Y/N PoV
Fred enters Archie's newly clean bedroom. He knocks on the door lightly, "I'm, uh, I'm headed out. Sorry to be missing your birthday this weekend, Jug."

Jughead pauses our game, "Oh, you will not be missing anything, Mr.Andrews, I barely acknowledge my own birthday."

Fred sighs, "Arch, can you give me a hand downstairs?"

Archie leaves us to finish our video game.

I sit in between Jug's legs while lying down against his chest focusing on beating him.

His part of the screen flashes red and in black letters it gives him a sad 'game over.' He groans, "How do you always win?"

"I'm not gonna lie. I have no idea what any of the buttons do so I just tap random ones." I laugh at how lucky that is.

He smiles, "Another game?"

"Before that can we figure out your birthday plans?" I toss my controller away from us.

"What is there to plan? Every year we go to the Bijou and watch a double feature." He does the same with his remote.

"Yes but there are two different ones we can go watch. Which one are we seeing?"

He sighs out of relief, "I thought you were going to say you planned something else. I don't care what we watch as long as your there with me." He kisses the top of my head.

"So cliche Sherlock."

"Oh I know Watson."

**Time skip**
"Veronica, there is something we need to talk to you about." Betty decided it's time to tell her even though it's been a day. She deserves to know as much as us if not more.

"Bring it. After the morning I've had. I'm ready for just about anything." She takes a big drink of her coffee and sets it down in front of her.

"Okay, well, Archie was with the Blossoms while their Board was in town. He, um.." she looks at Archie, "Why don't you tell her. You where there."

"Why is this suddenly feeling like a friendtervention?" Veronica smiles.

Archie continues to hesitate so I barge in, "Since you won't say it I will don't hate me but Archie overhead Mr.Blossom day he's the one responsible for your dad being arrested and put in jail." I frown.

"Are you kidding? Why the hell would Clifford Blossom have anything to do with why he's in prison?" She doesn't believe us, great.

Archie shrugs and gives her sympathetic smile. "I'm sorry Ronnie." He looks at her with something new in his eyes. Lust maybe?

Veronica sighs. "I'll be in class." She leaves before we can talk this out.

The rest of us leave the student lounge and walk to class. Archie walks alongside Betty, "Hey, you may or may not know this, but it's Jughead's birthday."

I slap him on the arm hard, "Archibald! That's top secret!"

He rubs his arm, "Ouch!"

Betty stares at us with big eyes, "What? And he didn't say anything?"

"It's tomorrow and he doesn't like making a big deal out of it. Every year, he goes to a double feature at the Bijou. It's like tradition. Every year Y/N has been his movie buddy."

Betty smiles, "Now I'm gonna have to find a present." She stares into space thinking about what she could get him.

I turn to Archie, "For one, Archie, we weren't suppose to say anything so good going. And two, you should come with. I mean he called you his brother." I walk down the hall with them unhappy at my idiot of a brother.

"No. I don't wanna third-wheel."

"Oh come on! It'll be like old times." I shake his shoulder.

"The three musketeers!" He laughs.

"Actually, Archie, there were four Musketeers." (A/N-I got zero idea who the 4th musketeer is so we are gonna assume its Vegas...Vegas the dog.)

He laughs at me, "I'll see you later, Y/N."

"Okay."

He leaves me and a zoned out Betty. She loves to go all out for birthdays so that was a stupid mistake on Archie's part.

**Time Skip to Lunch**
"Anyway, enough about my drama. Betty, you were saying something about Jughead's birthday?" Veronica questions.

"Yeah just that Mr.Jones told me Jughead's never had a birthday party."

"Mhmm-Hm," Archie nods with a big drink of milk in his mouth.

"Let's have one for him! Like, a low-key surprise party." Betty is very excited for her idea but we have to rain on her parade.

"Uh, no, no!" Archie shakes his head.

"That is not happening Betty. He would hate us." I stab my salad violently with my fork.

"That's a fantastic idea!" Veronica shares Betty's enthusiasm for the party.

"Jughead doesn't like his birthday."

Kevin stops us, "Everybody says that, nobody means it."

"Jughead is a lone wolf and doesn't do parties." I take a bite of my bland salad.

"Ok ignoring the negativity. Betty, you know me, any excuse to wear a cute party dress. Okay, so I'm thinking a quaint gathering, inner-circle only." Veronica rests her hands on her chin happily.

"No like I said, he still would hate you."

Kevin looks over to the opposite side of the lunch room where loud gossiping is taking place, "Oh, my god, don't turn around."

All of us look and see Chuck Clayton strutting back into the lunch room. Flashbacks of that night hit me like a fright train going a hundred miles per hour. He walks over to a table where Ethel sits.

"Holy Chuck, I think his lats got bigger. Not that I care, because he's evil incarnate." Kevin loves the drama just like Ronnie.

"What is Chuck Clayton doing back?"

"He got suspended, not expelled. Even though he should have been drawn and quartered for what he did." Veronica rolls her eyes. Betty gets up and walks in to the table where Ethel and Chuck sit. "Oh my god."

Betty starts to talk to him aggressively but it's inaudible from where we sit. She is getting madder my the minute. She bangs on the table and pulls back embarrassed. Betty clenches her fists and comes back to the table.

Veronica leans over to Betty, "What was he doing? Accosting her?"

"No, he was apologizing."

"Oh I'm so sure. Chuck Clayton doesn't have a contrite bone in his muscle-bound body." Veronica scoffs and turns back to her food.

Betty cuts her off, "You know what, can we talk about something else? Like..like Jughead's surprise party?" Betty looks down at her hands.

"Betty?"

"Look there's a lot I can't do, a lot I can't control. But I can damn well make sure Jughead has the best birthday of his life." Betty shoves her hands into her pockets.

Archie looks at the Pussycats and shakes his head, "Screw it. I'm with Betty. Our dad's away. We can do it at my house. We could all use a good time."

"Now your talking my language!" Veronica nods.

"It's gonna be epic." Archie smiles.

"No actually it won't be! There is no way I'm letting you do this. Jughead hates his birthday so much and this would make it worst." I set my fork down.

"Oh come on Y/N it will be fun!" Veronica pleads.

I shake my head, "I don't want to get involved. He wouldn't like this at all. I know my boyfriend."

Betty purses her lips, "Well we are doing it and you are going to bring him home at exactly 6 o'clock! This is happening."

I sigh not wanting to push her after we made up. "Fine but inner-circle only! No one else or Jughead and I will be in the locked basement the rest of the night."

They agree with my terms and continue on with eating.

This is going to go up in flames! Like world engulfing flames!