The next week and the first week of September, noah was getting ready for his first day at preschool. He was just having a starter week where they only go in until lunch time and then the following week they will be in most of the day.

Betty was still feeling slightly ill, but she got herself out of bed and went down to the kitchen to make coffee before getting the kids up. She sat at the counter, with her mug while scrolling through her phone. A few minutes later, she heard the sound of footsteps and lifted her head up to see her husband walk into the kitchen. "Morning baby" he smiled, walking over to her and wrapping his arms around her from behind, dropping a kiss to her neck. "Good morning juggie" she said, enjoying the feeling of being in his arms. "Did you sleep okay?" She asked him as he went to get himself coffee. "I did, did you? How are you feeling today?" He asked her. "I'm okay, I have a slight headache though" she sighed. "Do you need to go to the doctors?" He suggested, slightly concerned. "I'll be okay, I think it's just stress we've been busy lately and now with Noah starting preschool" she exclaimed standing up. "I know honey, can you believe he's going to preschool" he said, wrapping her up in his arms. "No, my little baby" Betty whispered. "He's always our baby betts, now how about we make some breakfast for him?" Jug asked and Betty nodded, starting to make french toast. About ten minutes later, Noah came barrelling down the stairs, with a smile on his face. "Hi little man" jug grinned, scooping his son up in his arms. "Hi Dadda" Noah greeted. "Hi baby, did you have a good sleep?" Betty asked, plating up the breakfast and putting it on the table. "Yep!" Noah beamed. "My breakfast?" Noah asked, pointing at the french toast. "Yes, are you hungry?" Betty asked, taking him from jugheads arms and putting him in a chair. "Yes! Thank you mommy" he said and Betty kissed his head. "You're welcome". "I'm going to head upstairs for a shower then I'll wake Ava up, are you okay here?" Betty said to jughead. "We're good baby" jug smiled, pecking her lips.

A while later, a freshly showered Betty came down with a giggling Ava in her arms. "Good morning princess" jughead smiled at his daughter. "Dadda! Dadda!" Ava squealed in excitement, seeing her dad. "Someone's happy today" jug laughed as Betty placed Ava on his lap before starting to make Ava some breakfast. "Are you excited to start preschool buddy?" Jug asked, turning to Noah. "Yep! I'm a big boy!" Noah grinned, proudly. "Yes you are sweetie" Betty smiled; wiping his mouth of syrup. "Now, can you be a big boy and go and get dressed?" Betty asked, kissing his cheek. Noah nodded, running upstairs. "It's going to be weird not having him in the house" betty said, sadly. "It's only until lunchtime" jug reminded her softly. "I know" she sighed. Jug knew Betty was taking this hard. their baby was growing up; so he decided to cheer her up. "Ava, why don't we go and give mommy a big hug?" Jug said, as he walked over to Betty, wrapping her up in a hug while Ava giggled between them. "Mommy sad?" Ava asked. "Mommy's Happy now" Betty smiled, taking Ava into her arms. "How about this?" Jug asked. "After we drop Noah to preschool, we can go and get brunch and take Ava to the park?" He suggested and Betty nodded. "Thank you, juggie" she said. "I love you" he whispered against his lips. "I love you too" she smiled.

"Okay, are you ready noah?" Jug asked as his helped him out the car. "Yes daddy" his son smiled. "Okay then let's go" jug grinned, taking hold of his hand. "What am I going to do at preschool?" Noah asked. "Well you'll probably play and do some drawing, it's going to be so fun!" Betty said, cheerily. "Who I play with?" Noah asked. "You'll make some friends" jug told him. When they got to the doors of the preschool, they stopped and jughead crouched down. "Okay buddy, have a good time okay? We'll be here to pick you up at lunchtime" jug smiled, hugging his son goodbye. "Have fun sweetie, I love you" Betty smiled, trying not to tear up. Noah hugged them both back. "Bye mommy, bye daddy! Bye bye Ava!" Noah grinned and ran into the classroom. Jug stood up and watched his wife try and keep her emotions in check. "You ready honey?" He asked, placing a hand on her back. "Yeah" she sniffed, holding Ava closer to her. "He's going to be okay betts" he reassured her, helping to strap Ava into her car seat. "I know, I know I'm just being silly" she sighed. "You're not, you're just a mom" he smiled, kissing her and opening the passenger door for her. "So, let's go and have a fun morning and before you know it he'll be back with us okay?" He said.

After grabbing brunch and taking Ava to the park, they were back home. Ava was sat on the couch, watching cartoons while Betty was cleaning the house. "Betts why don't you take a break?" Jug asked, walking over to his wife and stopping her. "The house is a mess jug" Betty said. "I'll clean it, you still aren't feeling great and I don't think you should be pushing yourself" he explained and Betty sighed before nodding. "Okay" she agreed. "But let me make us both coffee first" she added. "Sounds good" he said, pecking her lips. "How you holding up?" He asked. "I'm okay, I know he's fine he's just always been with us" she said. "I feel the same baby, but we still have Ava and just think of how good it's going to be having some chill time in the day and then being excited for when he comes home" he told her. "You're right, I know you're right" she said. "I'm sure it's just because it's the first day he's not here, I'm just emotional" she giggled. "Well I still love you" he grinned. "I love you too" she smiled, wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing him. They were broken out of their moment by Ava. "Mamma! Dadda! I want noms!" She yelled. They pulled apart laughing. "She wants a snack, that's all your kid" Betty teased and jug playfully rolled his eyes and hitting her bum, grabbing Ava a snack and leaving the kitchen. Betty joined them a few moments later and cuddled up on the couch.

When lunchtime hit, the three out of four members of the jones family were back at the preschool, waiting for Noah to finish. Jughead was holding jugheads hand while Ava was at their feet, jumping up and down. The doors opened and lots of toddlers all came out, running to their parents. Ava squealed when she saw her brother and ran to him, trying to hug him. "Oah! Oah!" She yelled. "Hi Ava" Noah smiled at his sister before walking over to his parents. "Hi mommy hi daddy" he waved. "Hi baby, how was your day?" Betty greeted him with a hug. "It was so good!" He said, excitedly. "That's great buddy!" Jug smiled, taking his hand as Betty grabbed Ava and walked back to the car. On their way home they listened as Noah excitedly babbled about his morning. "I'm so glad you had fun sweetie" Betty said, unlocking the door and watching as Noah ran to his room to play with his Toys, Ava trying to follow him but was a lot slower. "You okay?" Jug asked. "Yeah, I'm so happy he had a good time juggie" Betty beamed and jug was struck with how beautiful his wife was. "Me too baby, me too".

{ two chapters in one day! 💗 hope you enjoy! Let me know what you think!💗}