Story Starter #4

Oh my! You are such a great story-teller! lol!! Please You should be a little less mean to Betty about Archie and share him more!

"Don't you know that this is supposto be formal dress?"
Veronica was furious. " I can't believe you two." "What's the matter Ronnie?" Archie couldn't understnd what Veronica was having a fit over. "I don't think that you two got the memo." "Archie Andrews," Ron said. " I don't know what you're talking about, and I don't really want to know." Jughead looked at Archie in that confused look. At that point the mayor walked in with his wife and two beautiful children, Nancy and Donald- Donny for short. Everybody stood up and clapped. When they sat down, the mayor brought in the cake..... "Surprise!" Everyone cheered for Donny's 12th birthday. Then everyone took off their coat, encluding Betty, and they were all wearing funny clothes. Ronnie felt so embarresed- though Betty knew that something like this would happen, so she gave Ron an extra pair of clown clothes. They all were excited, especially Donny.
THE END

PART ONE OF THREE (again! xD)

I gazed into the mirror, batting my eyelashes. Mascara really did add the final touch. I smiled, blew a kiss, and struck a pose.

"Honey, you're going to be late."

Spinning around, I accidentally knocked over my $300.00 perfume. I guess I'd have to buy another one.

"Daddy!! Don't scare me like that!" He chuckled and rolled his eyes. "Daddeeeee! I'm serious!" I tried not to sound whiney. I, Veronica Lodge, does not whine for anyone.

Except maybe some people.

Soon, I heard a familiar honk outside my house. I lifted my long expensive dress up off of my feet with my long-white-gloved hands. Not my top choice of dress, but elegance is still key to beauty, even this century.

Betty, Jughead, and Reggie were crammed into the back of Archie's car, and Archie sat in the front with a crooked smile.

Daddy put his hand on my shoulder, smiled, and whispered through clenched teeth. "I don't approve of Archie driving you so far in that poor excuse for a car."

I sighed and shook my head as I walked outside. "Archiekins? As much as I love riding in that...thing of yours, I've already got it covered. Daddy called a limo." Reggie, Jughead, and Bets cheered as they jumped out, and I noticed Archie's shoulders drop. Sometimes I wonder if it's a bad thing that his heart is bigger than his brain.
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After a long, fun, and pricey limo ride, we had arrived at the Governor's Mansion.

I strode up the marble steps, and lifted my arm gracefully to knock on the door twice. Then, I looked back as the others stumbled up, and Betty tripped over her cheap ruffled dress. This would be a long night.

The butler opened the door and nodded. "Welcome, Ms Lodge." He didn't even ask for my invitation. I walked inside and admired the paintings on the wall. It took me a few seconds, but I did glance back and notice nobody was with me.

I shuffled back to the door, where the butler was shaking his head at Reggie.

"Dude. We're with Ron. Just let us in!"

"Pardon, but they are with me," I said, tapping his shoulder. He glanced at me doubtfully, then gave the group a once-over. "I trust you know what you're doing, Ms Lodge." he said, moving aside.

Finally, we arrived at the long dining table. Many people were already seated, and they clapped as we walked in. I had done this before, and knew not to change the expression on my face. I kept my pace, and looked ahead of me confidently. But I could just feel the giggles and red cheeks of Betty, Archie, and Reggie.

I straightened the back of my dress and sat down. I am ashamed to tell you that I was the only one out of the four of us who thanked this room's butler for pulling our seats out for us. As soon as he turned , I jerked my head around and gave my friends the rare You-Better-Not-Mess-This-Up look.

Then, the giant, dimmed chandelier above us started to brighten, and I knew that a certain someone had arrived.

TOBECONTINUED
~Minnie

to archie and archie A, GET REAL YOU GUYS ARE NOT THE REAL ARCHIE.
and if you are what is the 2nd and last story in ARCHIES DOUBLE DIGEST #173

adam(isnt ashamed to write his real name)

Betty,Archie,Reggie,Jughead and I all sat down to eat. Once they brought out the appetizers ugh, that's when things got bad. Jughead immediately started attacking the food like a wild beast."Jughead!!!!" I screamed, once I realized what I had done I noticed I had done that in front of a lot of people.Later, Archie and Reggie got bored so reggie "accidently" spilled his water on Archie. Then it was a water war."Archie,Reggie!!!" Betty and I both screamed at them.Now everyone in the Govener's mansion was staring. Apperently the the gangs dress-code was nice but not there manners,except for Bettys and mine. So we got kicked out.Then the boys drove us to Pops for some sodas. once we got there Betty and I asked for some pies. Once we got them we threw them at the boys and creamed them in the faces,and walked out to find a bus."Well, at least its yummy." said Jughead in delight. "Jughead." Archie and Reggie groaned.

Black Tie Bummer
by Pina_Colada

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!" Shouted Betty Cooper, "I can't believe this is actually happening!"
"You better not say anything like that in There," said her best friend, Veronica Lodge.
Betty, Veronica, and their friends Jughead Jones and Archie Andrews were guestss of honor at the Governor's Mansion because of their hit comic series!
"This is a great sign," mumbled Jughead, "cuz it means that people appreciate YOU and not the Faux Duo..."
The gang was driving to the Mansion in Ron's car and it took a long time to get there. Finally, when they did, Ronnie screamed.
"This place is even bigger than MY house!" she squealed.
"Now that's saying something," replied Archie, tumbling out of the car.
The boys, who weren't really up to dressing formally were just wearing suits and ties. Jug only came for the food. But Betty and Veronica looked fabulous.
Ron was wearing a dark purple tanktop dress and matching flats. Her long, dark hair was piled up in a bun and she wore lots of purple jewelry.
Betty was wearing her short, blonde hair down at her shoulders and was wearing a long-sh pink halter top and a long orange and pink skirt.
"This is it...." said Betty softly as she knocked on the door at the Governor's Mansion.
A tall man greeted them, and smiled warmly. "Betty, Veronica, Archie, and Jughead," he said kindly, "Welcome, please come in!"

The four friends sat down in a grand room with lots of fancy furniture and a huge crystal chandelier. First, the governor actually talked to them about how he appriciated their contribution to the world of comics.
It was pretty boring, because he didn't know that the Faux Duo and the Makeover were practically taking over their lives.
After chatting, it was time to sit down to eat. Betty, Veronica, Archie, and Jughead could barely contain themselves. As they made their way to a huge and gorgeous dining room, the girls saw Jughead whisper something to Archie, and Arch snickered. Veronica nudged them in the ribs and hissed, "pull it together!"
They were all seated at a huge marble table. They were the guests of honor! Crystal glasses and shiny silverware was set in front of them. Jughead gleefully licked his dry lips as the food was served.

First, they had appetizers, which were small pecies of smoked salmon and hummus on crackers. Ron leaned over to Betty and whispered, "I think this is patte!" Bets looked at her quizically, but had no time to think about that. She was appaled at what just happened.
First, Jughead winked at Archie. Then, he dove onto the table, grabbing at the crackers. He swallowed one whole. "Guess what," Jug shouted out loud, "I think this could just be the worst thing I ever tasted!" With that, he spit out the patte on the Governor's lap.
Betty could see Archie biting his lip to contain his laughter. Bets and Ronnie were speechless. Veronica's face heated up with anger and embarassment.
"Shall I bring in the main course?" a maid asked nervously.
The Governor barely nodded.

The main course was a spinach and feta cheese souffle. "This looks good," said Betty sharply, talking more to Jughead than the Governor.
"Good," said Archie, shifting his weight, "because it's a very small platter." With that he reached over and grabbed the plate. With Jug's help, the boys gobbled up the whole souffle.
"You were right, Betty!" said Jughead, looking like he was about to burst from laughter, "It was delish!"
Veronica growled under her breath which only made them giggle. Bets looked over at the Governor, whos head was in his hands. "Bring in dessert...." he said, his voice muffled.
Soon, everyone each was served a bowl of chocolate pudding.
"Yum!" Betty said, scooping up a hearty spoonfull. The girls were just about to indulge on their first bite when they heard a roaring belch coming from...... not just one, but both of the boys!
"Awesome," said Archie, patting his stomach.
Just when Ron was about to get up and leave, Jughead flicked his spoon, which apparantley had more chocolate pudding on it. Food went flying.
"Food fi-" Archie began to scream, but before the last syllable came out of his mouth, the Governor stood up and said, "Thank you, guys, but I think it's time for you to leave!"

Outside of the mansion, Betty and Veronica were furious.
"OKAY GUYS!" Veronica screamed, "What's going on?"
Jughead chuckled, "Boys will be boys, won't they, Ronnie?"
"Not funny!" Betty said angrily, "We totally saw how you planned all that.... all that..."
"EMBARASSMENT!" Ron shouted, "You guys are an EMBARASSMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Look, the place was already so boring, we needed to... spice up the night, ya know?" replied Archie weakly.
"FINE!" Jughead said, "If your getting all hyped out about this, we might as well tell you."
Archie let out a huge sigh and said, "You were the ones who talked us into this whole black tie dinner thing, and we didn't want to go!"
"Yeah," continued Jug, "So we wanted to kinda give you payback... to show you how horrible a night like that can be.
"Oh, guys!" Betty said, "why didn't you just tell us that you didn't want to do this?"
"Because...you kind of forced us," said Archie.
Just then. Ron thought back to yesterday afternoon. "Look, you guys!" she had said to the boys, "If you want to be proud of who you are, then you have to come, understand?"
"You're right..." Veronica said.
"Well, guess what, this says something about the Governor, how he kicked us out like that" Jughead said as they were getting into Ronnie's car.
"What?" asked Bets, still the slightest bit steamed.
"The Governor sure doesn't know how to have fun!"
The four friends were laughing the whole way back home.

hey ron i have a complaint!!!! I just worked so hard on a story for black tie bummer, and when I clicked "post" it just went back to the comment screen, and the comment box was blank!!! my story was lost!!! and i didn't get the window where you have to enter that code!!!!! what happened? I worked so hard on the story!!!!! :'(

Once we sat down we started talking about comic books. Everyone agreed that Archie comics were the best.Than the govener made a speech.Too bad Jughead was there to snooze it off.When the govener was done Jughead asked when we were going to eat. "Jughead." I whispered nudging him."SORRY!!!" Jughead yelled.Then Archie stood up and tapped a fancy wine glass with a fork. And than broke it."Sorry." He said convincingly, than sat down.Later, Reggie wipped out a mirror. And than saw a camera and asked if he could see it. A person handed it to him and Reggie started taking pictures of himself! I was never so embarresed in my life! Than the govener started laughing. "Wow!" he said and continued laughing. "You have entertained all of us I am very impressed,Archie comics is going to be the top advertising comic!" Every body clapped. Well, I thought. At least we got something good out of this embarresment.

