Archie pushes open the door of his house, expecting to be alone. His mom picked up the twins. They will stay overnight and Veronica is on a date. He will enjoy a nice evening by himself. But when he walks into the living room he sees a petite figure sitting on the couch. Veronica fiddles with her fingers and a tear rolls down her cheek.

"Why are you still here Ronnie? Shouldn't you be on a date?"

"Yeah but he dumped me"

"What? Who would be stupid enough to dump you?"

A little giggle leaves Veronica mouth. She wipes her tear away. "I guess he found someone better or prettier" she shrugs.

"I doubt that" Archie smirks and sits down next to her on the couch. "You look beautiful"

"Thank you Archie" she smiles. "That's very sweet"

"You know what? Let me take you out"

"Huh?"

"You look so gorgeous. It would be a shame if no one could see you"

"I don't know I'm not really in the mood anymore"

"Come on" he smirks and teasingly pinches her side. "I'll dress a little nicer, you can wait here and then we'll go out"

"Archie I really appreciate this. It's super sweet but I really don't want to go out anymore"

"Well then let me cook for you. We have a nice little dinner here"

"Arch—"

"Come on Ronnie" he chuckles. "You were so excited. Don't let an asshole ruin your mood. You look beautiful and you deserve a nice evening with some delicious food"

"Okay fine" she giggles. "Thank you"

"Of course, you deserve it. Let me just put on something nice and then I'll cook"

"Can we cook together?"

"Great idea" he smiles. He wipes another tear out of her face before he gets up and walks into his bedroom to get dressed.

Veronica smiles. The pain she felt in her heart is almost gone. Archie is so sweet and nice to her. She will enjoy this dinner but she also knows that there will never be more. She can't date her boss. That's weird and wrong. She's not even sure he likes her. He's just nice to her. She appreciates it.

She gets up from the couch and walks to the little mirror by the door so she can make sure her makeup still looks good.

"You look great" Archie chuckles "your makeup is fine"

Veronica turns around to him. She blushes a little when she sees him walk towards her in a light blue dress shirt. She sees him in that shirt every day when he goes to work but something makes him look different now, better.

She walks closer to him as he reaches his hand towards her. She places her hand in his and feels her heart beat a little faster.

"What do you want to eat Miss Lodge" he smirks.

"Uhm I don't know. What do you want?"

"This is not about me. It's about you. What do you want to eat?"

"Pasta?"

"Pasta is a great idea"

Veronica smiles. She pulls him to the kitchen so they can start cooking. "I'm starving"

"Me too, let's change that"

"Good idea. Any recipe id—" she stops her sentence when she sees a bouquet of beautiful flowers in a vase on the kitchen counter.

"Flowers?"

"Oh yeah, I got these for you this morning in case your date wouldn't be good to make you feel better. Turns out it was a good idea. I'm surprised you haven't seen them yet"

"What if I had a great date?" Veronica smirks.

"I would have given them to my mom but now they're yours"

"Thank you. That's really sweet"

"You're welcome" he smiles "So uhm, I have a great pasta recipe in mind but we can do whatever you want"

"I'm ready for new things. Teach me yours"

"Okay" he smiles "it's nothing special though. It's just pasta with my grandma's tomato sauce recipe and some zucchini in it"

"Sounds delicious"

"Great so can you slice the Zucchini into little cubes and I'll start with the sauce"

"Mhm" she nods. She opens the fridge, grabs the zucchini and begins to slice it. Archie stares at her with a little smile on his face.

He stares a little longer until she suddenly turns around to him. His cheeks blush instantly causing a giggle to escape Veronica's mouth.

He walks to the fridge and gets some ground beef and tomatos. He places the tomato on the counter next to Veronica. "Can you slice these too please?"

"Sure" she smiles.

Archie gets a pan and puts the beef inside. He knows he needs salt and pepper but both is in the cupboard right above Veronica's head. He chews the inside of his bottom lip for a second before he turns around and walks towards her. He places his hand on her waist, opens the cupboard and reaches for the salt. He purposely takes a little longer so he can keep his hand on her. He likes how it feels and Veronica does too. She grabs his pointer finger and pulls his hand on her stomach. "If you wanna flirt Archie, do it right"

"I— I'm not flirting" he lies. His cheeks turn red.

"Whatever" Veronica smirks "Uhm is this right?" she asks as she points to the zucchini to change the subject quickly.

