𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐘

S T A N L E Y

y/n always had heart eyes for eddie. It's always been like that, up until now when she finally noticed that he was not into her. nor could he ever be.

she would often cry herself to sleep because of it.
everything, i mean everything reminded her of eddie and of how much she loved him. just passing him in the halls would make her eyes gloss.

there was something about eddie that just killed her.
she would often say that she hated herself, that she hated herself for walking up to him in first grade and asking him to be her friend. god, who knew such a small boy could cause so much pain.

y/n looked into the mirror of a dirty gas station bathroom. she watched herself as her tears began to fall. "fucking shit."

she walked out of the bathroom, she headed to the gas station, she stumbled in and gave the key to the employee.

"hey-sam can i get a pack of cigarettes?" she asked.

"um-no," sam groaned. "underage bitch."

"i said can i get a pack of cigarettes?"

"and i said no."

"look-you want the cash or not, i'm just trying to get some fucking cigarettes,"

"okay, fine-fine."

he turned around and grabbed a packet of cigarettes and handed them to the girl. she smiled and gave him a ten dollar bill.

"keep the change-fine man." before she could walk away she grabbed a lighter that was stacked right on the counter. "thank you sam, see you later baby."

"enjoy getting lung cancer, doll!" he yelled which caused her to chuckle.

she looked around and wondered where she could go next. she decided to just walk around town and enjoy her lovely cigarettes.

"y/n?" a voiced asked. "hey!"

she turned around and faced a tall-curly head.

"oh hey stanley. what are you doing here?" y/n asked stan as he walked towards her.

"what are you doing here?" he repeated her question.

"ah-nothing much."

"cool, mind if i join you?"

" sure, i would love some company right now."

"thanks,"

"cigarette?"

stan nodded, she then grabbed a cigarette from her pocket, handing him one and lighting the cigarette.

"so what's on your mind y/n?" he asked her as they were now at a park looking at the stars above them.

"i don't know-i think love is stupid and it's overrated. i think guys are stupid and immature."

"jeez thanks."

"no-not you. just some guys, i mean some are fucking beautiful and nice and some are just beautiful and full of shit."

"who's the dick?"

"huh?"

"who's the dick who broke you?"

"no one broke me, stanley."

"says the girl who calls me stanley now." 

"uh, that has nothing to do with anything."

"just tell me, who's the guy?"

"what if i don't want to tell you?"

"well you just told me all your secrets."

"but it's different,"

"how?"

"i don't know! you're best friends with this guy, and yet you nor anyone has noticed how much he breaks my heart,"

"who?"

"for fucks sake! eddie, it's fucking eddie! there i said it! happy?"

"eddie?"

"yes, eddie."

"how has he hurt you?"

"i don't know-he just has."

"how the fuck do you not know?"

"i loved him stan, ever since we were kids. i used to think that we would grow up and get married together, even have kids. i really did think this shit, and he promised me this. up until now he told me it wasn't possible, that he could never love me, nor would he ever want to love me. he lied to me stan, sure he promised in 5th grade but i'm not stupid." She began to laugh a bit. "ha, it's actually fucking funny. we dated in 7th grade, i was so happy, he made me so happy. he made me smile, he held me when i was sad, he made me laugh, he was the light of my life. but then he broke my heart, he cheated on me. i haven't stopped loving him since then, which is bullshit. because i really don't want to be in love with a stupid cheater, he's full of shit."

she started to cry, she hated it when she cried in front of people, she thought it made her seem weak. so she grabbed a cigarette from her sweater pocket and lit it, inhaling it.

"hey, it's okay." stan sat up and hugged her.

"it really isn't."

"sure it is, maybe not now. but sure, everything will be okay. you'll grow up, get married with a man who loves you and you'll have beautiful children, you'll never remember how much eddie hurt you. you'll be full of joy and you'll even want to thank eddie because if it weren't for him, you wouldn't have a lovely family. and he'll feel bad, he's going to tell himself 'god why did i ever hurt her so much? she loved me, she would have given me that love that no one wants to give me now, god why was i such a dick?' and you won't care because karma hit him like a bitch."

she looked at him and chuckled. she looked up at him and hugged him tightly, as she pulled away she kissed his cheek which only made his cheeks even brighter.

and stan was right.

years later, y/n and stan got married, they grew to have happy lives. soon y/n got pregnant with twins. she couldn't be any happier, stan loved her with all his heart and she loved him with all her heart. they were the happiest couple in town.

and eddie, oh boy was eddie sad. he grew to love
y/n when she began to date stan, sophomore year in high school, but she didn't love him anymore she loved stan and only stan.

she didn't cry anymore, she didn't cry because of eddie anymore. and hell, did he feel bad. he felt bad because when she offered him her love he declined it and now that he was offering her, his love she declined it.

stan was right, karma got him like a bitch.