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Jughead wakes up and was going to turn around but was stopped due to the Weight in his chest, he runs his eyes and looks down. Betty was fast asleep on his chest. He carefully moves her head and lays her onto his pillow and walked to the bathroom. He looks at himself in the mirror and lets out a sigh. He turns the shower on and undressed himself. He steps in and melts into the water.

Betty woke up. She looks around the room and rubs her eyes before standing up and walking into the kitchen to see Fp preparing some coffee. "Morning" he says as betty smiles "good morning" she says "well ah- when he's out of the shower tell him me and JB went to open the shop" Fp says as betty nods her head. "Help yourself to some coffee" he says and walks out. Betty pours her and jughead a cup of coffee. She brings them into the room. Just as she walks in jughead walks out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around his torso. "Oh— sorry" betty says and turns around. "No uh it's okay" jughead says and quickly changes. "You can turn around" jughead says as betty turns around to see jughead pulling his shirt down. "Your dad and JB Left to open the shop" betty says handing jughead his coffee "oh okay, thank you" he says taking a sip. "What do you want to do today?" Betty asked "I don't know lay in bed all day?" Jughead says with a chuckle as betty smiles and rolls her eyes "if you want" she says as he smiles. "Let's go swimming" he says "you just showered" betty says as he shrugged "so? I can shower again" jughead says as betty looks at him for while "okay" she says as he smiles "good I have the perfect place in mind. I'll drop you off at your place to change" he says as she nods her head.

"Hey Ronnie" Kimber says on the phone "hey? You okay?" Kimber says "there's something I've been hiding from you" Veronica says on the other end of the phone "what is it?" Kimber asked "do you ever wonder why I left Riverdale?" Veronica says "yea but I stopped after you said you needed to stay for the business" Kimber says "no...that's not why.." Veronica says as Kimber sits up on her bed.

Veronica sat on her roof top. She let out a breath and let a tear slip. "Why? Why did you leave?" Kimber asked. Veronica could hear her breath heavy. "I have breast cancer.." Veronica says after a long silence.

Kimber's bottom lips quivers as tears forms in her eyes "please tell me that your lying..please tell me this isn't real.." Kimber sobs "it's real..I'm sorry.." Veronica says as Kimber sobs. "How- how bad?" She asked "stage 3...we found it late..I started my first set of chemo today" Veronica says as Kimber let's out a whimper "and you didn't think to tell me!? Your own cousin!? I mean what am I supposed to tell Kyle!? How..how do I tell jughead?" Kimber shouts in pain "you don't..you cannot tell either of them..it'll break them" Veronica cries as Kimber let's out a shaky breath "you're going to be okay..you are the most badass women I know.. you are going to kick cancers ass.." Kimber says as Veronica chuckles a little.

Jughead and Betty hiked up to the lake jughead wanted to take her. As they arrived bettys jaw dropped and jughead chuckles at her reaction "it's beautiful..." she says as jughead smiles "I know" he says and takes off his shirt "last on in gets the sticky syrup!" Jughead says as betty pulls off her sweater and runs after jughead and runs onto his back as he caught her. Both of them laughing as they reached the water.

A week goes by it's Monday now.

Kimber walks into school her eyes red and puffy and her lips pale and chapped. "Bebe" Kyle says touching her shoulder as she shrugs him off and walks away. Kyle looks back at jughead as jughead gives him a look. "I'll talk to her" Kyle says and walks up to her. "Bebe, are you okay?" Kyle says "hmh" she hums as Kyle pulls her into a classroom. "Kimberly talk to me, what's wrong?" Kyle asked "nothing! I'm fine!" Kimber shouts as Kyle steps back, "don't raise your voice, what's wrong? Baby.." Kyle says as Kimber looks around and back at him with tears as Kyle walks up to her and pulls her into a hug "h-how..she was so..so happy and healthy..her life was like everyone else's she was normal teenager and then all of a sudden god throws this sickness in her lap and next thing you know she calls you and tells you that she has cancer...how fucked up is this.." Kimber sobs "who baby? Who has cancer?" Kyle asked as Kimber looks up at him. "Veronica..she has stage three cancer and started chemo a week ago.." Kimber sobs as Kyles face drops and tears forms in his eyes "no..." Kyle says "what do I do?" Kimber sobs as Kyle shakes his head and pulls her into a hug and cries into her shoulders as she cries into his shirt.

Veronica walked out of the shower and brushes her hair. She looks back down at the hair brush..a clump of hair. She pulls it out and throws it into the sink, she then runs her hand through her hair and pulls out a bunch of hair. "M-mom!" She shouts as he mom walks in. Veronica turns around and looks at her mom with her hair in her hands as her mom walks over to her and pulls her into a hug as Veronica cries. "I wanna shave it.." she says "what?" Her mom says "I'm gonna lose it all anyway..and I don't want to sit here everytime after I shower and pull our clumps of my hair off" Veronica says as her mom says "are you sure baby?" Her mom says "yes.." she says as her mom kisses her head "okay.." she says.

Jughead and Betty walked back to the shop together. "M'lady" jughead says pulling the door open for Betty as she smiled "thank you" she says as he laughs and walks in. Jughead and Betty takes off their jackets and threw their backpacks aside.
"Jughead.." betty says "hmh?" Jughead hums turning around "I don't think I've said this enough but thank you..." she said says as he lets out a little chuckle "for what?" He says tying her apron on for her "for helping me find my worth..for sticking up for me when I couldn't and everything else" she says as jughead rest his hands on her shoulders "I'd do anything for you.." jughead says as betty smiles and looks into his eyes. They inches closer and closer..one breath away. Both closing there eyes and leans in. Their lips touch sinking in deeper and deeper into the kiss. A spark runs down their spines as they pulled away and smiled.