Chapter 2-"Kelly"

It was Monday. I walked to the bus stop where my friends and I would stand every morning, Cartman was the last one to arrive and was mad about something. I looked at him as he shoved himself into line with the rest of us, I noticed he wasn't holding an invitation to Wendy's pool party on Saturday, he was uninvited. I couldn't believe it.

"Hey Cartman, you didn't get invited to Wendy's party?" asked Stan. "...I guess she still isn't over how you crashed one of her other birthday parties."

"It wasn't my fault! Well...I didn't do most of the planning...but I guess I..."

"Come on Cartman, you did crash it and someone saw you." replied Kyle. "Everyone was talking about in school."

Cartman looked in the other direction, he didn't care if he got invited but I also couldn't go because I planned to go on a date with Kelly on the same day. She didn't know yet and she would be coming in about a day, I gave my invitation to Cartman and he looked surprised at me to give up mine so he could go. Kyle and Stan were also surprised to see me do it.

"Sorry you guys, I have plans." I replied. "You can go without me."

"Kenny, I don't want to go to the party, you said you didn't have plans the week before." Said Cartman. "I don't believe this...How can you have plans?"

"Kelly is coming and I..."

"...You mean the girl you were with, when we went to the rainforest? That Kelly?" replied Stan. "...Wow Kenny...you still have a girlfriend."

Stan seemed a bit jealous and upset because Wendy had broken up with him a couple months ago. Cartman was also jealous because he had no girlfriend and that someone like me could get one, I only smiled and blushed a little over the thought of Kelly. She was beautiful. Even though she forgot my name and didn't say it right, I still liked her. The bus came and we all boarded it.

When the bus arrived at school, we went to the playground and began playing kick ball with the other kids. Cartman ran over to Wendy and shook the invitation in her face, she was shocked that Cartman had gotten his hands on one of her invites. She couldn't believe it.

"Um, Bebe...Cartman has a an invitation, how did he get it? Check the list again." replied Wendy. "He shouldn't have gotten one...Oh no, now he is invited."

"It says that...he isn't on the list for boys...I don't know how he ended up with it." said Bebe.

"I can't go to the party, Wendy." I replied. "I'm sorry, something came up and I gave it to Cartman."

"Oh...I'm sorry you can't go Kenny." said Wendy, she smiled. "Don't worry, you can come to my next one when it's the end of the school year."

"Sorray Wendy, looks like I'll be coming to you birthday party." Cartman laughed. "So, can I come? Come on, you know you want to."

"Fine. Just don't crash it like last time or I'll kick you out!" Wendy took up her bag and left.

Cartman smiled and couldn't wait to go to the party. It seemed like I was the only one not going until I saw Butters and Tweek return their invitations, only three people couldn't make it and Wendy knew that it was going to happen. Butters walked toward me and Tweek also walked toward me and we began chatting about our plans for the weekend. Tweek even shared.

"Well, I can't go...anh...because I'm going away this weekend...to visit...anh...my cousins." replied Tweek. "I really wanted to go."

"Yeah, same with me, I'm busy this weekend." said Butters. "I-I actually cleared plans but something came back up."

"I have a date this Saturday." I replied as Tweek and Butters eyed me. "My girlfriend is coming up and I want to take her out."

"Ooh, you have a girlfriend?" asked Butters. "That's nice Kenny, it-it must be fun having one."

"I have...anh...one too." replied Tweek. "I'm with that ginger hair colored girl."

I looked at Tweek shocked. A lot people in school thought he would end up going out with Craig because...they're together a lot of the time and it is a shocker to find this out now. Tweek blushed a little and sat down, he seemed a bit shy to go into their relationship and began picking up grass and examining it. Butters seemed like the only one not having a girlfriend and it didn't bother him but someone once said he was after Wendy and she didn't know about it. I could see Butters and Wendy together but...I still think Stan should be with her because he still likes her.

Tweek seemed a bit worried about dating Ginger but he thought he was strong enough now to have a girlfriend of his very own, Craig knew but he was trying to find himself a girlfriend and that never seemed to work out for him but he kept trying to get one. Soon the bell rang and everyone poured into the school to get to class on time, Mr. Garrison watched as we came in. Class already started and Cartman ran in late and had a detention for being tardy. Again.

"Eric, you have a detention for being late." replied Mr. Garrison. "You're going to serve it too."

"What?!?!" yelled Cartman. "I was not late, I was only two minutes late!"

"Yeah you were Cartman, you were outside." replied Kyle. "Everyone was watching you pelt snowballs at the window."

"...I'm not serving the damn detention! I'm skipping it!" Cartman sat down and swore silently. I laughed at him as he got out his blank homework.

"Dude, you need to stop being late and come with us when it's time to for class." said Stan. "You were five minutes late, admit it, dude."