ok! so the waiter came over to bring the guests of honor their menu! all the boys where stareing at it like it was in french or something!!!! well it was! it was all in french. the waiter did not know how to read french so we just had to guess what too order. betty got something called potred lavier, i got mesquer seron. archie got enquia del portas reggie got velen dochantre, and jughead got alshrel guanten. we just picked stuff that sounded good. we gave the waiter the order and he went back to the kitchen. then he brought out some crackers with brownish- pink colored stuff on top. it was really mushy. jughead ate the whole thing. we waited a hour for the food! by the time it got there we where ready to eat each others heads! then finally the waiter came out with the food. the boys where eating like they have never seen food in their lives. after they finished their food they where all wondering what they ate. then i remembered that i had an elctric translater in my purse, first i found out what i ate... it was beef in a gravey sauce with mashed potatoes and carrots. then betty typed hers in. she ordered, pasta in cream sauce with green beans and a salade. now what did the boys get? i bet you can guess! well, reggie got deer meat in sour cream and jelly fish eggs. jughead got duck meat with squid tenticles and seawead casserole, and finally archie got claves brains with pigs feet and a lambs heart!all topped with cesar dressing of course. betty and i where satisfied with our meals, but archie, reggie, and jughead were about to puke!then they started gaging and spitting everywhere! it was sooo embarrassing! everyone was stareing at them. then the boys started yelling and screaming at the waiter and govorner " how could you feed someone something like this! it is disgusting!!!" then they where demanding a refund! all of a sudden they all threw up on the floor and as betty and i where going to the ladies room to hide our faces in sham, we got puked on and slipped in it! eawwwww! then the whole place was laughing at us and our very expensive gowns where ruined!!! we where chaseing the boys all through the mansion kitchen and dinning room! also archie was holding a glass of soda and when they where being chased, he spilled it on a lady and then she threw her lobster thermador at him and it ended up in a food fight!!! there was food flying everywhere! and guess who had to stay there until midnight cleaning the whole entire mastion kitchen! plus i just got a manicure for the dinner! and my hair and make-up was all done up too! by the time we stopped i looked like a ratty old lunch lady! and we ALL had to PAY for the stuff THEY broke, plus the ruined suites and dresses that they rented! ( lucky for me i wore my old deighner dress, not my new paris original!) it was a totally embarrasing and unforgetable night for everyone!

As the gang sat down to dinner in the governor's mansion, Jughead noticed some fancy hors d'oeurves on a plate sitting in front of him. Determined not to let them go to waste, he immediately began crunching on them like elephant eating peanuts. When Veronica snuck a few he immediately realized that a few were missing. Soon, Veronica and Jughead were in the midst of a HUGE argument over Jug's pigginess. Once Peacemaker Betty broke up the fight, things seemed to return to normal, that is until the food arrived. When the main course, lobster covered in mushrooms and melted butter, a plan formed in Reggies cunning mind. While Veronica was completely absorbed in talking to the governor's wife about their clothing, Reggie to the claws from his lobster and attached one to each of her ears. "Oooooooh, ouch, ouch, get it oooooff!" screamed Veronica, jumping from her seat and madly trying to remove the claw. Archie "helped" Veronica by taking one of the claws off - with such force that it hit Betty in the face so hard that it knocked her out cold. As Jughead TRIED to resuscitate Betty, he realized that it looked as if he was kissing her, so he immediately took off for the restroom, breaking two priceless Ming Vases and sending a vase of flowers flying at the Governor's wife's hair. Of COURSE the vase hit her clip, and being of thin glass, shattered, ruining the absolutely gorgeous hairdo. Archie and Reggie would have helped, but Archie was too busy pouring Cherry Punch all over Reggie. The Governor called an ambulance to take Betty to the hospital and took Reggie upstairs to change. Eventually, Jug and Archie made it home, AFTER being servants in the governor's home for two weeks, for the trouble they caused. (Reg too.) Veronica had swollen ears for a week AND a ruined dress - Which gave her the PERFECT excuse to go to Paris. Betty recovered after a sprain in her neck and concussion. Since then, the gang has refused more Comic Celebrations.

"This is going to be so much fun!" said Archie. Veronica was taking Archie, Betty, Reggie, and Jughead to the Black Tie Dinner at the Governors Mansion. To go along with that they were riding in the limo.
"Thanks a lot for inviting us, Ron!" said Betty.
"No problem! Besides, it would ever so boring to have to go by myself!" Veronica answered.
"I'm just going for the food!" said Jughead.
"Here we are!" said Reggie.
Everyone climbed out of the limo and walked toward the Governor's Mansion. A man with a clipboard is standing in the doorway.
"Name?" he asked.
"Veronica Lodge." Ron immediately answered.
"All right go on in."
Once entering the ballroom teh whole gang stood in awe.
"How beautiful!" Veronica exclamed.
"Not as beautiful as me, I hope!" said Reggie.
"Lets sit down!" said Archie.
Veronica led the gang to their table. Betty sat next to Veronica. Reggie was about to sit on her other side, but Archie pulled him off and shouted:
"No way, knucklehead! I'm sitting next to her!"
"Who are you calling a knucklehead! And I'm sure Ronnie doesn't want a pathetic little weasel sitting next to her!"
By now everyone in the ballroom is staring at them. Reggie pushes Archie to the ground and the two start fighting.
"Boys! Stop this instant!" Betty and Veronica shouted like mad. The two of them run over to the boys and pull them apart.
"I am going to decide who is going to sit next to me!" Veronica hissed. "Reggie, you are sitting next to me!"
But before they can sit down, two security guards walk up to them and say:
"Sorry skids but we'll have to kick you out." They lead them outside where the limo is waiting.
Veronica says to the chauffeur:
"We are only taking me, Betty, and Jughead for the way back," she said. "The other two can walk home!"
And off the limo went. Leaving Archie and Reggie behind with no transportation.

The long black shining limo cruised onto the driveway of the Governer's mansion and betty's door was the first to open.As she stepped out of the limo,her sparkling light blue gown trailing behind her, she gasped with amazement at the mansion.
"Oh my goodness!"exclaimed betty."Ron it's..it's..well its definetly bigger that your house!"
"Hmph!grunted ronnie,insulted at the idea of something being better that hers.She brushed off her new, dark green paris original and mumbled "i supose its alright." and strode of to the door to ring to doorbell.the door opedned and a stiff looking butler appeared,his face expressionless.
"Your name miss?"he questioned.
"Miss Veronica Lodge and her," ron shot a look at her impatient friends as they fooled around."companions"Ron finished.
"Thats all we are?Companions?I'll have you know i am the one and only Reginald Mantle."Whispered a disgusted Reggie to jughead.

Archie A, I SO loved that story, TOTALLY creative. It was really, really creative. I just ADORE poetry!!!!!!!

The ALMOST Perfect Evening

Archie sighed romantically. “Veronica, you look stunning!”
Veronica winked at Betty. “Aww, how sweet of you Archiekins! Tee hee! Thank you very, very much, sweetums.”
Betty snarled and crossed her arms and before there was a fight, Jughead stepped in. “CHILL YOU GUYS!” Jughead yelled.
Reggie linked arms with Betty. “Come on, turtles.” Reggie snarled.
Archie, Jughead, Betty, Veronica and Reggie were going to the Black Tie at the Governor’s mansion. The Governor invited them to celebrate our contribution to the world of comics.
“Betty, lets check our makeup. I think my lipstick is wearing off,” Veronica whispered.
“You boys pick a table while we’re gone.”
And when they got back they saw Jughead and sat at the table. They looked to see Archie and Reggie, but they weren’t there. Jughead looked fumed.
“W-where’s Archie and Reggie?” Betty asked nervously.
“They’re off with Cheryl Blossom. Grr, Archie likes her more than his own best friend.” Jughead mumbled angrily.
“N-n-no! That can’t be! She moved away!’
“She couldn’t possibly be here!”
“See for yourselves.” Jughead said and pointed to the side.
It was true, Cheryl was sitting with two love-sick boys at her side. “Oh my! If it isn’t ol’ Betty and Veronica. I thought you wouldn’t mind if I borrowed the boys for a sec. Cheryl said in a fake sweet tone.
“Why yes, we would mind, Cheryl. So if-“ Veronica growled.
“You wouldn’t mind? Thank you so r much, sweeties! Isn’t that sweet boys? Hmm? Hmm? Oh and I’d invite you to the table but there are only three seats. Pity, isn’t it?” ” Cheryl interrupted.
The boys stared dumbly. Betty had tears in her eyes and sobbed, “You can, have the boys, Veronica and I will find boys who, who, who”
Betty was too upset to say the word.
“WHO LOVE US!” Betty cried.
Veronica started to sniffle and she suddenly bawled. Tears started streaming down Betty’s cheek. They stood up and ran to the door and tripped on the carpet and landed in some huge sticky dessert. They kept running and pots, pans, food and dishes went everywhere. The door opened. It was the Governor, and he did not look happy.
“Good heavens, ladies! What is the meaning of this? Out, out!” The governor shouted.
Betty and Veronica didn’t care they ran past the Governor as they wept.
They ran all the way to pops.
“Good grief! Why are you girls crying? Would a banana split help? Wait, let me guess, something to do with Archie, isn’t it.” Pops sighed.
Betty sat at the counter seat and cried. “Not only Archie, but Reggie too! We lost them f-f-f-forever! NOTHING will be the same anymore!”
“But a banana split would be nice.” Veronica admitted.
They started to cry even more. Pops got depressed watching them, soaking the counter with tears. A few minutes later, the door swung open.
And guess who it was, Archie, Reggie and Jughead!
”Because of you guys, remember?” Veronica snapped.
“And we learned that you gals are the most wonderful girls in the world” Archie said sweetly.
“Did Cheryl throw you out?” Betty snarled
“Cheryl made us do everything! She wanted to show the Governor’s wife her dresses and made us run to her house to get all of them. And then she wanted to show the Governor’s wife her jewelry.” Reggie groaned.
“She screamed and threatened us. Her sweet attitude was fake! So we slipped out of her sight and went to Pops.” Archie grumbled.
“Will you forgive our foolishness?”
Archie and Reggie got on their knees and looked into the girls eyes.
“Oh boys, of course we would! We love you!” The girls said at the same time.
“Jughead, why did you leave?” Betty asked. Jughead chuckled. “I drank some soda and it made me hiccup. The Governor yelled at me and threw me out! I needed a burger anyways.” Jughead laughed.
Pop smiled, the gang was back together! They had a great time dancing to the jukebox and eating banana splits. It started to pour rain outside but that didn’t ruin their party!
Cheryl stared though Pops window and scowled,
“THIS ISN’T OOOOVEEEER!!!!!!!!”

THE END (Or is it?)

"Now don't I look gorgeous," I say lovingly to myself as I apply more eye shadow.

I must say, I look stunning wearing my Paris oringinal, price diamond necklace and beautiful high heels that go perfectly with my oufit. Bets is bringing the me to the mayor's party---- you see, did something like rescueing 9 people from of fire or something.

BIG WHOOP. Who cares about that? I am the prettiest girl in town. Boys pay attention to ME not her.

Anyway, I am just fininishing applying my make up as she rings the door bell. Smithers answers it and yells, " MS. LODGE, YOUR FRIENDS ARE HERE."

