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I found a love for me
Darling, just dive right in and follow my lead
Well, I found a girl, beautiful and sweet
Oh, I never knew you were the someone waiting for me
Jughead stood in the school hallway by Betty's locker, talking and laughing with her. His eyes almost missed a figure walking past him, but at the last second his gaze flickered to a girl striding down the hallway. He did a double take as he realized who it was.
"(Y/N)?" he muttered under his breath, interrupting his conversation with Betty.
"What?" Betty asked, looking over her shoulder at the girl who just passed by. "(Y/N)? Didn't she used to live around here or something?"
"Yeah," he answered, breathless. "Yeah, but then she moved."
"Well, I guess she's back," Betty replied, then steered the conversation back to their previous topic. Jughead nodded and responded to everything Betty said, but he couldn't help but let his mind wander to the girl who returned to Riverdale.
Jughead was not the only member of (Y/N)'s childhood to be shaken by her return; Archie spotted her roaming the hallways later that day. His heartbeat started to quicken as the feelings for his childhood crush rushed back to him.
"(Y/N)!" he yelled, following her down the hallway. She turned around at the call of her name, and when she noticed Archie, she broke out into a grin.
"Archie!" she exclaimed, walking towards him. "How are you?"
"I'm good," he answered, and they soon fell in step as they began to walk in the same direction. "How are you?"
"I'm great," she beamed.
"So you're back," he noted, a smile never leaving his face. (Y/N) smiled and nodded.
"I am," she replied. "Just moved back a few days ago, actually." The conversation lulled for a moment, neither (Y/N) or Archie knowing what to say. "So how's Jughead?" she asked, breaking the silence.
"Really?" she questioned, painting a smile on her face. "Who?"
"Do you remember Betty Cooper?" Archie asked, and (Y/N) nodded. "He's dating her."
"Oh wow," (Y/N) fake laughed. "Honestly, I always thought she had a thing for you."
"She did," Archie shrugged, "but I didn't feel the same. She moved on to Jughead, I guess." The pair fell into a moment of silence again before the ringing of the school bell broke it.
"Well, I have to get to biology," (Y/N) said, moving away from Archie. Before she got too far, Archie called out after her.
"Hey, do you wanna catch up sometime? Like maybe meet at Pop's tonight?"
"Yeah," (Y/N) smiled. "Yeah, I'd like that."
That night, when (Y/N) entered Pop's, the first face she saw was not Archie. Rather, it was Jughead, who she had not yet seen since she moved back. Scanning the diner to make sure Archie wasn't waiting for her, (Y/N) walked towards Jughead's booth.