Cartman glared at Stan and began eating his chips, it was presentation day for our projects and other groups had to get ready to present their projects. Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and me had already gone and others had to go today. Token and Craig stood up in front of the class and began presenting their topic on pollution, Cartman fell asleep as I watched them present and actually learned a few things on their topic I never knew before. Mr. Garrison gave class work as he graded the projects. Cartman was worried about his grade because he had slacked off the night before and I had to do most of it or all of it for the weeks he didn't do it. I knew my grade would be good, I tried my best. Cartman hardly tried at all but I worked for my grade.

Mr. Garrison moved on Science. Cartman didn't do his notes and ended up having to copy my notes. We were learning about the Ocean. The bell for lunch rang and everyone poured out of the classroom into the lunchroom, I got my tray and sat with everyone else as we ate our lunches, it was grilled cheese one of my favorites. Cartman began bringing up Kelly again.

"So, Kenny, how do you know that she's actually coming?" He asked. "She probably cheated on you while you weren't there!"

"Shut up Cartman, I wrote to her every two weeks during the summer!" I yelled. "That's why I know she's coming, she still likes me."

"Where is she living Kenny?" asked Stan. "Is she living where you are?"

"No, she's moving three houses down from Cartman." I replied. "She's not far away."

"That's good, Kenny." said Kyle. "You have to introduce us to her when you get the chance."

The more I talked about her the more anxious I became on waiting for her to arrive. I mean, I had my house to clean and things to plan out which included an "Arrival Party" I wasn't sure on having one but it seemed better to have one for her and it would be small. My friends didn't need

to miss out on their party to come to mine, I wanted them to have a good time and not worry. I recently found out that Clyde couldn't go to Wendy's party and had no other plans, I would invite the people that couldn't go to the "Arrival Party" and have one of my very own.

" Things are going to work out fine." I thought. "I really want to impress her."

"It's too bad you can't go to the party." said Stan. "Oh, well."

"That's okay, you guys can have fun without me." I replied. "I'll come to another party."

"See guys, that's just like Kenny." said Kyle. "Even if he can't go somewhere or do something, he would want us to have fun anyway."

"But...but...Kenny should go! It's a pool party." said Cartman. "You can change your plans and go out next week, can't you Kenny?"

"...I'm still going on the date, I'm sorry Cartman but I want to be there for Kelly." I replied. "I want her to be happy...That's what I want."

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I woke up early. I got out a suit and had a hard time of deciding if should go over my parka or I wouldn't wear the thing altogether. I choose to not wear it all and it was like I forgot what I really looked like underneath all the parka, my hair was mess and I began trying to fix it with gel in the front and let the rest of my hair stay the same then I began trying to mess with it again. I had never been so nervous in my entire lifetime. I made sure nothing was out of place and worked on smiling in the mirror, it seemed stupid but not for this occasion. I walked downstairs and sat at the table, my mom couldn't believe how nicely dressed I was for the date.

"Aw, look at my Kenny, dressed perfectly for the occasion." she said. "You must be trying to impress her, if you're dressing like that."

"Well, I don't want to look the same as last time and plus she hasn't seen me without my parka on." I replied. "Oh no! I didn't finish cleaning the house!"

"Kenny, I'll finish it, stop stressing out." My mom knew it was big day, and she didn't want me to stress anymore then I had to. "I can't get your father to do it though, he had a hangover last night, and he's in no condition either...Damn him! He should get help."

"Don't worry about it, mom." I replied. "We've got it taken care of, we don't need anybody else, I'm going to go get my room ready."

My room was fine but I wanted to make sure nothing loose or anything should be hanging out. I was so happy that the rats were gone, I exterminated half of them then we got an exterminator, I wouldn't want Kelly to see what the rats in the house because that's unclean and that would be bad otherwise. Kelly would be coming at one o'clock in the afternoon and I had about an hour or so to get things into place, then the party would start. Butters was the first to arrive.

"Sorry Kenny, I guess I'm a little early." replied Butters. "I-I knew I should of waited."

"That's okay, I know everyone else will be coming later." I said as a vase broke in the background. "Oh well, not everything is going to stay."

"I sure can't wait to meet Kelly, she sounds really nice." Butters sat at the table. "You look really nervous, Kenny."

I knew I had to calm down but it seemed impossible. My heart began racing as the clock neared one, Tweek and Clyde arrived as they sat down and waited. Tweek broke the silence.

"So... did she come yet?" asked Tweek. "I guess she...anh...didn't."

"No, not yet." said Clyde. "We still have a couple minutes left."

