𝚂𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚂𝚔𝚒𝚗// 𝚂𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝙿𝚎𝚊

𝙿𝚎𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝙱𝚕𝚞𝚎𝚜

TW: SA

August 21, 2017

Dear Diary,

This morning I woke up and felt so strange. There was no way to describe it, and I felt like someone had hit me with a bat. I was weak, and when I went to get ready for the day, it was like my muscles wouldn't work. On the other hand, I felt comfortable and relaxed until I remembered that today was Monday. It had rolled around faster than I wanted it to, and it almost felt like today had its agenda. To be honest, I didn't want to go to school, I'd rather lie here and write, or just lie here.

𓆗𓆗𓆗

When I got to school, not a single person was able to keep Jason's name from spilling out of their mouth. It only made it more real that he was gone. And that was just another sin added to this town's long list.

I stood at my locker when a certain blonde walked over with a smile.

"Hey, Betty." I smile, and Kevin walks up behind me.

"How have you been Betty, I heard what happened."

"I'm great, everything is fine and I'm not stressing over it anymore."

"That's good, I really hate to see you hurt."

"What about you, how was your weekend?"

"It was...eventful. I went to a bonfire with some friends and now I'm here."

"We are your friends." Kevin looks at me confused, trying to read if I was hiding something.

"Um... they were some friends I met at soccer camp, I met at the beginning of summer. You guys wouldn't know them." I lied. What would I do, tell them I went to a party hosted by the Serpents and that the guy I'm seeing is a Serpent? Was I seeing him? That's besides the point. Anyway, not only would I get weird looks, but I would get a lecture on how they are the worst people in the world because they are gang members and they sell drugs and do all this illegal stuff, which is only half true, if I'm being completely honest. Kevin and Betty nod, but Kevin is still not buying it.

"Well shall we go." I smile before linking my arm with Betty, leading her down the hallway.

"Now that romance is off the table, I'll just say it. Are we 100% sure that Archie's straight? Because no straight man has that body." Kevin says, and I laugh.

"Speaking of bodies... Have you recovered from finding Jason's?" I ask, and he looks over at me.

"It was more traumatizing having to explain to my dad what I was doing with Moose at the river. Yet another perk of being the sheriff's son." Betty leads us into the office, and I see a vase of flowers.

"Oh, my God, those are gorgeous. Are those for Betty, Mrs. Philips?" Kevin says, and Mrs. Philips looks over at us with a sarcastic look on her face.

"That's why I called her."

"Dear Betty, please forgive me, XOXO, V."

"Who the hell is 'V'?" I am confused.

"Veronica," Betty says, and so does another girl with raven hair.

"The yellow is for friendship. I also had Magnolia cupcakes flown in from New York. Because, as my mom likes to say, "There's no wrong the right cupcake can't fix. Also I... I've booked us for hers-and-hers mani-pedis at Chez Salon. Blowouts, too. I am so, so sorry, Betty. I don't know what happened to me that night. It was such a basic bitch move. It was like I was... Possessed by..."

"Madame Satan?" Kevin blurts out, and I chuckle, which earns me a glare from Veronica.

"The old Veronica. And I will never, ever do anything like that to you again. I swear on my mother's pearls. Just, can you please give me one more chance?"