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Heart of the Wolf	By : Misskiki47 Category: Comics > Archie & Co. Views: 7419 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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     Betty had been gone for two weeks and Archie was still carrying on like a maniac to anyone who could stand listening to him whine and cry. It was driving him crazy because he didn’t know where Betty went. She always forgave me. This was different. She threatened a few times, but never left before. I know if I could talk to her, she’ll come back. I know she still loves me! He didn’t want to lose her. Now she had become the one person in the world he needed to be with.
     “Betty left me! How can she just leave me like that? I love her! I have to get her to come home!” Archie simply refused to accept the fact Betty was gone. He was on the phone with Betty’s father, Hal Cooper again, for the second time that day. He called Betty’s parents at least once a day to see if Betty had called and if she said when she was coming home.
     “Yes Archie we do hear from Betty, and no Archie, she is not coming back home. If Betty wants to talk to you, she’ll call you. She left you. So leave her alone and man up, boy!” Hal Cooper was extremely tired of Archie. “What an asshole!” he remarked to his wife, who was laughing in the background. Even Archie’s parents stopped answering his calls after the second call that day. They would listen to his voice mail messages, feeling sad their only son was so stupid.
     The Andrews were very upset that Archie had driven Betty away and they didn’t blame her for leaving him. They both agreed that she should have left him a long time ago. Betty deserved to have some happiness in her life. Fred and Mary Andrews loved Betty as if she was their daughter. She had done a lot of things for them, just as a daughter would have done. She was the ideal daughter-in-law, and they loved her as their own.
      “Serves that stupid boy right. How many times did I warn him, dear?” Fred asked his wife. Mary had warned her son also, but he laughed at her. “Mark my words, one day she’s going to see you for what you are and leave you. When she leaves you, she’ll never come back. You’ve made her old before her time.” Mary had tried to talk to Archie about how the unhappiness he was causing Betty.
     “That’s not true. Mom, please stay out of my business.” Archie had laughed, finding his mother’s words very amusing. “Betty loves me, no matter what.” Now as he was talking to her father, he suddenly remembered his mother’s warnings and dropped the phone, struck with a longing for Betty that was truly painful. Was Mom right? Could she be gone for good? “Oh God no! Bets, I’m sorry!” he wailed as he fell to the floor.
     Hal Cooper heard when Archie dropped the phone, and heard Archie’s agonized crying in the back ground. Archie hadn’t hung up the phone. Hal quickly hung up their phone. “I really don’t want to hear this crap.” Hal almost felt sorry for Archie….almost. He hated to see anyone in pain, but Archie deserved what he was feeling after how he treated his beloved daughter. He was extremely happy she was gone, though he missed her.
     After Archie’s crying jag was over, for the moment, he called Jughead. He was relieved when Jughead answered him this time. Jughead remained silent, listening to Archie’s moaning with disgust. Ha! Archie’s just getting a dose of what he gave Betty. He had no real sympathy for Archie, but he finally lent Archie a sympathetic ear, as a friend should.
     Serves the asshole right for all the pain he caused Betty. Archie’s a nut. He’ll never get back what he lost. Now he knows what he lost and it’s driving him crazy.
     “Do you think I have a chance to win her back?” Archie felt he had to try. “Oh shit! Jug, do you think Reggie has a chance to get Betty?” This thought would really send Archie off into a raging fit. He had nightmares of them getting together. He knew Reggie had feelings for her, but hoped he had gotten over them by now.
     “I don’t know Arch. I can’t speak for Betty or Reggie. But I do think you need to move on. You know Betty: if she left, she’s finished with you and not coming back.” Jughead kept trying to reason with his soon to be ex-friend. He had enough of Archie’s selfish ways.
     Ethel had a great plan for their friends and she requested Jughead’s help in carrying it out.
     But I hope Reggie and Betty do get together. Archie doesn’t deserve her. Therefore, due to Ethel’s plea for help, Jughead made arrangements to go to join her in New York City as soon as possible. He had to again make sure his restaurant management knew of his extended absence: he knew he could depend on them to keep things running smoothly while he was away. He paid them enough to ensure their loyalty. He made arrangements to be on the first flight to the city in the morning. Ethel shouted with joy when he gave her the great news. He couldn’t wait to see her.
