Till marriage

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Just over 1 year later

    "She still doesn't trust me. We have a three-month-old baby and she still won't let me touch her." Jughead sighs.
    "I did not need to know that," Sweetpea says.
    Veronica walks in, sitting at the kitchen table with them. "What's going on?"
    "Betty still doesn't trust me. I haven't had sex in over a year,"
    "Is she okay with you being around me?" Veronica asks.
    "Yeah, now she is. I should probably get back to her, she's worried about Penny spending the night at Cheryls."
    "Okay, tell her we say hi," Veronica smiles.
    Jugheas gets home and finds Betty laying on the living room floor with her hands on her stomach and her eyes closed.
    "Baby, you okay?" He asks.
    Betty nods, "I'm tired."
    Jughead smiles down at her, "do you want me to carry you to bed?"
    "Yes, please."
    Jughead lifts Betty, bridal style and lays her in bed. He lays down next to her and places a hand on her thigh.
    "Is this okay?"
    Betty nods, turning to face him. She hesitated before nuzzling into his chest. He hugs her close to him and kisses the top of her head. When Betty wakes up she sees Jughead asleep and she is cuddled into him. Betty tilts her head up, kissing him gently. Jugheads eyes open and he smiles, Betty giggles, sitting up.
    She kisses Jughead harder, pulling him on top of her. "I love you," she breathes into his lips.
     "I love you too," he says before they both pull away.
    "Okay, come on. Do me." Betty says, laying back.
    Jughead looks at his watch, "don't we have to meet Veronica and Sweetpea for dinner in half an hour?"
    "Jug, it's been over a year, we don't need half an hour."
    "Good point," he smiles, rolling back on top of her.
    Jughead quickly pulls off her pants, followed by his own and slowly moves inside of her. Betty moans quietly, kissing him.
    "What made you change your mind?" Jughead asks, kissing her again.
    "I realized that you are more important than some stupid kiss. I love you and you love me and nothing can change that."
    "Fuck, Betts. I might need to stop for a second, I'm almost there."
    "No no no, keep going. I am too and if you stop now mine resets."
    "It does that?"
    "Yeah."
    "Huh,"
    "Oh God," Betty moans.
    She finishes and Jughead pulls out of her. She takes him in her mouth, bobbing her head up and down. He cums in her mouth and she swallows, pulling her pants back on.
    "God, I missed that." She sighs.
    "Me too," she smiles, hugging him.

5 years later

    "Daddy, daddy, daddy!" Penny squeals, running to Jughead as he walks in the front door from work. "Look what I won," she shows him a trophy from the Riverdale spelling bee.
    "That's amazing, sweetheart."
    Penny smiles, "I love you, daddy."
    "I love you too sweetie," he lifts her onto his back and carries her into the kitchen.
    Betty sits, feeding their two-year-old daughter and four-month-old son, Sarah and Dylan. "She was so excited to tell you," Betty smiles.
    "I wish I could have been there."
    "We understand, Jug. Work is important and sometimes you have to miss things."
    "Daddy, mommy said I have to ask you when you get home if you will play Mario with me after the reunion."
    "Of course I will, I just have to have a quick shower and then we will go, okay?"
    "Okay daddy," Penny smiles.

**

    "So, you two have been together since grade seven." Reggie sighs, shaking his head.
    Jughead smiles, "yeah, Betty's just in the bathroom. When one kid goes all of a sudden everyone does."
    Reggie chuckles, "yeah, it was like that with my boys."
    "You have kids?"
    Reggie nods, taking a sip of his drink.
    "Are they with you?"
    "No, them and their mom died in a car wreck a few years back."
    "Oh, I'm sorry for your loss. I can't imagine how that must feel."
    Reggie shrugs, "the pain goes down after a while, but everyone has their moments."
    Jughead nods and Kevin approaches them.
    "Jughead, hey! Have you seen Betty? I was hoping to see her."
    "She's in the bathroom."
    Kevin nods.
    "They're married with three kids, it's not weird to take about her," Reggie says and Kevin lets out a relieved breath.
    Jughead chuckles, "yeah, almost twenty years."
    "Are we really that old?" Kevin sits down.
    "Apparently."
    "Are you still in touch with Veronica and the gang?"
    Jughead shakes his head, "we went to Veronica's wedding, but we haven't kept in touch recently. The only person from high school we really stayed in contact with is Cheryl." Jughead says. "What about you guys?"
    "Just Fangs, since you know, we're engaged, but that's it."
    Reggie shakes his head, "I only heard from Veronica when Kathy and the boys died, but that's really it."
    "Daddy, daddy, daddy," Penny squeals, jumping in Jughead's lap.
    Reggie laughs, "how old is she?"
    "Almost six."
    "Did you know, that when I knew your mommy and daddy, I was your age?" Reggie leans forward to speak to Penny.
    "Really?"
    "Yes, and your daddy and mommy loved each other then too."
    Penny smiles.
    "Cooper, how have you been?" Kevin smiles, hugging her.
    "Whos Cooper? I'm a Jones now." She laughs.
    "I can't believe you and Jughead have been together after all these years."
    Betty smiles, "he's just it for me. He's my person."

Final Chapter