Love at First Dare // Stenbrough

Fifty-Three

"We all know you do. You just gotta prove it to Stanley again." "How Eddie? He hates me." "You'll figure it out."

"Billy? Are you okay?" "Yeah...just tired so I had to sit down." Georgie sits beside him. "Me too." "You wanna go home?" "No...I wanna go see Stanley."

"He uh....h-he's at work right n-now. How about B-Ben and Mike?" "Oh yeah. Let's go!" He giggles pulling his older brother's hand.

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"Press that button." Georgie is done what he's told and plays the game with Mike.

"Stop being a dick, Richie." Richie stays silent, leaning onto Eddie's side.

"You know I love you right?" Richie nods, kissing his cheek.

"When d-did you two get engaged?" Eddies eyes widen before hiding his hand.

"You what?!" Beverly squeals. "They t-totally got engaged." Richie furrows his brows before shrugging.

"Before we moved here." Beverly glares at the two. "Listen we thought you would've realized it by now." Richie chuckles

"You got engaged?" Stanley chuckles before walking into the kitchen, not even realizing Bill is here.

"Yeah. How did you not figure it out?" "Oh, I did. Just forgot to say something." He giggles slightly, Bill's face turns a slight red color.

"Hi, Stan!" Georgie runs time the boy hugging him tightly. "Did you have fun?" "Yeah!" He lets go before dragging him to the living room.

"I learned this game. Mike taught me!" "That's great Georgie." Bill holds his breath as he stares at his old worn-out converse.

By this point, Stanley hasn't even looked at the boy. Hasn't realized he's sitting a foot in beside him.

Everyone stares in awe. "Richie you're usually not this quiet. Are you okay?" "I'm fine Staniel." Richie pulls Eddie to sit on his lap to make room for whoever.

Georgie continues to play the game with Mike as Stanley scrolls on his phone.

He looks slightly to the left before blinking a couple of times. "Okay." He whispers before getting up.

"Fuck man..." Bill runs his hands through his hair. Richie sits Eddie down beside him, making his way to Stanley's room slowly.