A/N: I decided that I wanted to continue this story for a bit more, so this is officially not the last chapter of Stan's Hair. I just wanted to let you guys know that this story is about Stan's life and not totally about Stan and Kyle. This is two years ahead when Stan is twenty-one.

.o.o.

Just like when I was nineteen nothing much happened the year after, I was still dating Clyde and it was going really well, he moved in across the hall with Craig and Tweek so we saw each other practically every day.

I'd gotten a job as a waiter at a local diner along with Heidi and we'd gotten closer over the year. Sheila and Gerald Broflovski both moved Alaska, my dad and Liane went to Vegas after my nineteenth birthday and there still hasn't been any contact to this day.

But by my twenty first birthday things started to look better for me.

.o.o.

Clyde and I walk into my apartment, all the lights are off and I can see a slight glint of silver as I open the door, suspicious.

"Happy two year anniversary, Stan and Clyde!"

"Oh my god" Clyde whispers as he clutches my hand tighter, he's not the biggest fan of surprises so it's natural that he just passed out pulling me down with him. It's the twentieth of October, the day after my twenty first birthday and I still have a massive hang over, from the floor I can see the triplets, Shelley and Kevin, Kenny, Heidi, Craig and Tweek.

"God damn, Clyde!" I yell at my chubby boyfriend, he's not really fat he's just a little bigger than others. I pick myself up and leave him lying unconscious in the doorway of the apartment.

"You guys are finally plotting to kill us aren't you? Well looks like you got Clyde" I joke, Tweek shrieks and jumps back into Butters and Red who I just realised are here.

"Sorry dude, anyway happy anniversary!" Kenny congratulates, I give him a half hug and he helps me lift Clyde up and smack him awake.

"Wh-Whaa... What's goin' on?" Clyde asks as he looks around, he sees the big anniversary banner hanging from the ceiling and realises what happened, I kiss him on the cheek and he smiles brightly.

"Thanks, buddy" He gives me a hug and walks over to Tweek and Craig and I go over to the triplets who are sitting with Heidi, Shelley and Kevin.

"Hiya, Stanny!" Two year old Christopher greets, I didn't really like being called Uncle Stan so eventually I got them to call me 'Stanny' even though it reminded me of that weird Christmas critter story Cartman told in primary school.

"Hey there, guys" I give each one of them a hug and Steph makes herself comfortable in my lap.

"Stanny, I'm gonna be thwee soon" She smiles as she holds up three of her tiny fingers.

"You're getting to be a big girl aren't you?" I tickle her and she laughs and squirms away into Kevin's lap and gives her dad a sloppy kiss on the cheek, I stand up and walk into the kitchen where I see three other people who weren't there before Kyle, Wendy and their daughter Bonnie.

I really do love Clyde, he's sensitive and sweet but not really like Big Gay Al or anything, he's kinda like a rough football player with a heart of gold, we make each other happy and he has an awesome sense of humour. But I am still in love with Kyle, even though he's married, a father and has basically stopped talking to me since that drunken night two years ago. I know it, he knows it, Kenny knows it and even Clyde knows it, I mean he feels the same for Cartman.

"Hi, Stan! We came to wish you happy anniversary!" Wendy congratulates as she runs over and hugs me tightly, she really has quite a grip. When she finally let's go I look over at Kyle who's playing with Bonnie.

Bonnie's hair is just like Kyle's, a dark crimson red in small curly locks that are about chin length, she has brown eyes like Wendy, she always smiles as well, just like her mother.

"Thanks, Wendy. Sorry I couldn't make it to your three year anniversary party in May, I was a little busy" I say, they know why I didn't go, it's because I couldn't stand to see them so happy together, but they understand, I hope.

"That's alright, sweets. Now I think that Bonnie would like to say hello to you" Wendy smiles, her voice is still as high pitched as it was when we were younger, she picks up her two year old daughter and passes her to me, I hold her in my arms and she looks up at me and smiles.

"Hello Bonnie, I'm Stan and I'm friends with your mom and dad, if they ever get on your nerves you can always come to me, okay?" I say to her, Wendy sighs happily and takes her back, Kyle just grunts at my comment, this is probably the longest time we've been in the room together in two years.

"I might go pop her with the triplets, you two behave" Wendy says sternly, she obviously wants us to talk but Kyle looks a little more focused on the beer between his hands. We go five minutes with just the sound of talking and laughing from the other room until I decide to end the silence.

"She really loves you y'know? I know you love her too, and I'm happy for you" I say to Kyle, he looks up and grunts but I can see the teeniest hint of a smile.

"Yeah, I know. I'm never gonna leave her, everything may have happened really fast but I couldn't be happier" Kyle seems to me smiling a bit more and I feel terrible, I really love him and I'm happy that he's happy but I also feel guilty, I mean it can't be easy knowing that someone else is in love with you and he happens to be your ex-best friend.

"Well I've got a boyfriend to go spend my anniversary with, I'll see ya round, Kyle" I give him a strong pat on the back and walk out into the room where everyone is sitting or standing around talking and having fun. I walk over to Clyde, Butters and Red, I wrap my arms around Clyde's waist and pull him into a hug.

"Butters and I are going to go set up the bar" Clyde says, I let him go and they leave me with Red.

"So, how's it going living in New York?" I ask.

"It's not bad, I'm a costume designer for a play that Bebe and Butters are in, best job ever" Red laughs, she's not a bad person really, she was quite mean and annoying when we were young but she's pretty laid back now.

