which is what I would do when my anxiety was starting to go up. I don't know, something about playing with the grass always made me calm down.

I think he noticed this. "Wanna go to the drive-in, Ms. Detective?" I smiled and nodded. We both liked murder mysteries. I would sometimes help him and his girlfriend solve some. It was entertaining to me. He stood up and helped me up. We walked to our bikes and took off to the drive-in.

We parked our bikes and watched the movie that was playing. It was Hairspray which is one of my favorite musicals so I was happy.

After the movie, we decided to go back to his house to see if things had calmed down yet. Betty was gone, so that was good. Dad was there and he was looking at us with worry clear in his eyes. "Where were you guys?"

"I made sure Alissa wasn't alone and I made sure she was okay." Jug explained to him before I had the chance to. I looked at Jug, then at dad.

Dad looked at me. "Are you okay?" I nodded my head, kind of confused. "What happened with you and Betty?" I'm really starting to hate her name.

I explained to him what happened and then suddenly Dad was pissed at Betty, and pissed at himself for even believing her for even a minute. I just shrugged. "It's fine, dad. She's been a serpent longer than I have been. It makes sense why you would believe her over me." I told him.

"Alissa, this isn't the first time she's had trouble with another serpent.." What? Now I was confused. She had trouble with other serpents?!

"What?" I asked. This is when Jug cut in.

"Betty has a not-so-good life at home, which makes her very bitchy. Yeah, she's my girlfriend, but I know her well. I know her better than anyone because I'm the only one she's let in. She's very closed to everyone else. But she has had trouble with quite a few serpents because she has no filter or self-control." I nodded at my brother's words. Makes sense, but I still don't like her.

"I know all about that life, but that doesn't give her the right to push me against a wall like she did. Or have other complications with other people. I'm sorry if what I'm saying is offensive to either one of you, which I don't know why it would be, but still. It's just what I think."

"We got your back on this." Dad said, placing his hand on my shoulder. I looked in between the two and nodded my head.

"Okay."

-Later-

"I should probably go meet up with Dani and V. I'll see you guys later. I love you both." I hugged them and went to my bike. I smiled to myself as I rode to V's. No one was outside so I went up to the pembrooke. I went to knock on V's door when I heard what sounded like heavy breathing. I quietly knocked on the door, not wanting to interrupt whatever was happening. I turned the door knob to see that it wasn't locked. I peeked in to see it was safe and what I saw hurt for some reason. It was her and Daniel. I quietly closed the door to where they wouldn't know I was there. I rushed to my room and covered my mouth in shock. I fell to the floor and started crying. Why did it hurt to see them like that?