To Protect You

Part 4

Betty

I woke up in a cold sweat. I had a terrible nightmare, nick was ausulting me and I was crying my dad was standing in the doorway and didn't do anything and I heard my mom crying from another room. My heart was beating hard. I wanted to cry but I knew if my dad would hear me he would hurt me again. It was time to go to school. I tried to calm down before I got downstairs for breakfast. If I'm lucky my dad already left for work. I took a quick shower and carefully walked downstairs. B- hi mom A- hey Betty your sister didn't finish her pancakes you can have her leftovers B- thanks mom. I started eating B- isn't dad home? A- no he already left for work. I finished my pancakes and grabbed my bag A- Betty? B- yes mom? A- you need to get good grades, or your dad will kick you out B- okay mom... I went outside and walked to school B- *mumbles* why would she say that I already know... J- hi Betty, are you okay? He scared me B- oh hi Jughead, yea I'm fine, why? J- I don't know you look... sad? B- oh.. I'm fine I smiled and walked away. He is the first one to ever ask me if I'm okay, and he looked like he actually cared...

Jughead

I walked into Betty, she was mumbling something about her mom and she looked very sad, I asked J- hi Betty, are you okay? B- oh hi Jughead, yea I'm fine, why? She answered, I didn't know how to respond J- I don't know you look... sad? B- oh... I'm fine.. she smiled and walked of. Her smile wasn't convincing. I walked to class, all the seats were taken except the one next to Betty. J-is it okay if I sit here? B- yea sure. In class our teacher gave us an assignment we had to do in pairs, since I didn't have any friends I had no one to partner up with, but that's fine I'm used to it. After class I wanted to ask Betty if she maybe wanted to do the assignment with me but she walked away quickly. A few hours later

I saw Betty sitting at a lunch table on her own. I walked up to her and asked J- hey Betty, can I sit down? B- oh hi Jughead, sure J- I was wondering if you already had a partner for the assignment? B- no I don't... she said and she looked sad. J- do you want to partner up with me?

Betty

J- Do you want to partner up with me? Jughead asked, I was confused. A serpent wanted to partner up with me? B- no, I'll just do it on my own. With all my problems at home I couldn't have an assignment together with a serpent, my dad would never approve of that. J- as Betty please, I don't have anyone. B- how can I be sure you and your friends aren't trying to set me up or something? J- Betty... truth is... I don't really have friends. B- what do you mean? You're a serpent? J- I'm only with them so they'll protect me in school... B- really? J- yes, I promise I won't try to hurt you. He put his hand on my shoulder B- ouch... J- what's wrong? B- nothing, I'm fine J- Betty are you sure? I rubbed my hand on my shoulder, it  hurt a lot. I often have bruises but never this bad. He carefully put my sleeve up and saw the huge bruise on my shoulder J- Betty what happened? B- nothing... it's ... nothing. I said and ran of. J- Betty wait! He caught up to me and grabbed my wrist J- Betty are you sure you're okay? B- yes I'm fine Jughead! J- its okay if you tell me you're not... What if I told him? Maybe he would help me. But that would be risky I barely even know him. B- I'm fine, but I'll partner up with you if you want. I knew I had to give him something because otherwise he would ask questions. J- okay... he said unconvinced. I walked away and went to the bathroom and softly cried. I knew no one would hear me, and if they did they probably wouldn't care.

Jughead

Betty ran away, I knew something was wrong but I can't force her to tell me. I walked to my locker and saw her walking into the girls bathroom with tears in her eyes. I felt bad for her. While working on our project I can try talking to her. I have her phone number because we have a class-group on WhatsApp so I texted her

On text

J- hey Betty, it's me Jughead. Maybe we can work on our project today after school?

B- okay

J- do you want to come to my place or should I come to yours

B- no your place is fine, I'll see you there, what's your address?

J- I'll send it to you

Off text
I'm actually kind of excited to get to know Betty better, she seems nice even tho I haven't really talked to her much.

After school

I saw Betty walking trough the hallway, I walked up to her and put my hand on her shoulder. She cramped together and whispered B-please don't hurt me... J-what do you mean? She turned around and looked at me B- n-nothing J- are you sure? B-y-yes it's nothing Jughead. J-okay if you say so... let's go to my place to work on the project okay? B- yea sure.