So I make my way downstairs. My jaw drops when I see who is there.
TO BE CONTINUED

The red carpet was glimmering as the gang walked down it! Archie and Veronica linked arm-in-arm, betty and reggie. Jughead walked ahead of the clan.
" Its like a dream come true" sighed betty!
"not realy, daddy's firm has a formal idinner every week!" veronica said
"Naturaly" said betty and Veronica together.
As they entered Veronic took a nerovouse look at archie. He was wearing a blue suit- okay and a black tie.Perfect.
Betty did the same..Reggie in a black suit and clack tie also perfect.
The room was goregouse blue and orange silk. Candles. This would be a night to remeber!
All juggy could think about was the food "WOW IT LOOKS GREAT! ALL THAT FOOD"
Veronica giggled
"c.mon betty lets go refresh archie and reggie find us a seat."
they walked into the bathroom some Ladies were there, but they were mainly alone.
" I cant believe it, we are the guests of honor!" Mouthed betty
"Im always the center of attention!" said veronica
She looked at herself in the miror. She was wearing a long sparkling red drop dead gorgouse outfet.her hair was culy wayy spread on her shoulders. Betty wore and dark purple dress with pleats at the bottom and the it sucked to her waist. her hair was in an up doo.
"you ladies look beuteful!" It was the Double of veronica!
'what do you want" sneered veronica.
"to help you here is some perfume from a paris. one of a kind!" she said.
At "one of a kind" Veronica's ears perked up! Then she got the gleam in her eye.
"what do u want for it?" asked betty.
"nothing" she replied.
"I dont trust her" betty announced.
Veronica was already convinced.
"we will take it!" Veronica grabbed it and put some on.
she turned around and the double had already left. hmmm.
"here betty try some" nudged veronica
"alright, it smells heavenly" she put on some too.
When they came out Veronica and betty sat down. "why so nervouse archie?" cooed betty
"well..er.." archie stammered.
"here" reggie handed them a miror.
"veronica took it first. "AHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!" she screeched.
"sob, how could this happend."
betty took it.
" ITS THE PERFUME" screeched betty
by now everyone was laughing. They ran out of the place sobbing terribly
"Hey it s not so bad only looked like a hippo..a little" reggie teased veronica at pops
"cruel" she retorted. " Im ruined"
"heh..lol that was funny! cmon. lighten up." archie said.
A smile cracked on the girls faces..it was funny. Soon they all started laughing and decided to do somethins as to not spoil the eavening. They rented a movie and watched at veronica's.

BOYS! what will we do with out them to cheer us up?

This point of view is that "BOYS" usualy was taken that they did something wrong! This "BOYS" was enthusiastic.

Veronica held out her newly lotioned hand, waiting for Smithers to help her out of her stretch limo. Betty simply just got out by herself. Archie, Reggie, and Juggie hopped out, looking at the 'hut' as Kelli Parker described it on the phone. But this was most DEFINITELY NOT a 'hut'. They looked at the cream colored pillars holding up the limestone building.
"Snazzy." Reggie said.
"Shiny." Said Juggie.
"SHUT UP!" Said Veronica.
"Amen, Sister!" Betty exclaimed.
"Archie, as my escort, you will lead me in." Betty told Archie, with an air of dignity.
"OK."
"WAIT!" Veronica screeched. "If I'm going to meet the governor, I need makeup! I forgot to put it on!"
"Oh no." Everyone grumbled.
Veronica whipped out her pink Razr (tm) cell phone.
"Hello? CARMINDY! I NEED YOU AT THE GOVERNOR'S DINNER. NOW! AND BRING YOUR JEWEL TONES. THEY WILL MATCH MY DRESS. Oh yeah. And bring your autumns, you know, suttle browns. It'll match Betty's."
Betty frowned. Her brown velvet gown with rhinestones was nothing compared to Veronica's emerald green dress with sequined sapphire colored shawl. Eventually Carmindy got there, and did Veronica and Betty's makeup. They looked stunning, especially Betty. As they were the guests of honor, they needed to, as Ronnie said. They finally went in, and were greeted with the utmost sophistication and class.
"Ah, Veronica, darling, you look absolutely stunning." The governor's wife told Ronnie. "And who is this charming lady with you?" She questioned, pointing to Betty.
"This is my dearest friend; Bet----" Ron never got to finish. For then, disaster struck. Jughead saw the all-you-can-eat buffet. He drooled.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" Reggie and Archie tried to trip him, and in trying to do so, managed to trip themselves. Betty slapped her hand to her forehead, while Veronica tried to hide her face with her blue shawl.

Fortunately, the Governor was very forgiving and understanding about the whole incident, and the whole gang laughed later at Reggie and Archie's attempts to stop Juggie. Everyone, that is, except for Veronica.
"It was a disgrace!" She would yell, then groan.
But then, Betty would say;
"Boys will be boys!"

*The End*

PART TWO OF THREE

The Governor held his head high and walked in with pride. His eyes met mine, and glowed as he smiled. I couldn't help but smiling back, he's just so sweet!

"I hope you all know why you're here today." he said, as the room got quiet. "To celebrate the pride and perseverance of the comic celebrities, Veronica, Betty, Reggie, and Archie."

I stood up, and the rest quickly followed.

"Hats off to these wonderful kids who are in a crisis right now. Even though their comic lives may be at stake due to -as Lodge herself puts it- a /Faux Duo/ incident."

"How very inspiring." muttered Reggie.

Jughead raised his hand and I held my breath. "Excuse me..." he said, "Do I have to?"

"Have to what?" replied the governor.

"You said 'Hats Off'. I don't like to take this hat...woooahhhhhh!"

Jughead's short attention span turned to the plates of food being put on the table. My eyes widened as he leaned all the way to the other side to get the salt.

"Arch! Pass the chicken!" Reggie said. "I'm starved!"

But my Archie was too engaged in staring at the girl in front of him. I think he was even drooling. I made a mental note to smack him across the head, but Betty did it first.

"Archie! What are you staring at?"

"N-nothing, sweet pea!" he said, his cheeks reddening.

"It was obviously something," she argued, while Reggie was screaming for Archie to pass the chicken, and Jughead leaning over to get some more food.

"ENOUGH!" The governor and I said at the same time. I rubbed my temples and stood up.

"I'm so sorry, sir, I--"

"No, no, Veronica. They are my guests. I invited them, I'll deal with them.

The room silented and he lifted the chicken off the table.

"Reggie, here is your chicken." he said, leaning over.

Jughead stood up. "But I want some chicken too--"

I gasped as he fell flat on his face in the middle of the table.

The room started to get more rowdy, and the fuming Governor stood on his chair. I gulped.

TOBECONTINUED
~Minnie

everyone in the room claped as archie and the gang arived archie stood infront of the croud. Thank you everyone ,archie said, i have a very important annoucement to make.Achie looked at betty and veronica and gulped,jughead gave him a thumbs up. a question that has been haunting everyone in riverdale and around the whole world for a long time, w-who i will choose, everyone in the room gasped,and,archie continued after alot of thinking i have chosin.................................betty!!! betty ran to archie and gave him a big kiss. Archie smilled and pulled out a friendship ring and said, betty will y-you go steady with me!?! OH ARCHIE OF COUSE I WILL!!! just then the room erupted with applose. just then reggie stood up and pulled out a ring of his own and turned to ronnie. veronica will you go steady with me? ron looked up at archie and betty, she pushed away the tears and looked at reggie looking at her so sweetly she smiled and said yes. they all stood on stage together and archie looked down at jughead and to his surprise jughead was also walking to the stage hand in hand with WW (a.k.a wendy weatherbee) they all stood there and all of them knew this was the best night of their lives

the end
-adam-

Wow, thanks Ann! You just made me smile. :D
-Archie A

Well, Adam, I AM Archie Andrews. Trust me. Sigh... :( ....I'll answer your question to PROVE that I am the one and only Archie Andrews. The 2nd story in Archie's Digest #173 is called: Archie -The First Week of School. The last story is called: Archie in -Autumn in Riverdale. Adam, do you trust me now? or do you think I'm not Archie Andrews... :(
-Archie A
(P.S just to make sure, Adam, if I misunderstood your question, then I'm really sorry, I'm clumsy you know. But just to tell you, the first story in Archie's Double Digest #173 is called: Archie in -Stop Cloning Around. But do you trust me now? or not? :()

I AM SOOOOO SORY ARCHIE I BELIEVE YOU I GUESS IM JUST A LITTLE SKEPTIC

SORRY
ADAM

PART THREE OF THREE (i know this is not one of my better stories, cuz this subject was kinda hard to write on, but I'm going to try ALL of the story starters.)

"The sooner we get through this the better. I said it before, and I'll say it again--hats off to these three wonderful people." the Governor spit out.

Jughead raised his hand again and I almost exploded. I got out of my chair and literally ran to his.

He saw me, and ran from his chair too. We ran around the table at least three times, when he stopped right in his tracks. "Mmmmm...meatloaf..." he drooled, but I wasn't paying attention. I was still running, and I bumped into him.

Two words: Domino Effect.

He fell, and knocked over someone's chair. The chair happened to be right next to the Governor. The Governor's chair that he was standing on, fell. And the Governor landed on the table with a huge bang.

Now I don't mean to say this offensively, but the Governor is a little...on the plump side. I thought that the table would crack.

And then the lights started to flicker, and everyone looked up.

All at once, the chandelier fell right next to the Governor.
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Before we knew it, we were all back in my limo. I was fuming, and most of the ride was quiet.

When we got out at my house, I could hardly look at everyone.

"I'm really sorry..." Reggie and Jughead said at the same time.

"Me, too...I'm sorry things didn't go how you planned." Betty hugged me.

"Sugar, I'm really, reeeally sorry." Archie kissed me, and I forgot everything that happened.

"About what?" I asked, "At least we had fun." I smiled at them all...and silently thanked them for being the best friends.

All eyes were on Betty, Veronica, Archie, Reggie, and Jughead as they made their way to their table for dinner. And all eyes were on them when Archie accidentally pulled Ron's chair out from under her as she was sitting down. Ron was so furious, she did not realize that all eyes were STILL on her as she yelled at Archie.
"uh, Ron?" Betty whispered.
"What?!"
"You do realize that everyone is waiting for you to stop yelling and sit down so the meal can start?"
Ronnie must have set a world record for fastest time to sit down, but not Archie. No, Archie felt the need to publicly apolagize to the entire crowd, and explain how it was all his fault, and explain that this kind of thing happened fairly often, and blah, blah, blah. When Archie finally sat down some 10 minutes later, the waiters brought out the food. And what food it was! There was lobster, steak, clam chowder, everything and anything you could ask for. Ron and Betty thougt it was the best they had ever tassted. Apparently the guys did too, because they dug right in, not bothering to be eve nthe least bit proper. Needless to say, Betty and Ron wound up coaching them through dinner. After the meal was finished, the Mayor gave a long speech about how comics have affected Riverdale. Jughead must not have been very impressed with the speech, because he fell asleep. And when he sleeps, he snores. LOUD! Anyone who wanted to make a speech could, so of course Reggie made a speech about... himself! Surprise, surprise. This time, jughead wasn't the only one asleep. Reggie would have talked longer, but Mrs. Cooper wanted Bettty hme by 10:30 because her cousins were coming to visit the next day, and so they had to leave. Veronica was so glad to get out of there! She tought their worries were over. Boy, was she wrong! When they left the Governor's Mansion, Archie couldn't find his car. It seems that he parked in a tow-away zone for what must have been the fifty-thousandth time! So The gang was forced to walk home in their nice clothes, which weren't so nice by the time they got home.

Black Tie Bummer

By Veronica and Elenia

Dear Bloggy Friends,

I am sooooooo upset! I'm not sure where to record my feelings, so I guess I'll write it here.

Okay, flashback to 2 days ago. What happened?

