What We Once Were
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Almost five years ago, Betty Cooper took off and fled the town of Riverdale. Rumors were spread and the townspeople whispered about why she might've left, some suspect that her dreams of living in New York were the cause. But those who knew her best, knew that wasn't the case. Now, after is called in to investigate a recent murder within her home town, she is forced to work with none other than Riverdale's own investigative journalist- Jughead Jones.
Betty is hiding huge secrets from her old friend, and the feelings she's locked inside herself are dangerously close to resurfacing. Will she be strong enough to resist Jughead's pull on her even after all these years? Or will she allow her heart to be broken once again by her high school sweetheart?
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"How many times Jug? How many times are we going to push each other away?"
"Until it sticks."
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