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What The Hell Is This?

So I started another story so now I have four to juggle, why do I do this to myself? 😂💖
Fp POV:
So next time an event comes up I bring Hermione. She's separated from Hiram recently but I know she'll go back to him. She knows my reasons and I don't ask for her but there's got to be a reason for her to want to go with me. The event is to fundraise for riverdale high so the kids and the parents are attending.
"Alice is fashionably late just like old times" Hermione comments handing me a drink.
"Yeah that's my girl" I laugh remembering all the times we went out when we were younger she would be late. Sometimes on purpose and others because she took to long on her makeup.
One thing was always consistent with her, she always looks great when she does turn up. 
I turn around upon hearing a sweet, familiar laugh. I recognise it in an instant as Alice's.
She walks in with the new guy she's been seeing. His arms around her and she laughing at something he's said. She's wearing a white off the shoulder dress with lace details and her hair is in a messy updo.
She's followed by Betty who is with another girl around her age. I'm guessing she's his daughter. I feel Jug brush past me to see Betty. He's still wearing his beanie even though he's dressed rather formal.
"Go get em tiger" Hermione teases patting my shoulder.
"You know that's not how she works" I reply.
"Yeah more than most, where's Fred by the way?" She asks and I suddenly realise her reasons for coming with me. Because It's an excuse to see Fred. Not that I mind of course, I always liked them two together.
"Coming this way" I point over to him as he walks up to us.
"Wish me luck" she gushes placing a peck on my cheek before rushing over to him.
I make eye contact with Alice and she smile at me. Weird because that's a rare first impression I get from her. Especially since we didn't exactly leave on the best note and not even a tint of jealousy from Hermione kissing me on the cheek.
She even waves friendly at me. This is not the Alice I know at all. She doesn't even grab a drink when offered which tells me she is definitely not her normal self, northside or southside.
I wait for the guy to leave her before gaining the nerve to talk to her.
"Uh Alice can I talk to you in private" I ask getting a weird look from both Jug and Betty.
"It's about the kids" I make up the excuse finding that the only viable reason I would have to talk to her and it seems to work because they dismiss us starting a conversation of their own.
"Sure" she replies following me into the hallway.
"What about the kids?" She asks when we come to a stop. I realise I just was making an excuse to talk to her, maybe even start an argument to see the normal her again. So I say something I know will bother her.
"So I handed Jug my title meaning, Betty is the queen" I say waiting for her to shout at me but she nods understandingly.
"Oh I know, I guessed that. She's a big girl she can make her own decisions" she says calmly and it makes me want to shake her like that would get some sense into her.
"So your not mad?" I ask slowly.
"Nope, Why would I be mad?" She asks innocently with a tilt of the head.
"Well we didn't exactly end in a good note" I state.
"No silly I forgive you" she giggles pulling me into a hug.
"Uh Alice" I say into it not even hugging her back I'm so creeped out.
"Uh huh" she replies pulling away.
"Your kinda weirding me out" I admit.
"Yeah I've been getting that a lot recently" she laughs patting my shoulder and returning to Betty and Jug.

Alice POV:
A week of this hippy phase and I'm not going to lie, it's getting annoying. I mean it's supposed to help and I guess I'm a way it does. Forgiveness is amazing, when you can do it. But I've found I'm just pretending, fake it till you make it right? So when fp tells me Betty is serpent queen and asks if I'm still mad, I practically have to force my emotions to the pit of my stomach expressing myself only in a weird laugh. He's just as weirded out by me as I am by myself. I guess I'll just meditate extra tonight and get it all out of my mind.
"Hey baby what's on your mind?" Eddie asks putting his arm around me.
"Ohh nothing" I reply leaning into him and return a kiss he places on my lips.
"Well if you need to talk-" he begins but I've heard this a thousand times over the course of this week.
"I know, I know your always there to listen" I finish off for him really not wanting to hear it again. This whole relationship with him has been really rushed onto me if I'm honest. One minute I'm confiding in him all vulnerable and the next he's kissing me. Next thing I know he's giving me a promise ring and we are practically a married couple. Oh and I've basically joined this weird cult thing and I find myself drinking these weird tea detoxes, waking up the next day not remembering much from the night before. Which may I add is how me and Eddie ended up exchanging promise rings in the first place.
"Hey mom can Jug stay at ours tonight?" Betty asks. A week ago, a solid no but now I'm supposed to be more relaxed so I say yeah and I must admit it avoids an argument so I guess in a way that works.

"Okay let's go then" I say concluding the night before catching Fp staring at me again.
"You know what you guys go ahead" i usher them to the door and go back to him.
"Hey are you okay?" I asks finding the look he's giving me to be angry.
"What the hell is this?" He takes my hand and points to the ring. Yeah I'm still trying to figure that out myself.