The next couple of days, Betty and Jughead spent every moment together accept for when they had to work. They were beginning to get used to each other’s company.
On Tuesday Jughead got a call updating the work on Betty’s apartment, and they told him it wouldn’t be ready for several weeks because they were going to have to replace some of the floors, and ceilings of the apartment below hers. Jughead was secretly excited about this news because it meant Betty could keep staying with him.
It was the last week of school before winter break which meant both Betty and Jughead were slammed with finals. Tuesday night after work, Betty and Jughead were sitting on the couch together with their laptops trying to finish their essay for their creative writing class.
Betty leaned her head back in frustration and let out a sigh.
“Hey do you want me to make us some relaxing tea?” Jughead asked
“Yeah actually that sounds great” Betty said
Just as Jughead was getting up from the couch, his phone rang, it was his dad.
“I’ll just be a minute, it’s my dad, then I’ll get our tea” Jughead said leaving the room
“Ok, take your time” Betty called after him
“Hello? Dad?” Jughead said
“Hi son, how are you?” FP asked
“Really good actually, accept for being slammed with finals..”
“You’ll do great, like always”
“Thanks Dad”
“Anyway, I was calling to ask you what you were planning on doing for Christmas this year, ‘cause I was hoping you could come see me, and Jelly said she’s coming already.”
“I would love to come see you guys, but..” Jughead hesitated “You know that girl I told you about a couple of months ago?”
“Yeah?”
“Well her apartment flooded recently and she is currently staying with me and we have gotten a lot closer since you and I last talked, and I’m not exactly sure what her plans are for Christmas”
“You should bring her! I would love to meet her, and I’m sure her and Jelly would have a great time together. “
“Well… I would love for her to come too, but as I said I don’t know what her plans are, but I will ask her and let you know.”
“Ok son, good to talk to you”
“See you soon”
“Bye, see you”
Jughead hung up the phone and went out to the kitchen to make two cups of tea for him and Betty and brought them over to the coffee table and handed Betty her Star Wars mug.
“Thanks, what did you and your Dad talk about?” Betty asked
“Christmas plans. What are your plans for Christmas?” Jughead asked
“Well usually I go to my parent’s house in Riverdale, but this year they are going on a trip and won’t be back until New Years, so I’ll probably go to theirs for New Years.”
“You know, my Dad invited you to come with me to his house for Christmas, my sister is coming too”
“You told your Dad about us?” Betty asked
“Yeah.. I may have mentioned you a couple of months ago” Jughead said smirking
“I would love to come with you for Christmas, I can finally meet your family!”
“Really? That’s great, there’s no one I would rather spend Christmas with” Jughead said
“You know we could go to my parents for New Years after we go to yours for Christmas, so you could meet my family, although I haven’t exactly told them about you, but it will be fine.”
“Sounds like a plan… maybe we should actually finish our essays before it gets too late” Jughead settling further in to the couch with his laptop on his lap.
“That’s gonna be hard now that I’m so excited about the holidays” Betty said
The next morning Betty woke up to her alarm and saw that Jughead was already up. She slowly got out of bed, grabbed some clothes and headed to the bathroom. On her way past the kitchen Jughead turned around and saw her.
“Good morning my beautiful Betts” Jughead said as he set a pile of pancakes onto the already set table. “You go get dressed and we can have a nice breakfast together before our day of finals.”
Betty made her way over to him, kissed his cheek, smiled at him, and headed to the bathroom.
After breakfast they both headed out the door to start their usual walk to school.
“You know my dad seemed pretty excited about you coming for Christmas” Jughead said
“Did he? That’s great, I wouldn’t want to seem like I was intruding on your Christmas…” Betty said looking down at her feet.
“Of course not Betts! My dad and sister will love you.” Jughead insisted.
“How do you know?” Betty asked
“Because I love you”
“I love you too” Betty said as they both leaned in for a kiss.
When they got to their class they took their usual seats in the second to back row of the class.
The rest of Betty’s classes were finals, finals and more finals. She was basically drained before she had to leave school for her shift at work.
When she walked in, Lex was already there, as always.
“Hey Betty what’s up, how were your finals today?”
“They were good I think, but I’m so tired and drained from all of it, I’m so glad it’s over. How about you?” Betty asked
“Yeah they were good. What are your plans for break, maybe we could hang out?” Lex asked
“Actually I’m going to Jughead’s dad’s house for Christmas with him, then we’re going to my parent’s house for New Years. I’m sorry I would have loved to hang out over break.”
“Well I would have been annoyed but now I’m just excited for you. This is getting pretty serious, you and Jughead.” Lex said
“Yeah, I guess it is” Betty said smiling as she put on her work apron.
As usual Jughead met up with Betty at the coffee shop after his shift ended at the bookstore and they walked home together.
On their walk home they stopped at a mexican restaurant and got some food to go.
Jughead unlocked his apartment door and guided Betty in with his hand on her back.
“Table or living room?” Betty asked
“Living room” Jughead said as he picked Betty and the food up and carried them to the couch.
Jughead sat down and pulled Betty down on his lap with the food on her lap.
Jughead reached for his food when Betty moved it out of his reach, “Ah ah, not so fast Juggie” Betty said teasingly
“But I’m hungry!” he whined
“Alright close your eyes and open your mouth” Betty instructed.
He did as she said and the next thing he knew, her tongue was in his mouth and they were kissing. He didn’t open his eyes until she pulled back.
“We can eat now” Betty said
“I just did” Jughead replied as they both burst into laughter.
