Really? // Stenbrough

Chapter 47

Stan's PoV

It's been a week since Georgie went missing.

They haven't found him.

They've decided to declare him dead.

Bill's broken again.

I don't know how to help.

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"Bill?" I asked softly as I walked into his room.

His mom called me, worried. She said he hadn't gotten out of bed for the past couple of days. It has me worried too.

"What?" He mumbled.

I walked over to his bed and sat on the edge. He stayed facing the wall. I looked at him sadly and rubbed his back.

"Do you wanna get out of bed love?"

"No." He mumbled again.

"What if you take a shower? It'll wake you up more and help you feel a little better."

He didn't respond.

"Please love?"

He sat up slowly and looked at me.

"Ok.."

I smiled. "Need me to help?"

He nodded his head.

I got up from his bed and picked Bill up.  He wrapped his arms around my neck and his legs around my waist. I smiled as he nuzzled his face into my neck, and I carried him into his bathroom.

I set him done on the counter and turned the water on. I waited for it to get to a warm temperature before I started helping Bill. I helped him off the counter and he was wobbly.

"Do you want to take a bath?" I asked considering how unstable he is.

He shook his head. "Help me take a shower please." He whispered.

"Of course love."

I undressed myself quickly before helping him get out of his clothes. I picked him up and stepped into the shower with him.

He stood close to me, hugging himself. I moved him under the water and looked at him. Seeing him like this breaks my heart.

"I'm tired Stan." He whispered not looking at me.

"We can take a nap after the shower ok?" I rubbed his arms.

He looked at me. "No. I'm tired. I'm tired Stan."

"What do you mean love?" I asked confused.

"I'm tired of all this. I want it to go away, or for me to go away." His eyes got teary and he looked away from me.

"Hey..." I whispered softly as I put my hand under his chin, making him look at me.

"It's ok to not be ok love."

I pulled him into a hug as he started crying. I rubbed his back and he sobbed into my neck. He tightly wrapped my arms around me and we stood under the water.

"Bill, let's get you cleaned up and we'll put on some comfy clothes to watch movies in ok."

"Ok." He sniffled.

I grabbed his rag and started washing his body. Once I finished that, I started washing his hair. He kept his eyes closed the whole time and wasn't standing very well.

I turned the water off and wrapped a towel around my waist, and grabbed one for Bill. I stepped out first and helped him out. I carried him back to his room and had him sit on his bed as I got new clothes for us.

I quickly dried off and changed into some of the clothes I kept here for myself. I got a new pair of briefs out for Bill and some sweatpants and one of my muscle tees.

I walked back over to Bill, who was playing with his hands, and started drying him off. He stood up so I could put on his briefs and sweatpants and I slipped the muscle tee over his head.

I decided to change his bed sheets so I got a new set out of his closet and removed the old ones, putting on the new ones.

"Lay down love. I'll bring the clothes and sheets down the laundry room and grab some food ok."

"Ok." He said laying down.

I got our clothes from the bathroom and walked downstairs. I put them in the dirty clothes basket, along with the sheets and walked into the kitchen.

"Hey Sharon." I said.

"How is he? Is he responding to you?" She asked worriedly.

I sighed. "I got him to take a shower. And he said- he said he's tired. Tired of everything. He needs help Sharon." I told her.

She nodded her head and looked down, tearing up. I walked over to her and hugged her.

"He's going to be ok."

"I know. He's strong."

"I came down to get some food and movies. I should get back up to him."

"Of course." She let go and looked at me. "Thank you for everything Stan."

"Anytime."

She walked away and I grabbed a couple snacks before getting some of Bill's favorite movies from the living room. I walked back upstairs and put in dumbo.

I laid down next to Bill and set the snacks on the other side of me. He immediately wrap his arms around me and laid his head on my chest. I wrapped my arms around him and rubbed his back.

"I love you Stanny." He said quietly.

"I love you."

He fell asleep.

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