𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗜𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝘆 ↠ 𝗦𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗣𝗲𝗮

Chapter 82: I Guess We're Both Liars Then

(Her hair⬆️)

I walk into school the day after the big event. Where I went to the Southside after what happened. My dad got home from the police station this morning. He didn't talk about it at all. That's typical in my family.

I'm about to head into the student lounge when I see Betty rush in front of me and run to the bathroom. What's wrong with her?

I went into the student lounge to see Veronica, Archie, Kevin and Jughead.

"What's wrong with B?" I asked them.

"Betty?" Archie asked in concern.

"Nothing. I don't think?" Kevin says to me.

I head to the bathroom to follow Betty. As I open the door Cheryl leaves the restroom.

"Oh hey Virgin Mary!" Cheryl says to me with a smile.

"Hi." I say as I pass by her. I see Betty in an open stake beside the toilet.

"Betty are you okay?" I asked her.

"Yeah. Just sick." She says with a half smile.

She's lying. She definitely lying.

"Betty we've been friends for a while now. After the Black Hood mess, I feel like we can tell each other anything." I say to her. I helped her up from the gross bathroom floor she was sitting on.

"Something bad happened last night R." She says to me with tears in her eyes.

"What?" I asked her. She looks left and right. Making sure no one was in the washroom besides us two.

"When I got home last night there was a m-man in my dining room." She whispers to me.

"What? How? Who?" I asked her.

"I don't know who. But Chic somehow brought him in. He tried to hurt him I guess and Chic.....ki-k-killed him." Betty says as she breaks down in tears.

"It's okay Betty." I say to her trying to comfort my friend. What do I say in a situation like this?!

"It's not R. It's Not! My mom was cleaning up the.....blood. From the man. I wanted to tell the police but she's scared of Chic being taken away." Betty says to me in fear.

"That Chic guy seems super dangerous. Are you even sure he's the Charles you say he is?" I asked her.

"I actually don't know." Betty says as she looks down.

"You should get a blood test." I say to her.

"Something like that yeah. Will you go with me?" She asked.

"Of course." I say to her with a smile as we share a longing hug.

That Night

It's 5:55pm. Reggie should be here at 6 and if he's not I'm leaving.

I wait in a Pop's booth for 5 more minutes until I hear the front entrance door bell ring. I look up to see who it is and it's....Reggie. The first time that he's not late. Maybe he has changed.

"Wow you're actually on time." I say to Reggie as he sits across from me.

"I told you I've changed." He says with a smile.

"I don't know. We will see about that." I say with a small smile.

"What do you mean?" Reggie asked me as he cocked his one eyebrow.

"I knew who you were for a long time Reg. I have to see if it's possible if someone can completely change who they are in less than a month." I say as I cross my arms.

"It is possible!" He yells at me. There's strike one. The temper.

"Really?" I asked him.

"S-sorry. I let my emotions get the best of me." He says to me.

"Yeah that's happens a lot to you." I say to him.

"No it doesn't." He says to me as he starts to get defensive.

"Reggie do you not remember what happened? Or do you erase it from your memory like everything else?" I asked him. He seriously can't forget what happened. Can he?

"If you're talking about that...incident. That was the only time I ever laid my hand on you like that!" He says to me as he starts to get frustrated.

"The only time? Really Reggie? Don't kid yourself." I say to him. He knows he's done it more then just that 'one time'.

"I didn't come here to argue!" He yells as he gets up to leave.

"You know what? You're right. Maybe we should keep our distance. Because you have not changed." I say as I get up as well.

"Then why did agree to go on a date?!" He yelled at me. An older customer started to look at us funny as if we were a toxic relationship. Which it was toxic.

"I wanted to believe that there was maybe something here. But there's not. So I'm gonna go." I say as I'm about to pass by him but he grabs my right arm.

"Let go." I say to him sternly.

"You know you didn't come here for that reason. Like I said to you before I'm not stupid or blind." He says to me as he let's go of my arm.

"What are you talking about?" I asked him.

"Snake." He says as he starts to fine with anger.

"There is nothing going on between him and I. He has a girlfriend!" I say to him as I start to slowly get frustrated with this conversation.

"I mean before he had a girlfriend." He say to me.

"Don't turn this around! You're the one who cheated numerous times! At least I never cheated!" I yelled at him.

"Yeah okay I lied to you. I kept things from you. But you also lied to me too bimbo!" He yells at me.

"When did I lie to you?!" I asked him.

"The snake! You're telling me nothing happened between you. You didn't feel any different. Cause you sure acted different." Reggie says to me.

I stay silent. I don't know if there was something between us. He didn't say anything. All I knew was I didn't mind him being around. He was pretty cool...for a serpent.

"Right. So I guess we're both liars then." He say as he leaves Pop Chock'lit Shoppe.

"You Alright?" Pop asked me.

"Y-yeah." I say to him as I look at the floor.

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