By: @riverdalesweetbettslover
Betty was glad to be off the next day, it was Sunday and she had errands she had to run. The only problem was that she couldn’t pull herself out of bed. It wasn’t that she was tired it had more to do with the fact she didn’t like waking up alone to an empty apartment. It was a small but cozy place to live and she didn’t want to spend a ton of money on a place she’d bearly be at besides to sleep and sometimes eat. Betty kept herself busy and occupied with things to do each day and if there was nothing to do she’d find something to do. So though she was a morning person she hated them. She hated first waking up and always felt paranoid getting ready. After muttering silent motivations she threw the covers off of her legs.
Betty slumped out of her room into the cramped kitchen and made herself a bowl of Cheerios. As she ate she picked up her phone and saw a 7 text six from Eross and one from Veronica.
(Ronnie: Me and hubby love Paris! When are you going to come visit?!?!)
Betty rolled her eyes and smiled Veronica had been trying to get Betty to visit but honestly Betty was extremely apprehensive. She sent a simple smiley face knowing Veronica would not accept the conversation as done but moving on anyway.
(Asswipe: soooo…where are we going today?)
(Asswipe: Peony kicked me out for the night, after hearing about my idea of a threesome)
(Asswipe: are you still sleep? Betty I am outside the building get up)
(Asswipe: It is eight why are you still sleep?)
Betty looked at the clock to see it was now nine twenty-four and rolled her eyes Eross was one to get up at the crack of dawn and believed since he was up and ready to go everyone else should be too.
(Asswipe: BITCH I SWARE TO GOD IF YOU DO NOT GET UP)
(Asswipe: it is now 9:15 I am giving you 10 minutes to get down here and answer me)
Betty sat her phone down and looked over towards the door as loud banging with the yells of her name filled the place. She sent a winky and devil emoji and waited a few seconds until she heard him shout.
“open this door!” she walked over and unlocked the door as he pushed his way in. When he turned and took in her pajamas and messy hair he crossed his arms and let out a huff.
“I need at least thirty” she exasperated
“twenty" he walked over to the couch and flopped down
“Well I’m taking thirty five” she smirked and he flipped her off as she left to get ready.
Exactly forty five minutes later she came out in a baby blue sundress and slipped on a pair of nude flats. Eross simply glared at her and they walked out to her car. It was older and beat down but she had fixed it up over the years, only now she wanted to actually take it into the shop, one of her errends to accomplish today. She put the key in the ignition and started it up, only it made a lot of sputtering and creeking noise then burned out. They both made a face at each other as she tried again. And again. It didn’t work until her 5th attempt and she took off before anything else happened.
“Why do you still keep this thing, just get a new car"
“It was my very first one okay"
“I never took you for a horder"
“I’m not a horder! I just…want it to last as long as possible that’s why I’m taking it to a garage so they can check it and fix it, I don’t have the time right now"
He huffed and crossed his arms “Well before you do that could you drop me off at the flower shop down the street from it? I need to get my beautiful she-devil of a girlfriend an apology gift"
“Wow" Betty laughed “Beautiful she-devil, that’s new"
“sure, I’ll walk down there when I’m done"
He nodded and the rest of the ride was full of laughs and bad jokes. Her radio was broken, which she hated and planned to get fixed one day, so it was nice to talk instead of singing to fill the silent void. When she got to the flower shop she let him out and drove over to the car garage. It was one part of the Southside that stayed, though it was fixed up and slightly remodeled, it still showed some parts of the old abused side of town. She loved it there, it was where she used to buy all her tools and tires when she still worked on her car herself. The smell of moter oil and gas, with tools, bolts and screws lining the walls of the inside. She felt nostalgic there. Though it was more for her fixing car days than the actual building. She felt a pang in her chest at the thought of her dad who was the one to teach her all of her knowledge about cars, and automobiles. She rushed out of the car to take her mind off of it.
She opened the door and the little bell went off signaling a costumers entrance and exit. There was no one behind the counter, or inside and after checking and seeing the sign said opened, she figured it was a slow day and went to look around. She knew she had no reason to buy any tools, the ones she had were fine, a bit old, but fine nonetheless. That didn’t stop her from examining them as if she was going to buy them. She heard heavy footsteps but didn’t pay much mind to them until a voice called out.
“we’re really gonna have to stop meeting like this coop” her head snapped up to see sweet pea standing behind the counter with his elbows and arms resting on it, and leaning forward smirking at her across the room. She couldn’t help but notice his arms, he was Waring a black tank top and, with the sun out, had a light sheen of sweat on him. She stared a bit longer than she would have liked before she walked over to stand in front of him on the other side.