I was in the salon with the girls- Betty, Midge and Nancy. We were all getting ready for the big dinner. I was just sitting there, getting an AWESOME pedi, chatting about my DIVINE handbag, and eating a carrot (hey, don't ask me why!) When suddenly Nancy's cell beeped.

Hey, yeah! It's your b-day get your-

Nancy fished her phone from her purse. It was Chuck.

Chuck: Hey, Nance, it's me!

Nancy: Oh hey, Chuck, what's up?

Chuck: Well, what do you think of the big COMIC EXPO?!

Nancy: Ooh, I'd love to go, if we had tickets! Besides there's that dinner thing tomorrow nigh-

Chuck: Plans? Cancel them sweetie! I just got 2 tickets to the hottest expo in town!

Nancy: EEEEEeeeekkkk!!! Seriously? We SO have to go! See you soon, bye!!!

Nancy clicked off her phone, and dashed outside, even though her nails were only half painted!! Then a few moments later, she sheepishly came back inside, and finished her beauty treatment with us.

I was home. I was happy. Midge, Betty and I were going to have a FAB-ulous dinner. That's when I got an IM.

MIDGE-GAL: Uh, Ronnie? I know this is a big dinner and all that, but- wahhhhhh!! T_T

Midge broke off, crying in mid- sentence.

RonStar: Uhh, Midge, what's wrong?

MIDGE-GAL: It's the most awful thing! My dad had a heart- attack, and I just CAN'T go to the dinner! I'm sorry, but I just... CAN'T!

RonStar: Hey, no sweat. But what will Moose do without you there?

MIDGE-GAL: Uh Ron, in case you haven't noticed, Moose went away to California last week for a wedding. >_>

RonStar: Ooops. My bad. Sorry to hear the newz. Well, see you later then. Bye.

I logged off the computer. Midge needed some serious TLC. Gaston HAD to make the best comfort food ever for them.

I went to Midge's house, where Betty and I went to comfort her. We ate Gaston's fabulous spread, and Betty even made some of her famous brownies! We chatted, watched a sappy movie, ate, braided each other's hair, gave each other mini facials and ultimately cheered Midge up. That day was so tiring. So I went to sleep.

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
What was that sound? Oops, my alarm. Then I realized what day it was- the DINNER! I called Betty over. We HAD to spend the day together. Besides, she had no idea what to wear, and I wanted some hot New York fashions. We went together via private jet, and instantly found what we wanted at Bloomingdales. Sigh, I just ADORE that store. While we were in NYC, we ate at the Hard Rock Cafe, and had some fun at the Metropolitan Museum of Fine Arts. We had a blast that afternoon at the Met, but we really had to get back. Which is why we took the subway home to my house.

"Can you please pass the curling iron, Ron?!" Betty said, while she primped in front of the mirror.

"Sure, no problem!"

I passed her the iron. We looked killer.

We decided that wearing super formal gowns weren't going to be that practical, and they are soooo out of date! So instead we wore these awesome outfits.

Betty: She had on a pair of super cute black capris- they had a big pink flowery design up the left pant leg. She also wore a hot pink ruffled spaghetti strapped top. Her hair was curled, and she had a hot pink ribbon that acted as a cute headband. She also wore a pair of hot pink espadrilles. Her toenails were hot pink, and so were her fingernails. She wore some hot pink chandelier earrings, and 3 black and hot pink bangles on her arm that jangled every time she moved her arm. Betty's lips were shimmery pink, and her eyes roared with mascara and pink eyeshadow.

Me: I wore the most delicious ruffled eyeleted white skirt. It looked fantastic with the green strapless top I wore. I had a white cropped front tie tee that had a green butterfly on the neckline. My hair was half up and half down, with a green butterfly barrette in place of an ugly hair tie. My hair was wavy, thanks to the slight use of the curling iron. I wore a pair of green strappy sandals. I had some lip gloss, eye liner, mascara, shimmery green eyeshadow and a touch of blush. I also had a pair of thin green hoop earrings, a charm bracelet on my right arm with five multicolored beaded bracelets on my left arm. Perfection! ;-)

The guys picked us up in their tuxedos, and they all looked cute! Well, other than Jughead of course. He still wouldn't take off that hideous beanie!

When we got there, we mingled and had fun with everyone. Then we all sat down. Well, the guys sat down. Betty and I sat down and stood up. IT TURNED OUT THAT THERE WAS A MESSY AVOCADO ON EACH OF OUR CHAIRS! AHHHHHHH!

The guys snickered, the girls screamed, the hosts apologized, the chef's went wild- they needed those 2 avocados for a dish. It was chaos. Unfortunately, there was media coverage of this. Everyone saw.

Then when we started eating, a waiter accidentally spilled a coke all over me!

The guys snickered, the girls screamed, the hosts apologized, the waiter went wild- he didn't have any extra cokes. It was chaos. Unfortunately, there was media coverage of this. Everyone saw.

Archie was sitting next to Betty. He dropped some salad on her head. Apparently, he was trying to pass the salad bowl to Jughead.

The guys snickered, the girls screamed, the hosts apologized, the chef's went wild- they didnt have time to make more salad. It was chaos. Unfortunately, there was media coverage of this. Everyone saw.

The rest of the night followed in this pattern. Betty and I obviously were the victims of some mean joke, and our new outfits were completely ruined. And then there was the media coverage. I wonder if the faux duo saw it.

That night, I was so mad! I stormed home, where I saw Daddykins watching his favourite show- Pranks a Lot. This time, everyone at home was watching- mom, dad, Smithers, Gaston, Fifi, and everyone else. They even taped the episode!! I wondered what was going on. So, they replayed the tape from beginning to end. To my horror, it showed the entire dinner- from when the guys picked us up, to when we stormed out. they even told the scenario at the beginning! It was humiliating. Betty and I were the victims of the worst joke in the world!!! The episode also showed what the guys had to say at the end. It was worth it all.

Archie: Girls, they are so easy to prank. But it doesn't make me feel any better for what we did. It made me feel horrible.

Jughead: I wish there was a way to make it up to them. We wasted so much food, and at first it seemed funny, but Bet's and Ron's reactions were the worst. It made me feel awful and guilty!

Reggie: I don't know if the gals will ever talk to us again. But I, King of Jokes didn't think this one was funny! ME! It was mean.

ALL the guys: WE'RE SORRY, BETTY AND VERONICA!!! REALLY AND TRULY!! SO TO MAKE IT UP TO YOU GUYS, WE'LL BE YOUR SERVANTS FOR A DAY!!

Okay, so maybe this story wasn't that bad. They're going to be my servant tomorrow, and Betty's the day after tomorrow. I can't wait! I have to write a list of what I want them to do. BYE!

-Ronnie

and some help from Elenia :-)

Black Tie Bummer
By Coral
The boys were dressed in white gloves, black bowties, white shirts, white top hats, white tuxes and white shoes. Veronica wore a long sleeved fancy white gown and long white gloves, a diamond ring, diamond earings and her hair was in a sophisticated bun on her head with a diamond tiara. She was draped in the back with a red velvet cape. Betty wore a burgundy sleevless gown with a burgundy shrug and burgundy purse with her hair down in curls. When they sat at the table, Betty's eyes turned huge and her cheeks turned red. A farting sound echoed and people laughed. Reggie put a whoopie cushion on her seat! Then, he started teasing Archie loudly about his freckles. Archie threw his bottle of wine at Reggie, but missed. Veronica, who was sitting on his left got her paris original covered in wine. She stood up and started screaming at archie. jughead put his feet on the table, munching up every food in sight. Betty escorted Veronica out early and they both cried all night of embarrasment.

Black Tie Bummer

I checked my make-up for the final time, and then commenced in making my way into the parlor where Archie Andrews was patiently waiting to escort me to the black tie dinner at the Governor’s mansion in our honor! All of Riverdale wanted to congratulate us on our fantastic contribution to the comic book world. Everyone would be there, me and Archie, Betty and Reggie, Chuck and Nancy, Moose and Midge, and even Jughead. All of them were also in the parlor waiting to leave.
“I just love riding in your limo Veronica,” Betty said to me.
“Is this the one with the snack bar? Jughead asked. I ignored his question.

As we arrived at the Governor’s mansion all eyes were on me. Well, all of us, but I looked the most amazing. Our outfits were to die for! I was wearing a long crimson dress with a slit from my ankle to my thighs, Betty was wearing a short sea foam colored dress, Nancy looked great in her strapless silver formal, and Midge made the boys drool in her baby-blue tapering dress. All the boys wore black or white tuxedos, with the exception of Jughead who made me want to gag from embarrassment for his lack of class in his powder-blue tux and his signature beanie. I looked around at all the cultured guests, but then I saw something that made my jaw drop; Cheryl and Jason Blossom. Cheryl would take the boys attention from the rest of us girls in her skimpy black dress, but her presence wasn’t anything compared to when we sat down for dinner. Reggie and Archie were drooling over the ditzy blonde that the governor called his daughter, Jughead was drooling over all of the gourmet desserts at the buffet, Moose, the loveable buffoon, was trying to make conversation with Riverdale’s top scientist, and Chuck was drawing his latest cartoon, ‘The Super Teens’ all over his napkin, which, as he didn’t realize, was not made of seriously expensive fabrics, unlike the paper napkins at Pop’s that he was used to. It was such an embarrassment! When I think about it now all I can say is: Boys!

The dining table was amazingly set, expensive silverware, classy table cloth and china plates. Veronica was the only one out of the gang to not react to all this bling, after all she was used to it. The gang were all sitting on the same side of the table.

Naturally Jughead was eager to see what was going to be served and got a little impatient.
"Yo Arch, when are they bringing the first round" he whispered.
Archie didn't answer him back.
"Arch I'm starving over here, when's the first round?"
Again Jughead got no answer, so he looked where Archie was staring and he saw a beautiful young lady, not more than 17 years of age.

Jughead gave up, so he started poking and nudging Reggie, "Say Reg do you know when we're gonna eat, it's been almost fifteen minutes?" he again whispered. However, Archie wasn't the only one distracted by the beautiful yound lady, Reggie was also busy winking and flirting with her.

Meanwhile, at the dinner table the host and the rest of the guests are busy discussing innovations and suprise events in upcoming issues. Betty and Veronica are taking down mental notes so that they could be prepared.

Jughead couldn't handle it anymore, and he didn't want to be rude, so he decided to excuse himself to go the men's room. "Excuse me while I visit the men's room" he said to everyone. "Hang on Juggy, I'm coming with you" added Betty, "I need to fix my eyeshadow it's all smudged up."

So Betty and Jughead were heading to the toilet.
"Hang on Juggy....do you hear that??" Betty said suspiciously
"Hear what Bets?" Jughead replied impatiently.
"That sound, it sounds as if two people are discussing something intensely, isn't everyone supposed to be at the dinner table?"

In the meantime at the dinner table, Veronica is whispering in Archie's ear how good she thinks he looks. Archie, of course, is rather occupied at the moment, "The food will be here soon, don't worry". He unawarily answered Jughead's question, rather than hearing Veronica's compliment. "ARCHIE!" Veronica shouts, "HOW DARE YOU..." She is interrupted with everyone staring at her, she quickly realizes and saves herself, "How dare you not tell everyone about the surprise you just suggested to me for one of the upcoming issue." she said while having a huge smile on her face.
"uh..."Archie has no idea what to say.
"Well, what's your suggestion Archie, we've been here for a long while waiting for someone to come up with something fresh and exciting" the host replied.
Veronica, sits back down and notices Reggie eyeballing the strange girl as well. But who is this beautiful teenage girl. The only teenagers invited are Archie and his gang, so what is she doing there??

