"Y/N, get up we have to go!" Toni finally had enough of trying to wake you up and pushed you off the bed. "I told you five minutes ago that I wasn't going to play around. Let's go."
"Toni," you whine. "It's just school."
"You know today is senior day," Toni sighed. "Which means we get a breakfast in our honor. Jughead wants us there early so we don't miss the good stuff."
"Well that's Jughead's problem. What if I don't want the food," you frown. "I mean I do, because free food that's actually cooked and has flavor, but it's so early."
"No, early was half an hour ago," Toni sighed. "Come on, Fangs is already on his way and he said he has a surprise."
"Fangs has a surprise?" You open your eyes now. "Do you have an idea on what it is? He always says he has a surprise then we get hit with something like a broken rib or a tarantula." Fangs was not good with surprises. They never are happy or even good. When he pulled the tarantula out on you, it took you weeks to actually go near him again. You shake at the thought.
"He said this is an actual good surprise," Toni shrugged. "Maybe he's finally gonna ask you out."
"Tee, Fangs and I are just friends," you laugh. "Seriously, you guys gotta stop thinking we are more than that. It's gonna get awkward."
"Well, we all see that the two of you are made for each other," Toni throws a shirt at you. "Well everyone sees it but you guys."
"Maybe that's your sign," you raise a brow. "Maybe that's because we are JUST FRIENDS!"
"Keep saying that," Toni sang. "Now let's go."
"Fineeee," you sigh following her to your door. "But if the food ends up being shitty, I'm coming for you and Jughead."
"I'll remember that," Toni laughed. The ride to school was filled with bad singing and laughs. Mostly Toni making fun of you and your screaming. Jughead and Sweet Pea were already waiting at the door for the rest of you. You could tell Jughead was getting annoyed by how long it was taking and he was going to need food soon. "Boys."
"What took you so long?" Jughead sighed. "I'm starving."
"I'm sure you are, Jug," you roll your eyes. "Do you guys have any idea what Fangs is bringing?"
"No, he wouldn't tell me anything," Sweet Pea sighed. "He said it's big and we are gonna be happy. He said the same thing about that stupid car he tried rebuilding then we had to push it back to the trailer in the rain from Greendale."
"Oh yeah," you laugh. "I was at the trailer with Green Bean."
"That's not the cats name," Pea and Toni groan. "Her name is Finely."
"I'm calling her Green Bean," you sigh. "She loves green beans! That's how I got her in the garage in the first place!"
"Where the hell is he?" Jug groans. "We're gonna get the cold food."
"Jug, you can go get a plate," you laugh.
"And miss you getting the first look at the surprise and faking your delight? Not a chance. We all know, Fangs is gonna go to you first because he is in love with you."
"True," Pea nods.
"Please, he's more in love with Pea then he is with me," You laugh. "I mean they are always up each other's asses. And I'm just saying, I would definitely be okay with it. I'll even film if you want to go pro."
"Film?" Pea frowned. "What?" You hold back a laugh. "Oh my god, Y/N, you're worse then the fucking Bulldogs."
"I thought it was funny," you chuckle and see Fangs' bike pull into the parking lot. "And he's here, so if you're gonna confess your love, you should do it now."
"Seems like it's too late," Jug points out. "Someone's on the bike with him."
"What?" You turn quickly and see it. Fangs pulls into next Sweet Pea's bike and there was a girl with him. "Holy shit."
"We should go get food," Toni says quickly. "Right?"
"Yeah, let's go Y/N," Pea pulls on your shoulder.
"What? Why? Fangs is obviously excited about us meeting this girl," you bite the inside of your cheek. "We should be supportive."
"Are you sure?" Toni asks. "I mean, I'm sure we can do this another time. I mean this is kinda weird."
"I told you we are just friends," You sigh. "This is gonna be okay. He's had girlfriends and boyfriends before. I love Kevin!"
"Okay," Pea leaves a hand on your shoulder. "If you need to go though, I'll make up an excuse. We can go. Just move your shoulder."
"Thanks, Pea, but I think I should be fine," you laugh but oddly relax into his hand.
"Hey guys," Fangs smiles. "So, this is the surprise I wanted to tell you about. This is Y/N!" You gawk at him for a second. The girl had your name. Well sure it's her name too and who knows who had it first, but your name! "Babe, this is Jughead, Toni, Sweet Pea, and this is Y/N!"
