Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)

The Doll Man | 11

Final chapter

A/N: I was supposed to upload this much earlier than now…sorry, its been a hectic day!!!

So the final chapter of The Doll Man, and only 1 chapter left until the end of my Fraphne detective series! I can’t believe it! Normally I’ll have like a couple of weeks maybe a couple of months between my stories but I have decided to upload the next story The Murder of Laura Shafer and the Disappearance of Alley Jensen next week though there will be a couple of months time skip between the stories.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this series so far!!

Rated M

https://m.fanfiction.net/s/13913120/11/

Five Years: Chapter 12 (The End)

Chapter 12:

“You okay, Betts?” 

Betty shook herself from her thoughts and turned her head to the left to see Jughead, bathed in the red and blue lights of the squad cars, approaching her with a furrowed brow. He pulled her into a hug when she didn’t answer, his arms surrounding her in warmth. She let his scent envelop her, calming her scattered thoughts and fully bringing reality back into focus. 

“Yeah, just… I don’t… I’m sorry, Juggie…” she whispered, hugging him to her even tighter.

“Hey whoa, Betts,” Jughead lifted her chin so she would meet his eyes, “what could you possibly be sorry for?”

“I don’t know, Jug. I think I’m just frustrated. I don’t want this to be the rest of our lives, you know? Always one step behind them with no clues to go on, constantly looking over our shoulders and being paranoid that someone is watching us. I miss our little boy so much and we’re still no closer to having him back home and–” she choked, tears spilling from her eyes.

“Baby, stop- breathe. I promised you we’d catch them, and we will. We aren’t completely without leads; we just have to hold on a little longer, okay? Can you do that for me, Betts?” Jughead asked, searching her eyes as he caressed her cheek.

“Yeah…” Betty replied. She pressed her forehead to Jughead’s chest, the feel of his hands rubbing her back soothing her. “Yeah, I can do that, Jug. I’m just so exhausted… And between watching Ethel flay Mr. Svenson in living color and the suffocating feeling I’ve had over me these last few years, I just lose my head sometimes, ya know?” 

“We all go a little mad sometimes, Betts,” he quoted softly, brushing his hand through her hair.

“Really, Juggie? Hitchcock references at a time like this?” Betty scoffed, pulling back to swat his arm lightly as he chuckled under his breath. He buried his face in her hair and took a deep breath, centering himself. 

“You know me, Betts. Pop culture references are how I deal with traumatic events.” 

“That’s one hell of an understatement, Jones.”

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(It’s only taken me one year, three months, and ten days to finally have this chapter complete but whose counting, amiright? -Bina )

What’s your fave Friday the 13th movie? Here’s my drunk rankings (best to worst):

1. Final Chapter (1984)

2. Part 2 (81)

3, 3-D (83)

4. Jason Lives (86)

5. Friday the 13th (1980)

6. F vs J (03)

7. Jason X (01)

8. Jason Goes to Hell (93)

9. Remake (09)

10. New Beginning (85)

I haven’t seen New Blood or Manhattan since middle school so I’ll just leave them out for now lol. I definitely feel like the initial run of 1-4 is the strongest run of really any slasher,l

you could argue Freddy 1-5 are a strong run too but really 1-4 are AMAZING and so is part 6 Jason lives.

I’ve found a new appreciation for this series and really would love to see a sequel to Jason lives / Final chapter one day

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