In the hallway Betty and Jughead have their ears stuck on the door where they heard to people having a discussion, when suddenly a loud rumble is heard...
"Jughead...what was that sound, I'm getting worried..."Betty says hesitantly.
"Let me put it this way Bets, I haven't eaten in over an hour."
"Well do something while I try to find out what's going on"
Jughead straightens his back and his stomach rumbles with an even louder sound, he quickly runs into the kitchen, only to find that no one is in there!"Oh dear, where's all the staff? Where's all the food? I have to tell Bets!!"

Jughead heads out of the kitchen at super speed, back to the hallway where he left Betty. His heart was beating at an incredible pace and his stomach refused to stop rumbling. He arrived at the door but there was no one there.

"REGGIE" Veronica whispered angrily, "Reggie stop making a fool out of yourself, you don't know who she is"
"Ron, just because she's prettier than you, doesn't mean you have to act so uncivilized" Reggie whispered back.
"ME, uncivilized you're the one blowing kisses to her all the time and winking and flirting, everyone can see you, you're embarrassing us!"Veronica replied.
"You see I was thinking maybe we could...um...well...I thought it would be great if we....uh..."Archie was trying to come up with a great surprise for the audience to tell to the host and the guests, "You see I thought maybe we can...HAVE REGGIE FALL IN LOVE!!" he finally found something.
"WHAT??!" said Reggie and Veronica at the same time.

"Betty...Betty....BETTYYYYYYY!!!I wonder where Betty went, maybe she's in trouble, what if something happened, I'll never forgive myself for leaving her alone...I'm hungry" Jughead was getting restless, so he decided to run to the ladies' room thinking that Betty might have gone there.
"Betty, you in here? Betty, Betty Betty"

"Excuse but I'm going to check why the food is so late" Said the host.
"Hang on sir, why don't I go do that" replied the beatiful teenage girl.
"I'll come with you" Reggie said.

Jughead ran out of the girl's bathroom and down the hallway, heading for the dining room to alert the gang of Betty's disappearance. On the way he bumps into Reggie with the girl whose name was Jill.
"Reg I can't find Betty I think something is up around here..." Jughead said while trying to breathe and control his hunger at the same time.
"Don't be silly, Needlenose, she's probably checking out this great mansion." He replied and then whispered to Jug "Can't you see I'm in the middle of checking Jill out?"

"Ron, this is too weird...something is up, even Jug and Bets aren't back, we better see what's happening" Archie said to Veronica aside.
"I agree Archie, but how are we going to excuse ourselves" inquired Veronica.
"You make a distraction and get them all arguing or something while I sneak out, then you can follow"Archie suggested.
"OKay...He everybody, I was just thinking maybe we should bring a new character but I'm wondering if it should be a girl or a boy"
Veronica suggested.
"WEll it should be a girl, if Reggie is going to fall in love.."
Said the host.
"Nah I think it should be a guy we already had a new female character, Ginger" said one guest.
So they all started arguing while Archie and Veronica sneaked outside.

"What are we going to do with her?"said one man
"Just leave her, it looks like she will be out cold for a while" said the other.
"Silly blonde...okay I'll head for the fuse box to cut off the lights, and you go and turn off the generator, to make sure it will be completely dark."

"Reg I don't care about Jill, Betty is in trouble don't you care? I'm going to look for her" Jughead said in disappointment.
"Sorry Jill but you're on your own duty calls..."Reggie said to Jill and turned to follow Jughead.
Jill seemed please to be on her own and continued walking down the hallway.

"Archie what do you think happened" Veronica asked.
"I don't.." Archie was interrupted by the sight of Jughead and Reggie in a panic.
"Arch, we can't find Bets, we think something might have happened to her, what are we going to do??" Jughead said.
"What, did you check everywhere??"Veronica suggested.
"Yes, everywhere she might be" Answered Jughead.

The gang were all getting restless and worried so they decided to split up to search for Betty, Jughead's rumbling stomach is heard in the background." Jug please eat something..."Archie said."That wasn't me Arch..."said Jughead.

The weather was becoming violent...thunder, lightning, hail, the whole bit. In the dining room everyone was controversing about the next guest, and in the hallways teenagers where searching for their friend, while two mysterious men were about to make the place dark.

The lights suddenly went off, Archie and the gang were all startled, but the generator came on...for a few seconds that is.

"EEEEEEEEEEEK" Veronica squealled running blindly, down the hallway when she trips over something and falls.
"RONNNNN...Where are you? Are okay"Archie headed to the direction where he heard the scream...
"Oh my gosh that was Ronnie" Reggie also began running towards the sound of the scream.
"Hmmmmmm, Betty disappearing, lights out...something bad is about to happen, I'm going to alert the police"Jughead headed for a phone and dialled 911.

"Okay, now, we can take whatever we want of this expensive stuff, not to mention important and exclusive comic issues..."
"Yay..we're going to be rich..."
The two men begin picking up the things they thought would be worth something

"Ouch, I think I scraped my knee, it feels as if I tripped over a body" Veronica takes out her cell to use it as a light and looks at her bleeding knee, and searches for what she tripped over.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK" she sees Betty lying on the floor, out cold, her head was hurt badly.
"Betty are you okay? Betty answer me, oh my gosh...BEEEETTTTTTTTYYYYY!!"

"hello, 911, this is an emergency, there is trouble at the governor's mansion, please come over quick" Jughead put down the phone, picked up a vase and ran to find his friends. He planned to use the vase for protection.

"Ron are you okay? What's wrong with Betty? Oh no"Archie listened to Betty to see if she was breathing, "She's fine" He said.

"Where am I? I hope Ron's okay, Whats going on?" Reggie was walking slowly feeling as if he lost his way when he sees three figures standing in the dark talking.
"HEY!" He shouts, "We need help, something bad is going on, we can't find Betty!!"
"REGGIE!!"Jill shouted
"JILL??!"Reggie shouted back
"you know him" said one of the men with a trophy in his hand.
"Well.."Jill replied
"Are you guys stealing stuff? Put it all back...now! The police are on their way...i think..." Reggie was ready to fight, although he was scared stiff.
"If you make any move, I'm going to shoot you!!"Said another man.
Reggie put his hands up while sweating profusely.

"Archie, Ronnie is that you??" Jughead shouted while runnning. "Is that Bets? Is she okay? Is she hurt badly? Where'd you find her?
"We found her lying on the floor so we brought her here on this couch so that we can try to wake her up" Archie replied.
"I called the police.."Jughead said comfortingly.

"You'll never get away with this!! Especially you Jill!!" Reggie said, while being tied to a chair.
"One more word and we'll shoot you, and that's the last warning!"
Said Jill.

"We have to find Reggie he might be in danger..."Archie said "Ron you stay here with Bets and me and Jug will go look for him" he continued.

Archie and Jughead run down the hallway looking for Reggie, when suddenly they see his cellphone on the floor. They stop to pick it up and hear a loud crashing noise. They run towards and open door.

"STOP RIGHT THERE" Archie shouts.
"ARCH, JUG, Boy am I glad to see you!!" Reg says with exhiliration, "Dont move guys they've got guns!!"

A loud banging noise is heard and about 5 police men come inside the room and take the men away. Archie and Jughead untie Reggie and the three of them run to look for Betty and Veronica.

"BETTY!!!" the three of them shout,"you're okay" continues Reggie!!!

The gang goes back to the dinner table, sitting back in their places, the governor comes in and sits. They all say praise while they wait for the food. Jughead is eager to see what food is going to be served ""Yo Arch, when are they bringing the first round" he whispered."

Black Tie Bummer (Part 1)

"Omg, omg, omg!!!!" Betty and I screamed in unison as we jumped up and down on my bed.
"Ronnie, can you believe it???? We're going to a fancy dinner, AND we're the guests of honor!!!!! How awesome is that??!!!" Betty was soooo psyched! But come to think of it, so was I. Sure I had been to lots of black tie dinners, dozens or more. But I had never been to a black tie dinner in MY honor!!! Maybe my daddy's, but not mine!!!!!
"Okay Betty, we HAVE to pick out the PERFECT outfits, or else we will be embarrassed out of our lives!!" I was set on looking absolutely stunning!
"Uhhh, Ron ...."
"What's up?"
"Well, I'm not sure how to ask you this, but ... do you think I could look at some of your dresses to wear? Mine just aren't that fancy," Poor Betty, she must suffer soooo much being poor!
"Why of course Betty!" I was willing to sacrifice, but just not too much. "You can look in my closet over there," I pointed to a walk in closet about 20 feet long and 10 feet wide. "And I'll look in my closet over here!" No need to point to MY closet, it was the prominent part of my room. This closet was 2 times as big as Betty's!
"Thank you soooooo much Ronnie! I owe you!" Betty said.
So, for the next 2 hours, Betty and I tried on dresses, skirts, tops, shoes, make-up, purses, and anything else one might take to a fancy dinner. Finally, the decisions were made! I looked simply gorgeous in a strap sleeve short black satin Gucci dress tucked just under the bust. Betty looked almost as good as me, in a halter top turquoise Armani dress that came down just below the knees. Archie, Jughead, and Reggie were also going, and they said that they would pick us up at 7:00. Right now it was 6:56. I hated to admit it, but I, Veronica Lodge, was actually, kind of, nervous!!!
"Ron I am SO nervous!!! Aren't you?" Betty asked, doing some final checks on her hair.
"Betty, Betty, Betty, you should know better than to think that a Lodge would ever be nervous!" Okay, okay, so I lied, but come on, not like it's gonna hurt anything!
Beep beep! We heard the boy's honk outside! Betty and I grabbed hands and raced outside!
"Wow," Archie exclaimed, "You girls look like movie stars! Better than movie stars, actually!"
"Ohhh, thank you Archiekins!" I giggled.
"Yeah, that's TOO sweet!" Betty added.
Twenty minutes later and we were at the big event.
"Jughead," I hissed, right before we walked in the door, "Get your beanie off. Now!"
"Come on Ron, it's my trademark! No way I'm taking this baby off!"
"Please Juggie! Just--"
"Ahhh, the guests of honor have arrived! Everybody! Give Archie, Reggie, Jughead, Betty, and Veronica a big hand!! Oh, excuse me kids," The man said in a quieter voice so that only we could hear, "My name is Charles Orton, and I'm in charge of this event! If you would like to chat with the crowd for a few minutes, then we can get you five a table and you can-" Here he looked at Jughead with a smile- "Eat!"