"Hey," she nods a little. "Fangs has said a lot about you guys. Especially you, Y/N, he was so excited for us to meet."
"Yeah?" You say and there was a silence. Pea squeezed at your shoulder a little. "It's so nice to meet you! I had no idea Fangs was seeing anyone! Honestly, when he said he had a surprise I thought it was gonna be something terrible because he's so bad with surprises. But, this is great!"
"Well, we didn't want to get ahead of ourselves," Fangs explained. "Things kinda started a month and a half ago and I thought, hey it's time to meet my friends."
"Well, I am so glad you decided it was time! Y/N, I think we are gonna be great friends. I mean we already have two things in common! Our names and we both love Fangs! Well obviously, mine is platonic. Maybe we will have more in common once we get to know each other," You say. "We should go get breakfast. Jug is going to wither into nothing if we don't."
"She's right," Jug nods. "Betty is probably in there already."
"I don't think she cares this much about food," you joke. "She's probably on her way here now."
"Does Betty know you're having an affair?" Pea laughed. "And the worst part is that the food is winning?"
"No," you shake your head. "That's Jug's secret and it's shameful. But, do we stay loyal to Jughead or do the right thing and tell her."
"Say the word and we will get rid of her," Sweet Pea poked Jughead. "If you need her to be distracted while you indulge yourself. We got you. Serpents for life."
"Scandalous," you laugh.
"Okay, Betty knows I love food," Jughead groaned. "And I think she's okay with it."
"Yeah she's okay with now, but when she has to start paying to fill you... Lets just say that things might not be as easy. She might make you cut back on your time with food," you laugh again. You can hear Fangs and Toni talking with Y/N and it makes you a little sad. "When she decides it too much, we are here for you."
Jughead shook his head but smiled, "thanks guys. I really appreciate it."
"Y/N," Fangs says and you turn to look at him. "Sorry not you, her." You nod turning back to Pea.
"Do you want to go to the pit later," Pea asks. "I've got some bottles to get rid of." The pit was a place you found with Fangs, Pea, and Toni. It's a little rage room place where you bring your own stuff to break. Or your guess case throw knives at. "And I think I can kick your ass at roulette tonight."
You started going enough over the summer that you all made a game, that you have yet to lose at. If you can get the blade to hit off more than one surface and hit the target you get a point. The more surfaces hit, the more points you get. If the blade breaks the first surface and just bounces off the next one, that's a foul. If the blade doesn't stick and bounces off the first target, the other players have to try and get the knife first before the thrower. If the thrower gets it, then they get another throw. If there's a tie, the two players stand across from one another and play a game of chicken. It sounds ridiculously stupid, but you guys usually drank while playing. Usually no one got too hurt.
"You are so on!" You smile. "I've been dying to beat someone's ass."
"Are you guys going to the pit without me?" Fangs whines. "I want to go, can we come?"
"Oh, like a double date?" Y/N #2 asks. "What's the pit?"
"The pit is a place where they go and do stupid shit like throw knives and glass bottles at each other like dodgeballs," Jug explains. "It's really dumb."
"Jug doesn't like going because Betty yells at him," you explain.
"And he sucks," Pea adds and you nod. "Also, Y/N and I aren't going on a date."
"Oh?" She frowned. "I just thought that the way Fangs talked that you guys were dating."
"Well, Pea didn't mean we aren't going on a date," You say quickly. "He means we're going on a double date, with you guys!"
"We are?" Pea asks and Toni choked on her drink. You kick her and give them both a look. "We are."
"You two are going on a date?" Fangs sounded confused. "Since when?"
"Since a few weeks ago," you lie. "Just kinda happened."
"Why didn't you tell me?" Fangs asked and you knew he could see into the lie.
"Because we didn't want it to be weird when we all hung out. We're all bros," you laugh awkwardly.
"Bros?" Toni laughed and you kick her again. "Ow! Stop that."
"Stop what?" You act concerned. "Are you okay?"
"Right, well Fangs and I would love to come on your double date, right Fangs?" She gives Fangs these sparkle eyes and he nods with a smile. "You guys are super cute by the way."
