Falling For Mr. Jones

18

    Betty groans, waking up with a pounding headache. She rolls over and hits someone's chest. Her eyes quickly snap open and she jumps up. She sees Jughead laying next to her, asleep. Betty sighs, getting back in bed and rolling away from him. She slowly inches back towards him and cuddles into his chest. Jughead feels her body against his and kisses the top of her head.
    "I'm sorry," he whispers.
    "No, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have left or come here."
    "If I didn't tell Veronica you wouldn't have come here."
    "Baby, your eye," Betty's thumb grazes the large bruise.
    "Yeah, Sweetpea stopped by."
    Betty kisses his cheekbone and cuddles back into his chest. "I love you."
    "I love you too."
    "But I can't lose Nick."
    "Betts, you hadn't spoken in years."
    "I know, but I missed him, and he missed me."
    Jughead sighs, "okay, but I'm not comfortable with you two hanging out a lot."
    "Okay, I won't hang out with him a lot."
    "Really?"
    "Really, I don't spend a lot of time with him anyway, I just talk to him over the phone."
    "Thank you."
    "Is this because of Beth?"
    "What?"
    "You said she cheated on you, is that why you're scared?"
    "Yeah, I think that's where it came from. Before her, I was...clueless and now I just feel like if I don't do everything in my power to prevent it. But I just pushed you away."
    "Juggie, I'm your yoyo, I'll always come back." Betty smiles, kissing him.
    Jughead chuckles, "that was awful."
    "I know," Betty laughs.
    "Can we go home now?"
    "Then can we have sex?"
    "Very straight forward, I like it."
    He grabs her hand, pulling her up out of the bed and leading her to the front door.
    "I'll call you later Nick. Thanks for letting me drop by." Betty calls as Jughead pushes her out the front door.
    "Any time, Betty." He calls back.
    "I actually had something else in mind for us to do when you got back."
    "Really, what's that?"
    "Well, I was thinking and what happened put everything into perspective for me. For our relationship."
    "So what is it?" Betty laces their fingers together.
    "It's a surprise," he smiles, leading her into their apartment.