the new kid - stozier -

- chapter 11 -

* Richie's POV *

A girl who looks around our age with light brown hair and sparkling brown eyes with small freckles dotted on her cheeks answers the door. She honestly looks like she could be his sister.

"Uh.. hey? Who are you?" She looks at us.
"Uh.. I'm Bills boyfriend.. can you get him for us?" She stares at us and her eyes widen slightly.
"Sorry. What?" She stares at us.
"I'm Bills boyfriend..?" Stan repeats with a look of confusion.

"I'm his girlfriend." She replies.
"Oh..I..Uh." Stan just stares at her with blank eyes and she stares with the same expression. She shakes her head.

Then, we see Bill behind her coming down the stairs.
"Babe who was at the do-.." Bill stares at them.
"Oh..uh..hey..Stan and Richie.."

"Hey. What the fuck is wrong with you? Who asks somebody to be their boyfriend and then cheats on them a few days later? What is up with you? You just keep getting worse." I say to him and he just looks stunned.

"I..I.."
"We're over. Fuck you Bill. It was a mistake dating you." Stan turns around and walks out the garden.
"Wait for me! We are also done Bill." The girl quickly puts on her shoes and follows behind Stan beside me.

Bill still looks stunned and confused.
He closes the door slowly.

The brown haired girl tucks her hair behind her ear.
"Can I walk with you guys? My name is Jane." She smiles kindly at us.
"Yeah, of course you can." I smile back.

"I'm Stan and this is Richie."
"It's awesome to meet you both. I can't believe he did that to us." She laughs slightly but still looks kind of upset. Stan nods in agreement.
"How long were you two dating?" He asks.

"A year. We go to different schools." A tear rolls down her cheek and Stan notices it. He wipes it away with his thumb.
My eyes go slightly wide as she says they have been dating for a year.

"Well shit Jane.. I hate to tell you this but he's cheated on you before.. he made out with my best friend at a party."

Suddenly, Jane just bursts out crying.
"Oh my god, really?" She says through tears.
I put an arm around her shoulder and she just leans in to me as we walk.

"Yeah, I'm sorry.." I truly feel sorry for her as her once sparkling eyes are clouded with tears threatening to fall after she wiped away the last ones.

"Can you guys walk me home? I'll walk in the direction of my house. It's only be the edge of the forest."

"Of course we will, Jane." Stan smiles at her and she returns it. Jane is kind and I feel sorry she dated Bill for that long.

"Do you want to give eachother our numbers? That way we can stay in touch." She smiles and looks between each of us. I nod and smile back.

"Here, mine is -random number-." She nods her head as she writes mine into her phone. Now Stan gives his.
"Maybe we could meet up at the weekend?"
I nod eagerly.
"You can meet Beverly!" I smile excitedly at her. She smiles back.

"Who's Beverly?"
"She's my best friend. She's awesome, you'll love her. But.. she was the one who kissed your boyfriend.. I hope that doesn't hurt your feelings."

"No, no! I would love to meet her. It's not her fault. I mean, how was she meant to know?" Stan nods in agreement with Jane and I shrug.
"I guess."

"Hey, my house is up ahead." Jane points in the direction and I am able to make out a wooden cabin through a gap in the trees.

"Bye guys! You're awesome." Jane smiles and hugs us both before going into the woods.

"She's kind." I smile at Stan and he nods.
"Don't fall for her." He jokes.
"Stan, I'm gay." His eyes widen slightly.
"Oh! I thought you liked both genders." He smiles slightly at me and shrugs.

"NoPe." Stan just gives another cute smile and I can't help but smiling back.
"I'm sleeping at yours tonight Richie." He just looks at me.

"Oh! Okay, sure. Aren't you gonna ask you parents?"
"They're on holidays for a week." I nod.

Stan and I get to my house and it's dark. There's no point in turning lights on since we are going straight upstairs and there are no light switches upstairs to turn the lights downstairs off.

I grab Stan's hand and lead him upstairs. We walk into my bedroom and I throw myself on to my bed.
"Take my pyjamas if you want, I'm too lazy to change." I shut my eyes and lay my head back on my pillow. I can hear Stan running over to my wardrobe immediately and taking out a random pair. I open my eyes and see him with my old pair of pyjamas that probably don't fit me anymore. I smile at him and he smiles back and gives thumbs up.

Stan runs into the bathroom to put them on and I smile again. Stan walks back in with the clothes he was wearing today on his arm and my pyjamas. My heart melts and I realise those pyjamas do still fit me because they are hanging off Stan. I giggle and so does he.

He jumps on the bed beside me and crawls under the covers after putting his clothes neatly on the chair. I look at them and this is the first time I realise he was wearing the hoodie I gave him the day after the party. I smile widely.

I also crawl under the covers and wrap my arms around him.

He falls asleep in my arms.

(Sorry that's so cringy)