“Sweet pea what a pleasant surprise” she smiled “I see your feeling more…conversational today" he narrowed his eyes at her and pushed himself off the counter rising to his full height and crossing his arms.
“I guess, to say the least" he shrugged “What do need?”
“I just need my car checked out, it’s making weird noises and having trouble starting up”
“Last I checked you were quite the mechanic yourself, why are you coming here?”
“Well the last time you checked was eight to nine years ago" she said it softly not even meaning to. It fell from her pink lips before she could take it back. Truth was she wasn’t mad he left, more sad, they had become close friends even if he wouldn’t admit it. They had been so close whenever her and jug got into fights he would take her side nine times out of ten and when he didn’t he would help her fix whatever they were at ends about. Though she wasn’t as close to him as Toni and Fangs they were close enough to where her heart broke a little the day he left and the days of never finding him that followed. His eyes widened a little but his face remained emotionless. He let out a deep sigh and uncrossed his arms and laid his plans flat on the surface between them, and the tension and uncomfort rose to new heights.
“No, no I’m sorry I’m just really busy at the time, that’s why I can’t work on it, just ignore what I said”
“I’m sorry" it was quick but honest, she looked into his eyes and saw they were guarded but filled with guilt. He wasn’t one to say sorry, she wasn’t even sure she had ever heard him apologize before.
“It’s okay, really" they were quiet for a minute looking at anything but each other, until he clapped his hands together.
“okay let’s go take a look" he turned around and grabbed a tool box and she followed him outside. When she pointed out her car he stopped in his tracks “You still have that thing?” he laughed. She placed a hand on her hips and glared at him.
“Yes, I do, is that a problem?”
“the color is still so awful" her car was a fiat 500, a bright fading yellow fiat 500, though now the yellow was peeling and dingy, a real pain to look at, at times.
“Well it’s not like I picked out! And the color isn’t that bad"
“Uh, yeah it is, you never thought about a paint job or something?”
“Oh, I’m sorry, with all the other issues going on a paint job is the least of my worries, now" she gave an annoyed huff at his slights towards her car “could you please check it out”
“fine then" he went to examining her car and she watched from behind for a little while before heading inside and looking at more of the supplies . After a few minutes he came back with a towl on his shoulder covered in greese and oil like his hands. He wiped them on his black jeans, completely missing the use of the towel she noted, and walked over to lean against the wall beside the stand of screwdrivers she was looking at.
“It’ll take a couple hours to get it safe to drive, which by the way you shouldn’t have even been doing” He raised an eyebrow at her and she gave a shrug in response. “anyway if you want full repairs it won’t be done till tommorow" her shoulders slumped at that. She didn’t want to have to come back in week because her car was only just safe to drive, not fully fixed, but she had no ride back and it was too far to walk home.
“Are you sure there’s no other way?”
“if there was another option I would have told you"
“Well I’m sorry, but I don’t have a way home, and I need full repairs" she snapped. He ran a hand down his face and looked over at the clock, it read one-twenty. He turned to look at her and seemed to be thinking something over as he bit the inside of his cheek.
“Listen" he started “I’ll be done between three and four, why you didn’t think of a backup ride I don’t know, but I’ll take you home when I get off, cool?” she thought it over, and though she wanted to quip back about his ‘backup ride’ comment she swallowed it down and nodded her head and he clicked his tounge “alright then-“
“wait” she inturupted “I forgot i have a freind who came with me” now his annoyance was extremely evident “can they please come too I’d feel awful leaving him, though he might deserve it"
“him?” his voice had an edge to it and she wasn’t surprised, he was never a fan of people outside his circle.
“Yeah and I won’t lie he’s a bit of a pain in the ass"
“fine, whatever" he grumbled. He pushed himself off of the wall and walked to the back, out of sight.
“wait…again" she rushed over to the counter “How will I know when to be ready or how will you know where to find me, I was going to go walk around the shops while I waited and thought-”
“just leave your number on the counter!” he yelled back. She pulled a sticky note out of her purse and a pen and wrote her name and number down, and leaned over and stuck it on the cash register so only he would see it when he came back out. With one last fleeting smile towards the room he was in she left out towards the flower shop.
“You did what!” the few patrons of the Tina’s Garden & Flower Shop turned to look at Eross as he glared daggers at her.
“could you lower your voice, or maybe you want the whole state to hear you bitch and whine" she whispered.
“you expect me to ride in the car of a random stranger"
“Who said it was a stranger, I actually think you’ll be kinda glad" she giggled.
“Why? Who is it? Do I know them?”