~To be continued!!!~

The Black-Tie Nightmare
by Ghost
It was going to be a perfect dinner.Veronica could tell.The location was very formal,the chefs cooked with skill,there was paparatzi everywhere and the important part:
The whole gang was there.Ronnie looked stunning with a short sparkling red gown with a ruby necklace fit for a queen.Betty was wearing a simple light blue dress but it had the most complimenting touch that anybody would be surprised to find out no big designer made it.
Archie and Reggie were very handsome in their new shiny black suits along with a corsache for the girls.Even Juggie looked like a man in his silver suit but he still had on his crown.
"This will be the best time ever," Ron thought excitedly once people started to take pictures of the gang.
Little did she know that she was about to become so red in her face she would look like part of her ruby dress.
Once the food came,the whole gang was very formal and not messy.Even jughead used his utensils.Finally,a reporter from "Teen Zeen" came up to the table for an interview with the friends.
"Hello,my name is Charmaine Lisperry.I'm from the magazine 'Teen Zeen' and I would like to get some dirt on you guys.You see this week in the magazine we're doing an article on what types of teen are you and where the latest 'it' people go for special occasions.Now I would like to interview you guys on your friendship status and beyond," she said with sneaky smile at Archie which made him blush.
"Now remember,don't hold back.Any secrets about each other would be greatly appreciated,"Charmaine now looked at Reggie with a sexy smile.It made him sweat a river.
"Ok,my first question.What friendship do you girls have and what might ever break it apart?Boys feel free to add in anything."
"Well,I highly doubt anything will break Ronnie and I apart.Ronnie is an angel and will never hurt me even if they paid her a million bucks," Betty answered with a candy-sweet smile.
Charmaine took a picture of that.And then turned to Ronnie to confirm that commment.
"Charmaine,although I'm no angel,it is true that I don't have the heart to hurt any of my friends especially Betty.Nothing will break us apart," she answered with the same sweet smile.
"Hold up a sec there,Ronnie!Don't you remember the time when you wanted to get Archie to date you so you dissected a rat and a frog and put it in Betty's house to scare her?Oh and remember the time that you dated every boy in town to make sure no one was available for Betty?So much for not hurting her.You nearly broke the poor girl's heart!" Reggie exclaimed while Charmaine was writing all this down.
"Regginald!!!!!!!Don't you ever dare say that in public again!" Ronnie was very red.
Now everyone in the whole house was staring in disbelief at her."Oh,i can imagine the headline now in the magazine.'Ron Lodge:Does her angelic halo hid her heart-breaking horns?' This will get me such a raise!"
Charmaine rapidly left Ron to scream at Reggie horribly."I'm going to the ladies' room to fix my make-up,"Veronica declared.
"Ronniekins,I'll escort you there," Archie said taking her hand.
As they were walking there,they passed a waiter with a tray of messy mashed potatoes with turkey greasy garlic bread,mac and cheese with spaghetti and meatballs.
By mistake Archie tripped the waiter and all the food came pouring down on Veronica."Archie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Everyone who had a camera took a picture of her covered in mac and cheese and the messiest thing anyone could possibly imagine.
The next day in every magazine there was a picture of Ron and in "Teen Zeen" the article was printed and nobody wanted to talk with or to Ron if it was not a tease or insult.
The end

Maha, that was a GREAT story!!!!!!!

Black Tie Bummer (Part 2)

"Sounds good to me!!!" Juggie licked his lips!
"Oh, and Archie, Reggie?" Charles Orton ventured, "Why don't you two just, uh, stay with Veronica and Betty." This was a little strange, the whole gang looked perplexed at what Mr. Orton had just said.
"Sure, Mister, we're all about staying with our girls! Right, Reg?" Archie said.
"Uh, yeah, right, Arch!"
"Alright, you kids have fun now, whenever you start to get hungry come see me in the office and I'll fix you up a table!" Mr. Orton had it all under control!
"Thanks Mr. Orton!!" We all shouted. Immediately after that Jug turned and started walking after Charles Orton.
"Jug," Betty asked, "Where are you going? We're supposed to mingle with the guests!"
Jug responded, "Didn't he say to see him in the office when we were hungry?" We all groaned, "Well, I'm hungry!"
"Come on, Jughead, this is a really big deal, the least you can do is say hi to your fans." I said.
"Fine, fine, I give in!" Jug held his hands out as if they were an offering of peace.
For fifteen or twenty minutes, we all went around and chatted with fans. For the first few minutes Betty and I went together, then we split up so that I could chat to a really cute guy by myself!! Archie, Reggie, and Jughead split up too. After a little while I saw Jug and Betty heading over towards me, walking very fast and looking a little nervous.
"What's up guys?" I heard my voice rise high.
"Omigosh Ron I am sooo glad you're here!!!" Betty exclaimed, and hugged me tight.
"Mmphh, mmphh, leggo!!" I mumbled.
"Oh, haha, sorry." Betty giggled nervously.
I figured I would try and ask Jughead this time. "Jug, what's going on here? Why are you two so nervous?"
"We've looked everywhere Ron, and we can't find Arch or Reggie!"
"What?" I gasped! This was probably the biggest event in our lives, and those two bafoons had gone MISSING???
"Ohhh!! Guys I just thought of something!!" Betty said.
"What?" Juggie and I asked together.
"Remember what Charles Orton said? He told Arch and Reg to stay with us!!" Betty explained.
"Yeah!" I said, "Maybe he knew that something would happen to them if they didn't!!"

Meanwhile ...

Archie and Reggie both spot a gorgeous young woman, and are both heading her way to aquaint themselves. They end up in a big fight over the girl, and the security guards, not knowing who they are, take them out of the party and into a small room upstairs for questioning.
"Boys, what is going on here?" One guard asked.
"Sir you don't understand! I am Reggie Mantle! You simply CANNOT do this to me!"
"Listen son we don't care what your name is and we don't take well to snobs, so answer the questions and maybe we'll letcha go!" This guard was the heavier of the two, and was chewing on a toothpick.
"Alright," Archie begun, his voice shaky, "Me and Reg here are two of the main characters in the Archie and Betty and Veronica comic book series, we're here at this party as the guests of honor to celebrate our contribution to the world of comics. So anyway, this one girl about our age wanted my autograph, so I gave it to her, but right before I finished signing, Reggie butted in and that's where the trouble started!"
"These boys are handing me a bunch o' baloney! Wouldn'tcha say that's right, Bill?" Toothpick man declared.
"Right as rain, Bob!" Bill confirmed.
"No, no,really!!!" Said Reg, "Just ask Mr. Orton!! He'll tell you!"
"Yeah!" Archie piped in, "Or Betty, Ron, and Jughead!"
"Well ...." Bob scratched his chin, "Who's Betty, Ron, and Jittfeed, or whatever his name was? We can ask them, Mr. Orton's too busy!"
"Great, great!" The boy's stammered.
"We'll just take you boys down and call for yer friends." Explained Bill, "Come on, now!"
So the boys, Bill, and Bob marched down the stairs to the party.

Meanwhile ...

Veronica, Betty, and Jughead have looked everywhere; the bathrooms, Mr. Orton's office, the banquet hall, the kitchens, you name it! After about twenty minutes of looking around, the dinner bell rang, and as frantic as they were, the three knew that they had to sit down with everyone else. Just as Mr. Orton was proposing a toast, Bill, Bob, Archie, and Reggie walked through the door.
"Ahhhhh," I gasped. I could see that Betty was fighting to hold in a scream. Juggie, however, was still looking down at his plate!
"Jug," Betty nudged him, "Look!" She pointed to Archie and Reggie in the doorway.
Bob started to speak, "I am sorry to burst in on you folks, but these two boys have been causing some trouble! They say that three friends of theirs are here and will confirm what they said to be accurate! Will these friends please step forward?" Betty and Jughead started to stand up, but I pulled them down, it would be simply awful to aknowledge that we knew two boys who were in the arms of the security guards.
Archie started to call out my name, but one of the guards put his hand over his mouth, "We'll take care of this!" Bill said.
Bob continued, "'Under penalty of the law, will Veronica, Betty, and Jittfeed please step forward?" He screamed this time.
I quickly nodded to my friends, and we walked up.
"Carry on, folks," Bill said, "We'll just take these kids upstairs with us!"
Well, nothing all that bad happened after that, Betty, "Jittfeed" and I all confirmed that what Archie and Reggie had said was true, and I threatened to bring my daddy in if they didn't believe us! The only other thing I can say is: I have NEVER, EVER, EVER, been SO embarrassed in my life!!!!!

Hey Ron! Thanks for posting! I really do not have time to post a story right now but keep up the good work everyone! Your all GREAT writers!

Yeah,maha.you wrote an awesome story.it's great!!!

I can't wait for the results! If Ronnie or Betty's mad at me before the judging, I'm going to lose. Hahaha... just kidding. Actually, maybe not....
-Archie A

"Black Tie Bummer"
By Hilda D.

Well, dear Diary. I don't know where to begin to explain what a fantastic night I had at the Black Tie dinner...and what an embarrassing night it was for Ronnie.

It all started when Ronnie and I waited for the boys to arrive and drive us to the Black Tie dinner which, get this-- took place at the Governor's Mansion! It was for contributing to the world of comics and we, the whole gang and I, were the guests of honor. What an honor! Up to this day, I still can't believe it!

"It's almost 7:30! Are they here yet?" asked Ronnie with her hands on her waist.

I peered out the window in her living room and shook my head. "No, not yet."

"What's taking them so long? We can't be late!"

I walked over to her and tried to calm her down. "Relax. We still have time."

"This is the last time I agree to ride along with the boys! They are a bunch of irresponsible, lazy, dim-witted...."

"Hey, ladies!" announced Reggie with a mischievous grin.

"How did you guys get in here? I didn't see you drive up the driveway," I questioned.

Archie pointed a thumb over his shoulder and answered, "We took Ronnie's dad's offer of taking the limo. So, we had to park my mustang in front of your house, Ronnie."

"Why?" pondered Ronnie but then she brushed it off. "Never mind! Let's get going!"

We made it on time--barely! We were escorted to the main hall and were warmly greeted by the governor himself! What's more, we were blown away by what he told us.

"It is my pleasure and an honor to meet you, Archies. I've received the news that your management had contributed the most comics to many happy people all over the world."

"You're kidding!" stuttered Archie.

The governor grinned. "My boy, your fans from all over the world wont stop praising how much they love you and your friends, and how much you have helped them in many ways. You have given so much of your time and kindness to stay in touch with your fans," he looked at Ronnie and me and went on, "especially from posting these so called 'Blogs' to communicate to fans from advice to Recipes." He meant MY Recipes!

"Is it really that big a difference we make for them?" wondered Jughead.

"Of course," said the governor. "Now go into the dining hall and seat anywhere you like. Dinner is about to be served."

Jughead rubbed his hands together and drooled before he bolted off and nearly bumped me aside.

Once we were seated, Ronnie was too excited over the news that she excused herself to go to the "Powder room." I usually go with her to touch up on my make-up too but this time I decided to stay with the boys.

In that moment, the servers brought in the food and Jughead told one of them to bring him extra servings in a few minutes. The young server who attended him is a total hunk! Was I glad Ronnie wasn't there to see him, otherwise she would have ruined my chance to talk to him later on.

"Hey, Jug," whispered Archie. "Take off your hat."

Jughead quickly turned to him with an insulted look on his face and mumbled with his mouth full, "Are you mad? You know I never take it off."

"You have to," added Reggie. "This is a very fancy dinner. Look around." There was a brief pause. "You're embarrassing us."

"You don't need me to embarrass you, Reg. You already are embarrassing to the human race."

Reg exploded that he jerked the hat away from Jug's head and tossed it to Arch. I looked around and noticed the people around us stare at us in horror. I felt myself blush that I hid a part of my face with a hand and kicked Reggie underneath the table and whispered, "Knock it off." He frowned at me but then he and Archie were too busy playing "Catch" with Jug's hat that they ended up standing up to make Jug jump for it.

