Chapter Nine: The Deepest Brain (SPOV)
I park my car a couple blocks down from Clyde's house. Everybody knew where he lived; he was the only kid with an outdoor pool. As I stroll down the street I look at all the cars.
"Let's see," I eye some familiar cars, "Wendy is here, Bebe is here, Craig is here, Token is here, Tweek's here, Butters, Kenny..."
I look at Kenny's car.
"Kenny's here, is Kyle with him?" I look for Kyle's car. "Nope, I don't see Kyle's car." He probably went with Kenny.
I proceeded to walk towards Clyde's door when all of a sudden,
"AH MAN THAT'S SICK!" Craig flies out of the door laughing his ass off, some other people come out with him laughing as well.
I laugh, "Dude what just happened?" I help him gain his composure.
"Oh my God Stan, Terrance just took a shot of vodka with a goldfish in it and hurled everywhere!" he gasped for air as he managed to tell me what happened.
I was laughing hysterically along with everyone else. They all started to walk back inside: Terrance lying in the middle of the floor wiping up his own vomit, Random guys dry-humping girls in the middle of the room over, people throwing each other in the indoor pool, and Kenny feeling up Kyle in the corner of the room.
What
It was them all right, I look again. They obviously didn't notice me since they're pretty much going at it in front of everyone. But what?
Kyle...what?
I couldn't help but staring. I couldn't believe it. I wouldn't believe it. My hunches were right! Kenny and Kyle. Wow.
"Shocked?" I heard a girl's voice from behind me.
I turned around, Wendy Testaburger. "Oh, hi Wendy," I walked over to the bar area. She followed.
"Haha, I caught you staring," She looked over herself, "I don't blame you." She grabbed a wine bottle and poured herself a drink. "They just showed up all touchy feely and nobody really asked, we were shocked." She took a sip, "Especially because we never thought Kyle would end up gay. With Kenny even!"
Overwhelmed.
Wendy looked at me and saw that I wasn't responsive, "What Stan?" I looked over, "Are you jealous or something?" she asked sarcastically.
I snapped out of it, "No No! Jesus..." I poured myself my own glass. "It's just... man. He's my best friend and I didn't even expect this." I kept watching them.
Wendy took another sip, "Yeah, we all said that since you two were always together, that it should have been you, not Kenny."
"Psh, get real Wendy," I kept watching them. I just couldn't believe it. There they were out in public, in front of everyone. In front of me. I kept watching, kept listening. Wendy left me and walked over to Bebe and the other girls.
I kept listening.
A couple girls walked up to Kenny and Kyle, one of them poked Kenny on the shoulder and said.
"What is this Kenny?" she was drunk as hell, she fell on Kenny's side causing Kyle to barge over. Kenny caught her.
"I..t.though I was your girlfriend!" She was laughing and the other girls were laughing as well. Kyle just watched.
Kenny laughed at it too, "Rebecca you slut, you know you're with Kevin." She laughed harder.
She stood up straight and let go of Kenny, "Yeah but... his ASS isn't as great as yours." She glanced over at Kyle.
"So Kyle's your new boytoy huh?" She walks over and corners Kyle. Kenny just watches, I'm fuming.
"You've gotten cuter," She plays with his hair, "too bad I didn't stick with you while I had the chance." The other girls walk over to him too.
"Uh yeah..." He tries to get out of her clutches.
One of Rebecca's friends glances at him, "You're that Jewish Kid that Cartman's always ragging on." she starts to laugh again.
She knocks Rebecca over and gets into Kyle's face, "So you're Jewish," She pushes her chest onto his and whispers, "Does that mean you're circumcised?" Her hand wanders, that's when I lost it.
"HEY!" I yell out at them, losing my temper.
Kenny whipped his head around, and loses the color in his face. He finally noticed my arrival. Kyle did too; he looks like his heart just stopped beating. My heart was beating 1000 times a second I was so angry. Kenny was the first to say anything.
"Stan!" he walks over to me. "How long have you been here?" He tries to sound happy, but I could hear he was worried. He walks closer to me and attempts to hug me but
"Get the fuck off me Kenny," I shove him into some other people standing around. It was at this point when more people came to realize the situation at hand.
Kenny started to get up off the ground, "What is this all about Kenny?" I yell at him as he looks straight at me. "I need an explanation! Why were you all over Kyle like that?" Everyone was quiet.
He closed his eyes and opened them with a look of seriousness that I have never seen in his eyes before, "You're too late Stan, Kyle's mine now."
Breathless.
"Yeah Stan... Kyle and I are together. We're lovers." He walks closer to me. Everyone in the entire house was listening at this point.
"Kyle and I are happy. You don't need to worry about it. We're okay with it." He got in my face, "Even if your not."
I quickly push him out of my way again and look at Kyle, who is collapsed in the floor with tears streaming down his face.
I try not to cry, "Is this true Kyle?" My voice cracks. "Have you always been like...this?" No response. I'm crying now. That's all the proof I need.
"Fine then!" I scream at him. "Live your... fag life with Kenny! Catch a STD or two! SEE IF I CARE!" I storm out the door. I don't look back.
(KPOV)
What have I done I look up and notice he's not there anymore. I panic and rush for the door. Kenny's behind me, he doesn't stop me. I can't stop crying.
I rush outside and look down the street, Stan's almost near his car. "WAIT!" I scream down the road. He stops.
I try to find the words I want to say, I find them rather quickly. I struggle to stand up, "I understand that you're mad," I breathe, "but I can't stop being who I am Stan." I'm bawling.
Stan isn't moving.
"You said over the phone that you weren't a homophobe." My legs give out from underneath me; I'm kneeling on the ground, "Why did you lie?"
He turns around. I can see his puffs of air in the cold, and the glow on his face from his tears. He puts his head down; "So that conversation did mean something..." he wipes a tear off his cheek.
I lighten up.
He starts to walk back, "I'm not mad that you're gay Kyle. I apologize for saying those hateful things." He kneels in front of me. "I'm just shocked that's all. I never expected this from you. I never expected you to be...yeah"
Crushed.
He looks at my sweatshirt and starts to laugh a bit, "I can't believe that you wore that." I look at him and then at my sweatshirt.
"Oh yeah, I saw it and I wanted to wear it tonight." I look at the moon, "It's cold and I remembered that you gave it to me."
"Same," He said.
I look at his chest; he's wearing the one I gave him.
"Look," he says. I look towards his face. "How about we get together tomorrow and we talk this over. Just you and me. No Kenny."
I sniffed back some tears, "I'd like that. I'd like that a lot."
He leans forwards and holds me. I stop breathing.
"I only want you to be happy Kyle," He closes his eyes.
"Even if it's with Kenny and not me."
(to be continued)
