"Heidi, time for school!" My mom called. I rolled out of bed. The weekend had been crazy. On Sunday I had gotten visits from every kid in the class. No complaining though, it was kind of cool. As soon as I was ready I headed for my bus stop.
"Hey Lola, Tweek, Craig," I said waving to them. Lola and Tweek waved back, Craig flipped me off. The bus pulled up. As I got on I heard everyone say unanimously, "Hi Heidi!" I waved a little and pulled into a seat with Wendy.
"So how was your weekend Miss Popular?" She said giggling.
"Exactly that. Everywhere I go people are saying hi to me or trying to act like they are my best friend. It's pretty cool," I said smiling. I turned to see Kenny looking at me through his parka. My heart skipped a beat. He smiled back at me as Wendy nudged me.
"He kept looking over here as if waiting for you to get on the bus," She said as my smile stretched even further. The bus halted to a short stop as I smacked my face into the seat in front of me.
"God! At least warn us!" I said loudly to myself. I saw Ms. Crabtree sneer at us. My mouth shut itself automatically as if afraid to speak another word. The door opened as we filed out. I waited by the open door after I got out for Anne and Wendy to get off. We were the only three to share a bus. Red, Powder, Millie, and Bebe were on bus 24 while we were on 47.
Every kid that got off gave me a smile. First was Clyde. "Still on for lunch?" He asked. I nodded. "Nice," he said as Jason came behind him. He smiled and waved at me. I waved back to be nice. As soon as he saw my gesture his face turned pink and he walked away. Lockie came off next.
"Hey Heidi," he said. As I did for the others, I waved to him too. "See you in class," he said happily running after Jason. Every single kid to leave the bus gave me some sort of reaction. As Wendy and Anne left the bus it pulled away leaving a cloud of smoke.
"What- what's that?" Anne coughed as a red station wagon pulled up. As the smoke cleared we stood watching as Cartman got out of the car wearing a neck brace, Band-Aids covering his jaw, and holding a cane. God that kid was an over reactor.
He looked me in the eye and I could have sworn it twitched in fear for a split second, but after the second was up, he furrowed his brow and narrowed his eyes trying to look tough.
"Heidi," he said passing and shoving me. I lifted an arm as if to hit him as he flinched. I smiled manically.
"Eric," I said as he shook his fists angrily for falling into my plan. He hobbled over to the entrance of the school and disappeared. Wendy and Anne stood in shock.
"Wow Heidi, you sure became powerful," Anne said as we started walking.
"Just make sure you don't abuse your power. I would hate to see..." she lectured on until we reached the class room. "You know?" She ended. I nodded. She was right in a way but I intended to benefit from every second of this.
"Okay students, let's start the day with vocabulary. Eric what the hell are you doing?" Mrs. Garrison asked as Cartman attempted to get in his chair. Apparently me hitting him in the jaw made him incapable of walking let alone sitting.
"Just trying - trying – to get - up!" He said in between pants. He fell into the chair. "If you haven't noticed, I was injured over the weekend," he said as I smacked my forehead. This kid was ridiculous!
"Well I don't really give a rat's ass about your personal life Eric. You come here to learn," she said erasing the chalkboard. "Okay, like I was saying. We can start with vocabulary." As I copied down the words I looked over at Bebe. She looked better but still had the look of anger in her eyes. She glanced up at me but quickly returned her view to her paper as if she couldn't bare to look at me. I sighed.
As class dragged on I found myself making the same hearts I was drawing two days ago. I watched my hand move swiftly to make the K and the H somehow connect. "Watcha drawing?" a voice came as I quickly covered the paper. I turned to see Kenny staring me in the face.
"Nothing, just uhhh notes," I lied quickly. He raised an eyebrow.
"No one smiles that much taking notes," he said reaching for the paper.
"No!" I whisper yelled loudly. He tried to reach for it again but this time was intercepted by Kyle.
"Dude leave her alone, she's just trying to take notes!" He said scolding his friend. He smiled at me and continued writing on his own paper. I watched Kenny look at my sheet once more before returning to the lesson. Finally the bell rang and we were let out for lunch. Naturally I waited for Wendy, Bebe, and the rest of them.
"Hey guys," I said as they came over. "Ready?" I asked as someone tapped my arm. I turned to see Clyde, Tweek, Token and Jason.
"Aren't you sitting with us today?" Clyde asked as Tweek jumped a little.
"Oh yeah! Sorry guys," I said as Red frowned.
"That's okay, we'll catch you later," Millie said pulling the other girls along. I walked through the hallways with them. I got glances from every direction; it was like I was famous. We pulled up a table near the door.
"So Heidi, how was your weekend?" Jason asked as I opened my lunch bag.
"Kind of hectic. Everywhere I went people were talking to me," I informed as he nodded.
"That was amazing what you did," Token said. I felt myself blush. Even though I didn't have feelings for him anymore I couldn't help but think he was cute.
"It was really nothing," I started as he shook his head.
"That was incredible. I mean the kids so screwed up he thinks he needs a cane," he said pointing to a fat kid who was having a difficult time climbing onto a seat due to a cane. What an ass.
"Hear you're going to Kevin's party," Clyde said taking a bite of his sandwich. "Guess we'll see you there." He said as Tweek jumped again.
"So – argh! - you weren't afraid of Cartman?" Tweek asked twitching a little. I shook my head.
"I had to help my friends, he would have killed them if I didn't," I said as token nodded. He moved a little closer to me as my face turned a maroon. The bell rang again as we cleared the table and headed to class. "I have to wait for Craig, I'll see you later," I said as they waved goodbye. Craig came up beside me.
"You didn't sit with the girls today?" He asked. I shook my head.
"Clyde invited me to sit with him on Saturday, remember?" I asked. He half nodded.
"How was Token?" he questioned, remembering my crush on him five months ago.
"He was fine," I said trying to keep calm. Suddenly Craig was out of view and I was standing next to Kenny. I looked back to see Craig picking up his backpack angrily, as if someone had shoved him.
"Hey Heidi," Kenny interjected as I snapped back into reality.
"Oh, hi," I said as Craig walked to class, alone.
"I hear you're going to Kevin's party," he said. Since when did everyone know Kevin invited me?
"Yeah I am," I said looking at the floor.
"I was uhhh wondering," he started before pausing. My heart started beating faster.
"Yeah?" I asked hoping he'd finish his sentence before the bell rang.
"If maybe, you know I could pick you up and we could go together?" His words nearly made me scream. I composed myself inside before answering.
"Yeah, that'd be pretty cool," I said wondering if me hitting Cartman was the reason for his sudden interest in me. What ever it was, I didn't care. Kenny had just basically asked me out. I assumed he smiled through his parka.
"Great! I was thinking we could walk to his house around 7:30?" He said more casually. I nodded.
"Sounds great."
"Cool, see you in class," he said before leaving me standing alone. My heart rate was still faster than normal as I grinned widely. This would most defiantly be the best party of my life.