Unaware of what was going on, Ronnie rushed over to me and murmured, "Guess who I met on my way here?" She was about to sit down on her chair when she abruptly screamed when a huge glob of soup went flying off from her plate and splashed right onto her gorgeous dress. She turned to the hat in her soup and then at Archie and then to Jughead, who had his arm around Reggie's neck to get him to give him back his hat.

"Boys! What happened?" shouted Ronnie. She then realized she wasn't alone in the room. She looked around at the other people and quickly ran off back into the "Powder room."

To make a story short, dear Diary, Veronica finally calmed down and told me she met the governor's hunky nephew. But I could still see how upset she still was after all that mess the boys caused that since then, she refers that night as "The Black Tie Bummer."

As for the boys, they apologized to her and everyone in the room, Jug had agreed to have his hat off the whole night until after the dinner and was mostly occupied by having extra servings. He finished three trays of the puffy shrimp and filet mignon, and three plates of fruit salad.

What about me, you might ask. I ended up talking to the cute server boy when I walked into the kitchen for a glass of water for Ronnie.

By the end of the dinner event, we were surprised by the governor with a plaque, gift certificates, and a huge "congrats" cake. Luckily, I got to sneak away with a large slice of the cake to bring back home for my parents before Jughead gobbled up the rest.

And best of all, I got a date for this weekend with Rodney, the server boy! Mmmm...what a perfect night! Sigh!

Good job Maha! Good job! I like the suspense! Woohoo!

The door to the governor’s mansion was opened by the butler just as Betty, Archie, Reggie, Jughead and I stepped on to the doorstep. I checked my makeup and smoothed my gown as I got ready to make my entrance.
“Good evening, Miss Lodge,” the butler said as he stepped back to let us pass.
The gang gasped as they stepped in. I wouldn’t blame them because just the entrance hall was larger than all our rooms put together. Well, almost as big. It was lit with a dozen golden chandeliers and the gleaming walls were decorated with expensive looking paintings. Our feet nearly sank into the thick, crimson carpet as we stepped on it. Of course, I was used to this.
“This place is shinier than Reggie’s hair,” said Jughead.

The butler led us into an even more stunning and larger room filled with people wearing extremely expensive clothes. I’m glad I had lent Betty one of my clothes because the outfit she was going to wear would have looked simply out of place here. I looked really dazzling in my strapless mauve gown with a missing midriff and I rearranged the fur around my arms. I had on some base, a touch of blush, mascara, plum lip gloss and purple eye shadow. My hair was left loose around my shoulders behind my amethyst tiara and there was an amethyst choker on my neck. Betty was wearing a short, bottle green, deep, v necked silk wraparound dress with a silver, tasseled sash tying it. Her hair was pulled back in a French plait which was braided with silver and it was held back with a silver rose surrounded by tiny green stones. She didn't have on much makeup except eye shadow, eyeliner and lipstick. There were plain, silver hoops in her ears and a silver necklace with an emerald around her neck. A waiter came and led us to our table. On the way, Archie accidentally bumped into another waiter who was carrying a platter of chicken. He sent the chicken flying and it landed on a lady’s head who just happened to be the governor’s wife. She shrieked in panic as the chicken landed on her head ruining her hair and the sauce slithered down her back and front of her outfit. She screamed hysterically and ran out of the room looking very comical, stumbling on her high heels and long gown, her hair all over her face and her long jewels flying with the chicken still perched on her head. Archie was blushing embarrassedly as he apologized to the governor who was blushing more than Archie was. The governor was a short, portly man with a kind looking face and a thick moustache. He had security guards behind him who were flexing their muscles threateningly. He looked as if he was sorry that he had ever invited us but he assured us that it was no problem and it was an accident and that he was sure that his wife wouldn’t mind, he asked us to be seated right at his table because we were the guests of honor. His pet poodle, star-belle was lying next to him on a red, velvet cushion with golden trimming, resting it’s perfectly manicured paw on another cushion. Its jeweled coat was glinting in the light and it was actually wearing shoes!

The head waiter brought in the first course which was some sort of vegetable in paste and lettuce. I took some and didn’t really like it but continued eating it. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Reggie feeding the poodle his salad. The governor was talking to someone else and didn’t notice but he certainly did notice when suddenly the poodle sat up, yelped loudly and started running madly around the place, barking crazily, jumping into people’s food, tripping waiters and smashing priceless works of art.
“Belle, darling whatever’s the matter?” cried the governor as he ran after it. “Star-belle what’s wrong, come to papa!”
The scene was really hilarious, star-belle running around, the governor running after it and the security guards in hot pursuit. Finally one of the waiters caught it and handed it to the governor who calmed it down.
“Sweetheart, what happened? You almost gave me a heart attack.” He crooned softly, ignoring all the destruction it had made, stroking it and singing a lullaby.
“Pardon me, sir but I saw Mr. Mantle feeding it the gre de feveour,” interrupted one of the security guards. He was a really tall guy with bulging muscles and I was sure he had never smiled in his life.
“Nonsense! My guests would never do something like……..,” he never finished because suddenly jughead gave a loud belch and stood up knocking his chair down. His face had turned a delicate shade of green. In his hurry to go to the bathroom to puke, he never noticed the table cloth get stuck to the watch on his wrist. So when he whipped his hand up to cover his mouth, the table cloth went flying, smashing all the dishes and food, splattering it on the governor and the dog. The crystal dishes clattered to the floor with a loud smash while everyone stared and the delicious, mouth watering food splattered the walls and people. To our surprise, the governor sighed, covered from head to toe in Yorkshire pudding and roast lamb. It looked as if he knew this was going to happen because he didn't blow up or anything. He signaled to the guards who politely but firmly led them to the door, ignoring Jughead who was profusely apologizing, the table cloth still dangling from his hand, trailing food behind him, the poodle still trying to get at us. So much for an entrance, we didn’t even last ten minutes in there.

everybody,
you all did a GREAT job. i am going to try to write a story later...

‘Eeeep! Betty, you’ve got to see this!’ screamed an excited Veronica as Smithers, the faithful Lodge butler, handed her the day’s mail. It was a wonderful Saturday morning and Betty had been invited to the Lodge mansion for an invigorating morning swim with the young heiress. The sky was decorated with fluffy white clouds while the birds could be heard twittering away in the distance. The lush green leaves on the trees rustled gently in the refreshing breeze and the morning sun cast a warm glow on the Lodge residents. It was simply the perfect morning for a nice and peaceful swim until IT arrived.
‘Okay, Ronnie, I’m coming…I’m coming’ exclaimed Betty as she toweled dry her beautiful blonde locks ‘ I’m here, care to tell me what’s so interesting, Ron?’
‘ Oh, Betty you won’t believe this! This is so exciting!’
‘What? Don’t keep me in suspense!’ said Betty, curiosity and excitement arousing.
‘Okay, you and I and the rest of the gang has been invited to a black tie dinner at the Governor’s mansion! Isn’t this great!’ Ron said handing the lovely golden invitation to Betty.
‘It says it’s to celebrate our contributions to the world of comics ’ Betty read out loud but immediately scrunched up her face in disgust as she scanned the guest list ‘Ugh…..even Reggie is invited!’
‘Come on we’ve got no time to lose, the dinner is tonight! You’ve got to help me pick out my outfit! ’said Veronica, dragging Betty upstairs to her room.
‘See, I told you I have absolutely nothing to wear!’ exclaimed Ronnie as she opened her gigantic closet that was about the twice size of her room. Betty gasped. Inside there were thousands of glamorous evening gowns, chic everyday wear, imported from Paris, London etc, only the best! And most of all, shoes! Every colour, every design, all piled up to the size of a small hill.
‘Urm…Ron, I think you have more than enough to wear.’ said Betty exasperatedly ‘ I on the other hand am going to have some trouble finding a dress…’ she sighed.
Veronica, who hates seeing a friend depressed immediately said ‘Well, I suppose you could borrow some of mine!’ Betty’s face lit up!
After hours and hours of choosing the perfect dress, both of them finally found one that suited them beautifully. After that, it was make-up then jewellery then shoes!
Before they knew it , the moment they had been waiting for had finally arrived!
An elegant limousine cruised into the Lodge mansion to pick them up. ‘Oooh….Royal treatment, I could get used to this!’ Betty joked.
Inside, Archie, Jughead and Reggie whom were wearing handsome tuxedos were already making themselves at home in the luxurious limo.
‘Wow, you both look awesome!’ exclaimed Archie with little heart shapes in his eyes. ‘Jughead, are you taking that hideous beanie with you to the Governor’s mansion? It’s a disgrace! Old and dirty! Leave it in the limo!’ Veronica yelled but to no avail as Jughead stubbornly said ‘ Oh come on, I’ve had it for years now, it comforts me, and besides, it’s a girl repellent!’
As they stepped out of the huge limo, a loud micro phoned voice suddenly spoke up, making them all jump. ‘Ladies and gentlemen, the moment you’ve all been waiting for, give it up for our guests of honour from Archie comics, presenting Archie Andrews, Reggie Mantle, Jughead Jones , Betty Cooper and Veronica Lodge!’
‘Glad they saved the best for last!’ Veronica said egoistically while posing for some photos for a herd of fans.
‘Here they are, glossy photos of myself to hang up in your rooms, ladies. Oh and it’s autographed too!’ typical Reggie announced smugly.
Apart from that, the gang’s evening went smoothly. Jughead, of course, hogged the long table that served all kinds of yummy treats and gobbled up anything he could get his hands on. The chef, Gaston ,had to work extra hard and extra fast so that the other guests also had a chance to eat .He was very frustrated, but Jughead didn’t care as long as he got his food!
Betty and Veronica posed for photos and had a lovely talk with all their fans. Their fans seemed to ask all sorts of questions that even they couldn’t answer like ‘Who will Archie choose, you or Veronica?’, ‘What does the “S” stand for on Jughead’s sweater?’ or ‘Jughead eats so much but why is he so thin?’
Although they had a hard time answering these questions, they enjoyed themselves very much sharing beauty secrets and exchanging recipes with them.
The rest of the gang seemed to be having the time of their lives but Archie and Reggie were fairly bored. And that was when the trouble really began. Reggie suddenly had a ridiculous idea and whispered something to Archie. Archie nodded vigorously and both of them started to chuckle cheekily.
‘You know, we shouldn’t do this, Reggie, the result would be……unthinkable!’ Archie whispered suddenly feeling rather nervous.
‘Aww…come on, Arch, don’t be a scaredy cat, a little prank never hurt anyone’ Reggie said convincingly and they both secretly sneaked into the kitchen without being noticed.
At eight o’ clock sharp, everyone was seated at their table……everyone that is , except Archie and Reggie ,to listen to the Governor’s speech.
‘Good evening ladies and gentlemen, today is a wonderful day for all-
Archie and Reggie suddenly burst in from the kitchen door. The door shut with a loud SLAM and everyone’s gaze turned to the both of them.
‘Oops, sorry dude! Don’t mind us !’ Archie said nervously at the look of the governor’s irritated face and they immediately sat down at their table. Betty covered her face in embarrassment and Veronica pretended to search for something in her bag on her lap so that no one could see her red face.
After the Governor’s speech, dinner was served! The dinner was spectacular, to Jughead’s delight! With roast chicken, baked potatoes, caviar, lobster thermidor …….
Having never seen so much delicious and expensive food before, Archie , Reggie , and Jughead gobbled up their food noisily. SLURP! CHOMP! SMACK! SLURP! CHOMP! SMACK! They chomped on their food so loud that the disgusting sound was audible to all the guests. The guests kept throwing dirty looks at them, obviously disgusted at their rude dining etiquette. Betty and Veronica, realizing that immediately told them off.
‘ Will you boys learn to behave properly , people are starting to stare’ Ronnie whispered angrily to them.
‘ I agree, some manners wouldn’t be too much to ask for , right?’ said Betty trying to be patient ‘I mean, it’s not very poli-
But before Betty could finish her sentence, Archie let out a loud ‘BURP’!
It seemed like what the girls said didn’t register at all.
‘Hah, I could beat that! Even a seven year old could beat that!’ Reggie teased and he let out a much louder burp.
‘ Oh, yeah, well, let’s see you try and top this!’ Archie yelled belching louder still.
And so began the burping contest that annoyed the guests even more.
‘Stop it both of you!’ screamed Veronica, anger flooding her.
‘Yeah this is pointless!’ said Jughead. Betty and Veronica were glad that Jughead was there to back them up but then he continued ‘After all, I am the one with the loudest burp!’
To their horror, Jughead let out a deafening burp that seemed to shake the ground.
This was it! The girls couldn’t take it anymore. They had to go somewhere where there weren’t eyes glaring furiously at them.
‘Excuse us boys, we have to go to the ladies room.’ Betty said.
In the ladies room, Veronica practically burst into a fit of rage.
‘How can they be so ….Ugh….unpolished. No manners….no dignity….no nothing. Oh, Betty, this is going to be a very, very long night! ’Veronica exclaimed, closing her eyes and shaking her head hopelessly.
Oh no, I think trouble may be brewing outside. I can hear a commotion going on. Come on, Ron, we better go check it out. What have the boys gotten themselves into now?’ said Betty, rolling her eyes.
Outside, Archie and Reggie were making fun of Jughead’s beanie and throwing it to each other. The guests were quite fed up with them by now.
‘Good catch, Arch, now throw it to me before needle nose here gets a hold of the stupid beanie!’ Reggie shouted with a smirk on his face.
‘Catch, Reg! This is fun!’
“Hey, give it back! Give it back!’ Jughead yelled at them desperately, running between Archie and Reggie, trying to get his beanie back.
‘What is the meaning of this!’
Suddenly, the governor appeared beside Reggie, red in the face.
Reggie got such a shock that he forgot to catch the beanie and it landed on, of all people, the governor’s head.
‘ONE MORE OF YOUR SHENANIGANS AND YOU ARE OUT!’ the governor yelled. Archie, Reggie and Jughead gulped , beads of sweat appeared on their foreheads. When the governor got mad, no one would dare to try anything until his mood improved, the consequences could be disastrous.
At that moment, a loud ‘BOOM’ came from the kitchen and a foul odor filled the room. The guests choked and gasped for air as the smell of rotten eggs and prawns filled the air.
‘MY KITCHEN! MY BEAUTIFUL KITCHEN’ Gaston the chef yelled.
‘Oops, I think our stink bomb went of too early.’ whispered Reggie to Archie.
Unfortunately, the governor heard that and shouted between breaths ‘OUT!!!’ .
The guests of honour were rushed kicked of the mansion by a few of the guards.
‘Well, I hope you’re happy, boys. This has been the most humiliating day of my life!’ Betty screamed.
‘ Me too, you three are a disgrace. I hope you learned your lesson boys! Me, Veronica Lodge’s dignity is on the line!’ yelled Veronica.
After a lot more scolding, Betty and Veronica had only on thing to say ‘BOYS!’

