Riverdale OneShots

All of Us Are Broken In Some way (Part 1)

Setting 1x13 on Sweet Water River

(TW suicidal talk just needed to put it up here)

Betty POV

"Cheryl, please!" I shouted, along with my friends behind me.

Cheryl couldn't do this. I knew how to help her. 

I stepped onto the ice gingerly, the others following me when they heard crackling. "Stay here. It won't hold all of us, and I know how to get her back over here." I told them, facing them again. "Betty, are you sure?" Jughead looked at me, wondering how the hell I was gonna get her back over here alive. "Do you trust me, Jug? Arch, Ronnie? Do you guys trust me?" I looked my boyfriend in the eye, even though I was talking to all of them. Archie and Ronnie said yes, but I kept my eyes on Jug until he slowly nodded his head. "Call someone while I'm getting her. She's obviously freezing." I turned back as quickly as I could without breaking the ice. I just needed to get to Cheryl in time.

"Cheryl, listen to me. I know how you feel." I spoke loudly enough so that both Cheryl and my friends behind me could hear, but I wasn't shouting. Cheryl stopped her hacking and turned to look at me, a wild, yet saddened, look in her eyes. I've never seen her vulnerable side before. It made my heart break.

"No, Betty, you don't. You don't know how I feel. I feel like I'm broken, and there's nothing in this world to fix me. That I'll never smile again. That I can never laugh without Jason. I miss him so much. I just want to be with him. No one can fix that broken feeling, so don't think you know how I feel!" she shouted the last sentence, and raised her arms to take another swing at the ice.

I was now at her back, and felt my friends stares on me. I grabbed the axe gingerly, trying to avoid getting cut, and tossed it to the side. "But I was broken, for a long time." I rolled my sleeves up, shivering against the cold air, to reveal my scarred arms, the small scratches all the way up to my elbows. I took off my gloves and shoved them in my pocket, showing the crescent moon scars on my palms.

"All of us are broken in some way, Cheryl."  I said, feeling Jughead's eyes again. I knew what he would say. Why didn't you come to any of us Betty? We could have helped" "You did that to yourself Betty?" she gulped and stood up. She gave me a hug. I met her embrace for a few moments before letting go.

"Hey, its ok. Come on." 

I grabbed her hand so she wouldn't run back around, and started back.

"You see where the foot prints are Cheryl? Step in those so the ice doesnt break. I'll be right behind you." "Ok."
I left foot prints in the ice where it wouldn't break so that I could get Cheryl back safe. I let go of her hand and stepped behind her. She put her foot in one of the holes, then another.
Crack.
"Ok. Do a different one. Step to the left of it." I told her, trying to avoid drowning in freezing water. "Ok."
was all she said.
Craaaaaccckkk.

"Go to the right Cheryl."

She gingerly put her foot down, no sound. She put her entire weight on the step, and nothing happened. She continued, with a crack every few steps, and her listening to my directions. I followed her and was directly behind her.

We were about 3 feet from the shore. I set my foot in one of the prints  I made.
Crack.
I stepped to the left of it.

Crrraaaaccccckkk.

I stepped to the right.

CRRRRAAAACCCK.

I looked up from the ice to see Cheryl frozen, looking at me, and Jughead staring at me with terror in his eyes.
"Jug. Call someone. Now." I meant to say it calmly, but I was too scared and it came out as a command. He nodded, lulled out his phone, and I stepped over the cracked areas.

CRRRAAACCCK

I had a split second choice to make, and I made the logical one.
I pushed Cheryl to the shore and watched her fall onto the snow as I fell through the ice and everything went black.

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Word Count: 785

This one is a little shorter than most of my other stories, sorry. The next part should be out  by 10 PM. 12/13/20
Eastern Standard time. And who else has seen the trailer for Season 5?
- Ana K.