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Every once and a while in life you are blindsided by these moments, the kind that completely take you by storm and force you to try to see your life without another human being. What would you have? For jughead, that would be nothing. If he didn’t have Betty cooper he would’ve never stopped living in that janitors closet, his father would still be in prison, he wouldn’t have experienced love or passion or what it means to have a partner with you in the bad times to cry on and the good times to laugh with.
Over his nine years of being in a relationship with Betty he has had many of these moments. Ranging from “whatever you need to do, or explore, I’m with you, jug” to simple gestures like bringing him a coffee early morning when she knew he was up late writing, also one of the most amazing moment of his existence when she hit him with “I want you, all of you, tonight” when she proceeded to absolutely rock his world. He wondered right in that moment ‘how can this be so good. Every single time’. he had heard (from Archie) that the first time can take some practice before it feels good or smooth even, but jughead knew, it’s Betty, we work. Since then neither of them have ever turned back. It is moments like these that brought her here today, on their second wedding anniversary where again she changed his life in a matter of words.
Jug pushes the door open and dusts all the snow off his shoulders, then her shoulders. Then he can’t help but lean in and kiss the rosy tip of her nose. They’ve just gotten back from dinner at pops
then to a double feature at the bijou where they shamelessly made out in the back row like teenagers until Betty leaned forward and nibbled his ear then said “let’s get out of here, hmm”
And well he could never refuse her.
After they got their coats, boots scarves and hats off jug went into the kitchen and poured them two glasses of wine before returning to the couch and handing her one.
“Thank you my wonderful husband”
“You are welcome my beautiful wife”
Then he leaned in to kiss her, she accepted happily and sidles up to him before wrapping her arms around his neck to draw him closer. After a few seconds of lovingly kissing jughead can’t take it and pushes his tongue into her mouth, adding all the heat she needs to ignite her fire. They continue kissing passionately and he feels her untuck his shirt from his belted pants as she starts to unbutton his dress shirt. He is about to cradle the back of her head and lay her back on the couch when he hears
“Jug”
“Mhmmm” he leans in to kiss her again
“No wait” she places her hand on his chest to stop him
Jughead looks at her and pushes a blond piece of hair behind her ear “yea baby” he says breathlessly
Betty looks down before meeting his eyes. She takes a deep breath opens her mouth and states “ I want to have a baby”
This didn’t really come as a shock to jughead, they’ve talked about this many times before and at this point they’ve agreed on someday. They’ve always said 2 or 3 depending on financial aspects, available space wherever they were living and job stability. But since moving back to the drastically less expensive Riverdale from New York they’ve done well together. Jughead published his first book three years ago and the sequel last year, both very well received and #1 on the bestseller list, his Third novel was just sent to his publisher last week, release date to be determined. Whereas Betty went to Columbia for journalism and came home then bought the register from her parents so they could retire. When coming to Riverdale they bought a cute 4 bedroom house perfect for a young engaged couple looking to expand their family. So the idea of Betty wanting babies now didn’t scare him. In fact, it complete enthralled him.
“Yes”
“Yes?” Her face lit up
“Babe, yes I’ve been thinking lately too and it’s time! I don’t think I could want anything more” he says, looking at her the way only he knows how. Like she holds everything that is good in the Palm of her hand and as if she is a blessing in his life straight from god. As a huge smile breaks across her face she starts peppering his lips and cheeks with kisses “I just” .. “love you” ... “so” ... “so” .. “so much”
“Oh Betts,” he holds her face with both hands “I cannot wait to make a baby with you, I love you”
She leans in and presses her forehead to his. “So I guess I’ll stop taking my birth control then”
He tries to keep his smile at bay but It breaks through as he nods and then exhales deeply “I guess so”
“It could take a month or so before I could actually get pregnant but what do you say to a little bit of practice this evening” the glint in her eyes tells him she is serious and her hands running up under his shirt tell him she’s ready
“Well, mrs. Jones you know what they say.. practice makes perfect. We should probably get on that” he starts to lean over her as she falls back on the couch. He lays in between her legs and starts kissing his way down her neck, she throws her head back with a sigh and gives him more access. He starts tugging on the collar of her dress to go lower when she taps his chest, he looks at her, sits up and then he pulls the whole piece off in one swoop. His eyes flit down her panty clad body and she sees them darken with lust.
