the new kid - stozier -

- chapter 14 -

* Richie's POV *

Stan sits up and stares at me with slightly wide eyes. I should not of asked him. Oh shit. Oh no. He's going to say no. I made him uncomfortable I m-.

Stan nods frantically.
"Are you serious? Yes of course! Yes!"  Stan smiles brightly and hugs me.
"Wait seriously?" I stare at him and he nods. "Yes. Yes!" He sits up.

"Shh! My parents are here!" He nods quickly and composes himself.
"Yeah, sorry, I completely forgot." He whispers this and smiles cutely.

"Cool! That's cool." I act like I'm not freaking out inside because he said yes. He said YES. Wow! My first boyfriend.. I smile happily at him and quickly kiss his cheek.
"Let's just sleep."

Stan lays on his back and stares at the ceiling. I do the same and he grabs my hand under the sheets. I turn my head to look at him and he looks back at me.

I smile at him and he smiles back. I'm so happy right now. I could explode. I have to tell Bev soon!

I slowly fall asleep and for once in my life I feel 100% happy. 100% safe. 100% fine. Where I can say I'm fine and truly mean it.

- a few days later back in school -

"So.. you and Stan are together!?" Bev smiles and winks at me. I nod.
"Yes! I asked him! He said yes!" She smiles.
"Yeah, you explained that in text."
"Oh, right." Just after this, I see Stan walking over.

Why do I always see people I'm talking about walk over basically 2 minutes after I talk about them?

"Hey!" He walks over to us.
"Watcha talking about?" He smiles at us.
"You." Beverly says casually and Stan just nods. "Cool." So he doesn't even care? I just laugh at how casual he is about it.

"Have you guys done your locker?" I look between them and they both nod.
"Yeah, I just did mine." Stan points in the direction of it and I nod.
"Im doing mine now. Okay? See ya in the next class losers." I quickly kiss Stans cheek, not caring if anyone else sees it and I walk away.

Maybe Richie should of cared more. Bill saw it. He isn't happy.

- Stans POV -

I smile as I watch Richie walk away. Bev pats me on the shoulder.
"Gotta go Staniel. I'll see ya soon!"
"Don't start calling me that!" I call after her and she looks back and flashes a smile.

I groan and turn around only to be faced with Bill.
"Uh hey?"
"Stan. You didn't listen to what I told you? Nobody loves you! You've got to understand. I've got to make you understand. Maybe beating it out of you will make everything better. Richie is using you and Bev is forced to be "friends" with you because of Richie."

He says all of this at once and I just stand there dazed. A beating? Fake friends? I was barely listening. I get dragged by Bill outside the school gates.

Bill pushes me backwards and I stumble. He does it again and this time I fall backwards to the ground. He kneels down.

"This next part, it's for your own good Stan. This will help you learn."
"Learn wha-?"