With You

Rumors and Lies

Bettys POV:
"Close your eyes...don't open them until I say" Jughead said as he lifted me up. "I'm s-scared Jug" I said as I wrapped my arms around him. "You're going to be ok. I won't let anything happen to you. Do you trust me?" He asked me. I nodded my head yes and hid my face in his neck. Soon I felt him walk out of my room. I heard my dad yell as we walked out. "Slut! Yea go live with your boyfriend and get pregnant!" He screamed. "Shut up Hal" I heard Fp say. "Elizabeth!" My mom screeched in shock.

I did as Jughead said and left my eyes shut. The tears flowed out of my eyes and I felt relieved when I felt the warm air from outside and soon the yelling stopped. "Betty, you can look now" Jughead said as he walked towards his house. I didn't respond. I didn't even move my head. Why had my family hated me so much? All I want is to be loved, but how can anyone ever love a person so broken as me? I felt numb now. I felt like nothing even mattered anymore...except him. Jughead mattered. His words made me better, his touch made me feel safe, and his presence made me happy.

Within a minute we entered another house and went up some stairs. He sat me down on his bed and looked at me concerned. I stopped my crying and just kept a straight face. Emotionless. "Thank you" I said normally. I don't want him to see me cry. What if he doesn't want to be with me because of my life. "Betty, I'm sorry" he said. He must've felt bad for me, but I was happy to be out of that house. Finally, after years of torture and abuse and pain, I was out. No more. A smile grew on my tear stained face and I tried to pull a laugh out. I stood up quickly and hugged him.

I felt his arms wrap around my tiny body. He was here with me. Now nobody could touch me. We just hugged, I never wanted it to end. I was happy like this, his arms wrapped around me protectively.
A knock on the door interrupted the hug and in cane Fp. I sat down on the bed and wiped a few stray tears. "Betty, I need to tell you some things about me Alice, and Hal. But right now I think it's best if you rest. You don't have to go to school tomorrow if you don't want to" he said. Now I had so many questions. What a sour him and my parents? How does he know them?

"I-I don't want to stay home without him" I stuttered and pointed to Jug. "Ok, I guess that's alright for him to stay but only 1 day. We are going to social services soon. You can't stay in that house any longer" Fp smiles at me. "Thank you, Fp" I smiled back at him as he left the room. "H-how does he know my parents?" I asked Jughead. "I don't know, but we can worry about that later. Do you want some jogging pants? Or a shirt?" He asked me. I was wearing leggings right now and a hoodie. I was fine with sleeping in the leggings. "A shirt please" I responded.

He threw me an S shirt from his closet for me to wear. I changed into it and climbed into the bed. "So Your dad is just going to let us sleep in the same bed" I laughed. "Guess so" he said back. After talking a bit I fell asleep in his arms.

Time pass
Next day

Jugheads POV;
I woke up and turned my head to look at Betty. As I looked at her sleeping I realized that I cared about her...a lot. Almost to much. I've never felt this way with anyone. I don't understand why I felt this way either. I kissed her forehead and then her temple. Soon I felt a few tears arising in my eyes. I hated how she's been living all her life. Her parents abusive and her siblings just jerks. She's a strong girl. I was determined to never let anyone hurt her. I would never leave her side no matter what. Even though we've only just met. I feel so connected to her.

She started to wiggle in my arms and cry a bit. "Betts" I whispered. She jerked a bit and woke up. "Oh, sorry if I work you Jug, you can go back to sleep" she said and wiped the tears from her eyes. "No I was already awake. We're you having a bad dream?" I asked her. "Y-yea...I have them a lot" she said sadly. "How often? I asked her. "Usually 2 to 3 times a night. But I slept better with you" she smiled. My eyes widened at that. "3 times a night! That's a lot Betty" I said. She just nodded and looked down.

"Anyways, are you hungry? We could order pizza and watch tv, and cuddle" I suggested. "Sounds great" she smiled and climbed out of the bed.

Soon enough we were sitting on the couch with our pizza and soda. We watched a few different movies and talked. I tried to avoid anything that had to do with her family life. I didn't want her thinking about that right now. My phone rang causing Betty to jump a bit. She is scared of everything. I read the name. Toni. I answered the phone and Betty paused the tv.

"Hey, where are you and Betty?" She asked. "We're at home. Something happened, we will be there tomorrow" I told her. She paused for a moment and then spoke up. "So Betty is ok right?" She asked. "Yea, she's right here why?"

"Her siblings just made rumors, like that she ran away or killed herself." Toni told me. I furrowed my eyes at that. "Anyways I have to go I was just checking" she said. "Alright, bye" I said and ended the call.