Warning: some nsfw
Spring break came way too slowly, especially for Y/n. Freshman year of college is said to be one of the best years of your life, but it's definitely the worst. Her high school was entirely too easy for her, probably because her teachers were just idiots. Then college hit, and the workload was unbearable. Not to mention, she grew homesick for her parents and her best friends and even a tiny bit for Bill.
Oh, how she hated Bill back home.
Well, okay, she didn't hate him, it was more of just a mutual tension that sometimes led to the Losers separating them at all costs.
They went on a few dates freshman year, and even kissed once, but it all ended when popular Autumn asked Bill to "help her with English" at lunch one day. He completely forgot to tell Y/n, but didn't think much of the whole affair anyway. When Y/n walked out of the lunch line, she smiled at her newly official boyfriend. He was hunched over a piece of paper, diligently writing with ginger hair falling into his eyes. When Autumn saw her coming over, she tapped Bill on the shoulder, and kissed him full on the mouth when he turned to her.
Y/n's hands went slack, causing her tray to clatter to the ground. Tomato soup splattered all over her new white Keds. She obviously looked down to see the damage, and missed Bill pushing Autumn off of him. He went over to check on her and help her clean up, but she stormed off to the bathrooms.
From then on out, there's been so much tension between them. Even though Bill explained what happened countless times, she's absolutely refused to listen. She's had trust issues after her biological father cheated on her mother when she was little, and this, well this basically made them inflate like the economy. She wasn't on speaking terms with him until the end of the school year, and even then their friendship was rocky.
But there was also a sexual tension. Bill and Y/n still had blatantly obvious feelings for each other, whether they wanted to admit or not. In fact, they even went to senior prom together, but it ended in disaster. There was a dramatic exit from Y/n when he mentioned how he was on good terms with Autumn now, and she was really sorry for what happened.
"Why the hell would you bring that up now?" Y/n rose from her seat.
"B-b-because she t-told me she w-wanted us to-"
"Can't we just completely forget what happened back then? It was so long ago."
Bill flushed. "Well, it r-r-really seems l-like you've n-n-never forgotten ab-about it these past th-three years."
She threw her napkin on the table and left after saying, "You're a dick."
That night she vented to Eddie and ultimately admitted to having feelings for him, but he knew that all along anyway.
That night was the last time they talked until it was time for Bill to leave for NYU.
"Good luck," she told him, bouncing on the balls of her feet nervously.
"Th-thank you, Y/n, y-you too!" he was so excited that day that he even pulled her into a hug, much to her surprise (and delight).
And now, here she is, on the plane to Palm Springs. It's a long flight from Marywood, so Y/n uses her time to finish her homework. She's majorly jetlagged by the time she lands at Palm Springs International. Luckily, the cab ride isn't ridiculously long. When she gets to Richie's beach house, he's on the porch with his feet up and a daiquiri in hand.
"Y/N!!!!" he shouts, putting his drink to the side and running down the stairs.
"RICHIE!!!!" she yells back, dropping her bags to run and hug him.
