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Does it matter? He was pretty mad.

I meant, what does it say to you about him?

That he has a lot of issues to work out, and he doesn't know how to do that so he takes it out on other people.

[ Also he's an asshole, but he's not about to tell Betty that. ]

His life hasn't been easy and yes, you're right.

I'm sorry again.

You have nothing to apologise for, Betty. It's not your fault.

I wanted the two of you to get along.

Yeah, I don't think that's going to happen anytime soon.

Sorry.

It's alright, Jug.

Do you want to catch a movie soon? Or maybe just wander around downtown De Chima?

Yeah, I'd like that. I haven't seen too much of De Chima yet.

[ Now, how does she explain to Jughead that Reggie and Archie were dating. Or does she even tell him? ]

I'm not back on until tomorrow morning.

[ The Riverdales are pretty good at keeping that kind of stuff to themselves. He's not sure what he'd do with that information if he got it. ]

My shift ends in an hour. Maybe we should just do this while we still can.

What do you mean?

[ Is something else going on? ]

Between me working all the time and us living in different cities, I just want to take every chance I can get to spend time with you.

[ It's frustrating, but nothing more than that. ]

I couldn't agree more.

You know, I could stay at your place sometime, so you don't always have to be the one rushing to the Porter.

I don't mind. [ As much as he'd like her to stay at his place sometime and as much as he doesn't feel like hanging out at the Meadows right now, he still got housemates and thin walls. It's not ideal. ]

Who knows, maybe in a couple of months I'll be able to afford a place of my own.

I know you don't but I don't want things to always be so hard for you.

You should try to use your powers to... find a bag of money or something.

There's an idea. Just need to spend it before I stop thinking about it.

Is that how it works?

Seems that way. I can keep it going for awhile as long as I'm not distracted.

I've been practicing with Gansey.

Then maybe I shouldn't be with you. ☺️

That's good. [ She really likes Gansey too.]

Or maybe you should be with me all the time so I can work on my concentration. [Or just be with him. As for Gansey: ]

He's pretty cool.

Well, I like that option a lot better.

He's a good guy with a good heart. And he's an even better researcher than me.

C'mon. That's not possible.

No, seriously. Gansey is thorough. Granted, he's been obsessed with one topic but he's got an amazing work ethic.

Wow. You think we should recruit him for the paper?