Betty can’t believe that everytime he looks at her is like the first time he sees her. They’ve now been doing this for years and at this point he sees her naked almost everyday. Betty doesn’t know how he can still look at her like she’s perfect. Sure, she isn’t as skinny as she was at 15, after finally getting out from Alice’s thumb she started to let herself enjoy food and wine. Some mornings she just prefers to turn over and cuddle closer into her husband Instead getting up and going for a run, Jug has told her she many times he has no complaints.
She will never forget the battle she had with her mother right before her wedding.
It was day one of unsuccessful dress shopping, full of snide comments and malicious innuendos. Finally before getting out of the car Alice left with a “Elizabeth, are you seriously insisting you will not be adjusting your meal plan before your wedding day? The smallest dress you fit in was a size six! A six! Do you think jughead will want to be with you when that becomes an 8? Or a 12? The honeymoon period will fade within the first 6 months and then what? Nobody wants a fat wife Betty. I’m just stating that if we push the wedding back four months it would be in the fall with lovely colors and we could get you down to a size four or even a two with no carbs and just a tiny bit of effort on your part.”
Betty simply nodded and tried to keep her tears at bay before dropping Alice off and driving back to the home she shared with the love of her life. She knew she had put on a few pounds but life was getting so busy with moving and running the register that she hadn’t had a lot of time to hit the gym. She noticed- but she never thought that maybe jughead had as well. She starting thinking that he hasn’t changed much physically over the years, he has always been tall and lean. He eats everything in sight and can still keep his fit figure but would she care if that changed? Not at all. She knows she loves him, but her mom is right he deserves to have a thin wife with a desirable figure.
She slammed the door and collapsed on the couch crying before jughead came out from his office and instantly was sitting beside her in their couch “babe?”
Betty picks her head up and looks at him then asks with a sniffle “ will you still want to marry me if I’m fat on our wedding day?”
Instantly jughead knows this has to do with her day out with Alice. He exhales then wraps his arms around her, pulling her into his lap. He will get to the reason later but right now he knows what he needs is to give her some reassurance. “Betts, I will love you forever, no matter what, always. I don’t care one bit but what you look like but I know you’ll look ethereal. Your body has always been beautiful to me, I love your hips and boobs. But mostly, babe, I love your eyes and how brightly they shine, like how’ll they’ll be on our wedding day”
Betty sniffles and runs her hand under her nose. “Jug, I’m not a stick figure teen anymore, I know since I’ve moved out I’ve really let myself go and I know you thought I was beautiful then when I was cheerleading for 3 hours a day and on the strict ‘cooper woman diet’ so, if you want, I’ll promise to lose some weight before Our wedding” jughead shakes his head and holds her face with a hand on either side.
“Don’t you dare. I know you’re not 16 anymore Betts but I love you so much. I love how you look, then of course, but now?” He bites his lower lip as his eye scan her body “babe, now you’re a bombshell. I love watching you enjoy food and I don’t think you know how drop dead gorgeous you are. So many guys stare at you when we go out, I scowl at them all as they gawk and you. It is a struggle for me to keep my hands off you pretty much from the second I wake up to the second I fall asleep. Daily. You are the most beautiful woman and i still cannot believe you’re going to let me marry you.”
Betty’s tears kept falling and she looked at this man who always knew what to say. “I’m sorry Jug, I didn’t mean to break down but sometimes she just gets in my head and you..... you who always makes me feel better and who always knows what to say. You deserve everything. I want to look great for you” with that jughead leaned in to kiss her. He was only going to have her feel good things now.
Since that day Betty has felt less insecure about what jughead thinks about her. Anytime the doubt does sink in she knows he is there to reassure her. He tells her daily how beautiful she is and he shows her just as often. Like right now when he is looking at her as if he was starving and she is a hamburger. As jughead leans down and kisses her neck again her hands are threaded through his hair as she tilts her head back and all cognitive thoughts are soon forgotten.
Later that night as Betty is in in bed, tucked right into her naked husbands side she inhales deeply and she has never felt more content in her life. She really can’t wait to have his baby