Author's Note: OK
Author's Note: OK. So I'm so I'm working on it... Sort of working through a writer's block. Let's just see if I can make it through this.
Disclaimer: I still don't own South Park. Hell, I'm not even American. Matt Stone and Trey Parker are, however, and it just so happens that they DO own South Park. Not me. I'm just using the show as a setting for my story because I'm too lazy and uncreative to make up my own characters and settings. Enough rambling. On with the show! Not really.
Chapter One: From Bay River to South park
Nobody told Kyle anything. How in the hell was he supposed to know she was asleep on the air mattress on the floor in his room? He didn't even know she was staying over. So naturally, he cried out in alarm when he walked into his room, waking up his sleeping cousin and spurring a lecture from his parents. Despite all that, however, he was glad to see Lily.
Kyle had spent the night before at Stan's house, and didn't get back until 1:00. Stan had come with him, and they weren't intending to stay. They were only going to pick up some money and then go to the movies. That plan fell apart when they found Lily.
Stan had met her briefly once before when they were seven and Lily was nine. He had gone to get Kyle and she was over. She introduced herself, but really all the two knew about each other was their names.
"So what tine did you get here?" Kyle asked his cousin.
"I'm not sure exactly what time, but not too long before you came in." Kyle, Lily and Stan were in Kyle's room, while his parents were in the kitchen talking by themselves. "Jesus, how the hell did things get so fucked up so quickly?"
"So what happened exactly?" Stan inquired.
Lily yawned and began her story. She kept it quite abridged, briefly explaining her life situation. "Then when my mom finally decides to show up, my dad gets all weird and sends me off. He gave me some sheets with bus routes, but they were outdated. The busses run all night my ass. I took a bus from Bay River into Portland. From there I was supposed to take another bus into Boise and it would take me straight to Denver. Unfortunately, that bus wasn't running anymore. So I had to take a bus into Salem, down into Sacramento, over to Carson City, catch another bus to Salt Lake City and finally into Denver where I rode my last bus here."
"Wow."
"Yeah, it took like eighteen hours to get here at least. When I got here I pretty much just went straight into your room and to sleep on the air mattress." Lily yawned widely again. "I got a little bit of sleep on the bus, and here, but otherwise I've been up all night."
"If you want we can leave you alone so you can get some more rest." Kyle offered.
"No, that's really alright. I'm tired, but I'm too wired to actually sleep. There's just WAY too much going on right now."
"Alright. Let's go see what my parents are doing." Kyle suggested.
They followed Kyle out of his room and into the kitchen. "Mom," Kyle said. "How long is Lily staying here exactly?"
"Well sweetie, Lily's mommy and daddy need to sort some things out," Kyle's mom explained.
"Lily's parents aren't like your mom and I," his dad continued.
"I know, Lily already told us," Kyle interrupted.
"Did she? Well good. Look, Cousin Lily's gonna stay with us however long she needs to," Kyle's mom answered. "It could be a couple days, maybe a week, or longer even. She just needs some peace and quiet and she's gonna stay here and get it, however long she needs."
Stan and Kyle exchanged looks. Peace? Quiet? In South Park? What planet was she living on? Nonetheless, it would still be cool to have Lily around, and Kyle was glad she was staying.
"So we were gonna go catch a movie. You up for one?" Stan offered.
Lily smiled sleepily. "A movie would be great."
They paid for their tickets and Lily made it through the previews. But once the movie started, she was out like a light.
While Lily slept soundlessly next to them, Kyle and Stan weren't paying much attention to the movie either. They weren't even sure what they were seeing.
"So, what's she like," Stan asked, indicating Lily.
Kyle shrugged. "I haven't seen her for a while, but I think she's cool."
Stan tilted his head to the right at looked at her. Neither of them was really sure what to make of the situation, but this wasn't the worse they'd been in. They learned to just go with it a long time ago.
"So what are we seeing anyway?" Kyle asked.
"Dude, I have no clue. Some ninja thing."
Neither of them really paid any attention to the movie. It was a fantastic waste of nine dollars apiece, but at least Lily had some time to sleep and the boys had some peace.
