“I love you... but you’re an idiot” Rat King told me bluntly. I furrowed my eyebrows and pouted “Malachai is the leader of the Ghoulies” Rat King said putting me out of my misery
“Oh... ooh... oooohhhh” I said getting it “wait he’s what?” I asked hoping to get it confirmed
Now
"He's the Ghoulie leader" he repeated. I absorbed the information. I was a serpent 'princess' yet I was welcomed into the House of the Dead? I sighed
"Damn. Y'know, my life just keeps getting more and more complicated" I stated "I really should've guessed" I told RK
"Yes, you should've" RK immediately agreed "I mean, didn't your dad ever tell you who the leaders were?" Rat King asked. I sighed
"No, he doesn't want me involved in 'gang related things'. Though I probably would've been better off if he just let me know about this type of stuff" I complained. Rat King hummed. Just then a familiar boy with the name 'Reggie' walked around a corner into my line of sight. I huffed "hey, I've got to go Arat" I said not wanting to address him by RK or Rat King
"Alright. I'll talk to you later" he agreed hanging up on me. I shoved my phone back into my pocket and leaned against the lockers relaxing. Reggie's gaze landed on me and he smirked, my frown only deepened in return
"Nugget, just the lady I wanted to see" he stated smoothly. I sighed through my nose and my shoulders rolled. I clicked my tongue
"Mantle. Just the boy I did not want to see" I greeted rolling my eyes "what is it?" I asked him and he tilted his head innocently. Reggie shrugged
"Just wanted to talk for a while" he said but by the flicker of his eyes I could tell it was a lie. My eyes glanced to the place his eyes had shifted to and I noticed his friends were there. My eyes slanted at Reggie in suspicion. He took a step closer to me and put a hand on the lockers beside my head. My eyes flicked to his hand "get to know you better" he shrugged nonchalantly. I hummed
"we gonna play 21 questions?" I asked sarcastically, a pout on my lips "yeah, I doubt it" I said calmly. Reggie gave me an sly face
"we could get to know each other in different ways" he stated leaning even closer. I scoffed getting off the lockers and stepped sideways out of his grip, into my own personal space.
"yeah, I don't think so" I declined. I went to walk away when Reggie grabbed my wrist, twisting me to look at him "Reggie, I swear I will break your arm if you don't let me go" I growled to him quietly. He released my wrist holding his hands up in mock surrender. I growled to myself in annoyance. He was seriously getting on my nerves. The bell went. I had... science if I remembered correctly.
I walked into the classroom and Jug gave me a look and I raised an eyebrow. I slipped into the seat beside him and leaned my arm on his shoulder. He rolled his eyes
“What happened, Juggy?” I inquired. His eyes flicked to the bruise on my face and his eyes sparked like a lightbulb just went off in his head
“I’ll tell you if you tell me” he said nodding to the bruise. I lifted a hand running my hand over the injury slowly. I shrugged
“No deal then” I said casually. Jug groaned and I sent him a smirk “I know you’ll tell me eventually” I stated. He sent me a challenging glare and opened his mouth when I shushed him by putting my hand over his mouth
“We were wondering, Cheryl. Back in July, you told the po-po that Jason drowned" Ginger said perched on top of Cheryl’s desk. Jughead heard it as well and I took my hand off his mouth slowly
“Yet, we come to find out that Jason didn't drown. He was shot. That's slightly suspicious, no?" Tina asked sarcastically. Jughead’s eyes shifted to me and I sent him a smirk in return
“Are you living mannequins suggesting I had something to do with my brother's death?” Cheryl asked in an all too cheery voice for it to not be sarcastic
“We're just curious. What do the police think happened?" Ginger asked tilting her head
"I'll tell you what I told them, which is that Jason did fall into the water. We both did. I made it to the shore. He didn't. Maybe he made it to the other side of the river and someone shot him there. Who knows?” She asked and I could hear the panic and worry in her tone
“Seats, everyone. Pair off, gloves on, scalpels up” the teacher announced walking into the class room. I stood up looking around at the pairs
“Can I be with Cheryl?” Archie asked and I sent him a look
"Can I be alone?" I inquired. The teacher looked at me shaking their head. I shrugged "worth a try" I muttered to myself.
“And I wanna be with Betty" Veronica stated cutting in. I looked at her
"Oh, uh, I was thinking I'd partner with Kevin" Betty said reluctantly. Were they fighting?
"Actually, uh, Keller's with me. We, like, talked" Moose said to Betty. What was going on there? You miss one dance and everything goes nuts.
"Oh, God" Kevin said looking at Betty.
"Uh, Nugget?" Betty said hopefully. I shrugged unsure but she was giving me puppy dog eyes. I sighed
"No can do" I stated with a shrug "I'm working with a Juggy" I told her and as I looked at Betty I could practically hear her internal screaming. Betty moved to the next seat over and Veronica slid next in next to her
"Once again, fate throws us together" Veronica and I silently laughed and sat with Jughead again. He sent me a look and I smirked
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I sighed as the song ended. I heard something past the headphones and paused the music. It was a voice
"-ery good place right now, Mr. Andrews" I took off my headphones and everything was much clearer "Varsity football, AP music tutorials" Weatherbee stated. I stood up and peeked around the corner of the building where Weatherbee and Archie speaking "This morning, in the hallway, you wouldn't meet my eyes. Why?" Weatherbee asked
"I-I was distracted. I wasn't feeling well" Archie obviously lied. I was feeling a little nervous for him
"Archie... If there's something you want to get off your chest, perhaps about Jason, now would be the time" Weatherbee said suggestively. I walked around the corner
"actually Mr. Weatherbee" I said rubbing the back of my neck. The two turned to me "that was my fault" I told him with a smile "I stole his guitar a few minutes before your announcement as a joke and I guess he was looking for me" I shrugged. Archie furrowed his eyebrows at me and I sent him a look
"Oh, I apologise Mr. Andrews" Weatherbee apologised to Archie before heading out. I sent Archie a sigh
"You need to get your stuff together" I warned Archie "Ms Grundy'll go to jail and you’ll get in trouble for not telling anyone about the fourth" I warned. Archie covered my mouth and I scoffed into his hand
"Be quiet" he said. I raised an eyebrow and shoved his hand off
"Listen, I don't want to get you in trouble. You need to go to Ms Grundy and sort out what you want to do" I stated firmly "Ask her if what you both have is real. But more importantly, make sure no one sees you guys. You talk way too openly" I warned. Archie nodded slowly at first but then nodded quicker
"Thanks, Nugget" he said putting a hand on my shoulder. I stepped out of his hold and gave a mocking bow
"It's what I do" I stated "now go talk to her" I ordered. Archie ran off stumbling and I snickered at him. Damn idiot had to get his head together if he didn’t want to get caught.
listen I know a lot of people in this fandom disagree on things but I'm just glad that we can all come together and collectively agree on one thing and it's that we all fucking hate Miss Grundy
