𝕊𝕥𝕠𝕝𝕖 𝕄𝕪 ℍ𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕥 (ℝ𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕕𝕒𝕝𝕖)

11.|| 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕤

THE COOPERS. THE stepfords of Riverdale. High school sweethearts who got married and had two beautiful daughters, Polly and Betty, and their hardworking son. Until Jason Blossom happened. And now, we would hear from the person who was closest to him those days leading up to his disappearance.

Polly Cooper.

How a casual conversation turned into an epic, forbidden romance. How, for some reason still murky, their respective parents tried to tear them apart. How their break-up was short-lived, becasue Polly soon learned she was pregnant with Jason's baby.

How they became secretly engaged with his grandmother's blessing and her heirloom ring, and made plans to run away together, to start a new life.

And how their dreams of escape went up in flames.

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"AND THAT WAS the day you saw him?" Keller asked as he sat with the girls and Hermione in the Pembroke.

Bryce was there because Polly wanted her to be there with her. The two had been through a lot together in the previous years.

"At Pop's, when he told me the plan, that he was gonna fake his own death, and then we would meet up." Polly told him, "But, before that could happen, my mom and dad sent me away."

"One of Jason's teammates said that before he ran away, Jason was dealing drugs." Betty told her sister.

"Making a one-time delivery." Polly shared a look with Bryce, "He needed...We needed the money. To get away and start over."

"So Riverdale's star football player becomes a drug mule?" Keller asked.

"He went to a bar on the other side of the tracks and made a deal with some biker gang." Polly said, and Bryce froze.

"The Serpents?"

"He got an address upstate, where he was supposed to deliver the drugs in exchange for cash." Polly explained.

"The drugs you found in Jason's car..." Keller said.

"Yeah."

"...That went up in flames."

"Along with everything I had left of Jason, including the ring his nana gave me, which he was keeping until.."

"Okay, Sheriff, I think that's enough for tonight." Hermione stood up from her chair, "I think Polly needs her rest."

"I'll be in touch, ladies."

"I'll show you out."

"Thank you."

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"GOTTA STOP BLOWING me up."

"You're going the wrong way. You're going the wrong...What are you doing?" Archie asked. "Come on."

"You're the one who keeps accidentally killing me." Jughead told him.

"War is hell, Jug."

"No, Archie, hell is other people."

Fred knocks on the door, Bryce behind him. "Hey, guys, getting pretty late...And...Whoa! It's kinda ripe in here. Does someone wanna open a window?"

"I got it." Archie said, standing up from his chair.

"You settling in, Jug?" Fred asked.

"Oh, completely." Jughead told him. "It's like Archie and I are roommates in a college dorm."