juggie spots some guy sexually harassing Betty and his anger gets the best of him and he saves her while slightly scaring her at the same time
Thank-you so much for this prompt, it was actually a lot of fun to write. I have a few more in my ask box that I will be doing my best to get done as well. If there are any more requests, please feel free to send them in. Also I apologize in advance for any mistakes. I’m very sleepy and only read over to edit this once.
Betty huffed, lifting the ladle and pouring the red liquidinto the cheap plastic disposable cup. She didn’t think she’d ever danced somuch in her life.
She wasn’t planning to go to the prom. She’d just gonethrough a really tough breakup, and she wasn’t really feeling up to partying.But, Veronica had begged her to come. Ronnie wanted to attend the dance, becauseit was a “rite of passage” but Archie couldn’t take her because he had gone tovisit his mom in Chicago for her birthday. So, she’d devised a plan that she,Betty and The Pussy Cats would all go stag together: and Betty didn’t have a say.
In the end, though, Betty was glad she had gone. It was anice distraction from all the stress that was going on in her life.
“Nice dress, Cooper,” Betty could feel his breath in herear, and she instinctively flinched away, the hairs on the back of her neckstanding up.
“T-thanks,” she mumbled, carefully placing the ladle down onthe ledge of the punch bowl. “Now if you’ll excuse me—”
She attempted to maneuver around the former football player,but he blocked her way, nearly spilling her punch in the process.
“Not so fast,” Chuck eyed her up and down, eyes lingering inplaces that made heat rush to Betty’s cheeks. He licked his lips. “Wannadance?”
She knew if she said no, he’d press the issue, and shereally didn’t feel like causing a big scene. She gritted her teeth. “Sure. Only one song, though. I gotta get backto my friends.”
“Of course,” he took her by the wrist, pulling her out ontothe dance floor.
Much to the blonde’s dismay, a slow song began to play justas they reached the center of the dance floor. She tentatively placed her handson his intimidatingly broad shoulders, arms outstretched in an attempt tocreate space between them. It turned out to be a moot effort as he pulled herinto him, hands at the small of her back, creeping way too low for Betty’sliking.
Jughead, like he did at most dances, sat alone on thebleachers. It wasn’t out of pathetic-ness, though. He liked to people watch. Heliked to observe from the sidelines. He preferred it this way.
Tonight, though, he was admittedly watching really only oneperson: Betty. She looked beautiful as ever, dancing with Veronica and Josie inher deep purple dress that was breathtakingly beautiful, hugging her in all theright places before flowing out at her knees.
Why had he come here? Dances weren’t really his thing. He technicallywasn’t even supposed to be here. But he’d bought the tickets back before he’dtransferred schools. Before he became a Serpent. Before he’d broken Betty’sheart. But the answer was obvious: he’d wanted to see her.
While she was the reason he came, it was now the reason hewished he hadn’t; seeing her so happy without him was torture. He didn’t knowwhich was worse: seeing her cry and knowing he was the reason, or seeing herdance and laugh and smile, as if she didn’t have a care in the world when hewas still reeling from their break up.
He was going to leave. He’d had enough. He was going todrive his dad’s beat up truck home and never come back to Riverdale High again.There was nothing left for him. There’d been nothing left for him for a longtime.
He stood, grabbing his keys, and was already halfway downthe bleachers when she saw them. At first he felt a twinge of jealousy at thesight of Betty in Chuck’s arms, his hands wandering along her backside. Why thehell would she be dancing with him, of all people? Especially in a way thatsuggested that later they’d be doing more than dancing. After everything he’ddone.
The jealousy, however, quickly turned to anger when hereally realized what was happening. When he saw her pushing back against him, handsslapping and swatting away his as he kept groping and tugging at her ass andher dress.
His rage was blinding, causing everything he saw to be whitehot, with a red tinge. He didn’t realize what he was doing until he’d pulledBetty away from him, nearly knocking her over if it weren’t for the fact thatMoose was nearby to catch her, his knuckles colliding with the asshole’s nose.
Jughead braced himself for a retaliation, but to hissurprise, Chuck began to laugh. “Here you go again, Jones. Defending yourlittle Serpent Slut.” The comment earned him a second punch, which he wasn’texpecting and this time it was harder, making contact with the would-be quarterback’s jaw, hard enough to bust his lip. He clutched his chin, andJughead delivered a third blow to his stomach, and Chuck keeled over in pain.Jughead leaned into him, speaking low at his ear.
“Do you know how easy it’d be to end you?” Chuck looked up,and the raven-haired boy reveled in the fear in his eyes. “Almost too easy. Don’tforget who I run with. Leave her alone or I swear to God, I’ll—”
Jughead turned, his eyes meeting Betty’s green ones for thefirst time in what felt like lifetimes. They were beautiful as ever, the bluetint to them really coming out in the soft lighting. They were wide, afraid.
Betty had never seen Jughead so mad before. Sure, he’dpunched Chuck on his birthday that one time, and she’d seen him get angry intheir bickers, but never like this, and to be honest, it terrified her. She didn’tthink he was capable of that kind of rage, that kind of intimidation.
“He’s not worth it,” she whispered.
Jughead drew in a deep breath, releasing Chuck, who quicklymade his way elsewhere. He turned toward her.
“You okay?” he asked, gently rubbing up and down her arms.
“Oh my God, Betty!” Veronica gasped, and Betty turned as shepulled her into a consoling hug. “I tried to get over here when I first saw thefight start but the huddle was so dense…”
“I’m fine Ronnie, thanks to—” she pulled away, turning toreference her dark-haired protector, but was met with confusion when she found hewas gone.
“C’mon, let’s get back to Josie,” the raven-haired girlpulled Betty across the room, all the while the blonde kept looking back,looking for her raven-haired knight in shining armor.
