Chapter 50

                                    

                                          
*Jughead's POV* (this is basically just re-telling where he goes up to his trailer with a couple changes, so you can skip it if you really want)
I walk through the trailer park with two coffees and donuts. I open the door to see the whole place cleaned up...Everything looks so nice. I look around, smiling, and walk into the living room. I turn to see my dad walking in, with no beard.
                          
"Dad, have you been body-snatched?" I ask.
                          
He puts his hands up, "Oh, I feel good, Jug." He says. "Wanna look good, too." He walks into the living room, "Shave, clean the place up a bit, a little paint."
                          
"Oh, I got us some coffee and donuts." I hand them to him and take my bag off.
                          
"And I read your, uh...Your essay? Manuscript?" he says.
                          
"You did?" I ask, a little annoyed. I promised (Y/N) that she would be the first to read it.
                          
"Yeah."
                          
"Really?"
                          
"I asked you for it, didn't I?"
                          
"Yeah, I don't know. I figured you were just pretending to be interested. Plus, I promised (Y/N) that she would be the first to read it." He sits down.
                          
"Well, not all promises can be kept. So you guys made up I take it?"
                          
I smile and sit down, "Yeah, we did."
                          
"Well, this," he pats my essay too times on the table, "is excellent. Me, I can barely string two sentences together. But you, you got a gift. Thank God you're not wasting it. Mind if I ask you a couple questions?"
                          
"Yeah. Of course."
                          
"Why Jason Blossom, huh? Out of all the things you could write about, why pick a dead kid?" he puts some sugar in his coffee.
                          
"I don't know. It was sort of like he picked me. Tell the story that no one was gonna tell. Or even know how to tell." I shrug, "From the outside looking in."
                          
He stirs his coffee, "Who do you think killed him? I mean, you and Betty and, maybe (Y/N) are in this deep. You gotta have an opinion."
                          
"To me, I don't think the question is, 'whodunnit?' I think the real question is, whether Riverdale is a pace of good, or a place of darkness and evil."
                          
"Or both. Most things are both." He looks up at me. "Can I make one suggestion?"
                          
"That's what (Y/N) says, and then it's about a dozen suggestions."
                          
"I think, at a certain point, you should," he pauses for a second, "move on. You can't let this be the only story you're gonna tell, Jughead. Hell, it shouldn't even be the most important one what now that you've got (Y/N) in your life."
                          
I nod.
                          
*Your POV*
I'm with Betty and Alice at the Blue and Gold. Betty's looking through some documents.
                          
"Where's Veronica?" Alice asks.
                          
"Not sure. I'll text her." I say.
                          
To Veronica🖤💞:
Hey you free?
 
Veronica🖤💞:
What's goin on
 
To Veronica🖤💞:
Alice wants you to come to the Blue and Gold, but I'm not sure why.
 
Veronica🖤💞:
On my way.
                          
A couple minutes pass, and she walks in. "Oh, finally, close that door." Alice says, and points at Veronica. She turns around and closes it. "Ladies, I want you to look around the room. Whoever's not in here, is a possible murder suspect. Including those Pussycats."
                          
"Oh, my God Mom." Betty says.
                          
Alice looks over at Veronica, "Let's talk about your father."
                          
She sighs, "Yes, he has some sort of thing with the Blossoms, and it's totally possible that he had something to do with it. Hiring someone to kill Jason. Maybe, Jughead's dad." She looks over at me.
                          
"Do you really believe that? That FP would do this?" I ask.
                          
"Do you?" She answers. I don't say anything. "Look, my dad paid FP to trash the drive-in. Maybe, he paid him to-"
                          
"Commit murder." Alice interrupts. "And for all we know, that, greasy-haired Serpent could be a part of it, too."
                          
"Based off of what? The fact that you saw FP and Joaquin talking?" Betty asks.
                          
"Wait, what?" I ask.
                          
"I saw them at Jug's party in Archie's room, talking about something. And it didn't just look like they were talking, but conspiring." Alice says.
                          
"About what?"
                          
"That's what I need you to find out. Either through Jug, or FP directly," she walks over to her desk, "but without raising any suspicion, of course. Which is why I've conducted a list of questions."
                          
"Look, I already asked Jug about it. If he ever thought that FP had anything to do with Jason's death, and he said, 'no.' I believe him. And I still believe him."
                          
"You're getting too close to this."
                          
"I'm not going to insult him anymore, because he already told me. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go." I grab my bag and walk out the door.
                          
*Veronica's POV*
"Yeah, and I've got a dance to plan." Betty says, walking out, too.
                          
I turn to Mrs. Cooper, "Look, I know why (Y/N) doesn't want to ask Jug about this, but, honestly, I don't have the same loyalty for the Jones' family like she does."
                          
She tilts her head, "I'm listening.."
                          
"If I help you find out the truth about FP, I'll get to find out the truth about my dad."
                          
"What are you saying, Veronica?" she stands up.
                          
"I'm saying...that if you want to go after Jughead's dad, I'm in."
                          
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