Hey, my name is Ellie. I'm exactly 5 foot, and I don't even wanna know how much I weigh.
I'm from South Park, Colorado. I'm poor as shit. I stay to myself because my home life isn't exactly good. Both my mother and father are alcoholics and I try my best to protect my little sister, Erin. Its hard because most nights I cant even protect myself from my fathers drunken nights. When I'm in school, I watch people and see what they do. I consider myself an observer.
Its better then people finding out my secret. That is until I met Kenny McCormick. It all started in 10th grade in the lunch room...
When I walked into the crowded lunch room, I started to get nervous. I instantly pulled my hoodie all the way over my face, the way I do when I get nervous or scared. A million things things ran through my mind. I'm not sure how I was going to steal lunch this day. I usually able to get any food I wanted since no one ever notices me. Not even the teachers notice me often. I'm not even sure they know my name. I'd like to keep it that way. I'm a loner and I love it. I walk over to my spot in the lunch room, a corner with a small table with only two chairs. As I kick my feet up and put my back against the wall, I scan the room. Any lunch trays go untouched, or left alone for a split second and Ill be able to grab me a bite to eat. When you don't have enough money to eat regularly, you make due with what you have. I look around at all the loud and crazy teenagers, minding my own business.
I know most of these people, but they don't know me. No one knows, but I've been in the background since pre-k. With no friends. No one talking to me often. I think the only person I would even talk to, don't even notice me sometimes. When I finish scanning the room I spot a tray left alone. Making sure the owner is no where near it, I quickly spring up and smoothly walk over to it. I grabbed the shiny red apple and put it under the sleeve of my hoodie. I dashed out the lunch room and head towards my favorite place; the back of the school. Mostly goths and pot heads stay back there, but I don't mind. Usually I can bum a cigarette off of someone. I took the apple out and bit into it as I near the exit to the back of the school. By the time I get there, I ate the whole thing. Ah the joys of being hungry. I open the door and see only a few people out here. Not even the goths are out here. I threw the apple out into the field behind the school and sit down on the steps. Everyone seams to be finishing up and heading back inside. I really don't feel like going back in yet so when the bell rings, I stay put. I stand up and spoke up to one of the few people who was out here, Clyde I think his name is. "Hey can I bum a cigarette off of you?" He turned towards me, looking disgusted. "God, your almost as worst as the poor boy. Here" He hands me one while Im looking like an idiot to him. I always thought I was one of the only poor people in South Park. Guess I was wrong. Before I could even ask for a light, he's back inside. "Shit". Whats the point in having a cig when you cant even light it? I look around and there's only one more person out here with me. Staring right at me.
The first thing I noticed of him was those crystal blue eyes. The rest of his face was covered up from his orange parka. I think I know him, I've seen him around before, I'm not sure where though. As I was thinking about this, I didn't even noticed him walking closer to me. Does he really notice me? "MMff mff mf mff" I couldn't understand him at all. "I'm sorry what?" He kinda looked a little irritated as he pulled off his hood in a sigh. "I said do you need a light" I was kinda embarrassed that I couldn't understand him. I still couldn't figure out where I've seen him before. I know around school I've seen him, but I feel like I've seen him somewhere else. "Oh uh yea." I put the cig into my mouth while memorizing him. He had messy blond hair, smooth skin, plump red lips, and big, round blue eyes. He pulled out a black lighter and flicks it on for me. He brought it to my lips so he could light my cig for me, all while staring into my eyes. "Th thank you" I kicked myself for stuttering.
Then, he smiled a beautiful smile. "Your welcome. By the way, my name is Kenny." That name sounds so familiar. "I'm Ellie" "Ellie...That's a nice name. I think I've seen you around before" Wow, he noticed me before? "Yea I think I've seen you somewhere to. I just cant put my finger on it though" While it looks like hes pondering this new information,
I take a long drag from my forgotten cigarette. As soon as I blow the wispy smoke out, he spoke out. "I think I know where I know you from. I don't think I could forget such a beautiful face such as yours" When he said that I felt the heat spread across my cheeks. "Oh really? where?" He smiled that big smile that I saw earlier. I really like that smile, It makes him so much more attractive. Wow, do I really think hes attractive? As he thought about what exactly to say, he nervously rubbed the back of his neck. "I've seen you walking the same way I do when I walk home" My eyes grew wide. I thought that my family was the only people still living on that side of town. Over the years, people from over the train tracks have either died, went to jail, or just moved out. "Wow...I thought that my family was the only ones left at that part of town. Shit, I thought that I was the only poor person left in the high school, let alone town" "Yea..me to" When I looked up, Kenny was moving to sit next to me. I scooted further over so he wouldn't touch me. I hated it when people touched me.