"We try," you smile. Sweet Pea pushes his chair out and give you a gesture to follow him. "Have a nice day! See you later can't wait." You follow Pea to the old bathrooms that were under construction from the gryphons and gargoyles gaming days.
"A date?" Pea hissed. "What the hell was that? I told you to give me sign and we could leave! Not fake date! This is far from normal!"
"Well maybe it doesn't have to be fake... I mean we're both single," you say. "We could definitely try, it's not like we hate to be around each other, right? We get along great! Similar interests. Who says we can't try?"
"What are you even talking about?" He asks. "This is crazy!"
"No, Pea just think about it," you say. "Am I that unattractive? Do we not have any chemistry?"
"I don't know! I never looked at you that way," he sighed. "But now I know you have."
"Of course I have, look at you," you roll your eyes. "Why wouldn't I? Everyone in our friend group is super fucking hot."
"Y/N," he pinched his nose. "This is crazy and it's gonna ruin a good friendship because you are obviously doing this in spite of Fangs."
"No," you shake your head. "I'm doing this because I suddenly had this strong sense of being alone and I'm tired of it. It's sad, Pea. Make me not sad."
"That sounds like a pull, but whatever," he shook his head. "You really want to try this? Because, if we are then let's lay some ground rules yeah? Like, if this ends up being weird we still are friends. This doesn't ruin anything. And, if it works out, then we tell Fangs the truth."
"Okay well we tell him at least after a year though," you say. "And, I promise we are friends and you'll always be one of my best friends. And, I say let's try."
"This is so degrading for me, but fine," he sighed. "I hate you."
"No you don't," you smile. "Because you wouldn't do this, if you did."
"No, I think I do hate you," Pea groaned. "You know this means we have to do other thing right? Like we are a thing."
"I know how relationships work, Pea. Just let me do something," you look up at him and run your hands through his hair fixing it. "How is your hair so soft?"
"I wash it." You roll your eyes as you fix his hair and then his jacket. "What are you doing?"
"Fixing your jacket," you say. "The collar was messed up. Okay, now, are you sure you're okay with this?"
"Well if you keep asking, I might change my mind. Come on," he grabbed your hand. "Might as well make it official for the whole school." He pulled you through the school back to the cafeteria. "So, what did we miss?"
"Jughead is going to talk the teachers into giving him another plate," Fangs explains. "Toni found Cheryl, so it's just us."
"Great," you smile sitting next to Pea. The day dragged for you as you became more scared to go on with this. What if you screwed stuff up? Why were you doing this? It was just a whim thing. You could back out. Tell Fangs that it wasn't real and you were jealous. But we're you? You never thought about Fangs in a romantic way. You never thought about any of your friends romantically, sexually yes, not romantically. Sweet Pea came to pick you up from your place and you were panicking.
"Calm down, Y/N," pea laughed. "I'm sure this is gonna be fine. We aren't hiding anything. We're real."
"I know, but it's just that I lied to him before we agreed to try. And I've never lied to him," you frown. "Ever, I don't lie to you guys."
"What? You've never lied to us?" Sweet Pea laughs.
"No? You've lied to me?" You frown. "About what?"
"Fuck... Okay, do you remember when I went to New York for that week?" He asks and you nod. "So, I didn't go to New York. I went to Detroit to see my dad."
"What?!" You turn quickly. "You went to see your dad? How did it go? Why would you lie about that?"
"I did," he nods. "It went like you think. He was still shitty and he had a whole new family. I lied because I didn't want you asking all of these questions then trying to comfort me when it went wrong. You do that thing where your voice get light then you act like I got hit by a truck."
"What?" You ask. "I do not!" You can hear it in your voice already. "Okay, I just want to make sure you're alright. It's been years since you've seen him. What made you do? Did he call you? What did you say?"
"I didn't say anything," he sighed. "I saw his nice house and his three kids playing in the living room. He has a wife who looks young and happy. I sat outside his house and when I saw his face. His smile. I drove away."
"Pea," you bite your lip before pulling him into a hug. "I'm sorry. I'm not gonna act like it didn't happen, but I won't treat you like you got hit by a truck."
"Thanks," he sighed. "Let's just get through this date, then see how this goes."
