I'm so sorry for the delay. Thanksgiving was last week and the holidays are approaching. It's a very depressing time for me right now. :-( I'll try to update when I can. I haven't forgetting the other stories, I'll update them soon, I promise! Anyway, as usual, R&R! I appreciate all the reviews! Enjoy! :-)

Chapter 11

Cartman's POV

Butters and I stayed the night at…well I guess technically it's still my house. Heidi wouldn't let me sleep in the room, so Butters and I ended up sleeping in the basement on a pull out sofa bed.

I hear my phone ringing and I look and see it's my mom calling. It's 8 am here so what the hell is she doing up so early? "Hi Mom." I say when I answer my phone.

"Eric!" I can hear the stress and worry in her voice. "Where are you? I was so worried about you."

"I'm in Vermont."

"How did you get there?"

"Butters drove me."

She lets out a sigh of relief. "That was sweet of him."

"Yeah, I feel guilty that I couldn't give him gas money."

"Oh Eric, I really wanted to help you."

I roll my eyes. I don't want to hear this shit first thing in the morning. "I know you did Mom, but as usual, you chose to listen to Jack. It's always Jack's choice that matters to you!"

"He's my boyfriend Eric."

"But I'm your son and I needed you!" I snap at her.

"I'm really sorry Eric." I hear her sniffle and I know it's time for us to hang up. The last thing I want is to hear her cry over the phone.

"I forgive you Mom. We'll talk later."

"Eric, are you planning to come back?"

"I don't know Mom. Later!" I quickly hang up.

"I'm sure your Mom is worried Eric." Butters tells me as he sits up.

"I know she is, but I'm still pissed at her."

He puts his arm around me. "I hate to say this, but you're slowly burning bridges."

"No I'm not.

He nods. "You are. First with Heidi, now your Mom."

"Both of them burned bridges with me! They turned their backs on me!"

"They were misunderstandings."

I frown. "Who's side are you on dude?"

"I'm on yours Eric. But part of being a friend is telling you what you don't want to hear."

I glare at Butters. "So what happened between you and Collin when Heidi and I went upstairs?"

He looks away and blushes. "What do you mean?"

"Don't play stupid!"

"He wants to take me out to dinner before we leave."

"You said no, right?"

He shakes his head. "I said yes. We're having dinner tomorrow."

I can't believe what I'm hearing. "Butters!"

"What? He's hot!"

I smack myself on the forehead. "Not you too..."

"Well you seem to be wrapped up in Heidi. I might as well move on."

"Why with him?"

Butters raises his eyebrow. "Are you jealous?"

"No! I just don't want you hanging out with that...snake!"

"How is he a snake?"

"He keeps taking everything and everyone from me!"

"He hasn't taken anyone from you Eric!"

"Heidi, Kayla, and now you! Good thing he's not in South Park, he might take my mom too!"

Butters chuckles. "You're being silly!"

"You need to cancel your date. We're leaving today!"

"Eric, I'm going to dinner tomorrow. You can wait two more days, can't you? That's more time you get to spend with Kayla."

Now he's pissing me off. "Don't worry about the time I spend with Kayla!"

"Isn't that why we came here?"

"Yes it is! Don't change the subject! Why would you agree to go out with the enemy?"

He shrugs. "Well you're not giving me the time of day, so why not?"

"Are you trying to piss me off?"

"No, but I'm really convinced you're jealous. Are you?"

"No I'm not! I just don't like him. You can do much better!"

"I tried with you, but you're too into Heidi."

"It's not about Heidi, it's about my daughter."

"Your daughter with Heidi…"

"What do you want? For me to choose you over my daughter? That's not going to happen!" I can't believe he would even suggest I do that!

"I wouldn't ask you to do that. But because of her, you're emotionally unavailable. I've accepted it and now I'm moving on."

"Why with him? He ruined my relationship with Heidi!"

Butters shakes his head."I'm sorry Eric, but you ruined your relationship with Heidi."

"How?"

"You were jealous of her friendship sigh Collin and that ruined things."

"That's not true!"

"That's the truth. They were friends, but you convinced yourself that he was after her and he wasn't. If you want a chance to make things right with Heidi, you better start groveling."

I shake my head. Is he fucking crazy? "I'm not doing that."

"You better if you want Kayla in your life."

"She's going to be in my life regardless."

Butters raises his eyebrow. "How?"

"Don't worry about that."

"What are you up to Eric?"

"It doesn't matter!"

"Come on Eric. Tell me."

"You're a traitor! In fact, get out of my house!" I push him out of the bed.

"Are you serious?"

"Are you planning to go to dinner with Collin?"

"Yes."

"Then you have to go!" I push him again.

"Fine, good luck getting back to South Park!" He storms off. He thinks he's going to side with the enemy and stay on my good side? He's fucking nuts. Oh well, I just have to come up with another way to get out of here with my daughter.

Heidi's POV

Collin is over making breakfast for all of us, when suddenly Butters comes upstairs. He doesn't look happy at all. "Good luck with Eric!" Butters tells me.

"You're leaving?" I ask him.

He nods. "Eric is mad because I'm going out with Collin so he told me to get out."

I give him a hug. "Thanks for bringing him home. This is where he needs to be."

"I'm almost sorry for you that I did. Like I said, good luck!"

"Are we still on for dinner tomorrow?" Collin asks him.

"Of course, you have my number." Butters smiles just before leaving.

"I'm so happy you two are going on a date." I smile at Collin. "Butters is really nice."

"Yeah…" Collin looks away.

"What?"

"Did you ever get the impression that Butters and Eric are more than just friends?"

I shake my head. "No, why?"

"I get the feeling those two have…history."

I laugh. "Of course they do. They've known each other since preschool."

"That's not what I mean. I think they've…slept together."

I'm taken aback by his accusation. "Eric isn't gay!"

"Are you sure he isn't bi?"

I nod. "I'm positive. I'm the only person he's ever slept with!"

Collin puts his hands up in defeat. "Sorry I said anything."

"It's ok. Eric and I have had a rocky relationship, but he's never cheated on me."

"Hon, are you trying to convince me or yourself…?" Once again, I'm taken aback by Collin's words. I know for a fact that Eric hasn't cheated on me. I also know he's not interested in Butters…right…?