“No, you don’t but I do, it’s that guy, sweet pea, from yesterday" Betty expected him to be happier or at least excited, and yet his face just looked unimpressed.
“You got us a ride…with the guy who got me kicked out of my lover’s house"
“Whoa go back that was your fault, you should have kept your mouth shut”
“I know, but it’s easier on my conscience to blame someone else, but at least you know him…I guess"
As they looked around smelling and admiring the displays, she noticed his eye and hands were twitching slightly a nervous tick of his.
“What if I get the wrong thing and she gets madder? I mean don’t flowers have meaning and what not?”
“You’re fine she won’t care as long as you don’t get her peonies” they both shuddered “Last time you did that, it was a mess”
“yeah, I just hope she didn’t take it the wrong way, the whole threesome thing I mean she obviously did but I just hope…nevermind”
“hey, don’t think like that, I’m sure it was more of a joke anyway, now how about some traditional roses or if you want to branch out some dasies or forget-me-not” his lip twitched up and he let her lead the way.
By three thirty-two Betty and Eross found themselves at a small bakery enjoying over-priced muffins and admiring the beautiful bouquet of white roses with pink orchids. She had a few bags with her, nothing she couldn’t handle, from some of the shops she needed to stop by. Her phone started vibrating and flashed an unknown number and she picked it up seeing it was a text.
(Unknown: hey betty, it’s sweet pea just got off)
She texted him telling him the address and name of the bakery and saved his number, even if there was a chance she wouldn’t use it again, though she doubted that. A few minutes later truck pulled up and though it wasn’t nearly as beat up as hers it had it’s battles that was for sure. He didn’t get out, call, or even text, he just slammed his hand on the horn obnoxiously until they came out.
“not one for manners huh?” Eross muttered as they got up and left.
“just don’t expect a handshake, or warm welcome” she laughed.
When they reached the truck she got on the passenger’s side while he got in the back with his bouquet. Sweet pea raised an eyebrow but didn’t say anything about it as he pulled out of the parking lot.
“she got you” Eross corrected her, she shot him a glare and turned back to sweet pea.
“I got you a muffin, I wasn’t sure what kind you liked so I just got you chocolate chip” she had the bag in her lap and he looked over as she held it up. Keeping one hand on the steering wheel, he grabbed the pastry out and took a big bit out of the top, and spoke through a mouth full of muffin.
“I prefer blueberry” he said right before taking another large bite “where do you live anyway?”
Betty was tempted to snatch the muffin right out of his hand and throw out the window, but just told him her address instead, though there was an edge to her voice he ignored.
“Um…yeah hi, I’m Eross you can call me Ross” sweet pea didn’t even look at him or acknowledge he was talking “if you could drop me off at my girlfriend’s house that’d be great" it wasn’t till now he glared at him through the rearview mirror.
“Please sweet pea, it’s really important and her house is close to mine so we’re going to pass it anyway” she pleaded
“Fine, I’ll drop him off" she smiled and he only gave a grunt. when they pulled up to peony’s house Eross all but threw himself out of the truck muttering quick goodbyes, and running to her door leaving the car door open.
“Ass" sweet pea mumbled while reaching back to pull it close.
“I’m surprised he didn’t want to make a move” Betty laughed, Sweet pea let out a scoff.
“and why would he do that? You know besides my good looks of course"
“still cocky as ever sweets, but I guess that actually sums it up, your two’s delusion of your good looks”
“ouch, Still hitting it where it hurts I see, and though you can’t admit to when you see a sexy man, I sure as hell can tell you your not looking so bad, those legs are fine as ever" he smirked. She blushed and turned to look out the window to hide it, but judging from his devilish grin he’d already caught it. She didn’t respond or take the conversation any further.
“Pea, where have you been?” they had driven for a couple of minutes in silence, their flirty banter sinking in, and her question was jarring in the silence. She heard him gulp but still didn’t look at him. She had been thinking of asking him since she saw, him but only now did she get the courage to ask. He didn’t say anything till her apartment complex was in sight.
“here we are” he pulled up to the front and parked beside the sidewalk.
“Betty save it, your car should be ready at about two o’clock” he reached over and opened her door and she got the message loud in clear to just drop it. She stepped out and closed the door, turning around last minute to say thank you but the tailgate of his truck was all that was seen as he speeded away down the street. Betty cursed herself, but knew she had a minor victory out of all this. She now had his number, and knew that for the most part they were comfortable with each other. She ran inside and set her things on the floor beside the door when she read the clock seeing it was four fifty-two she let out a grunt. It was still a bit light outside and the only place she needed to go to was this empty house.
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