"Are you gonna do your moves?" You ask and he gives you a look. "Come on, you don't have any moves? Something you know will make a girl fall for you? Swoon?"
"Oh, you want moves?" Pea laughed. "I can do that. Usually, on dates, I come to pick the girl up and when she meets me at the door...." He looks you up then down then into your eyes. "You look beautiful tonight..." He smiles a little and runs a hand down your your cheek. "Is that a new shirt? I've never seen it."
"Yeah, I bought it last week," you say. "Haven't had anywhere to wear it." He nods. "You don't think it's too much? I mean, I don't want to look stupid."
"Believe me, you don't look stupid," he says. "You can never look stupid, not to me." He dropped his hand. "We should go, Fangs is always early to the pit."
"Right," you nod and he chuckled. "You are smooth, Mr Pea. That was very good."
"I know," he winked. "Seriously, though we do have to go."
"Okay," you laugh. "Let's go, maybe I'll get to show you some of my own moves."
He laughed, "you have moves? I haven't seen you go after anyone in over a year. What moves do you have?"
"Yes, I have moves! God that's so rude!" You hit him. "That's so mean. Look, I can't do it now under all of this pressure. But, you won't know it till after I've got you in my hand."
"Looking forward to it," Pea passed his spare helmet. "Don't wanna mess up that pretty little head."
"Nothing messes up with my head," you roll your eyes. "You drive the bike and don't let my pretty little head distract you."
"Please, did I say little? Your ego is making it pretty big," he jokes. "Just hold on." You think about hitting him but he speeds away from your house before you can lift a hand. You grab tighter as you slip slightly and you swear you feel him laugh.
Fangs and his girlfriend were already there waiting, which meant you'd have to listen to Sweet Pea say he was right. Fangs was solely paying attention to the other girl, which hurt since you were playing Roulette.
"Hey, Princess, over here," Pea snaps his fingers. "I was trying to talk to you." You mutter an apology quickly and he shakes his head. "Now that I've grabbed your attention, watch as I hit that bottle and knock it off that tower before hitting your bottle right there."
"Please that's too easy," you laugh. "Even Cheryl can do that and shes handy with a bow."
"You wanna go first then?" He holds out his knife. "Or is it too easy for you?"
"I'll go," you roll your eyes. "But, when I win today, I want a shake from pops. On you of course."
"Fine," he shrugged. "You're not gonna win though. But, hey, I'll buy you a shake even if you lose."
"Then what if I lose?" You ask.
"You will owe me one favor," he smirked. "Whatever I ask, you have to do it."
"That seems unfair! I get a shake and you can literally ask me to kill someone," you laugh.
"You get a shake either way though. I don't get anything from your win," he laughed. "Are you scared to lose?"
"No! I haven't lost a game in weeks!" You laugh. "It's just doesn't seem fair. But you know what. Let's double the stakes." You wager and your confidence might have grown too much. "I'll do two favors for you, whatever you ask. If I win, you have to get me one shake and then you have to go to Reggie and tell him that you don't actually hate him."
"Fine," he agreed.
"Are they talking about sexual favors?"
"No, Sweet Pea usually asks Y/N to do weird things like take his truck through the car wash or cut his hair. Pea doesn't like to use that kind of power over someone in bed," Fangs explained. "Y/N wouldn't let him, but he wouldn't do it still."
"I think that sounds hot though," she shrugged.
"Okay, Y/N," pea looks back at you. "Let's do this."
"Hey, babe, give me a nickname like yours and Sweet Pea's. That way, like we don't get us confused when you call us."
"That sounds great," Fangs thought. "How about Peaches?" You hide your laugh better then Sweet Pea as he lets out a loud laugh before coughing.
"Peaches... I like that," she smiled. "Call me Peaches! Fangs can't wait to sink into Peaches."
You choke on your breath and threw the bottle missing, "fuck me!"
"Gladly," Pea winked as he threw the knife he had. "You know what that means?" You pout. "This means I win! How does it feel to be taken down? Does it suck?"
"Okay," you shake your head. "That's enough I get it, I lost!"
"Oh no no no! You always rub it in our faces when we lose! This is my time," Pea boasts. "Now, you owe me two favors."
"I know," you sigh. "Please, don't make me change your oil again. Last time I cut my hand and had to get stitches."
