At lunch, I could feel my blood boil when I saw Kyle sitting over by Token. He ignored me after what happened in Art, not that I blamed him, I would ignore me too. I then decided that it was time to man up, I wasn't going to care what the school thought of me, I was going to go tell Token that the deal was off and I was going to fix things will Kyle!
"Hey Token, can I talk to you in private?" I asked.
"Sure." Token replied and he followed me out into the hall.
"Can you hurry up? I'm missing lunch." Token grumbled after a few minutes of us just standing in silence.
"I just wanted to let you know that the deal's off, I'm asking Kyle out as soon as I get back to the cafeteria."
I was surprised to see an evil smile pass across Token's face when I said that.
"I wouldn't do that if I was you, I asked him to go to a movie with me Friday and he said yes."
I was shocked, I couldn't believe that Kyle had agreed to go out with Token, especially when he had told me he liked me just hours earlier. It then hit me; Kyle was just dating Token to make me jealous. I started laughing a bit inside when I imagined the hurt Token would go through when he realised what Kyle's motives were.
"Have fun." I said with a smile, knowing that their relationship wouldn't last long.
Kyle's POV:
"Are you going to eat that?" Clyde asked pointing at my pudding cup; I shook my head and slid it across the table towards him.
"Why aren't you sitting by Stan and the other guys?" Craig asked; he hadn't been in Art so he didn't see me get publically humiliated by Stan.
"It's nothing." I muttered twirling my fork around in my green beans; I didn't have much of an appetite after what had happened.
"I know what could make you feel better." Token said flashing a smile full of perfectly straight teeth.
"What?"
"Come to the movies with me Friday, we can see anything you want." He said with a hopeful smile. I thought about it for a few minutes, I really did like Stan, but he had said that the kiss meant nothing to him, besides; I couldn't be a dateless loser forever.
"Sure, I'll go." I finally said.
"Great." Token said flashing his award winning smile again. I was surprised when Stan came over and asked to talk to Token in private; Token excused himself before going to talk to Stan out in the hall.
"What do you think he wants?" Clyde asked. I shrugged my shoulders in response.
"Probably to stir up more trouble, you know what those guys are like." Craig muttered earning a glare from me.
"Well, it's true." Craig retorted in defence. I sighed and pushed my tray across the table towards Craig before getting up and walking towards the hall. I ended up bumping into Stan right as he was coming back into the cafeteria.
"Sorry dude." He said with a light smile. I just ignored him and continued to walk outside to the school yard.
Stan's POV:
I was a bit miffed that Kyle ignored me right then, I mean I know what I did was bad, but he didn't have to ignore me when I tried to apologise. We were still best friends, right? I was too busy fretting over whether Kyle and I were still best friends or not that I didn't notice Craig slinking up behind me.
"Hey Marsh." He said. I turned around and gave him a glare, I never liked him much.
"What do you want?" I asked not even trying to keep the dislike out of my voice. He knew I didn't like him and from what I know, the feeling's mutual on his part too.
"Tell your little rat to back off of Token." Craig replied with his eyes narrowing.
"What are you talking about?" I asked with slight annoyance.
"Tell that slut Kyle to stay away from Token; I don't want him catching some weird STD or something."
I felt a jolt of anger surge through my body, how dare he say that about the most amazing guy on the planet?
"Kyle is a virgin thank you very much!" I objected.
"Oh, that's right; he's so ugly no one would even dream of fucking him." Craig sneered, he was close enough to me that I could smell his dog shit and rotten egg breath.
"Back off." I growled shoving him back. Craig snorted and rolled his eyes before flipping me off and walking out of the cafeteria. I didn't see why Craig had it out for Kyle; it wasn't like Kyle had done anything bad to him recently that I could remember. I was relieved when the bell finally rang for me to go to History class. When I entered the classroom, I took a seat beside Kyle who just turned his head the other way and started chewing on his pencil; I sighed and turned around towards Kenny who had taken the seat behind mine.
"Hey." I greeted him.
"Hi." He said back with a smile.
"What's up?"
"Nothing, you?"
Before I could reply, Mr Reed entered the room and started putting paper back work books on our desk.
"What is this? This is the shit we get in Elementary School." Cartman said holding the book up with disgust.
"Would you rather I make you write the questions out by hand?" Mr Reed asked. Cartman shook his head and slunk down in his seat with defeat. I knew him well enough though to know that he was probably plotting something. If Mr Reed ended up dead, I'd know the first person to suspect.
"Open your books to page one and start doing the questions for the chapter." Mr Reed barked. All the students including myself started groaning our protests.
"Now!" Mr Reed yelled with his bearded face turning cherry red.
"There's a law against child labour laws!" Cartman protested.
"School work isn't child labour." Kyle muttered.
"Shut up Jew!" Cartman screeched throwing his book at Kyle which ended up hitting him on the head.
"You two go to the office now!" Mr Reed screamed at Cartman and Kyle.
"Fucking fat ass." Kyle growled before stomping out the door.
Kyle's POV:
My apprehension grew as we neared closer and closer to the office, I didn't know what the principal had in store for me and I honestly hoped he wouldn't call my parents. When we reached the office door, I swallowed the hard lump that was forming in my throat and slowly reached my hand up to the door knob.
"I ain't got all day!" Cartman grumbled before shoving me out of the way and opening the door himself.
The principal gave us a disappointed smile when he saw us.
"Sent to my office on the first day? What did you boys do?" He asked.
"Nothing! Mr Reed is just a dick; I think he's conspiring against me!" Cartman answered.
