Chapter 3

"You cannot imagine the day that I have had." She dumped her bag on her chair, unsurprised to see that he was already in her room waiting for her. It had become their almost daily routine now, he knew where the ladder was, she left her window open just enough in the morning. She would usually need to hang around the school a bit later for her extra curriculars, something that he did not have besides the Blue and Gold which they were working on together anyway.

"Yeah it must be hard being Trev's secret girlfriend." There was bitterness in his voice that he couldn't help slip out.

"I guess you have spoken to Kevin then." She sighed. Her fingers massaging her temples as she tried to subdue the tension that she could already feel mounting there.

"Is it true?" He asked looking up at her from beneath the curl that had fallen over his eyes and he had not moved, hiding behind it.

"Are you seriously asking me that?" She looked at him surprised.

"I am." He nodded. Taking a deep breath. She crossed the room quickly kneeling in front of him taking his hand in hers and reaching up to brush the stray curl away from his eyes, so that she could look straight into his.

"You know me Jug, whatever anyone has said, you know that I am not someone who would. That I would betray you." She was tracing the outline of his fingers absent mindedly. When he didn't respond she stood up and started pacing, a tell tale sign that she was nervous. "I lie-, well no actually. I, Veronica jumped to a conclusion and I didn't correct her. Besides you're the one who gave me these in the first place. " She stammered as she blushed running a hand along her neck, he could see the faint outline covered under her makeup. "Anyway" she continued her story. "Then she told Kevin, who told Cheryl, who told everyone on the planet, which led to snarky comments all cheer practice." He stood up moving towards her, placing a hand gently on her shoulder to calm her.

"I'm sorry, that my over amorous kisses caused you this." He gently stroked the skin of her neck, tracing over the bruised areas, before reaching her cheek and she leaned into his touch.

"I don't care, not really. Maybe I should have just told Veronica. Is it weird that we want to keep this a secret?"

"I don't know, I haven't done this before, any of it. But I know its special and I don't want it to stop and I just don't want everyone's opinion, just not yet." He pulled her into a hug, his hand stroking her back, soothing her immediately. The tension draining away.

"I think I know what you mean." She confided in him, relaxing further into his arms. He jerked suddenly away from her, a thought hitting him.

"Wait won't Trevor kind of give the game away."

"Taken care of." She replied. He looked surprised. "I texted him while Veronica and Kevin were gushing over the news. He was cool with it."

"I don't think I've ever been someone's dirty little secret." He pressed his lips to hers and she deepened the kiss. Bringing her hands to his hips.

"I've never had one." She said against his lips. He pulled her body up flush against his, and her breath hitched at the sudden movement.

"You are incredible Betty Cooper." He whispered to her his hands moving to her back rubbing small circles with his thumbs on her lower back. She groaned at the sensation melting against him. She moved her lips to his neck, pressing light kisses to the delicate skin there. He moaned his appreciation and she was spurred on by his reaction. The kisses against his skin grew more hungry and demanding, his hands tightened their grip on her. "Betts."

"Don't worry." She smiled. Looking at the mark beginning to form on his neck. "I know how to cover those up."

"Very funny Cooper." He replied sarcastically.

"Well we don't want everyone thinking that you're having an illicit affair with Trev as well." She started to laugh, and his lips captured hers again, stifling her laughter.

He made his way down the ladder, placing it carefully down by the side of the house as he always did ready for next time. He was still smiling to himself, his cheeks flushed from her affection. Right now she was everything and he couldn't believe that he had found her.

"How long?" He spun around at the sound of the voice of Archie Andrews now standing in front of him.

"Archie, I was discussing with Betty about the Bl-." Before he could continue Archie put up a hand stopping him.

"Yeah I saw you, through the window." He stated, pointing to Betty's bedroom window. "You weren't talking."

"I was going to tell you, we both were we just." Jughead looked desperately at his best friend.

"She's happy Jug." Archie smiled at his friend. "Happiest I have seen her in a while." When he saw the smile on his friend's face a wave of relief washed over him.

"She makes me feel like I can take on the world, and I don't want to lose her. I know what the rest of the school, this town thinks of me. Weirdo from the wrong side of the tracks. Drunk for a father, abandoned by his mum. But she makes me feel, like it doesn't matter. None of it matters all that just disappears when I am with her. I don't want to lose that, I don't want to lose her."

"I am happy for you and for her. You both deserve to be happy, just." He paused." Don't hurt her, not like I did." He almost choked on his words. He had regretted what he had done, that he hadn't talked to her about what she was feeling. He couldn't help the way he felt but he could have handled things better and he knew that.

"I wouldn't ever." Jughead assured him.

"I still cannot believe that you hid this from us."Betty smiled shyly at Kevin and his judgemental stare.

"I guess you can be forgiven." He concurred, buzzing with excitement over his friend's new relationship. "But I will of course need details, on everything." Betty took a deep breath and looked over at Jughead who was smirking at her. Archie seemed to be the only one at the table who caught the look between the two.

"Well Betty I for one am happy for you. You are positively glowing." Veronica stated, giving her seal of approval.

Archie looked over at Jughead while the others gushed over Betty and asked numerous questions, he looked at her like she was the sun. He caught his red headed friend looking at him smiling and he smiled back, mouthing a 'Thank you.'

It wasn't long after their conversation at the lunch table that the truth came out. The couple couldn't keep their hands off each other, making out in the Blue and Gold office when Cheryl came barging in with the rest of the group in tow, determined to catch Betty in the act not convinced by the Trev story. Kevin almost went into shock, Veronica gushed and cheered, Cheryl said they deserved each other before making a face and Archie just smiled to himself.

A/N:

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This fic was created based on the following prompt.

Prompt: nobody knows about bughead and when Betty comes to school with hickeys - Cheryl notices it first and tells the clique secretly, figuring out who she's with. It will be Archie who realises it was jughead all this time but doesn't tell the group (respecting their privacy)

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