"Don't worry," he shrugged. "It's nothing awful. I swear. One favor, I already have in mind actually."
"What?"
"Ooh are you gonna make her give you a dance? A massage?" Peaches asks.
"No," he shook his head. "Y/N, tomorrow at school... You have to walk around in my jacket wearing that top Cheryl gave you."
"The jeweled one?"
"Oh yeah. You are gonna look so 80's and I'm gonna love every single part of it," Pea smirked. "Just think of it as payback."
"Payback for what?" Fangs laughed.
"A favor she asked me to do," Pea shrugged. "And to add to your lovely aesthetic, I will also contribute this lovely long necklace that's at my place."
"Which one? You have so many," you joke and Fangs laughs with you.
"My moms," Pea said and you both go silent.
"Awe! That's so cute! Fangs, you didn't tell me Sweet Pea was so romantic," Peaches cooed.
"Well, he's never done this before," Fangs frowned.
"This seems like a stretch for a favor, Pea," you frown. "I don't..."
"No," Pea shook his head. "I was gonna give it to you for Christmas. Think of it as an early gift. You always said you liked it and we're trying to find something like it. Well, I figured why not just give it to you."
"Pea," you bit your lip. "Seriously, I couldn't take that. What if you want to give it to someone you marry or your future children?"
"There's no one else I would trust with it," Pea clarified. "You are the one person who would take care of it and know how much it's worth to me."
"Thanks bro," Fangs scoffed and Pea gave him a look. "One time! I lost one ring! Never gonna let that go huh? We were 13!"
"It was my favorite ring!" Pea argues. "I told you not to lose it!"
"Well, I'm sorry you gave an important ring to 13 year old Fangs who liked to go digging in the junk yard."
"Okay, guys let's not get into this argument again," you sigh. "I've heard it a million times and it gets stupider every time. Fangs you know Sweet Pea is never gonna let it go and he is never wrong." You roll your eyes. "And Sweet Pea, you know Fangs always loses stuff. That hasn't changed since we were kids. Get over it."
"I do not lose stuff?"
"Yes you do," you roll your eyes with a laugh. "You just were saying how you lost your keys to your bike three days ago."
"I didn't lose them," Fangs sighed. "I left them at Peaches' house."
"Let's not forget the time I lent you my very expensive bag for your camping trip a few years ago. One that I had to work my ass off for. And you lost it in the frickin mountains!"
"Or the shirt you last at the lake," Peaches said.
"See."
"You guys are mean," Fangs pouts. "You said you forgave me for the bag."
"I did," you nod. "But, sometimes it still hurts to think about."
"This so went off topic," Peaches sighed. "Pea was being sweet to Y/N and giving her something monumental and you ruined it, babe."
"It's fine," you laugh. "Pea and I can talk about it later. So, why don't we go for a walk? There's this nice little place up the road."
"Are you talking about?"
"Oh yeah! It's probably frozen by now," you smile. "Which means, we can go sliding!"
"Don't you mean ice skating?"
"Oh no. We don't have skates. We just go on our feet and hope we don't break the ice," Fangs explained.
"It usually leads to wrestling," you explain. "With Fangs and Pea of course. One time I tried and Pea pushed me into next week. I think I got a concussion."
"You guys are really, hands on huh," Peaches laughs as she walked next to you. Fangs and Pea were ahead. "So, when did you realize you liked Fangs?"
"What do you mean? We are friends and I'm with Pea..."
"Please," she laughs. "I can see through this. You guys can act like a couple but I don't see it in your eyes. I see you get caught up when Fangs and I talk... Look, I'm glad you aren't one of those girls who would do anything to get the guy she wants. And it's okay that you want to do this with Pea to get your mind off of Fangs. I actually appreciate it. You seem nice and I'm glad you thought that this was something you wanted to do instead of breaking Fangs and I up. When he would talk about you, I thought he liked you too. I was scared of it actually. But, I see that he likes you as a sister or something. But the way Pea looks at you. That's not something you should pass up because Fangs. Okay? And I mean no intrusion here. I think you deserve to be happy and maybe that can be with Pea if you give him a chance. Open your mind."
TBC for PT 2
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FanficA bunch of Riverdale imagines that I write. Requests are open to all.