Ron glanced at herself in the mirror one more time. She looked fantastic! Her jewelry complimented her makeup and outfit perfectly! She was wearing a single strap night sky blue dress that was dotted with sparkles to look like stars.

The doorbell rang. Ron flattened out her dress in case that was Archie! Then she delicately ran down the stairs to see Smithers let Betty into the foyer. Her Blond hair was let down, completely straight with fake emeralds dotting her hair. She wore a peasant shirt that was many shades of green. Her skirt was layered with crumbled fabric; each layer was a different forest shade, browns, greens, and a dulled and browned orange.

Both Ron and Betty gasped at each other’s incredible outfits.

“Mine might be the real thing, but any normal person would never know looking at the way Betty displays it!” Ron thought.

“I can’t believe it! We’re the guests of honor at the Black Tie Dinner! And we’re going to the governor’s mansion to top it all off!” Betty squealed.

This time Ron had to smirk. It figures that Betty is so excited over this. On the other hand she had attended even fancier dinners. But she was still excited for this one. She had not often been the guest of honor.

The Doorbell rang again while Betty and Ron were checking their makeup one last time. They both ran to the top of the stairs to see Smithers again. This time he did not immediately let the visitors in.

“Yep, this time it’s definitely Archie and Jug, maybe Reggie too!” Ron thought. Mr. Lodge walked into the foyer and called to Smithers.

“Well Smithers, who is it?” Mr. Lodge asked. He tried to peek around the door, just like Betty was doing.

“Well Sir, I thought it was Archie, Jughead, and Reggie. But it can’t be, they actually look presentable. Never mind this is definitely Jughead, he still has that hat.” Archie and the guys frowned while Betty and I giggled into our hands. I came down stairs and saw that it was the guys in formal suits and tuxes.

“Come on Jug, what’s with the hat, this is a formal dinner!” Ron asked him as she glared at Archie. She had asked him beforehand to talk Jug out of wearing the beanie. Archie blushed.

“Come on Ron, every one knows me by this hat; I’ll disappoint and shock the fans to go without it.” Jug protested. Ron knew his mind was made up and let the subject go. They all piled into the Lodge limo. She wanted to travel to this one event in style, not in Archie’s beat up Jalopy.

When they got there every one was so excited they could hardly sit still, the guys couldn’t. But an angry word from Veronica and they all sat still.

When they got there it started out innocently enough. First they met fans and editors. When they sat down to dinner though, things got really bad.

First they started to worry when Jughead disappeared, then things got really bad when Ron found out there were no seating arrangements except that the whole gang was at the table near the front of the room. When Ron sat down she turned to see Archie and Reggie really angry. They started shouting!

“Get lost carrot top, I’m sitting next to Ronnie!”
“Ha, she won’t date you, let alone sit next to you.”
“I’ll take my chances over yours any day pea brain!”
“Besides the obvious reasons she won’t sit next to you, all of her make up would melt due to all the hot air on her side!”

Ronnie was blushing furiously, she had never been more humiliated, every one was looking at them, and at her. Just to end it she had each boy sit on one side of her. Suddenly a huge belch rang out.

“Oh no!” Veronica pleaded silently. Jughead came to the table patting his stomach, looking as if he just ate all the elephants in the Savanna. Ron sighed in embarrassment, “Oh yes,” she whined as the chef came out of the kitchen and started yelling at him! He had eaten the entire dinner menu. I doubt he left a grain of sugar uneaten.

The yelling bug caught on; suddenly Reggie and Archie were back at their own little verbal war. Betty and Ron were apologizing to the guests and the hosts. Then the worst happened: The Governor came down and started yelling at Betty and her. Apparently, the boys shouting fest had woken up their 5 year old son and their baby daughter, barely 3 months old! He then kicked the gang out. Well, at least he kicked the boys out; the girls were aloud to walk out. Ronnie was so furious that she forbade the guys to get in the limo. She had them walk home. On the way back to the Lodge Mansion Betty called her parents and asked to sleep over Ronnie’s.

They were so upset, especially Betty who had never been invited to a fancy dinner before, especially not as the guest of honor. Ron called Smithers and asked him to bring up 2 large bowls of ice cream to drown their sorrows. After that the girls made a pact. They were staying away from all boys, especially Archie, Jughead, and Reggie for a whole week. Then they had a huge chick flick movie night. For the first time since the beginning of the evening Ronnie smiled. Going out with her boyfriend is wonderful, but there are some things that must stay in between girl friends. And, Ronnie noted, formal dinners is definitely one of them!

Betty sat on her couch talking to her friend Nancy on the phone.
"I'm going to wear my new blouse tomorrow with my...Oh, Gotta go Nancy, someone is trying to call me,"Betty said.
She pushed the off button on her telephone and answered the phone with a hello.
"Is this Ms. Betty Cooper?" a man's voice came over the phone.
"Yes it is. Why?" answered Betty.
"You and your friends entered a contest a while back to win a dinner at the Governor's home. Our readers have decided that you have contributed the most to the world of comics. This is a black tie event."
Betty held the phone away from her mouth and screamed with joy.
"I take it you are coming then" The man said.
"You bet! I mean, thank-you we will be there!"
"Betty hung up and dialed Ron's number quickly.
"Hello?" Ron answered.
"Hi Veronica! You will never guess what! We won the black tie dinner at the governor's mansion!"
"Really!" Ron exclaimed. Well I knew we would of course. It's not like it is going to be anything new for me anyways but it is exciting! I will tell the gang.
"Bye Ron. I gotta go find what I'm going to wear!"
"I will have Daddy's limo pick you up tomorrow at 5:00 to bring us there" Ron said.
"Great! Bye!" Betty hung up and went to her closet to search for clothes.
The next day Betty put on her long, Dark blue dress and swept her hair up into a cover girl hair style. Veronica's limo came at 5:00 on the dot. Archie, Reggie, Jughead, and Veronica were already in the limo.
"You guys look great!" Betty commented.
"That's not a change for me," Reggie said and looked in his mirror.
Archie and Veronica rolled their eyes at that remark.
"I couldn't get Jughead to take off his beanie," Veronica told Betty.
"If he took off his beanie it wouldn't really be Jughead," Betty said back.
They arrived at the governor's house at exactly 5:30pm. The governor welcomed them into his house. Veronica lifted her silk, green, dress and curtsied. Betty did the same. The boys all politly said hello.
"Because tonight is such a special night I have hired some waiters," The governor said.
A waiter brought them to the guests of honour table. Along the way they all admired the glass chandiliers, the beautiful windows and the fine china dishes. When they took their seats they admired the fresh flowers and the fancy tablecloth.
"Don't those waiters look like Andy, Ryan, and John?" Betty asked Veronica.
"It is Andy, Ryan, and John! Ryan looks especially cute in that tux!" Veronica said.
"What am I? Choped liver?" Archie asked.
"Oops! We were talking louder than we thought we were!" Veronica whispered.
Ryan came over to bring them appetizers.
"Hey Ryan, Veronica thinks you're cute in a tux!" Reggie said.
"Reggie!" Veronica said through clenched teeth.
Veronica and Betty daintily took one appetizer each and began eating. The boys gobbled down the appetizers and then called for some more. Veronica's face turned red from embaressment.
"Hey Veronica, is your face red because you're in love with Ryan?" Reggie asked.
Before Veronica could answer Andy came over and set down a basket of buns on their table.
"Hey girls, am I hot in a tux too?" Andy asked and then left laughing.
"Come on Betty! Lets go!" Veronica said.
Before leaving the governor's mansion, they gave their appoligies to the governor and told him that something had come up and they had to leave early.
When they got out the door both of them said, "BOYS!"