~ "𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚕'𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙸 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚎𝚒𝚛𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚍"~
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What happens when the town's golden boy is found in the river with a gun shot in his forehead? I'll tell you, people get paranoid, gangs get blamed, an inno...
~It's been a week since the discovery of Jason Blossom's body. But his death is not the first, nor would it be the last casualty that the town of Riverdale would suffer. The Twilight Drive-In where I work, my home away from home, a piece of town history, is closing for good, just when we needed a place to escape to the most.
With Sheriff Keller knocking on every door and neighbor suspecting neighbor, Riverdale, every day that passes, is becoming more like Salem during the witch trials. And meanwhile, the girl next door, our friendly neighborhood Hitchcock blonde, Betty Cooper, was wrestling with the knowledge that her best friend, Archie Andrews, was caught up in a forbidden romance.~
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Kevin, Veronica, Jug, Betty and I were in a booth at Pop's listening to Jug rant with Veronica and Kevin on one side and Betty, Jug and I on the other side. The drive-in was closing so that meant Jug was out of a job and out of a home. I already offered to let Jug live with us and Denise doesn't mind. He didn't agree to it but I told him that the offer was always open.
I swirled the straw of my Cookies 'N' Cream milkshake as we all continued to listen to Jug rant. "The Drive-In closing is just one more nail in the coffin that is Riverdale. No, forget Riverdale, in the coffin of the American dream. As the godfather of-of indie cinema, Quentin Tarantino, likes to say-"
"Please, God, no more Quentin Tarantino references." Kevin said. I couldn't help but chuckle at Kevin.
"What? I'm pissed. And not just about losing my job. The Twilight Drive-In should mean something to us. People should be trying to save it." I grab Jug's hand in reassurance. In the corner of my eye, I see Kevin smirking.
"In this age of Netflix and VOD, do people really want to watch a movie in a car?" Veronica asks. "I mean, who even goes there?"
"People who want to buy crack." Kevin said. I roll my eyes. Not everyone who goes there wants to buy crack.
"And cinephiles, and car enthusiasts. Right, CJ? Betts?"
"Yeah." I say and smile at him.
Betty looks up from her shake, joining the conversation. "Yeah."
Jug continues. "Anyway, it's closing because the town owns it, but didn't invest in it. So when an anonymous buyer made Mayor McCoy an offer, she couldn't refuse-"
"Anonymous buyer?" Veronica interrupts. "What do they have to hide?"
"Dugs. Money. Guns. Strippers." I casually take a sip of my shake. The group give me puzzled looks.
"Anyway, no one cares."
"I do!" Jug and I yell.
"Also, you guys should all come to closing night."
"Im there, Jug." I grab his hand in reassurance. "And I'll help with anything else you need to help with the Drive-inn."
"Thanks CJ. So, I'm thinking American Graffiti. Or is that to obvious?"