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      After the emotional reunion between Ethel and Betty upon Betty’s arrived in New York, Ethel immediately set to work getting Betty back to good health and good looks. They cooked delicious, healthy meals together, though Betty never could eat as much as Ethel. Ethel was a size four, and the only super model on the planet that was not on a starvation diet. All of the fashion models in the business hated Ethel for this: Ethel loved their envy. She always made sure she ate the most fattening meals around her rivals as much as she could. Ethel ate whatever she wanted and never gained an ounce.
     Archie called Ethel constantly, leaving frantic messages on her answering machine. Sometimes she would call him back, sounding worried.
     “Gee Archie; Betty hasn’t called me for quite a while. Haven't you heard from her yet?” Ethel found it hard to refrain from laughing as she put her right hand behind her back, crossing her fingers as she spoke. Betty would be standing in the background, both hands over her mouth, struggling not to laugh out loud, so much so that Ethel would have to shoo her out of the room, not wanting to tip Archie off she was there with her.
     “Archie, I’ll call you if I hear anything. She’s probably in some little backwater town with her family. You know how she hates big cities. Did you try her Montana or Colorado cousins? They don’t have cell phone towers on their farms.”
    “You’re right Ethel. I have to find her! I love her and I need her. I'm going out there see if I can talk her into forgiving me. I love her so much!” he sniffed, as angry tears fell from his eyes.
     “I know you do Archie. She’ll turn up when she’s ready. I’m sure her parents hear from her, and she’s okay. Give her time to think things through.” Ethel fought to keep the amusement she felt out of her voice. She found this funny as hell.
“I have to see her, Ethel. I don’t want her to stop loving me!”
Too late baby, now it’s too late, were the words that went through Ethel’s mind at his dilema.
     “You can’t force someone to love you, you know. When you have someone’s love, it’s a gift. Then you have to work hard to keep them in love with you.” The silence from Archie was thick in the air when he heard her words. It was as if Ethel’s words struck him in his heart. Archie knew he had repeatedly taken Betty’s love for granted since they were kids. Deep down he knew he went too far, and it was killing him. He now realized he loved her more than anyone one else in the world, and she may never come home to him again.
     “Bye Archie, take care. My agent’s calling me on my cell, and I really have to take this call. I’ll call you if I hear anything from her. Ciao.” Ethel had more than enough of Archie. She called Jughead after they hung up.
“Jughead, Archie just keeps calling here looking for Bets. Can’t you distract him with a girl or something?”
     “I tried Ethel. He refuses to go out and drives us all crazy. Now I’m encouraging him to write music. Anything so we can all keep our sanity. Even his own parents are avoiding him. I can’t wait until I can join you two ladies in the Big Apple. See you tomorrow baby”
     They shared an impish laugh. Neither of them felt guilty for lying to Archie about Betty’s whereabouts because Betty had begun to heal and blossom under Ethel’s tender loving care. Betty gained weight and was now a perfect size eight. Ethel sent Betty to her doctor for vitamins and to her psychiatrist for counseling. Betty needed help in mind, body and spirit. Ethel made sure she got everything she needed to get healthy.
     During this recuperation period, Betty and Ethel went over Betty’s designs, revising them, making adjustments here, and color changes there. Whenever Betty was being creative, she was so cute. She would stare off into space and not hear anything until her designs were the way she wanted them.
     “Damn, Betty, you look like you’re in the twilight zone.” They both laughed at this. Wherever Betty went when she was designing, she always ended up with a masterpiece, so Ethel didn't care where she went, as long as she came back.She suggested that Betty design a sexy tee shirt that was all their own.
     “Come up with something unique, but sexy, Betty. New Yorkers like a fancy, sexy tee shirt. The fancier it is the better. People here like swag.”
     So Betty ‘blinged- up’ the shirts- she added sequins, gold, silver sparkly material, chains, or rhinestones to shine and look rich or gaudy. They would be whatever the customer wanted. Betty immediately set to work designing the tee shirts. Betty was so busy sketching and sewing that she had little time to think of Archie. Occasionally, at night, a vague longing would set in, but she squashed it. Then all Betty had to do was think of Archie’s neglect and infidelities. Especially the day that changed her life. That was the day she saw Archie with Cheryl. That would just cause her anger and hurt feelings to rise to the surface. Finally the day came when she refused to cry over Archie any longer. She had enough of Archie Andrews and all the pain he caused her. It was truly over between them.
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