When he sat down, he just laughed. "I'm not going to bite you know" I looked away. I don't want him to find out.
But I had to say something, anything. I was confused, I didn't want him in my world, but there's just something about him that makes me want to keep talking to him. "I just...I just don't like people touching me" He must of understood because he just randomly changes the subject. Is he hiding something to? "So what are you doing out here all alone? This is the time I usually decide if I want to skip the rest of the day or just endure the rest of school" I looked at him and I could tell he really wants to know, maybe hoping for a new friend. "I just needed to smoke, but I think I'm going to just walk around town or something. I don't feel like being around a bunch of people right now" Kenny was looking off into the distance, and just slowly bobbed his head up and down. "I know what you mean. People here aren't like us. Sometimes us poor people just need to be left alone" I smiled, maybe I can find a friend in him. "Exactly. They don't know what its like to not know when the next meal will be, or if you're going to come home to fighting, protecting your sister, sleeping through class, and.." I had to stop myself, or else I would have just kept rambling on. I looked back at him to see him looking right into my eyes, smiling. "I think me and you will get along just fine" I smile back at him before turning my head back to let my mind wonder.
After a while in comfortable silence, I check my phone. It may not be much but its something. I need it just in case something happens to Erin. It was almost three. "Shit. Its almost three, I need to go.." before I could finish Kenny grew kinda panicky. "Three? Shit I need to go get my sister!" He bounced up and started running towards the elementary school, exactly where I was going. Before thinking, I sprang up and started to chase him. "Hey! Wait! Kenny, I'm going that way to!" As soon as I said that He stopped and turned right back to me, smiling. He seems to do that a lot. "Really?" "Yea. maybe we can, I don't know, go together?" He shook his head and started walking with me to get our sisters. I wonder if they know each other or if their even in the same grade. I cant even believe I wanted to do this anyways. While we was walking, we fell into that comfortable silence again. Next that I know, we are at the elementary. I quickly spotted Erin, and she looks scared. I look around to see if anyone was around her that she didn't like and couldn't find anyone. I ran straight to her wondering what happened, leaving Kenny to find his own sister. "Hey baby,
whats wrong?" When she saw me, her little face scrunched up, just like it do when she's about to cry. Wow something bad must of happen.
She automatically fell into my arms. "Wh when I www was waitin for you, Cindy hit me hard an an an called me a bbbad name an an I couldn't find yoooou" Shit. Cindy was my age and knew better then to mess with her. You would think that after getting beat up so bad you had to go to the hospital, you wouldn't mess with that persons little sister again. I put on my I'm-going-to-beat-this-bitches-ass face and pulled Erin away from me at arms length. "Do you know where she is?" She sniffled while she shook her head yes. She looked around and pointed directly towards her. Fuck, she was talking to Kenny. "Stay here" Erin bobbed her head up and down fast, like she do when I tell her something very important. I kissed her forehead and got up. When I started walking towards Cindy at full speed, she saw me. Fuck now I'm going to have to chase her. Again. I started running, when she started to run. Kenny looked confused till he saw me. "Why are you chasing her?" he screamed. I couldn't even answer him because by that time, I jumped up to pounce on that bitch. We both came to the ground hard. As I was looking down on her,
she looked so scared, as she should be. "Now why the fuck would you hit Erin AGAIN when you know Ill find out?" I knew Kenny was behind me because I heard that laugh of his. "Oh shit" That's all he said the entire time I was punching Cindy's smug face.
Finally Kenny pulled me off of her when she started getting too bloody. I looked at him with a face that I assume said "You know I don't like people touching me, and right now I'm way too pissed to even open my mouth" because he let go of me with his hands up. I looked over and saw Erin waiting there with tears going down her cheeks. Fuck I hate it when she sees me fighting. I ran over to her, with all thought out of my head.
"Hey hey hey its ok. I'm sorry. I didn't mean for you to see that. Shhhh stop crying baby its all over now." As I was consoling Erin, I see Kenny out of the side of my eyes. "Ok baby its time to go home now. And don't worry I hid something special for you in my room" Erin's face lit up right when I said that. "Ok lets go home!" I looked back at Kenny while he was talking to a little girl, I expect to be his sister. I grabbed Erin's hand and started walking towards the train tracks. "Hey! Wait up!" I look behind us and here comes running the boy in the orange parka. "I wanna walk you and your sister home, is that ok?" I smiled. At least now I know I wasn't the only one who wanted to get to know the other person better. As we walked on towards the ghetto of South Park, we just laughed and talked while our sisters, later finding out his sister's name is Karen, talked and laughed as well.
Well this was the first chapter. Let me know what you think of it so far! =]