n e v e r m i n d ☁ stenbrough

~chapter twenty~ unusual

Date: 6/24/17

Current Time: 7:10 pm

clementine: Stanley?

stantheman: Yes?

clementine: this is Mike.

stantheman: And you are?

clementine: a close friend of Bill's.

stantheman: I don't need to talk to you.

clementine: no, you don't. but you should. 

stantheman: Give me one good reason. 

clementine: because something's wrong with Bill.

stantheman: Explain. 

clementine: pretty much all of our friend group has tried talking to him today and he hasn't responded. 

stantheman: Maybe he's just busy.

clementine: no, you have to understand. he always answers. no matter what.

clementine: in a way, I could almost guess that you would know that even better than we do. 

stantheman: Yeah.

clementine: well, do you know what happened? 

stantheman: No. 

clementine: have you talked to him recently?

stantheman: A little. 

clementine: and?

stantheman: And what?

clementine: did he say anything unusual? 

stantheman: Not exactly. 

clementine: that doesn't really tell me much. 

stantheman: It's not supposed to. 

clementine: i'm just going to assume he said something unusual then.

clementine: and you said something unusual back. 

stantheman: I don't know what you're asking me to do.

clementine: talk to him. 

stantheman: I'm not in the mood.

clementine: get in the mood. 

clementine: bill's sensitive. i've know him to get rash about things like this. 

stantheman: You haven't even read our conversation. 

clementine: maybe not.

clementine: but I've got a little something called intuition and it's obvious you have it too.

clementine: and I know that you know something's wrong. you just don't want to admit it.

clementine: so get your ass off this chat and go talk to him. 

stantheman: What am I supposed to say?

clementine: apologize for whatever mistake you made to hurt that boy's heart. 

clementine: or you're going to have a bunch of losers after you. 

stantheman: Damn.