I always push you away
but you keep telling me to stay
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I drummed my fingers and bounce my legs as Pop places a vanilla milkshake onto the table.

"Thanks, Pop." I didn't feel like drinking anything, though. All I could think about was Jughead, and his words kept playing over and over in my head.

Why do we keep pushing each other apart, and breaking each other's hearts? Why did we have to pretend to hate instead of love, and be the Romeo and Juliet?

I blinked the tears and played with the straw, thinking how if Jughead was here, he would make fun of how little I was eating, and steal my drink.

The little bell chimed, announcing someone had entered. Desperate to shift my attention to something other than Jughead, I turned and looked. Maybe it was Veronica or Archie, and they would comfort me and tell me everything would work out.

But as fate would have it, it was Jughead who entered. I groaned and ducked down, hoping he wouldn't notice. No such luck. He glanced over and made a beeline to me.

"Hey. Can I sit here?" No. After you just yelled at me to get out of your trailer just two hours ago? I don't think so.

I nodded. He took a deep breath,"Can we talk, Betty?"

"I thought we already did, Jughead." He took off his beanie, and sighed. Under the dim lights of Pop's, it was still obvious that he only had a few hours of sleep, and I felt an overwhelming surge of pity, for the both of us.

"Okay, Jug. We can talk." I said softly.

"Betty, just because I'm a serpent does not mean I will stop loving you. I don't want these things to get between the both of us, and push us further apart. You mean the world to me, Betts- You complete me.

Whenever I feel like I'm not normal, and start feeling like a failure, you're there for me. You know I'm weird, and everyone calls me hobo, but you never. I love you." No one had ever said something like that to me before, not even Polly. And now, here Jughead was, declaring his love after we had fought just a while ago.

I knew what mum, or my friends would say- that we were real life Romeo and Juliet. That he was dangerous, a criminal, living in a trailer. But that was why I loved him, because he was so beautiful and untouchable, and so vulnerable around me.

"Betts?" His voice was gentle, and he gave me a sweet smile. I wanted to get lost in his eyes, sucked into a different world with him where we could love with no one pulling us apart, no Serpents or obsessive parents.

"Why do we keep falling apart, Jug? Why do we have to keep fighting and making up, like an endless cycle?" I asked, looking away from him.

Why do we keep screwing up? Why won't the world let us be together?

He took my hand and his fingers laced around mine. "I'm not going to give up on us, Betts. If we're fighting, it's because I'm fighting for you. If I live in a trailer and people think it's not a proper house, it's because you're my home. I'll do anything to keep you, for you to stay."

If I'm your home, you are the blood in my veins, you are the oxygen I breathe that keeps me alive, and the one that makes me want to live.

I finally looked up,"I love you too, Jug. But I'm sorry, I really am. Just because we love each other doesn't mean we're meant to be."

His eyes widened, not from shock, but they screamed of unexplainable sadness. I'm so sorry, so so sorry.

I got up, and headed to the exit.

"Wait, Betty! Please!" Desperation laced his words, but I couldn't bear to look at his face.

Please forgive me, even if it takes years to get over it. I love you, Jughead. But if it means hurting the both of us, then we can never be together.

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A/n:

I think I should try writing something happier, if not this book will just be sad angsty stories. Yeah, the next one will be a happy one, 'kay? :)

Feel free to send in requests, even if they're not Bughead! I want to write some Cheryl Blossom x reader or something like that, so do send your suggestions

Thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoyed it! Votes and comments are appreciated ^_^

Also, I just realised both Betty and Jughead have green eyes... Is that bad that I took so long? XD

Bye!

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