"Perfect" he chuckles and playfully pinches her side.

She squeals and jumps away. "Don't anger me Archie Andrews I'm holding a knife"

"Oh no" he chuckles and holds his hands up in defense. "Don't hurt me, I have children"

"Well, okay then" she giggles. She turns back and continues slicing the zucchini into little cubes.

•••

They finished dinner awhile ago but they are still sitting at the dining table, both with a glass of red wine in their hands. Archie stares at her with a smile on his face as she talks about something fun she did with the kids. He knows he should listen but he can't focus on the words that are coming out of her mouth. He focuses on her shining eyes and the little dimples that appear on her face when she laughs. He focuses on her hair. Her beautiful wavy raven colored hair. It looks even more beautiful in the orange light of the burning candle. He focuses on her sweet voice. It sounds so beautiful and soft. Suddenly it's quiet but only for a second.

"Oh I love this song" Veronica smiles. She closes her eyes and slowly sways from left to right as she listens to the song, playing from the radio.

"Do you want to dance?"

Veronica slowly opens her eyes and stares at Archie. His cheeks have a light pink color. He gets up, walks to her and reaches his hand out to her. "Will you dance with me?"

Instead of saying something, Veronica just places her hand in Archie's and gets up. He wraps his arms around her waist and begins to slowly sway to the music with Veronica in his arms. She leans closer until her head rests against his chest.

Being in his arms feels so good. For some reason she has a feeling of safety, like nothing in this world can hurt her. He wouldn't let that happen. She feels like his big muscular arms will protect her from everything that could hurt her. She squeezes her eyes shut for a second and tries to think of something else. Archie is her boss. He's just being nice because someone else dumped her.

Archie smiles to himself before he breathes in deeply. Her hair tickles his nose a little. He loves the smell of Veronica's shampoo and her perfume. He loves holding her so close. It feels like her small body was only made so he could hold her. His cheeks blush softly when he realizes how fast his heart is beating. He knows Veronica can hear it but he doesn't know if she's paying attention to it.

Even though the song comes to an end Archie doesn't let go of her. On the contrary, he holds her closer because he doesn't want to let go of her.

"Thank you Archie, for the beautiful evening and all those sweet sweet gestures. You're every girl's dream"

"Every girl's? Does this include you?"

Veronica lifts her head off his chest so she can look up to him. "Depends" she whispers.

"I kinda hope so because you're the only girl I want to impress, the only girl I want to win over"

"Archie" she sighs "you're super sweet but you're my boss"

"So? Cant we just have one night? The kids are out of the house and—"

Before he can finish his sentence Veronica is on her tiptoes and has her lips pressed against his. Her heart flutters and his almost stopped beating but he loves that feeling. It's been a while since he could kiss someone and enjoy the feeling of someone else's lips on his. He moves both of his hands to her waist and pulls her as close as he can. They kiss over and over and over again. When Veronica runs her hands down his stomach to his belt, he pulls back.

"Wait, are your sure?"

"You asked for a night so now I'll give you one night"

"You don't have to if you don't wa—"

"Archie Andrews give me one damn good night I'll never forget"

The way she suddenly is so bossy turns Archie on a lot. His eyes darken a little and smirk grows on his lips. His hands move to her ass. He squeezes it before he picks her up and forces her to wrap her legs around him. He walks to his bedroom and carefully lies her down on his bed before he pulls his shirt off and throws it onto the floor.

He crawls between Veronica's legs and continues kissing her. The more she opens her legs the higher her dress moves up.

Archie grabs the zipper of her dress and pulls it down. In one swift move she lies underneath him in just her underwear. "Impressive Mr Andrews"

"If you like that you'll love what's coming"

Veronica feels her heart beat fast and how her panties get more and more damped the more he kisses down her neck. "You're wearing too much" she breaths out and she runs her fingers through his hair.

"Do sometimes about it" he mumbles against her skin as he kisses down from her neck to her stomach.

With shaking hands Veronica reaches down to unbuckle his pants. She clearly feels how tight his pants are and it makes her smirk. She loves that she can have that effect on him.

She pulls his pants down as far as she could before he shakes them off his legs.

"You're so beautiful and incredibly hot" Archie whispers as he kisses back up her stomach to her to her lips.

Soon after all their clothes are off. There is nothing between them besides pure love.