"Any excuse to feel that nice piece of ass" I wink.

"I know, I'm working on trying to get Bebe into my apartment and in my bed" Red jokes as she flips some of her black her out of her face, I think she dyed it sometime in high school after some girl turned her down.

"I was talking about Butters" We talk for a couple minutes before our attention is moved to Kenny who is tapping a empty beer bottle with a knife.

"Everybody may I have your attention?" Kenny announces, the room goes silent and we all turn and face Kenny.

"Stan, no more waiting" I smile, I still don't know what it means but apparently I don't have to wait for it anymore "Now, how about the happy couples share a kiss?"

Kenny grabs Heidi, Wendy runs to Kyle, Shelley and Kevin lean into each other and I wrap my arm around Clyde's waist and all together we all share a kiss. When I move away from Clyde I catch James kissing Bonnie on the forehead.

"Shelley, looks like James has already got a girlfriend" I laugh, everyone looks at the triplets, they missed the kiss but now Bonnie and James are sharing a little hug and the other two are poking their tongues out at them.

"I told you, Stan. All we needed was Kyle and we'd all be connected as a family" Kenny yells over the room.

"It's all coming together, Kenny!" I yell back, he gives me a thumbs up and I smile at Kyle who smiles back.

.o.o.

The party ended about two hours ago when Wendy and Kyle went home to put Bonnie to bed, shortly after Butters and Red had to leave for their flight back to New York, Shelley and Kevin left Kenny, Heidi and I with the triplets for the night and now it's just Craig, Tweek, Clyde and me, Kenny and Heidi fell asleep as soon as the triplets were put in their cots.

Tweek's passed out on the floor after having a panic attack that the babies were plotting with the underpants gnomes to steal his socks and Craig is sitting beside him holding a cup of coffee above his nose to wake him up.

"Tweek, I know you can smell it. Don't make me get Staniel to unleash the babies on you" The caffeine addicted blonde shoots up, grabs the cup of coffee, drinks it then runs out the door and across to his apartment.

"I'd better make sure he doesn't kill himself" Craig sighs as he pulls himself off the ground "Clyde, you coming?"

"Yeah, I'm getting kinda tired, bye Stan" Clyde gives me a kiss on the cheek then follows Craig out the apartment. I stand up and walk into the kitchen and grab some orange juice out the fridge and pour myself a cup.

"So, do you want to know what you've been waiting for?" Kenny asks from the doorway, I jump at the sound of his voice and turn to him.

"W-Why not?"

"Well, Kyle trusts you more, he wants to be better friends and you are gonna me pretty tight again. Nothing like before, he's not in love with you either but he's back" Kenny says happily.

"Happy, vibrant, always-really-funny, Kyle is back?" I ask hopefully.

"After he saw that hug between Bonnie and James he realised something, that something being that he's been missing you a lot. I don't know how babies hugging made him realise that but it did"

"And Cartman knew this?"

"He got a little help from Satan on the specific when, but he always knew it would happen. As much of a asshole as he was-and still is- he was observant and a little more nicer to people who can relate to him." Kenny says as he walks over and grabs my glass of juice and takes a sip.

"Tell him, thanks, and to tell Ike that Filmore really misses him"

"When did you talk to Filmore?" Kenny asks as he finishes the rest of the drink.

"I got a job as a student-teacher in his Maths class, he recognised me and asked to talk to me after school, so I waited out front and he came and talked to me about how much he missed Ike" I explain.

"Alright, hey, do you remember Damien? Son of Satan, came to school in the third grade and the again in eighth?"

"Yeah, oh my god, remember when he turned you into a duck-billed-platy-bear?" I laugh, Kenny had to kill himself just to come back normal from that one.

"Yes, well... Apparently he's been studying at the Denver college and he's applying to become an English teacher at South Park High, looks like you might have a familiar face to work with" Oh great, I get to work with the son of Satan "And don't worry he's not that bad, his voice is still kinda high-pitched but he's a pretty cool guy"

Kenny and I talk for a while before I yawn and toddle off to bed, when I finally put my head down on the pillow I hear my phone go off, I turn over and answer it.

"Hello?" I ask tiredly, working as a student teacher and at a diner leaves you very little time to sleep and it pisses me off when I can't get any.

"Hey, Stan"

"Hey, Kyle, what's up?" I ask as I prop myself up in bed.

"I-I was just wondering if you wanted to come with Bonnie and I to this concert for little kids, tickets are cheap so you could bring the triplets?" Is Kyle offering to spend time with me? Take it!

"Sure, I'll check with my sister, when is it?"

"Tomorrow at four, Wendy only just reminded me"

"Alright, see you then"

"Bye" I hang up the phone and put it back on my dresser, I'm so super happy that even Big Gay Al couldn't compete with me.

.o.o.

After that concert Kyle and I started hanging out more and became great friends again, like Kenny said it still isn't the same as it used to be but it's still pretty good. Heidi and Kenny got engaged, they planned on a long engagement saying that they didn't want to get married anytime soon. Clyde and I split up mutually in December, he moved to Canada and only Craig and Tweek ever spoke to him anymore.

I kept growing my hair until my boss at the diner threatened to fire me, I had no choice but to cut it because it was the only thing paying for me to continue my studying at Park County Community College.

I still have the long braid of hair that I cut when I was eighteen, I keep it in my bottom drawer as a reminder that I will always love Kyle, whether I can have him or not.