Notes: Betty is 21 years old and is finally leaving Riverdale to go to school on a scholarship to Boston University for creative writing. Jughead lives in the same building as Betty and are introduced to each other by Archie. This fic will be mostly fluff but I’m not saying anything for sure yet. Please leave any suggestions.
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Betty reluctantly got onto the train from Riverdale to Boston, after an emotional goodbye from her parents. She was finally moving out and going to school, which she had been looking forward to for a long time. The only person she knew who was going to be even remotely close to her was Archie, but he was still a 2 hour drive away from where she would be living.
Once she was on the train, she pulled out her headphones to listened to music as she wrote in her journal, she had after all always dreamed about being a journalist and this was finally her chance to prove herself by working away from her parents and away from their control.
Betty had been friends with Archie for as long as she could remember. She even used to have feelings for him, but she had long moved on from those feelings once he started dating her high school bestie, Veronica. What kind of friend would she have been if she wasn't supportive of their relationship, and was just jealous and sad all the time, she thought.
Once she finally stepped off the train, Archie was standing there waiting to greet her. He had volunteered to help her move in, so he drove 2 hours up from Springfield, Massachusetts where he currently lived with Veronica, the pair had been dating since high school, and decided they needed to get away from Riverdale. This move had made Betty feel especially alone in Riverdale for the past couple of months; besides the fact of not having a boyfriend, and working full time for her parents at the register, 2 of her best friends had moved away. She was ready to escape.
She stepped off the train, while almost tripping down the stairs from the weight of her bags.
“Hey!” Archie yelled over to her.
She wobbled over, trying not to fall and gave him a hug.
“Here let me help you with those” Archie gestured towards her bags.
“My car’s parked right over here”.
Once they got in the car they started towards Boston University.
“Thanks for picking me up Arch. I would have had no idea where I was going if I was alone”
“No problem, besides Veronica practically forced me to come help you move in, she just wants to make sure you are comfortable” Archie thought for a minute, “You should come stay with us sometime, like maybe on a weekend. It would be fun!”
“Yeah, that sounds great I’d love to spend some time with you guys!”
They pulled up towards Betty’s new apartment complex, as Betty’s stomach began to turn. She had never lived on her own and Boston was far away from her family and friends. Archie parked the car and as they walked through the door and towards the elevator, they saw it was out of order. What an inconvenient time for an elevator to stop working on move in week, Betty thought. They turned towards each other and shrugged then headed toward the stairs with a sigh and began to ascend the flights of stairs to the 6th floor where Betty’s room was. On the second flight of stairs they ran into someone that Betty swore she recognized.
“Hey Jughead!” Archie said when they turned the corner, as Jughead and Betty almost ran into each other, both gasping at the scare.
Surprised, Jughead replied “Oh.. Hey Archie, how are you?”
“Good, good.. Oh hey um..this is Betty, remember her from Riverdale?” “Betty, this is Jughead my friend from Riverdale, we ate at Pop’s together a couple times remember?”
Betty gazed at Jughead for a second before saying anything. “Oh, hi Jughead it’s nice to see you again” Where his eyes always that blue, she remembered thinking to herself. “Do you go to Boston University?”
“Yeah… I’m majoring in creative writing..you?” he stuttered.
“Thats cool, that’s what I plan on majoring in too, maybe we will have a class together?”
“Yeah, maybe” he said, “Um.. it was nice to see you guys, by the way I live on the fourth floor if you ever need anything, Archie said you would be coming...” But he failed to mention how she had grown up since he saw her last, he thought.
Jughead looked down to see all the bags they were carrying. “Uh, is the elevator broken again or something?” he asked
“Yeah, there was a big sign on the door, great timing…” Betty trailed off, not sure what to say next.
“Uh, I can help you guys carry some stuff if you want”
“That’d be great, thanks man” said Archie as he handed Jughead a bag. Jughead then proceeded to pick up a bag in Betty’s hands, and smiled shyly” Once he turned to start up the stairs, she returned his shy smile.
Once they reached her door, they opened it and set her bags near the front door. Jughead stood awkwardly for a second when Betty turned towards him.
“Thanks Jughead” She said with a smile.
“No problem” he said with an exhale. “Well I better get back home, but if you ever need anything, I’ll be on the fourth floor, he turned to leave when Archie piped up.
“Nice to see you man”
“You too” he yelled back as he walked out of the door.
Betty started unpacking some of her mugs, into a cabinet in the kitchen.
“Wow Betty you really have a lot of mugs” said Archie in astonishment.
“Yeah well, you know how I like my tea” she replied, “By the way, Jughead said you told him that I would be coming, but why didn’t you tell me that he lived here too?” she inquired.
Archie couldn’t tell her the real reason was because Jughead used to have a little crush on her when they were 15, and got a kick out of teasing Jughead about stuff like that, so he just said, “Oh, well I just wanted to make sure that if you ever needed anything that somebody would be there to like help you if you ever needed it, and since you guys have met, I thought it would be a good option, plus Veronica was kind of worried about you being alone..”
“..Well thanks.. That’s very thoughtful of you two”
The two of them spent the remainder of the afternoon, unpacking things, putting sheets on her bed, hanging clothes, and putting away the rest of her mugs. Living alone was going to be a hard transition for Betty but she was ready to leave her parents, and had enough money saved up to get an apartment near campus, plus she was excited to get some much needed alone time.
A couple of hours later Archie decided it was time to start his drive home before it got too late.
“You gonna be ok here?” he asked
“I think I’ll be just fine, thanks again Archie for your help.”
“Sure, anytime” He said with a smile as he headed out the door.
Betty was feeling a lot better after unpacking her things, and now that she was alone with her thoughts, she turned on some music and started to cook herself some pasta for dinner. The thought of starting school in a couple of days was starting to sound more and more exciting and she fell asleep that night with an optimistic feeling.
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