With You

Tired

Jugheads POV:
We decided to eat at Pops before we headed home. Me and Betty sat in one side of the booth, Dad and Jellybean in the other. "Y'all are going to school tomorrow" dad said as he the last of his fries. Now jellybean was the last one eating. "We know" I said and groaned a bit. I knew Betty hated going to school. I turned to look at Betty and noticed she was propped up on her hand and her eyes were fighting to stay up. "Betts" I said. She jumped up quickly "oh, yea" she exclaimed. I chuckled at her and she just looked confused. "Come on, I'll take you home before you fall asleep" I told her. "I'll see you at home dad"

We drove home and went inside. Something seemed off in Betty here lately. Nothing really bad, she was happy and that was a great thing but she just seemed tired during the day. "I'll be upstairs in a second, you can go ahead and go to bed" I told her and kissed her. She looked nervous but nodded slightly and went upstairs. I was confused at that but left it alone.

Bettys POV:
I was getting tired today, I almost fell asleep while we were at Pops. I laid in Jugs bed while I waited for him to come up. Soon enough he did. "Why are you still awake?" He asked me. "Oh I Uh...I can't sleep without you" I told him. He sighed and climbed in the bed next to me. I put my head on his chest and forced my eyes to stay open no matter how much they wanted to close. I couldn't go to sleep. I hated having nightmares and I was not going to. I had trouble finding stuff to do. It was boring without Jughead. I wrote some more and played on my phone. Took another shower. By now I had a whole schedule.

Time pass
At school.

I sat in class and felt a very strong urge to sleep. My head could barely hold itself up and my eyelids felt so heavy. I paid attention to the teacher as much as I could. I felt myself drifting off but couldn't seem to stop myself. "Elizabeth" I heard someone say. I jumped up and raised my eyebrows. "Are you sleeping in my class?" The teacher asked me. "Uh, no I-I'm sorry I just drifted off" I said in hopes she wouldn't give me detention. "Detention after school today" she said and handed me a detention slip. I felt myself getting angry with her but I let it go with a simple eye roll. "Betts" I heard from beside me. I turned my head and snapped a bit "what!" I whisper shouted.

Jugheads expression dropped and he seemed confused. I guess he was wondering why I got angry with him. I was just tired from not sleeping and I couldn't help it. "Sorry Juggie, I'm just tired" I told him and gave him an sorry smile. "It's ok, I was going to tell you that I will pick you up from detention" he said and smiled back. "Ok, thanks"

The last bell of the day rang and finally I felt so relieved to be out. "Alright, I'll see you in an hour Betty" Jughead said as he dropped me off at the detention room. I sighed. "Ok, I love you" I said to him and placed a kiss on his lips. "I love you too"

Time pass

I was writing for the blue and gold to distract me from falling asleep. I wanted to sleep so badly but I just couldn't let myself. I felt my body drift away into a sleep state. I wasn't able to fight it. "Betty" I heard. I was startled and practically jumped out of my seat. It was Jughead at the door. "Shit!" I exclaimed when I seen him. I was breathing heavily as I walked over to him. "Sorry baby" he started and pulled me into a hug. Wow, I felt so comfortable in his arms. Like I could close my eyes and be safe enough to sleep right there. "Why are you so tired today?" He asked me. Well of course I knew the answer to that was I hadn't slept in 4 days but, I didn't know if I should tell him. "Uh, I...I don't know" I lied.

He furrowed he eyes at me, he knew I was lying so of course he just asked me again "baby, it's ok just tell me" I looked down at the ground and but the inside of my mouth. "Jug I-I" I stuttered I didn't know how to tell him this. He was going to be mad at me. "I haven't been Uh, well I'm scared I'll have another nightmare if I go to sleep Jug" I told him. "What, Betty...nothing can happen to you, they are just nightmares. Not real" he said reassuringly. "Ok" I said. I wasn't planning on going to sleep tonight even if I said ok.

Time pass
That night.

"Alright, don't be scared Baby you need sleep" Jughead said as we laid down in his bedroom. I knew he was right but I was terrified. I couldn't go to sleep. "Ok" I said back again and rose the edges of my mouth into a smile. "Ok" he whispered and leaned in to kiss me. Within 45 minutes after that he was out. Dead asleep as I stared at the ceiling contemplating my thought. Wondering things about my mom and Fp. Worrying about my future and craving the answers. I forced myself to stay awake again. Now it didn't even matter if I wanted to sleep. It seems impossible to now.