To Protect You

Part 40

We cuddled close and fell asleep.

Jughead

I woke up in the middle of the night because I heard Betty crying and yelling. I looked over to her and saw she was asleep. She looked so scared and it looked like she was in actual pain. J- baby wake up. She kept turning and crying J- betts please wake up! I started to panic. J- Betty wake up its okay I'm here. I tried to hold her but she started screaming B- nooooooo help jug help! J- Betty I'm here please wake up baby. My dad and aunt both walked in FP- jug what's going on? Betty kept crying and turning. J- I don't know, she just started crying and she doesn't wake up. I panicked even more. J- I don't know what to do dad. FP- uhm... I don't know jug... J- can you turn the lights on? He did and I looked at Betty's face, she was pale and she kept crying. A- jug, FP what's going on? FP- it's

complicated, but Betty has had a lot of traumatic experiences. J- baby please wake up! Tears started running down my face. I carefully shaked her shoulder. She woke up B- j-jug J- betts it's okay you're safe I'm here. Betty started sobbing. A- I'll leave you alone now. She walked out and Betty snuggled in my arms J- are you okay betts? B- n-no. She was shaking and crying J- what's wrong baby? What happened? B- it all happened again. She cried even more. Then she started to hyperventilate. She tried to get up and go to the bathroom. J- Betty what's wrong? I got up and ran to her B- I I think I'm I think I'm going to. She gagged J- Betty come here I got you. I grabbed her wrist and tried to walk her to the bathroom but before she got to the toilet she threw up on the bathroomfloor . J- it's okay baby it's okay come here. I walked her back to

our bed and she sat down. She was still shaking and she looked like she was in shock. FP- jug I'll clean it up you just take care of Betty okay? J- yea I will. I sat down next to her and pulled her into my lap. She snuggled closer to my chest B- j-juggie it h-hurts J- what hurts baby? B- everything hurts. She cried J- can I do anything to help betts? B- just... be here. She looked up and I saw how pale and scared she looked B- *whispers* it all happened again jug. J-did you dream about him? She nodded. My grandparents woke up from all the noise and my grandpa walked in GP- jughead what's going on? Then he saw Betty crying in my lap and my dad cleaning in the bathroom Gp- oh... I'll leave you alone J- thanks grandpa. My dad finished cleaning and Betty fell asleep in my lap. She still looked really scared but she knew she was safe with me.

Next morning.

Betty

I woke up and again I felt really nauseous. I ran to the bathroom and threw up. I heard jughead coming up behind me. J- hey baby are you still sick B- yea I think so. I cried in his chest B- jug what's wrong with me? J- nothing is wrong baby, you'll be fine soon it's probably a stumach bug. Then the door opened and FP came in. FP- hey Betty, are you still sick B- y-yea. J- betts, maybe it's a good idea to see a doctor when we're back B- yea maybe you're right. He kissed my head and we got up. We walked into the living room and saw the whole family sitting there A- hey, Betty we heard you were not feeling well.... B- uhm yea I'm fine now... F- are you sure? B- yea I'm fine. Jughead hugged me from behind. J- it's probably a stumach bug. Gm- okay, I hope you feel better soon Betty. I kept

feeling a little dizzy B- I think I'm going to lay down. J- come here babe. Jughead walked with me to our bed and cuddled me close. Then FP walked in FP- Betty, is it okay if I tell what happened? B- do you mean at school camp? FP- yea, just the whole story. B- okay... FP- are you sure? B- yea, I just don't want to be there when you tell them. FP okay, I'll tell them now. B- okay. Jughead stroked my hair and said J- I love you betts B- hmm I love you too. Then I fell asleep.

A few hours later.

I woke up in jugs arms, I looked at the clock and saw that is was 11 am.i looked up and saw jughead was asleep B- juggie wake up. He opened his eyes. Damn he's cute J- hey baby how are you feeling? B- good, I'm good. J- okay, I love you baby.

We got up and walked to the living room. Everyone was sitting there and looking at FP, it looked like he just finished talking J- uhm hey dad FP- hey jug, Betty. A- Betty I'm so sorry this all happened to you B- it's okay... I just don't want to think about it. A- okay, we won't bring it up.

Juggie and I sat down on the couch and I cuddled to his side.

Jughead

Betty and I sat down and she cuddled to my side. After not even a minute she fell asleep. I wrapped my arms around her and held her close. She snuggled closer to me. Gm-jug, we were thinking about playing some board games but I don't know if you and Betty want to play too? J-uhmm... I think it's better to let her get some sleep, but I'll watch you play. Gp-okay. The whole time they were playing I was looking at Betty, she was so beautiful. After about half an hour she started moving and mumbling in her sleep. I carefully shook her and she woke up. B- juggie I don't know what's happening. J- Betty you have a trauma, being here can be a lot I get that and it's okay. She looked around and saw everyone looking at her. She got shy and snuggled closer to me hiding her face in my sweater J- Betty are you okay? B- yea I'm fine J- are you sure? I'm worried about you baby B- I'm fine jug. J- okay. I kissed her head.