𝕊𝕥𝕠𝕝𝕖 𝕄𝕪 ℍ𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕥 (ℝ𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕕𝕒𝕝𝕖)

14.|| 𝕥𝕠 𝕣𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕕𝕒𝕝𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟

"Wow." Beau gasped as Bryce and Grant walked into his house, followed by FP and Jughead. "Bryce, you look....Amazing."

"Yeah, well, this is the last time you see in in a dress until my wedding day, buddy. So you and everyone else better get a good look, and I mean a long and hard one, because I was forced into this ugly pink thing by Aunt Mary." Bryce glared at her boyfriend before going to the kitchen to talk to Betty.

Grant let out a chuckle, "Yeah, she told us the same thing when we picked them up."

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"Super-delicious, Mrs. C." Jughead complimented as she handed out the dinner she had cooked for them.

"Sure is, Alice." FP told her.

"Been a long time since we ate something that didn't come in a combo or a snack pack." Grant told the woman, earning a slap to the chest by his daughter, "Except for when Bryce brings us food."

"So, FP." Alice sat in her seat.

"Mmm."

"Betty tells me that you're working for Fred Andrews now." Alice says, "How do you balance that with all of your other responsibilities?"

"You mean like being a father and an Uncle?"

"And being a part of the southside community."

"Mom." The Cooper twins hissed.

"You can say "Southside Serpent," Alice. I'm not ashamed." FP told her, "And neither is Grant, or Bryce. Or Beau. And it's not just me, there's a bunch of us working on Fred's site, including your son."

"So, you don't mind me asking, I mean, I'm just curious, how did you make your living before that?" Alice questioned. "What about you, Grant?"

"I scraped by. Odd jobs."

"I went to college, Alice. I do put my degree to something." Grant told his daughter's boyfriend's mom.

"I know that you worked for the drive-in, Jughead, before it was closed." Alice said, "Did you find work there, FP?"

"Dad."

"Well, hung out a bit." FP answered, "What can I say? I'm a movie bluff."

"So, tell me, were you upset when Hiram Lodge bought the drive-in land?" Alice questioned.

"Stuff happens."

"Let me rephrase that question. Were you surprised?"

The doorbell rung before FP could answer.

"I'll get it." Betty said, standing up and going to get the door.

"This is gonna be hell." Grant mumbled, quietly to his daughter.

"I though you said she wanted me to be here." Hal said as Alice rolled her eyes towards him.

"She does." Betty reassured her father, "I mean, it is homecoming after all. And our families should be coming together."

"Right,  Mom?" Beau asked his mom with a smirk on his face.

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"It's the same as when we were kids." Archie says after picking up the Key to the Jones trailer and going to unlock the door.

"You start in the bedroom, I'll start in here." Veronica told him.

"Please, Lord. Don't let Bryce find out about this." Archie mumbled to himself, "She's stick the heel of her heel in my eye socket."