Forever And Always

Chapter 8

A couple of days later, Callie woke up to the news that the Twilight Drive-in was closing. It was the place that Jughead worked, and the place Reggie asked her to be his girlfriend. She was not very happy with it, later Callie sat at a table at Pop's with Cheryl, Ginger, and Tina.

"If I have known that Mama Lodge was working as a waitress at Pop's, I never would have given Veronica a spot on the Vixens," Cheryl admitted.

" A job is a job," Callie spoke.

"It's off-brand and sends a false message about acceptance," Cheryl explained.

"After her TMZ-style take-down of Chuck, all the Vixens kind of like Veronica now," Ginger admitted.

"Do they?" Cheryl asked, unimpressed. Veronica's mom came over and picked up the check, Cheryl slammed her down on the waitress' hand.

" Be sure to out all that cash in the register," Cheryl demanded." You are a Lodge after all and Lodges are known to have sticky fingers."

"Cheryl," Veronica began as she walked over.

"Honey, I got this," Hermione Lodge held up a finger. " Cheryl, I went to school with your mother. She didn't know the difference between having money and having class, either," WIth that she walked away and Veronica smirked. They heard the doorbell, Callie looked over to see Mrs Grundy, with her dad and brother. She exchanged looks with Jughead and Betty. She looked down at her phone to see a text from Jughead.

Jughead: Go sit with them

Callie: I am on it

Jughead: Keep your ears and eyes open

Callie: I have done this before

With that last text Callie went and joined her family and Mrs Grundy at a table. She sat down next to Mrs Grundy.

"Hey, Betty," their dad greeted. Callie looked up to see Betty at the table, she then sent a look to Jughead, he threw his hands up.

"Hi, Mr Andrews," Betty greeted with a smile. "Ms Grundy, Archie, can I talk to you?"

"Sure, I'll call you later," Archie responded. Callie looked over and saw an annoyed looked on Ms Grundy's face. 

"No, actually, now," Betty asserted. " Just school stuff. Outside?" She watched her brother glance at Grundy before getting up at walking out with Betty. 

"Ms Grundy, this is Archie's twin Callie, " Fred Andrews introduced her.

" Dad, " Callie began. " We are at the same school".

"It's alright Callie," Ms Grundy assured her.  Minutes later Cheryl came by the table with the other two vixens.

"Ready?" Cheryl asked as Callie got up.

"I'll be home later," Callie told her dad.

"Don't forget your curfew," her dad reminded her.

"Dad!" Callie hissed at him before walking out of the restaurant with the other two girls. Callie sat next to Cheryl in the car, with the other two girls on the other side of her.

"Turn down the music," Cheryl ordered. Ginger turned it down, as all four girl's looked over. They saw Hermione Lodge and Jughead Jones' dad having a talk. " I spy with my little eye, Hermione Lodge, full of secrets". They watched the conversation unfold. " Riddle me this. hair models of the damned, why is Veronica's mother having a clandestine tete-a-tete with a Southside Serpent behind the dumpster at Pop's?" She then took out her phone and snapped a photo of the two adults.

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The next day at school, Jughead handed her a slip for the last movie that would be shown at Twilight Drive-In.

"I'll be there," Callie assured as he walked away.