Water in the cave

Part 3

Betty's PoV
We were walking and walking at the bottom of the cliff, I heard someone start to run a little, I turned my head and low and behold, Jughead was walking beside me.
J-"thanks for earlier"
B-"yup; no problem"
J-"um, so what you thinking about?"
B-"ok, Jughead I know that you are the youngest in our year, your still 16. You have a younger sister and she goes by jellybean, your parents got divorced when you were 7 but or back together when you were 10. You are the only writer in the blue and gold, you are also the only photographer in the blue and gold. You live on the northside, you've lived there for only 2 years, and you didn't like living on the southside. Am I right?"
J-"you are correct, spot on. Wait, how did you know that?"
B-"simple hacking"
J-"so, how did you learn to do all that stuff?"
B-"when you live where I live and you have a fucking shit life, you learn to do bad things. Mine is hacking, I'm good at it."
J-"well, what are you good at?"
B-"well, that information is none of your business"
J-"well, I think you would be great at whatever"
B-"look Jones, I'm in detention, not a love competition, so kindly go away"
J-"uh, yeah sorry"
He walked back down to the others and I heard Cheryl say that that was the longest anyone has ever spoken to me. God what the hell is their problem?
We walked for a little longer, until Archie just stopped walking.
Josie-"come on Archie"
A-"miss, I can't"
V-"it's so tiring"
Ch-"agreed, I'm breaking a sweat, maybe more then one."
Josie-"come on, Jughead and Betty aren't complaining"
J-"well I used to go hiking as a child so"
Ch-"and you?"
B-"used to it"
Ch-"what?"
B-"I'm used to it, you know going up this trail, it's easy once you get used to it"
V-"well I need a break"
I turned around and carried on walking
Josie-"come on! Get up and follow Betty.Betty stop when you get onto the cliff!"
I just ignored it, I walked over the rocks and stepped over all the weeds and nettles.
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Once I got to the top of the tall cliff I sat down and looked at the rocks below me, I leant back and took out a cigarette from my pocket, I lit it and took a drag. I opened my eyes and looked at the blue sky above me. So simple and clear, unlike my future. So difficult and so blurred, god by life is hectic.
J-"hey"
I looked at him and then back at the sky
J-"you know it's not nice to ignore people right"
B-"yup, I just like peace and quiet"
I took another drag, then blew it out, he gently grabbed the cigarette and took a drag i layers down beside me. Then gave me the cigarette back.
B-"you know, you are the only northsider I don't mind being around"
J-"oh really"
B-"don't get cocky, but yes. You aren't so annoying"
J-"I think that you're interesting, mysterious, I like it"
B-"when you find out about the mystery that is my life, you won't like it"
J-"you know my dad had a drinking problem for, a few months"
B-"I know that he went to rehab, and I know that you're just trying to get me to open up, not gonna happen"
J-"worth a try tho right?"
B-"whatever makes you happy"
J-"aww so you care about me being happy"
B-"shut up"
We laughed for a little, then the others eventually came up, jug and I stood up. We all walked to the edge
Josie-"oh, the bridge, well um. Huh. Ok then, well detention is over since it took you an hour to get up here. Plus the bridge is broken, or has been removed. So well, detention is over, come on now, down the cliff."
V-"ugh, we just got up here"
Josie-"well, if you weren't so slow, you would've been up here a while ago"
Ch-"I'm sweaty"
B-"yeah, well that's what happens when you get hot"
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Sp-"rise and shine"
I rolled over in my mattress and looked up at my brother. He towered over me with a sad look on his face
S-"here's your medication"
I sat up and took the glass of water from his hand, he handed me my medication. I put the pill in my mouth and then swallowed. I looked back up at him, he was all dressed and even had my school bag. He sat me up and got me some cream, it doesn't help but it soothes me.
B-"I only have Myopathy, I'm not dying"
S-"I like to help my sister"
B-"I'm the big sister, I should be looking after you"
S-"your only older by 30 minutes"
B-"I'm sorry"
S-"for what, what are you sorry for"
B-" I'm sorry for having this stupid disease"
S-"it's not your fault our arsehole mother and father were drug addicts, then they got sober for 7 years and now they have been to hospital multiple times because they started using again and no one cares because we live on the southside. In a crappy trailer."
B-"do you ever wonder, if Alice hadn't been doing cocaine when she was pregnant with us then I wouldn't of had this disease and we wouldn't of been born addicted to cocaine"
S-"if we had a normal, happy childhood. What would we have been like?"
B-"not separated at least, we would go to the same school"
S-"well, I'm not smart like you, or talented in drawing or music"
B-"but you're great in basketball and you can play the hell out of a drum set"
S-"you have been the best sister anyone could of ever asked for"
I looked at him with a confused look on my face, I laid down on my bed, he laid down next to me.
S-"you helped me when I broke my arm, and my leg. You helped me when I had a cold, you helped me whenever I was sick, plus all of that with your left elbow and below muscles not working properly"
B-"your the best little brother ever, you helped me whenever I needed help, and I still do. And I'm fucking 17."
I took in a deep breath, I closed my eyes and felt tears run down my face. I felt Sweets move, then I felt him hug me. He pulled me into his arms and hugged me as if he would bed let go, our bedroom door opened with a slam
Al-"stop crying you slut, no one wants to hear you cry over a fucking thing! No one cares! Stay here and I never want to see you again today, now get to school!"
She stumbled away and I had to put my hands Over my mouth to keep me quiet.
I slowly got up and Sweets got into his bed and covered his face with his duvet. I quickly got changed into shorts, ankle vans that my older cousin who passed away gave me. I put on a black bikini instead of normal underwear, only in the summer tho. Then I got a tank top, not the same but a similar style to yesterday's, then a flannel around my waist.
I put on my moisture that I saved up for and then whipped the duvet off Sweet's face. He stood up and we went outside and got in sweetpeas car that he keeps at our grandma's house. She lives on the southside but she has a large house. We hopped in once we got to her house, then sped off to school. Well he sped up to MY school.