stan pov:
i don't know how it happened. i don't know why it happened. i get that she's richie cousin, but she didn't have to follow us around. her name was y/n. but everybody just called her kid. i don't really know why. she was the same age as me.
though age was all she had in common with me. at least, that's what i like to believe. bill likes to convince me otherwise. she was a carbon copy of richie, at least personality wise. she couldn't stop talking. the difference is, while richie made immature "your mom" jokes, she made witty remarks. trust me, it's different.
now don't get me wrong, she's a good friend. we've had our fair share of phone calls lasting for hours. that's what friends do, right? maybe i'm just hurt i'm not the smartest in the gang anymore.
kid pov:
moving in with my cousin richie and his family was never my first choice. neither was having all his friends join our family vacation. richie and i get along really really well. a healthy part of a healthy relationship is teasing each other right?
i'll be honest, i really appreciate richies friends. they let me in so easily. i'm closest with eddie, maybe it's because he's always at my house. when richies getting chewed by his parents and cant go out, i walk with eddie to get his refill on his meds. that usually stresses richie out even more. i don't know whose more over protective of eddie, richie or his mom. i'm happily helping him with his confidence though, it's a work in progress.
bill is also a good friend. i heard for richie and the others he used to have a stutter. luckily, he's grown out of it. poor kid, he would be bullied way more than he usually is. bills had the worst of it. his little brother george died of cancer a few years before i came here. i owe a lot to bill though, he helps me with all my writing essays now that i'm in a real honors english class (my old school didn't have that).
beverly marsh is probably the only girl friend i've had in my entire life. she stays with me and richie every weekend. she tried to get away from her dad as often as she can. one day a couple weeks after we met, she ran to me and richies house crying. her and richie are close so he knew what to do, meanwhile i sat there confused. richie waved at me to come sit next to them as she cried on the couch. she sat up and apologized. she told me the story of how her dad treats her. i threw up. her and i both get called whores in school. not so much because we are, because beverly isn't a push over and ihang out with her. i really do love her.
mike is really good to me. he's a year ahead of me, so he has his license. he usually rides his bike most places, but when it comes to me he drives me everywhere. he deserves the world, truly, just as much as ben does. he's so sweet. his innocence reminds me i'm young. his crush on beverly is starting to fade. when i first moved here last september, his crush was scary. allegedly, he liked her since 8th or 9th grade. we're in 11th grade now. it's funny how loyal ben is.
finally, stanley uris. i don't know if i should call him my enemy or my best friend. besides richie, he is the only person on this planet who can handle my attitude and wit. it's something i really like about stan, if i give him an attitude, he'll hand one right back. it's a mutual respect type of thing. stan acts like he doesn't like me, but i think that's bullshit.
either way, he's going to have to deal with me the entire summer. richies parents as neglectful as they are have invited all his friends to our grandparents beach house. they died a few months ago so richies parents own it now. they let me take a friend too, so i'm bringing bev since richie wouldn't be aloud to. i wish i could explain how many hours it took to convince her day it was just going to be me and her going. hopefully, and i pray, this will be a good, drama free summer.
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; posted on 1/17/18
