| the story is told from jughead's pov along with third person.
wc: 757

i hear footsteps in front of my face, causing me to wake up from the best sleep i've had in awhile.

"archie?" i rolled over onto my back, rubbing my eyes and sitting up on my elbows. "what time is it?"

"well good morning juggy." he smiled at me and passed me a bottle of water that was sitting at the end of his bed. "it's early, you don't have to wake up yet i was just gonna go on a run before school so i can fit in a shower."

i nodded, unscrewing the cap off of the water, taking a sip but the spitting it out, "ew, room temp?"

"yeah sorry, forgot to put them in the fridge last night." he said with a laugh, grabbing his headphones from his dresser and swinging them around his phone.

i groaned, flipping over onto my stomach to see his face when i'm talking to him. "just wake me up when you get back please." i asked with a sarcastic smile, passing him the barley touched bottle of water.

"you got it." he left the room and turned the light back off so i could fall back asleep.

it's 6pm and i'm sitting alone in a booth at pops, waiting for one archie andrews who is about, 30 minutes late.

he finally showed up just as i finished eating, and finishing a paper for earth science.

"hey jug." he greeted as he slid into his side of the boot, a disappointed look spread across my face when i see his damp hair, messy clothes and sweaty forehead. even if he tried to cover it with a smile.

"what's wrong?" archie asked, acting completely innocent.

"you have got to be kidding me." i frowned, he made me wait for him because he was having sex?

"what?" archie tried to grab at my hand that was rested on the side of my laptop, but i pulled it away.

then he frowned along with me, "juggy what's wrong?"

don't be over emotional.
you both haven't actually announced your feelings.
it's not his place to read your mind.

"beside the fact that you're 50 minutes late?" i say after looking at the time on my phone.

"jug i'm sorry i just didn't think you would mind."

of course he wouldn't, i'm here alone every night anyway.

"it's okay i guess.. where were you?" i ask, knowing somewhat of what the answer would be.

he sighed, "with veronica."

even though nothing has actually happened between us, there's always been a little tension. an unspoken one.

i tried to have the best poker face i could but i couldn't fake what i was feeling.

jealousy.

sure we're bestfriends but apart of me, loves him in a different way. and i'm pretty sure he feels the same way. at least a little bit.

we both knew it, and we've talked about it, but not exactly in a direct way.

"so you and veronica..?"

he nods his head with a smile, he seems happy.

at the end of the day, i just want him to be happy. even if that means i'm miserable.

i hear archie come up the stairs, obviously headed towards his room.

i pretend to be asleep, i cannot talk to him right now.

"juggy?" he said sort of quietly, just incase i was asleep.

i didn't respond so archie got undressed and into his bed.

i lay on my side, a tear falling down my cheek.

by the time i woke up archie was already gone, i assumed since it was only 5 am that he went on another run.

i got dressed and ready because i genuinely didn't want to be here when he got back. i peek out the kitchen window and see archie standing out on the porch with one veronica lodge. kissing.

he doesn't look like he went on a run so i guess he's just been out here spending time with her.

i grabbed my bag and said goodbye to fred, exiting out the back door.

archie walked backed into his house, going upstairs to look for jughead since he was basically her personal alarm clock, but found no one under the covers.

"dad where's jughead?" archie asks, grabbing his backpack from the kitchen floor.

"she left a little while ago."

"how long exactly?" archie asks, knowing his and veronica's kiss wasn't exactly in private.

"about, 7 minutes ago." he tells him after looking at the kitchen stove for the time.

archie sighs.

she saw them.