My Brothers Best Friend

The Club

We walked out in front of this club and I was shocked. Loud music and lights at 11AM. That's when I remembered...

"Jug! You had Saturday detention!"

"Shoot...I'm getting suspended." He said awkwardly. I gave an awkward laugh and took his arm. We walked inside. There were at least 40 people. Girls were dancing and men were drinking.

"This place is disgusting." I whispered. Jughead nodded and put his arm around me.

"These people are dangerous too. It's best if you stay close to me." He whispered. I put my arms around his waist and continued walking. We did until a man stopped us.

"Names?"

"You know who I am, Buckteeth." Jughead sassed. The man got closer.

"My name is Buckeye...wait...you're the son of one of those Serpents. How's your old man by the way?"

"Still him. A drunk that abuses me." He said quietly. Buckeye gave him a pat on the back.

"Never too late to join the Ghoulies."

"I don't want to. I don't want my life to revolve around a gang. I want to build my own life. Go to college, buy a nice suburban home, get myself a beautiful-sweet girl, and children." He said looking at me. I gave a weak smile.

"That sounds like a dream, Jones. I'll let you guys in." Buckeye said. We went inside and found a man sitting on the couch. He was drunk and a junkie, you could already tell.

"What do we have here? Jones and Blonde Broad."

"Her name is Betty. We're here to talk to Penny."

"Aw, Sorry kid. Penny is in hiding right now. She just robbed 3 banks for our drug business. You'll have to come back another day." He said trying to push us out. I pushed back and began to get mad.

"No! We won't leave! We want to know her location and we want it now! What do I have to do?" I yelled.

"The Ghoulie Dance." He smiled.

"Is that like a Halloween mashup song?" I asked. Jughead shook his head looking frustrated and the man laughed.

"No, it's what you see the other girls doing. That's all you have to do. I'll give you Penny's location after that." He said. "Put this on." He smiled. I put it on and Jughead shook his head.

"Betty, this is a bad idea. We will figure something else out."

"Juggie, we need to do this. It maybe our one shot at this whole Cheryl Fiasco. We can then go back to our normal lives." I said. He nodded and I went up on stage. I started the dance.

Once I was done, I went down from the stage and got my clothes on. The man started clapping and gave me an envelope with a piece of paper. Inside the envelope was $800 and the paper was Penny's location. We walked out the door and for in the truck.

"Jug?"

"Jug?" I said. He was ignoring me.

"I'm sorry for the dance, ok?! I had to do it, for us! For Cheryl!" I exclaimed. He turned to look at me. He was sad in the face.

"It didn't turn you on a little?" I joked. He giggled and shook his head. I read the location and we went straight to the hiding place to meet, Penny Peabody.