Life with Bughead

Chapter 34: Little Bug part 2

On the first day of Christmas author gave to me: a bughead family
Jugheads P.O.V
I took a deep breath when we pulled into Dads house. Eventually he moved out of the trailer once he got a legitimate job and was able to afford a house on the Northside. I lived there briefly before moving out to go to college. I felt pressure on my hand and I snapped out of my thoughts to see Betty squeezing my hand and smiling

"It's gonna be ok" I nodded
"I'm just nervous how am I gonna explain to Juliet that she won't be seeing her grandma"
"Well first of all Juggie it's us, it's been us for years now second of all we sit her down and talk to her trust me she's smart" I nodded
"I trust you Betty" she smiled and I opened the door Betty followed behind holding Juliet's hand. We walked up for the steps and I took a deep breath then knocked on the door. A minute later it opened reviling Dad, he hasn't changed, although much the weight of being a gang leader seems to have loosened some of the weight on his shoulders.
"Jughead..."

"Hi Dad" I smiled
"You know Betty of course but this" I gestured to Juliet "this is Juliet... our daughter" Dads eyes lit up and he smiled then bent down
"Hi Juliet" Juliet hid behind Betty's leg I chucked
"She's a bit shy, Juliet do you want to go say hi to grandpa?"Juliet poked her head out
"Hi" Dad smiled
"Hi Juliet, are you having fun?" Juliet nodded
"Juliet why don't we go inside" Betty said Juliet nodded and walked behind us and we walked inside.

Dad took our jackets and even JB was there, once she saw us she ran up and gave both me and Betty a hug then she saw Juliet
"Hi you must be Juliet I'm your auntie"
"Daddy said your name is Jellybean I think that's a great name" JB laughed
"You can have it if you want" her eyes widened
"Did you hear that mommy she said I could have it, can I take it?" Betty laughed
"It's not that simple Juliet let's just stick with your name for now" Juliet nodded we all sat down and started talking Dad of course had questions, why we never called much after graduation, why we didn't visit he knew both of those answers but I still told him anyway.

About halfway though the visit Juliet opened up a bit more and even started exploring the place. Dad took her hand and showed her to each room, once we came to my old room she walked inside and started looking around, most of my stuff is gone now but there are a few things I kept behind JB takes it when she comes and visits and likes listing to the old music, seeing all my old posters and reading the comic books I left behind. I saw Juliet picking up a couple of CDs

"Daddy what are these?" Everyone laughed and I walked over to her
"That's a CD Juliet you put it in a CD player and your able to listen to music on it"
"Like on mommy's phone?"
"Yeah but this is better, here let's listen" I took out my old CD player that I left and we put in the CD and the beginning of a song started playing. Her eyes widened and she smiled and it reminded me of when JB was a kid and I first introduced her to music.

I sighed as I listened to mom and Dad argue again, Dad was out late drinking again. It's always the same argument. This time Jellybean was in my room, when the yelling started I closed the door and went to turn on some music to drown out the noise.
"What's this?" Jellybean asked I smiled
"It's a song by a band called Pink Floyd'"
"I like it" she said
"Really?" I asked she nodded I smiled and turned up the music. That's how we survived those moments at home, me and her sitting on my bed listing to the music and pretending that nothing on the other side of the door mattered. It was us and the music.

JB and I looked at each other and smiled we were both thinking the same thing. That night we all had supper which consisted of me and JB fighting over the food
"It's mine!"
"'No I get the bigger piece!"
"I'm the oldest!"
"So?"
"Dad tell her"
"Yeah Dad" Dad just smiled while we looked at him with dead serious expressions on our faces then we saw the piece of chicken that we were fighting for go on another plate. We followed the hands only for it to land on Juliet's plate.
"I can't believe it my own flesh and blood" I said Betty was silent rolling her eyes and eating her peas.

That night we put Juliet to bed, we stayed at a hotel even though Dad protested saying it would be a waste of money. In the end I told him we would be back tomorrow and would make more of a effort to visit. He nodded
"I miss you son
"I miss you too Dad" we hugged before I grabbed Juliet and Betty's hand and we walked to the car, Juliet waving goodbye on her way. While I was tucking her in she asked the question I've been dreading answering.
"Why wasn't grandma there today?" I sighed

"Juliet when I was growing up your grandma and grandpa they got in a lot of fights. They didn't say nice things to each other"
"You and mommy argue sometimes too, I hear her say that she doesn't like it when you leave a lot" I sighed
"That's.. that's different princess Mommy likes having all three of us here as a family. Grandma and Grandpa arguing was different. Eventually Grandma left and she took auntie JB with her, we actually didn't see each other for a long time but eventually we did see each other again."
"What about Grandma?"
"I haven't spoken to Grandma in years, I don't think she wants to see us anymore"
"Why?"
"I don't know little bug I have been asking myself that for years."
"She should come, she should come and see us" I smiled
"Yeah wouldn't that be the dream anyway good night princess sleep tight." I kissed her on the forehead then sat up and walked over to where mine and Betty's bed was.

I took off my clothes and slid in in just my underwear. There Betty was reading a book but put it down once she saw me getting in.
"How did it go?" She herd
"All right considering, she's probably still confused" Betty nodded
"I don't even understand" I said in a quite voice then I slid further under the covers.

Betty put down her book and turned off the light then opened her arms. I moved closer and rested my head on her stomach. She started running her fingers through my hair knowing how much that relaxes me. I smiled and fell asleep I was unsure about about but one thing I never doubted is Betty's love.

Merry Christmas my lovely followers I decided this year to do something special (unless it's not Christmas in your time zone) for 12 days one chapter of a story will go up once a day. There is literally no pattern and is just random and at the end of those 12 days I may or may not release a new bughead story.😏 Nonetheless Merry Christmas and if you don't celebrate Christmas then happy 25th and Happy New Year.