Bugheads Baby

Time Jump

Bettys pov

It has been 10 years since Jug left Riverdale. Fp came back from retirement and took over the serpents. However, Jug left the bar to me and the serpents to both Emily and I. Ever since her dad left she started acting out, and trying to top each stupid thing she does. Soon she's going to get herself or someone else killed.

Emily's pov
I'm with Tess and Jamie right now. I just ditched my serpent bodyguards. Mom and FP keep adding more, and to be honest, it's getting harder to shake them, but not impossible. School has finished for the day and I head over with my friends to the bar. There stand some angry serpents. "Hey fellas," I say and walk behind the bar. I get the top self tequila, but Sweet pea takes it from me. I pull out a gun and point it at my head. I know this is stupid, because not only is it loaded but I know the dangers of weapons. "There are approximately 400 ways that a gun can kill a human... Give me back my bottle and I don't care much to test that theory." "Emily," Sweet pea says and looks at me with pity, "I know it has been 10 years to the day since your dad left... But he wouldn't want this." I roll my eyes and chuck the gun into the air, which he then catches. Which gives me an opportunity to get the tequila back. Before I can walk out the door, my mom comes in with Chris, her boyfriend whom I despise. I take a swig from the bottle and walk up to them. "Put that bottle down now," my mother says through clenched teeth. I give her a disobedient and wicked smile, and pour it onto Chris. Then take out a lighter and flick it on. The serpents gasp in shock and I say to Chris, "Burn... In... Hell..." I kill the flame and continue walking and flip him off just before I leave. My mother runs after me and I reach a bike. "Bear, stop, please," she says. "Next time you fuck that asshole, do it quieter you slut. I shouldn't have to hear you cheat on dad in my own home," I tell her and am shocked by my outburst. The alcohol has made my inside thoughts verbal, and I immediately regret what I said. "Emily Gladys Jones!" She screams at me. "Elizabeth Cooper!" I mockingly yell back. "What is up with you. You use to be such a sweet girl. But now... You're a completely different person," she says. "You see mom... I would like to talk about my emotional insecurities and 'daddy issues' as people call them. But really, I just couldn't give a shit." Jamie comes ridding around in his ute and I jump in the back and yell for him to drive. My mom runs after me, but eventually, we lose her. But her presence is only replaced by three serpents on their bikes following me. There are only two-seats in Jamie's car, so Tess occupies the passenger, while I am exposed and open in the truck.

I open my school bag and pull out a skanky looking outfit that I found in the basement of the White Wyrm. A million thought run through my head, including that it has been exactly a year since Chirs moved in, and tried to take the place of my dad. How could my mother get her boyfriend to move into her ex-fiances house, 5 years to the day he goes missing?! I undress and strip down so that I am now in the black lacy costume, which accentuated all features of my body. I knew what I was about to do would surely have to get some sort of attention from my dad. Jamie drives faster and eventually loses the serpents on the bikes.

We pull up too 'The House of the Devil' bar, and I walk inside. The ghoulies all look at me and I walk straight up the front to the blond lady whom I assume is their leader. "Hey," I yell over the loud music. She turns to me and says, "Get lost kid." I tap her shoulder again and say, "Aww. Come on. This isn't how you should treat the serpent princess." She turns around and yells at a man to cut the music, "What did you say?" "You heard me." "What can I do for you?" She asks with a condescending bite. "I want to join the Ghoulies," I tell her.

Bettys pov

Emily has run off, and everyone I could get is out looking for her. Chris takes me into a hug and says, "Betty, she'll be ok." I give him and kiss and cry into his chest. Then I get back up and continue my list of places she could be. Silence consumes the bar, and everyone's head turns toward the door Emily walks through with a cocky smile, and a Ghoulie Jacket on. She reaches the bar and says, "Miss me?" "Emily! Where the hell have you been! Everyone has been worried sick! I had no idea where you were! How could you be so stupid?!" I yell.