Another Love~J.J. {1}

~32~

The Outsiders

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        "Poor Moose. Is he okay?" Veronica asked after Lia and Jughead finished telling her and Betty about what had happened yesterday. 

        "His name is Moose. He's fine." Jughead responded, making Lia roll her eyes with a chuckle

        "Besides his name being Moose, he's also jacked so he'll live. He's just a bit bruised." Lia said just as her brother burst into Pop's looking around before seeing his friends at a table and making his way over. 

        "Dude, what the hell? I've been texting you." Archie snapped at Jughead. 

        "Archie, Jughead and Lia just told us what happened yesterday." Betty said. 

        "Though I checked out at the words "construction" and "site."" Veronica added on, winking at Lia who sat beside her and giggled. 

        "Moose and I are going to the Southside to find those Serpents. You in?" Archie asked Jughead, ignoring the girls and surprising both Lia and Jughead. 

        "Whoa! Hey, you didn't say it was the Serpents who beat Moose up." Betty said, looking between Jughead and Lia. 

        "'Cause we don't know that for a fact." Jughead countered. 

        "Well, it's still worth a shot if it might help my dad. Kevin's boyfriend can get us in." Archie replied. 

        "Get you in where?" Lia asked. 

        "To some bar where the Serpents hang out. If Moose spots them, we call Sheriff Keller and get these goons arrested." Archie answered as if he wasn't going into the belly of the beast. 

        "Archie, the Serpents are dangerous. They're drug-dealers." Betty told Archie. 

        "What? Says who?" Jughead questioned. 

        "Polly. Remember?" Betty replied. "Trev told us that Jason was dealing drugs? It was for the Serpents."

        "You heard my Dad, Jughead. Clifford Blossom is trying to torpedo him. Sheriff Keller basically blew him off, right in front of us. Somebody needs to do something." Archie announced and Lia felt conflicted with the situation since she still thought they should go after Clifford not the Serpents. 

        "Archie, going into that bar is a bad idea." Jughead stated. 

        "Jughead, are you coming with me or not?" Archie asked but Jughead stayed quiet, making Archie scoff. "Thanks for having my back." 

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        Lia took a deep breath as she looked up at the White Wyrm, the infamous bar where the Serpents hung out. She thought about walking away but she knew she had to stop Archie before he could do anything he regretted. So, she took one more deep breath before entering the bar. 

        She definitely stood out with her bright red hair and her light pink sundress, the sleeves hanging off her shoulders and it flowing down to her mid thigh. Her heels were loud against the bar floor and people stared as she walked past them, not making eye contact with any of them before a familiar man stood in front of her. 

        "What do you think you're doing here? Trying to pull another stunt like your brother?" FP's voice asked and Lia looked up, her eyes widening at the site of her childhood best friend's dad.