A little while later after her doctor had examined her, he and Betty's parents had left for the night. I sat in a chair beside Betty's bed, just holding her hand as she slept. The doctor had told us that Betty's blindness might be permanent.

Betty, of course had put on a brave face about it in front of her parents. But now as we sat alone together, holding hands I could feel her squeeze it slightly. I had glanced over at her parents who were talking to the doctor with sad expressions on their faces. The three of them had left, leaving the two of us alone in Betty's room.

"Jug?" I heard my girlfriend speak faintly. I leaned over and gently kissed her hand as I looked over at her."Hey there Juliet, I'm right here " I gently touched her cheek with my finger as I placed a soft kiss on her lips.

I noticed a tear rolling down her pale cheek. Her voice trembled slightly "Juggie .. I'm scared. What if I never see again." I gently wiped the tear away and spoke quietly " Betty , we will cross that bridge when we come to it..and if worse comes to worse there is only one thing we can do."

I saw Betty frown slightly "What's that?" I kissed her hand as I responded " We'll have to train Hot Dog to be your guide dog." (Hot Dog was the two year old sheep dog that Betty and I had adopted after we started dating. He stayed with me at my family's trailer. He never stayed at the Coopers.

Betty's mother had said she didn't want dog hair all over her house. Hot dog adored Betty. She always made a fuss over him. She also made him homemade dog treats. On nights Betty stayed over , I would often wake up to find Betty laying in my arms and laying beside her in the bed with his head resting on her leg would be Hot dog,snoring his fool head off.)

A huge bright smile lit up her face as she giggled " If that the case , we might need to stock up on Scooby snacks." We laughed at this, as I got up from my chair and eased my self on to the bed beside my girlfriend. I kissed her forehead as I asked her. " Is this ok, Betts?"

Betty snuggled in my arms and nodded " it's more then ok, Juggie." We laid there for a little while, kissing and talking quietly.

Soon Betty fell asleep in my arms. As we lay there, I watched her sleep. I then quietly untangled my self from her sleeping form. I leaned over and gently kissed her cheek. "Sleep well ,my fair Juliet "I made my way out of the room. I soon headed towards the cafeteria in search of coffee and food.

As I entered the cafeteria, I saw Veronica rushing towards me."Juggie... How is she? How's B? Can we see her? " I smiled faintly "She's better , sleeping at the moment."

I glared over at Archie who was standing behind her. I went up to him . "Jug...I " I stopped him mid sentence . I raged.. " Why the hell are you still here Archie? No one wants you here. "I saw Ronnie frown at this." Juggie...that was uncalled for..Archie is hurting too..." I looked at the two of them in anger as I spat .

"Well . you'll forgive me for not giving a god damn about how your boyfriend girlfriend is laying In a hospital bed and has just been told she might be blind for the rest of her life." I then turned on Archie " And do you know why she is in there Archie? .. "

I poked his chest with my fore finger ". Do you? It's because Reggie Mantle challenged you to a stupid game of chicken at Serpent Hill. All because Mantle threatened to tell Veronica that you are one fumble to becoming the football team's water boy."

Ok not sure about this chap hope you like. Do you want Arch and Jug to get in a fistfight? And what kind of guide dog would our HD be? And if he does, will momma Cooper finally allow him to visit her house?

Again this story is based on the Archie comic series Over the edge ( with a couple of changes BUGHEAD is the main couple here.

Does any one have any suggestions?