Forever And Always

Chapter 63

They now stood in Whyte Wrym, addressing the remaining Serpents.

" Take only what you absolutely need, and what you can carry with you," Jughead advised. " We need to move quickly and quietly. Sheriff Minetta's forces are all over the Southside and they're looking for our blood. If we want our skulls to remain uncracked, we have to go undetected."

" Go where?" Sweet Pea asked. " There's nowhere safe."

" We've offered asylum on the Northside," Jughead answered. Everyone started to pack as much as they could and made their way out of the Whyte Wrym. They walked all over the Southside, slipping through allies, avoiding Sheriff Minetta, till they reached the asylum that turned out to be the Andrew's house.

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The next morning Callie, her family, and the Bulldogs were helping out the Serpents. She was helping cook breakfast.

" All right. Two dots and a dash," her dad said as handed a Serpent a plate of food. " Two chicks on a raft here, Jug." Callie handed Jughead a plate of food. " And there's a stack of Vermont hot for ya." Archie handed a girl a plate of pancakes. " Oh, yeah, I worked at Pop's for a summer. Come on." He then walked away.

" What's going on here?" FP asked as he walked in." You do all this?"

" With an assist from Archie and Callie," Jughead answered. " Toledo's gonna have to wait."

" Maybe so," FP agreed. " Bulldogs helping Serpents, Freddie Andrews opening his house to a bunch of snakes." He walked over to Fred. " There goes the rest of your Northside boat, buddy."

" We're neighbors here," Fred stated. " All right bacon!" He then walked to FP to whisper something to him. " This way I can keep a closer eye on my daughter's new boyfriend." FP laughed as he took a plate of food.

" Hey. Thank you," Jughead said to Andrew kids. " You two came for me." They then looked at all the Serpents in the house.

" We're not done yet," Archie stated.

" How many of these Serpent jackets do you think we can borrow?" Callie asked.

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The next day at school, everyone wore a Serpent jacket. Callie had to borrow one of Sweet Pea's jackets, he was happy enough to let her use it. Even though it was big on her. Principal Weatherbee, them walked out of his office, horrified at what he saw.

" What's the meaning of this?" Principal Weatherbee demanded.

" It's a show of support, sir," Archie answered.

" For the Southsiders who are being wrongly transferred out of our school," Callie added. " Everyone's ready to walk out, Principal Weatherbee."

" Any student who walks out better keep walking because they'll be expelled," Principal Weatherbee threatened.

" You're a good man, Principal Weatherbee," Archie admitted. " You're not the kind of person who discriminates. And if you are, then expel me. Because I don't want to be a part of that." He then didn't say anything.

" Everyone, get to class," Weatherbee ordered. Everyone started to walk away, to get to class. Callie turned to Sweet Pea, he looked at her.

" What?" Sweet Pea asked.

" Can I keep this treetop?" Callie asked.

" How about we get one your size shortstop," Sweet Pea suggested with a smile, he put his arm around her and they made their way to class. Hours later Callie was at the student election, she already cast her vote, she was helping run it. She sat at a table, giving students their ballot.