Riverdale Diaries

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Jugheads POV
I winced as Betty said "stay still...or I can't clean them properly..."

I sighed and she looked at me and hugged me.

I smiled gently holding her as she said "no one besides my brother has done that for me..."

I gulped and she said "not even...my first boyfriend..."

I said "you had a boyfriend?"

She smiled gently saying "yeah..."

She then said "he...he was a great guy...I liked him a lot...even loved him. But after a while...after we broke up...I began noticing stuff about him...that hurt and broke me a bit..."

I sighed and she said "there was one time at a party...where he would usually make me act as if I was an object. He would make me get him things...he even slapped my bum even though my parents had rules...I found it funny and I was okay with it and now...looking back...I was just being a stupid kid..."

I sighed and she continued with... "we had sex...and every time after that...I realized...he just enjoyed that...I had sex with him at first it was loving but as it grew more and more...I did it for him...I did it to please him and make him happy..."

She began crying and she held her face and I gulped rubbing her back trying to console her.

She said "why was I such a stupid naïve kid and thought that it was love..."

I sighed and she said "I'm sorry...I'm making a complete fool of myself..."

She went to her vanity and I sighed and got up and walked over to her as my phone beeped and I looked seeing texts from my parents and quickly texted them back.

'I'm safe don't worry'

I looked at Betty and said "hey..."

She looked at me and I said "your boyfriend was stupid...I think he was just as much of a kid as you...he wanted things that you wanted but you wanted time, he didn't..."

She sniffled and said "he took away so much from me..."

She held me and I frowned and rubbed her back as she cried.

I said "I'm sorry..."

She cried and said "I focused all my time on him...not my family...i didn't even see my mother before she passed away...I didn't say I love you...or goodbye...I had my last words the night before and that was it..."

She cried and said "and all I did was try to make him happy...I didn't get to see my mother..."

She fell to the floor and I gulped and bent down.

I frowned saying "hey..."

She looked at me and I held her face saying "stop crying..."

I wiped the tears underneath her eyes.

I said "you made mistakes...but your mistakes never define who you are...they help you grow to be a better person. They help you build yourself up, they help you advance yourself and improve yourself...your ex was a jerk...but he doesn't define who you are...the person you are deep down is who you are..."

She sniffled and said "why are you so nice to me?"

I shrugged saying "I never had a friend...and I guess all of this advice...has just been building up and wanting to be told to someone..."

She smiled and looked at me and suddenly she leaned up and kissed me. She held my face and I stared at her and she pulled away and gulped and she was about to speak.

I interrupted her saying "wait..."

I gulped and she looked at me.

I said "I just..."

I gulped and she held my face and I stopped her.

She said "no...no..."

She cried and I said "hey..."

She said "Jughead go...please..."

I then said "no..."

She cried and I said "I'm not going...I'm staying right here with you..."

She looked at me and said "don't pity me..."

I smiled gently saying "hey..."

She wiped her tears and I turned her face and kissed her. She held my hand and I smiled holding her face with both my hands and I pulled away and she looked at me.

I said "I just had to take a few seconds to learn how to kiss back..."

She laughed and I laughed gently.

She said "you're cute."

I smiled and she smiled back. She pushed me on her bed and I laughed and she jumped next to me and smiled.

I smiled back as she said "thank you..."

I nodded and she pecked my cheek saying "how about I finish cleaning your wounds?"

I nodded and she laughed.

As she bandaged me up she said "come on..."

I was confused and we went downstairs and I saw her brother.

He saw me saying "I'm sorry..."

I sighed as he said "Betty was right...I was being overprotective...and especially because I thought... you were gonna be like her first boyfriend who I always had suspicions on..."

She shoved him lightly as he sighed "but because of that...you both at first seemed very similar. And now Betty telling me about you...I was wrong...she was right. You're nothing like him. Please forgive me...and I ordered Pops for the both of you..."

I smiled and said "it's fine. I don't have siblings so...it must be hard knowing the stuff your siblings has gone through...I feel terrible..."

He nodded and said "thank you..."

I smiled and said "it's fine, we're cool."

He sighed and said "I'm gonna be upstairs...I have two Pops bags over on the counter."

He left and Betty grabbed my hand and we ate.

As we ate she said "so...I'm sorry for my breakdown...I usually...don't like doing that..."

I then said "you can always tell me what you're feeling if you need too. As long as your okay."

She smiled and I smiled back as I said "how about we go on a date? I'm a few nights? A movie at the bijou?"

She smiled and nodded and I smiled and she leaned her head on my shoulder and I learned my head on hers.