"Cartman threw his History work book at me." I said glaring at Cartman, there was no way I was going to let him weasel his way out of this one.
"You started it by calling me names!" Cartman protested.
"You called me names first!" I retorted.
"Are you done yet?" The principal asked with slight annoyance after listening to us bicker for a few minutes.
"I have decided that since it's the first day, I will let you boys off with a warning, but if you get sent here again I will call your parents."
I breathed out a sigh of relief,
"Thank you, Sir." I said before walking out the door and back to History class. When I entered the classroom, I could see Stan looking at me with a sad look in his eyes, it made me almost want to talk to him; almost. I gave him a small look before sitting in my seat and starting on my History work, I knew that if Cartman hadn't interrupted me, I might have been almost finished by now.
"Are you okay?" Stan whispered. I groaned and shook my head, after today's events, I didn't see how anything could be okay.
"You have a date with Token though, doesn't that make you happy?" Stan asked. I replied by shrugging. I would enjoy going on a date with Token if I wasn't hung up on Stan. Why did he even have to kiss me for? Why did all those feelings have to flow out right when he did? I was angry, hurt, and confused that he would screw me around like that; he was supposed to be my best friend. Did he resent that I was gay and this way his way of making it known? I wanted to confront him about it, but I couldn't get the words to come out.
"Man Kyle, stop staring at Stan like he's a piece of meat you want to sink your teeth into, I mean he's hot but damn." Kenny said with a laugh which caused Stan to jerk his head up from his work to look at me. I glared at him which caused him to look at me sadly like a wounded puppy before returning back to his work.
Stan's POV:
The bell finally rang for us to go to Gym class, I was psyched; Gym was definitely one of my best subjects.
"Oh hey fellas." Butters said when he saw us step out of the classroom.
"Get out of the way Butters." Cartman said rolling his eyes before shoving past the boy and walking out of the school.
"Jeez, I wonder what has his panties in a wad." Butters said. I had to suppress a laugh at that. Kyle waved at Butters before walking into the Gym. I was a bit disappointed that there were separate stalls that we could all change in; I had really wanted to see Kyle without his clothes on. Sure there were some guys who changed out in the open like Clyde and me, but Kyle was shy about his body. When we were all dressed out in our gym clothes, we headed out to the gym where Coach Buffalo was waiting for us.
"Today we will be playing kick ball, one team will be shirts and one team will be skins." He barked. He then pointed at Clyde, me, Butters, Jason, Kevin, and Token.
"You will be shirts." He said.
"The rest of you will be skins."
"I can't be a skin." Kyle protested.
"Why not?" Coach Buffalo demanded.
"He's insecure about his anorexic Jew body." Cartman snorted.
"I just can't okay?" Kyle said with his eyes filling with tears.
"I'll be a skin." Clyde volunteered.
"Me too." Token added in.
"I want to be a skin!" I jumped in.
"The four of you go to the office, I will call your parents and you will get an F in Gym for today." Coach Buffalo said angrily. I opened my mouth in shock; I didn't even know it was possible to get an F in Gym!
"This is so unfair!" Clyde grumbled as he started putting his regular clothes back on.
"It's Kyle's fault, I mean if he didn't think he was too good to be a skin then none of this would have ever happened." Craig said.
"What are you doing in here Craig?" Token demanded.
"I flipped the coach off; he's making me go with you idiots." Craig replied.
"Well that's stupid." I said.
"What's stupid is your boyfriend making a huge deal of not wanting to be a skin and the three of your trying to be his hero." Craig snorted.
"Speaking of Kyle, where is he?" Clyde asked.
"I'll go check on him." I said. When I reached the stall Kyle was in, I was surprised to hear muffled sobs coming out of it.
"Are you okay?" I whispered. Kyle's response was to cry harder.
"It's okay, it's just Gym, I sure the F won't even count." I said trying to console him; I knew how much he cared about his grades.
"It's not just that." He choked out.
"What is it then?" I asked.
"Nothing, just leave me alone."
Instead of doing what Kyle told me to, I did the opposite and crawled under the stall door. Before he could say anything, I took him into my arms and held him tightly.
"It will be okay." I whispered softly when he started crying into my chest.
"No it won't." He muttered.
"Yes it will." I said kissing the top of his head.
"Why did you kiss me in Art and then tell me it meant nothing? Do you resent me for being gay, is that why you played that cruel trick on me?" He asked pulling away after he had been crying for a few more minutes.
"I don't resent you for being gay, it's just complicated." I said honestly. Kyle sighed and gave me a light smile.
"I guess I could understand that, I mean it's a bit complicated for me myself."
"I'm glad you understand." I said grabbing his hand and squeezing it lightly.
"I don't mean to be rude, but can you get out? I really need to change." Kyle said.
"Sure, it's no problem." I said releasing his hand. I was about to head out of the Gym to go to the office but I stopped short when I heard Token and Clyde talking.
"I'm sooo happy you got him to agree to go out with you, I can't wait for that idiot to get humiliated." Clyde snickered.
"I want to humiliate him just as much as you, though I'd love to humiliate Stan too." Token replied.
"We will humiliate Stan in due time my friend, but we are starting with the weakest link first."
I couldn't believe what I was hearing; Token was just going out with Kyle so he could humiliate him! I decided against telling him right away though, I figured he'd already been upset enough for one day. I let out a low sigh before walking out of the Gym, I thought High School would be fun, but now it felt like a confusing nightmare, I just didn't know that it was about to get a lot worse.
