stay away

Part 34- The End

Betty pov

Strange how quickly time passes sometimes without us even noticing it. Although every hour and minute of every day is the same, it seems now and then as if the time would beat faster than usual.

Meanwhile, almost half a year has passed since the incident with Gladys, Bret and my mother. Our lives have changed a lot since then, but I couldn't imagine it being any better. After we told Sheriff Keller everything that happened in the cabin and what happened to Jellybean, Gladys got a life behind bars, Bret got a few years as an accessory and what or where my mother was, I had no idea. No one had seen or talked to her since appearing in front of the bar. I didn't care, I never wanted to see her again anyway, but Jughead had had mixed feelings about it. The first few weeks he didn't leave my side an inch, never leaving me alone, which of course led to us having several arguments, but luckily for us they never lasted long. It was only a few months later that I was finally able to convince him not to have to guard me 24/7. I knew he only meant well, but it was quite annoying and unnecessary.

About 3 weeks ago Jug and I got married secretly and only with our closest friends. It was a very small ceremony but with twice as much emotion. It wasn't exactly the wedding I had always wanted as a little girl, but that didn't matter to me considering the fact that I was going to take Jughead as my husband. He had insisted on giving me what I wanted, but deep down I knew that Jughead was never the type for anything bigger than the closest circle. We also didn't follow the tradition of exchanging rings, but wanted something that was really for eternity. We got each other's initials tattooed. It was the second tattoo I got within 6 months. First my, a Serpent tattoo after I was officially accepted and then Jughead's name. I had both tattooed in the valley of my breasts so that I would always keep it close to my heart, while Jug expanded his existing one to include my name.

But the best wedding gift we received was a week later, being present during the birth of JB's baby. She gave birth to a beautiful, healthy baby boy named Jax Forsythe Jones. You could see right at first sight that he had mostly the genes from his mother, which was an absolute relief for all of us. And to make life easier for all of us, we expanded the upstairs of the bar even more, giving Jellybean her own apartment. We wanted her to be as close to us as possible, of course, and we wanted her to know that we were always there for her, because raising a child alone at such a young age was a big challenge.

Since a few days Jellybean is now back from the hospital but still visibly exhausted and since Jughead was absolutely infatuated with the little one, it was no wonder that he wanted to spend as much time as he could with him. I loved seeing Jug like this.

"Hi you two. How was your day?" I asked as I walked in, put my jacket and bag down and went over to the two boys. Jughead was lying on the couch with Jax on his chest watching cartoons on the TV. This sight melted my heart and immediately the wish for a child of our own came to my mind again. I was much too shy to ask Jug after such a short time if we wanted to have our own child together, but everything went faster than usual for us anyway. So my question stuck in my throat again and with all my might I swallowed it down as if nothing had ever happened.

"Hi love, our day was insanely unspectacular, almost boring but Jellybean is doing better. I still forced her to take a nap, but enough about our exciting day, how was yours?" He sounded happy, as if he had just started to really live his life.

"Actually as always, but we get a new chief tomorrow, his name is Charles. I'm curious to see what he's like. Should I make us something to eat?" I asked him while I was already strolling into the kitchen, because I was insanely hungry myself.

"That would be great, I'm starving. Jax is the only one here who gets something to eat all the time, isn't that right, little boy?" I looked over at the two of them and saw Jughead carefully stand up, holding the little one tightly against him as he moved in my direction. How could it be possible that I found the image of my husband and a baby on his arm, hot? I could literally feel the heat gathering at the most sensitive spot of my body, but with all my might I tried to ignore it.

"What is my beautiful wife cooking?" he asked curiously while standing right next to me and giving me a kiss on the cheek. I blushed slightly, turned my face to him so that I could press a very soft kiss on his lips. Jughead wanted to intensify our little moment, but two things happened to prevent that from happening. First, Jax chortled softly and second, there was a knock on the door.

"Will it be the same when we have kids? IT'S OPEN!" he called through the closed door, which opened a little later and our friends entered. Meanwhile, Veronica, Sweet Pea, Cheryl, Toni, Kevin and Fangs greeted us, my heart nearly beating out of my chest. Had he seriously just mentioned future children? Was that the answer to my question about whether he wanted any? Was he just saying it as a joke?

"Betts are you okay?" Jughead asked me worriedly while his blue eyes looked into mine. I nodded in agreement, kissing the corner of his mouth before stroking little Jax's cheek.

"Awww... you two are so cute. It could be your child as well, you already look like a real family."

"We are a real family, Kevin." replied Jellybean unexpectedly from the door. She had joined our group unnoticed, stretched out her arms to her son, whereupon Jughead rather reluctantly handed over the little one. Everyone was totally enchanted by the tiny one, which is why it suddenly became very quiet and all eyes rested on Jax. For the next few hours we laughed, had fun and ate together before everyone headed home, leaving Jughead and I alone again.

"Uh... Betty? I have a question. Do you want to have children?" he asked shyly without warning and swept me off of my feet. I wasn't mentally prepared to hear him say something like that, which is why I couldn't get a word out of my mouth. "I mean it doesn't have to be right away but maybe soon, but if you don't want to have children I can absolutely understand that. You don't have to answer right now, the question was just in my head, because of Jax and so..." he stammered to himself and he couldn't look me in the eyes anymore. I was so overwhelmed by what he just said that I fell around his neck, smashed his lips against mine and gave the kiss so much meaning that it should have been answer enough, but Jug still wasn't any wiser after that and kept looking at me questioningly.

"Juggie I don't know what to say except yes I want kids with you. Seeing you with Jax makes me so happy and awakened in me the desire of a child together with you." Tears ran down my cheek without me being able or wanting to stop them, because my emotions were on a roller coaster. What had I done to deserve all this? Who would have thought something like this a year ago?

"We're going to have beautiful children and it's going to be fun to work on that." he replied with a grin as he spun me around and we both lay on the couch together, me on top. "I don't know what I did to deserve you Betty Jones. You changed my life like no one else, you pulled me out of a dark hole, you showed me that there really is such a thing as true love. Thank you." he revealed to me while he tucked a strand of hair behind my ear and then let his thumb glide over my cheek.

"If you don't know what you've done to deserve me, what can I say? You made me feel alive in the first place and made me leave my past behind. I'm so glad that I came to this bar back then, even though I was pretty scared of you. But the very next night at the hospital, I could see that there was more behind the angry facade. I love you so much, Juggie."

"I love you even more, Betts. Now let's get started on that baby project." I giggled as he tickled me while spreading kisses over my face and neck. It quickly got more heated and led to us losing ourselves in each other.

My thoughts circled around the evening when I had seen him for the first time, it was definitely not love at first sight but already then I knew that he would quickly captivate me. It was a rough road to get to where we are now but definitely worth the fight. I was extremely grateful to myself that I had not listened to the people who told me to stay away.

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Hi my loves❤,

now it has actually happened, the story is over. And once again I am sad but happy at the same time. It was something new for me and I hope I could reach your expectations. I look forward to reading your feedback. 🥰

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