The Golden heart that cracked || Scream 1996

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Billy's eyes darted between novalee and stu. They had just told him about Casey and steve, and he was pissed.

Billy looked at stu, "Why didn't you say anything?" He questioned and stu shrugged ,"it didn't really matter," stu mumbled

"Of course it fucking mattered!" Billy yelled, and stu flinched, novalee grabbed his hand ,"billy, don't yell at him,"

Billy let out a sigh, running a hand through his hair, "I'm sorry stu, I didn't mean to yell at you,"

"It's okay billy," stu told him, "you could've come to me stu, you should've told me," billy said,

"It wasn't that important and you had other things to worry about, " stu said,

"Plus, It wasn't a big deal to me," stu added, "it's a big deal stu," billy said ,

"No it isn't. Can we just stop talking about this? Why don't we talk about how Casey and steve weren't really novalees friends?" Stu suggested, trying to change the subject,

"We talked about that already, stu you can't avoid this. " billy told him,

"Yes I can and I will," stu said, standing up, and trying to walk away but billy grabbed his arm and put him back on the couch,

"No, you are not avoiding this, I won't let you, why don't you want to talk about it?" Billy questioned,

"Billy, I'm not ready to talk about it, okay? Can we just drop it? It's not that important," stu told him,

"Why won't you just talk to me?" Billy asked, kneeling infront of stu, and cupping his face,

"Why won't you just listen to me?" Stu replied, staring into Billy's brown eyes,

"Billy, stu will talk to us when he's ready okay? "Novalee said, and Billy turned to look at her before sighing, nodding ,

"Thanks, nova," stu mumbled, gently removing Billy's hands from his face before standing up and walking out the living room.

Billy let out a deep sigh, taking a seat next to novalee, who rubbed his back in a comforting manner,

"Why can't he just talk to us?" Billy questioned, "Some things are just hard to talk about," novalee told him,

"Give him some time. He'll talk to us," she added , and Billy nodded,

"It's..uh dinner time, I'm uh.. gonna go order us some pizza, can you um.. check on stu for me? I don't think he wants to see me right now," Billy said before he stood up and walked out of the living room,

Novalee let out a small sigh before she stood up and went upstairs, towards stu's room,

She softly knocked on the door, "stu, it's me, nova, can I come inside?" She questioned,

"The doors open," novalee opened the door, walking inside and closing the door behind her,

Stu laid on his bed, under the covers, novalee walked over, kicking her shoes off, and getting into bed with stu, wrapping her arm around him, "You okay, honey?" She asked,

"Is..is Billy mad at me?" Stu asked in a small voice, "No, no honey, he's not. He's not mad at you, " novalee told him,

"It feels like he's mad at me," stu mumbled ,"he's not,"

"Is he okay?" Stu asked, "I think he's just worried about you," novalee said,

"Why? There isn't anything to worry about," stu replied, "he knows that you're keeping something from us, something you don't want us to find out," novalee said,

"I don't want to talk about," stu whispered, turning around, so he wasn't facing novalee, so she wouldn't see the tears escaping his eyes,

"You should probably check on Billy," stu whispered, and novalee nodded, pressing a kiss to his head, before getting off the bed, and walking out of the room.
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Billy sat in the living room, deep in thought. Why couldn't stu just talk to him? What was he hiding that he didn't want him or novalee to find out?

Why couldn't the two people that he loved have a happy day in their life's?

Billy looked up as he heard someone coming in, novalee sat next to him, leaning her head on his shoulder,

"Something happened to him. We can't force him to talk. He'll just push us away. Let's just give him some time, okay?" Novalee said,

"Is he made at me? I don't want him to be bad at me. I hate it when you guys are mad at me," Billy said, and novalee shook her head

"He isn't mad at you. He thought you were mad at him, I told him you weren't," she told him,

"I'm not," Billy mumbled, "are you okay, Billy? And don't lie to me," novalee said,

Billy let out a sigh,"To be honest, no, I'm worried, pissed, and everyone seems to be betraying us,"

He turned to look at her, "You okay?" He asked ,"I'm okay, but I'll feel better once my boys are better," novalee replied

The doorbell ringing startled them, "Pizza's here, can you tell stu? " novalee nodded.
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After eating, Billy, novalee and stu sat in the living room, slightly awkwardly watching a movie,

Billy kept glancing at stu, who was cuddled with novalee, a blanket wrapped around him, and his head resting on novalees shoulder,

Billy bit his lip before scooting closer, wrapping his arms around stu, before pressing a kiss to his head,

He didn't say anything, just held him, stu put a hand over Billy's, and reached out, interlocking his hand with novalees.

Nobody said a word. They just held each other.
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