Lily woke up ten minutes before the end. "Shit. Well, that was a fantastic movie!" She rubbed her eyes and yawned. Her neck was stiff, and she somehow felt more tired than she did before.
When they left the theatre, they were at a loss for what to do next. Fortunately, or unfortunately, they didn't have to decide. As luck would have it, they met up with Cartman and Kenny, who just so happened to be outside the theatre. Stan and Kyle were a little suspicious. Cartman looked like he was up to something, as usual, and Kenny just looked like he had nothing better to do. Lily just kept her expression blank and watched mutely. She wanted to see how long it would be before they noticed her.
"Whatever it is, no," Kyle asserted upon seeing their "friend". He had enough problems as it was without whatever the fat ass wanted.
"What? Is that what we've come to? Assuming that I'm going to get you in trouble?" Cartman said in an overly innocent voice. "It thought we could trust each other a little more but, well, obviously I was wrong."
Kyle rolled his eyes. "Oh, don't give me your crap." He was not in the mood.
"Whoa, sorry. Apparently it's little Miss Kyla's time of the month," Cartman shot back. He wasn't taking any crap from Kyle either.
"Shut up asshole!"
Lily cocked an eyebrow and exchanged looks with Stan while her cousin and Cartman continued arguing. A smile played on her lips as she figured this wasn't anything new for them. She almost didn't want to intervene, this was slightly entertaining. But she felt that she had to, if only for the sake of moving on and doing something else.
"You know," Lily began. "As fun as arguing for absolutely no reason at all is," she continued, stressing the "no reason at all", hoping they'd get the hint, "I would rather not sit here and listen to it. Can we move on by any chance?"
Cartman gave her an appraising look. "Who's the ho? Kyle have a girlfriend?"
Lily laughed dryly. "Hardly. I'm his cousin, fat ass. And the way you two greeted each other I'm guessing you're the best of friends, naturally."
"I see. Well, it's real nice to meet you," he replied in a falsely cheery voice.
"Why thank you. I wish I could say the same back. Now can we PLEASE do something?" Now that Lily had met all Kyle's friends and exchanged pleasantries, or un-pleasantries, she was eager to do something. She needed a distraction from her shitty life.
They decided on going to the arcade. Lily wasn't high score material, but she was good enough to get enough tickets to get a stuffed alien at the prize booth. They had spent two hours at the arcade, and when they were done there, dispersed and headed home for supper.
At Kyle's house, Lily insisted she wasn't hungry and simply watched T.V. During the day Kyle's mom prepared the guest bedroom for Lily, and she spent the night in there instead of on the air mattress.
Kyle was far from looking forward to school the next day. But in the morning his mom told him that he wasn't going. She excused him for the week so he could help his cousin. Surely things would be sorted out by then and all would go back to normal. She had also called Stan's mom and recommended she excused him, too. When Cartman caught wind of this he couldn't stand the thought of being at school while his friends weren't, so he got his mom to excuse him too. And Kenny just skipped because his parents wouldn't care if he got in trouble for it.
The week passed without much event. They mostly spent it watching T.V. and playing video games. Even Cartman tried to behave. It was a half-hearted attempt, but there wasn't and exceptional amount of animosity of his accord.
Friday night they were sitting in Kyle's living room watching Terrance and Phillip.
"I heard they're only making three more seasons of this show. It's just a rumor, but a lot of people will be pissed off at CBC if it's true," Lily stated during the first commercial.
"No way," Cartman argued. "They wouldn't, it's their main source of income."
"I said it was just a rumor. Some guy at the bus stop who claimed to be a friend of the Canadians was spouting all kinds of bullshit, so I was convinced it wasn't true. I wouldn't have even mentioned it just now if I hadn't heard the same thing at the bus stop in Denver from some other guy so..." Lily said in her defense.
The phone rang after that, but none of them paid too much attention to it. The show was back on. After a few minutes and several fart jokes, Kyle's mom called Lily to the phone. Her dad had called.
Lily put the phone to her ear. "Dad?" This could go either way. Either it was all good, or he had fucked things up even worse.
"Hey sweetie," he replied. The tone of his voice told Lily exactly which way this was going. "Um, I'm really sorry, but I've done something really stupid."
