Split

Betty's POV ( the day after she found out)

I didn't sleep well last night. After I finally calmed down enough to stand I had Cheryl and Kevin go home so I could be alone. I crawled into my cold, empty bed and just stared at the ceiling thinking. Jug was my everything since I was 16. He was my first real love, my first kiss, my first everything. And ever since the day we kissed in the blue and gold it's been us against the world. Now I'm lost and alone. How could I not only have his baby without him but raise it?

Eventually I fell asleep and decided I would just spend the day in bed considering it was already 2 pm. But of course that plan was ruined by me running to the bathroom to puke. Which then got in my hair forcing me to take a shower. I wish Jughead was here.

The next day

I woke up early this morning feeling sick yet again. I was cleaning up my face after puking when it hit me. It's my anniversary. I've been married to Jughead for 5 years today. If you could still say that.

I spent all day sulking and being sad when I finally decided to call Kev and have him give me advice. When he gets here about 5 minutes later we immediately get comfy on the couch which I had conveniently surrounded with anything I might need. Snacks, tissues, a trash can to puke into, more snacks, anything you can think of I had. "Alright well what's the plan? Are you gonna talk to him? I mean it is your anniversary are you ok?" He says quickly. "The plan is I have no idea. What do you think I should do? And I'm not really ok no." I say quietly as I haven't talked in a long time. "Well personally I think you should go talk to him. Tell him about the baby and how your feeling. And I guess just see what happens from there." He says shrugging his shoulders. "I'm scared he's given up on us. That he won't care about the baby or me for that matter." I say tears stinging my eyes for the millionth time today. "You don't know until you try B."

I decided to get it together and go see him. If nothing else he deserves to know that I'm finally pregnant. I text Cheryl told, her the plan and headed to the wyrm.

When I walked it everyone stopped talking, looked at me and just looked completely frazzled. I walked past them and started up towards the bar to talk to Toni. "Hey can you get everyone out of here for me please?" I said with the look of like you know why. "Yea um give me a minute." She says and moves out from behind the bar. I turn around to see Jughead sitting half way up the stairs just starring at me. I take a deep shaky breath when I see the beer bottle in his hand. He's drinking imagine that.

Soon everyone is out of the bar other than Jug Toni and I. "Hey Toni you can go I'll close up for tonight." I say with a fake smile. "Ok thanks Betty." She says and before walking away she mouths me good luck. I walk up to him and open my mouth to say something but nothing comes out, I just stand there looking at my husband that's isn't really my husband anymore. "Betty look I know why your here. And I get it I'm just an idiot and you need me out of your life." He says attempting to hide the hurt behind his eyes but fails. "Jug I didn't come here for a divorce." I start. I take a deep breath before talking again. "Jug I'm-I'm pregnant." I look him in the eyes waiting for some kind of reaction but there was nothing not even a movement in his eyes. After about a minute has passed I talk again. "I don't expect you to care I guess. You just deserved to know. Have a nice life Jughead." I say starting to walk away. "Betts wait!" He says standing up and running to me. "I want to have this baby with you and be together again. But I need to get my life together first and stop drinking. I will not be like my father drunk and trying to take care of a kid. Is that ok betts? Can you give me time to quit drinking and have a clear head?" He says pleadingly. I think for a minute not really sure what to do at this point. "You've got 8 months Jug or were done forever" I say sniffling. "Happy anniversary." I whisper walking out of the bar.

He walked into the blue and gold after school seeming more on edge than normal. "You ok Jug?" I asked him "I- yea I'm good. I just uh I have to ask you something." He said stammering over every word. "Yea Jug" I said completely confused. "That kiss the other day um did that mean something to you?" He said looking down. "Of course it did Jug I just didn't know if it meant something to you." I said back also nervous now. "Well um I- would you like to go out with me?" He says looking in my eyes this time. "Oh um I don't know.." I say making his face then look a lot less happy. "I'm kidding. Of course I will Jug!" I say grabbing him and kissing him once more but this time better than the first. After a minute we pulled away and I said "I thought you'd never ask!"

I sat in the car thinking for a while before I drove home once more to the empty house waiting for me. I wish he would of come home with me and let me help him with this so he wasn't doing it all alone. But if he thinks this will do then that's what will happen because I really need my husband in this. I need my Juggie.

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