The doorbell rung and I fell out my seat almost shaking. I began putting the ice cream out and other snacks that the rest had brought and I kept running like I was being chased, Tweek couldn't help but notice that I was off the walls and couldn't calm down. He almost grinned. Clyde also could tell that I wasn't in my right state of mind and that I was having a breakdown. It wasn't my fault, it was a big moment and I didn't want things to screw up. I hid behind the stairs.

"Kenny! Your girlfriend is here!" my mom yelled. "Hang on...Come on Kenny, she's waiting for you, I know you're nervous but she's here."

I was standing in front of her and opened my eyes, it was almost like I couldn't talk or do anything. "Hi...Hi, Kelly. It's nice...to see you."

"Hi Kenny...you are Kenny right?" she seemed confused. "Yes, yes you are...I haven't seen you like this...before."

I took her jacket and welcomed her in, her parents seemed nice as they chatted with my parents. I put her chair closer to mine and she smiled. We even began a conversation of our own.

"Kelly, this is Butters, Clyde, and Tweek." I replied. "They're over for the party."

"It's nice to meet you all." She smiled. "Um, where are the rest of your friends?"

"Oh, they couldn't make it. They had plans and I had plans." I smiled. "They'll meet you on, Monday."

Tweek took some of the ice cream and looked at Kelly. "So...how's was your flight? It must of been your first time...gah...riding on a plane."

"It was kinda scary, I never flew a plane before but I got used to it." she replied. "Actually, my parents got plane sick so it wasn't fun for them."

"That does seem scary, I-I never got a plane before." added Butters. "I've traveled before."

Kelly grabbed the ice cream and began eating, she looked different then when I last saw her. It seemed she was into cosmetics because she had lip gloss and eyeshadow on and it looked really good on her. I began eating my ice cream as added whipped cream and sprinkles to mine, Kelly blushed and looked away from me, it seemed she still liked me even though we've been having a long-distance relationship. Butters opened the chips and began sharing with everyone, Clyde also began asking questions about Kelly and we were all having a good laugh.

"So, you sing in a choir?" Clyde asked. "That seems like fun, you could involved in chorus here."

"You and Kenny would make a good duet." replied Butters. "Kenny sings really good."

"I didn't know you could sing." said Kelly. "You'd have to show sometime."

I blushed, it was true but I felt nervous singing in front of Kelly. "Yeah, I could show you when you come over."

Kelly seemed quiet then normal, I guess since she just got here it would take some time to readjust to where she came from. For some odd reason, Butters brought up "Truth or Dare." and everyone wanted to play, I'm guessing so we would hear dirty secrets we'd never reveal. Butters got nervous and seemed excited to play, Tweek got nervous and said he would choose all dares just so he could reveal anything about the truth. Kelly was daring, she would do both or one then the other. Is stuck to truth because I didn't want to do anything stupid or careless.

"Alright Tweek, you can't keep choosing "Dare" all the time, ch-choose "Truth" replied Butters. "I told about twenty of mine."

"Gah! Jesus, okay I'll...tell a "Truth", I don't know if have any." Tweek's face was flushed, we all knew he was lying. "I...spied on Craig once."

Everyone snickered and the game was over, Tweek began laughing at his own "truth" making everyone else laugh. The power accidently went out, and we sat in darkness, the whole house remained quiet. I began snickering for no reason and the bad part was that our backup generator didn't have enough power to work and it still needed fixing. Tweek tried to move his chair out and ended up falling down on the floor with his plate falling on his face, the ice cream was everywhere as he tried to get back up. Then the lights came back on, we laughed again.

"Kenny, it's about eight o'clock now, we have to let Kelly and her family finish packing." my mom replied. "You can see her tomorrow."

"Oh, okay. See you Kelly, it was nice to see you again." I blushed as she neared closer to me. "I'll see you tomorrow..."

She kissed me. "Bye Kenny, see you later."

I walked her out to the front steps and she left with her parents. I sighed. The fun was over way too soon. Cartman, Kyle, and Stan walked past Kelly and stood near me. Cartman seemed like he was in a worst mood then this morning. I tried hard not laugh.

"That party was kick ass, but Wendy kicked me out! It was all Token's fault!" yelled Cartman, he was trying to blame someone for something. "He'll be sorray!"

"Dude, you cause way too much trouble for people to think it's someone else." replied Kyle. "Kenny, we just saw your girlfriend strut by, she's hot!"

"Yeah dude, she was looking good!" replied Stan. "That's Kelly? She looks different."

"Yeah, our party just finished."

"Wendy's doesn't finish until eleven, I'm braking back in." said Cartman. "I want to party!"

Cartman took off down road, we didn't bother to run after him. I invited my friends in for leftover ice cream and cookies as I heard Cartman yelling and cursing at Token, then he got kicked out again and came running back. I laughed harder and he glared at me.

It seemed like today was both a special and screwed up day but I enjoyed it.

That's ch.2 R&R.