bev ends up spinning the bottle first, as she'd volunteered. after all, the whole get the gang back together was partially her doing.
the bottle ended up landing on dustin. the two of them were then shoved in the closet, as per rules, and sat comfortably, easily falling back into conversation about the past few years. seven minutes didn't seem to be enough for the friends. bev ended up grinning ear to ear, glad that her plan was somewhat working out well.
richie goes next, and ends up with el, and the two of them just giggle the entire time. and then eddie is up, and he spends the time with ben, who is kind of hesitant, but then again so is eddie, so they kind of fit well.
stanley ends up being next, due to the order of the circle. he's right on eddie's left side, and they're going clockwise, so he abides by the rules and crawls into the middle. he grabs the bottle, and he's smiling, because he's mostly forgotten about the whole bill situation, and he feels more comfortable due to the fact that everyone in the circle has become more open and friendly with each other despite the separation.
with a twist of his wrist, he spins the empty green bottle around, and it rotates a few times. it slows a bit, and stanley is awaiting the result, not very nervous, because the situation really doesn't register in his mind until he sees it slow down and finally stop – landed directly pointing at bill.
