Back again // stenbrough

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"Stanley!" Sophie yelled into the phone once she answered.

"Yes?"

"You know what. I thought you crashed or something. Don't scare me like that."

Richie laughed and I turned to glare at him, mouthing for him to shut up.

"Who was that?" Sophie asked.

"It's just richie."

"Richie! Let me talk to the trash mouth." She told me happily.

I sighed and handed the phone over to Richie, who gladly took it.

"Hey sophie!" He shouted into the phone.

Out of all of the losers, Richie was definitely the closest with my sister. I'm not sure exactly why or how, but they're like best friends. After bill and I broke up, richie would come over a lot more and plot ways with soph on how to kill bill. I guess that's how their friendship grew.

"Okay. Talk to you later. Bye bestie!" Richie yelled before hanging up and handing me my phone back.

"That was like the gayest thing you've ever said rich." I told him, taking my phone back and pocketing it.

"If i don't recall, you're like very gay yourself." Richie said in a high pitched girly voice, while pretending to flip his hair.

I laughed at that.

"Good to know i still got it."

"Of course Richie. so you and Eddie are doing good?" I asked.

Richie contently sighed and laid down on his bed, his feet hanging over the side.

"Yeah." Was all he said.

"Yeah? That's it."

"No. Here, catch." Richie said before grabbing something out of his bag, which was next to him on the bed, and threw it to me.

I luckily caught it. A ring box? I opened it. No way.

"I know how I want to do it, I just don't know when." Richie said, staring at the ceiling lovingly.

"Well if you stare at that ceiling any longer, Eddie might get jealous." I joked.

Richie rolled his eyes and smiled. "Eddie knows I only have eyes for him."

Richie sat up and held his hands out. I threw his ring box back and he caught. He carefully put it back in his bag and stood up, eyeing me.

"Let's go."

"Go where?" I asked confused.

"Sophie told me not to let you sit in your dorm room all year. We're going out to find you a mans!"

My eyes widen and I backed away from him.

"No. I'm good being single."

Richie rolled his eyes. "You're still hung up on Bill and it's been three years! You're going out."

I narrowed my eyes at the boy standing in front of me.

"What?"

"You haven't gone on a date since Bill, you haven't done anything with a boy since Bill! You need to get out and get over him."

"Shut up Richie." I mumbled quietly.

Richie's rude demeanor went away and he looked sadly at his friend.

"I'm sorry Stan. I took it too far."

"It's fine Rich. I just don't feel like going out tonight okay? I just want to take a shower." Stan said, and it sounded like a beg.

"Yeah. Okay. I need to unpack anyways."

I grabbed my bathroom stuff and a change of clothes before walking into the bathroom, shutting and locking the door. I set my clothes neatly on the counter and hung my towel right next to the shower door.

I set my shampoo and rag in the shower before turning the water on. I took my clothes off and folded them before neatly placing them by my clean clothes, and got into the shower.

I stepped under the shower head and the warm water instantly relaxed me. I grabbed my shampoo bottle and squirted some on my hand before I worked it into my hair and rinsed it out. I took my rag and made sure my body was clean.

I closed my eyes and let the water run down my face. I thought back to what Richie had said. Was I really hung over on Bill?

I guess I was. Or am.

I'll admit, I haven't even gone out with anyone since Bill and I broke up. He broke my heart. I couldn't go out with anyone in fear they'd hurt me too.

Besides, it feels wrong even thinking about going out with anyone besides Bill. I loved him.

I still do.

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Okay short and shitty chapter.
My updates will be very spread out until the shit that went down gets sorted out.