Chapter 37
Two weeks has passed since Cartman and Wendy came to the hospital. His face was doing a lot better now and majority of the swelling and bruises were gone now. The doctors were quite impressed at how Cartman was recovering physically. Unfortunately, Cartman had not awoken yet. The group was starting to feel really worried now about Cartman. Wendy was feeling the worst of it.
The rotation today was Stan and Kyle. In the past rotation, Stan and Kyle would either get paired up with either Kenny or Bebe or they would go alone. Stan and Kyle didn't like the idea of being paired up together, but neither didn't argue too long about it though, Cartman was first priority. So they went to visit Cartman together. Stan offered Kyle a ride after school. He at first refused to ride with Stan, but Stan told him that it was best that the two of them get there to visit Cartman as soon as possible. Plus from the school to the hospital in walking distance could easily take about 45 minutes to an hour long. Kyle knew that Stan was right, and grudgingly, he accepted Stan's offer. The ride to the hospital was quiet, even with some music that Stan was playing on the radio, the car felt too quiet. The ride was not pleasant for the both them.
Once the two were in the room, the place was even quieter. The two avoid eye contact like it was the plague. The two of them did their best to avoid each other, most of the time the other would excuse themselves for a drink of water or bathroom break. The atmosphere felt even worst than usual since the two came. Wendy was too focused on Cartman to have noticed the two of them act funny.
While watching Cartman, Kyle took out some of his homework and started to work on them. he thought 'Might as well do some productive work then' while watching Cartman.
"Wendy, have you done some of the homework you were assigned?" Kyle asked, but already knew the answer.
During the weeks of her absent, Bebe and Kyle would go to her classes and bring her books and assignments.
"Yeah, I've done some of it, I'll finish them all up later"
"Ok Wendy..." Kyle knew that she was lying though. He saw at a table near Wendy were books and papers and none of them seemed to have been touched since either he or Bebe first brought it in. He knew why she didn't do it though, she was too focused on Cartman to even be doing work.
Kyle had to admit, he didn't know how Wendy was able to worry about Cartman as much as she did now. He and Cartman usually could care less about what would happen between the two of them. Like how Cartman refused to give him a kidney when he had a failing one and had diabetes, and instead demanding ten million dollars for it. Also when he tried to exterminate all the Jews, or the countless times that he had suggested the group that they had to kill him. Same goes for Kyle, how he didn't really care about Cartman when Kenny's soul was trapped in Cartman's body, or the time Cartman had AIDS and instead, he just laughed at him (will not directly at least, he wasn't that dumb.) Kyle then looked at Wendy and Cartman, he knew that the two of them fought a lot, hell just as much as he and Cartman did. Yet, to see her here everyday was rather interesting. Kyle tried to answer why she did, other than the fact that he saved her life. After ten minutes of thinking, he concluded that this question was one that was better left unsolved. The Jew had a little smile towards Cartman, hoping that he would recover. Kyle then went back to working on his homework.
Stan, on the mean time was more focused on Wendy. Everyone knew that she had been here everyday for Cartman since the two of them first came to the hospital. He wondered how Wendy was able to do it, how she was able to stay there everyday and watch him. Spending everyday to see him recover, to see him wake up. Stan didn't believe he could have done it. As he was watching Wendy, he learned something about her. How truly caring and supportive she was, something he hadn't learned, even after years of being in a relationship with her. This made Stan even angrier now about how little he knew about Wendy.
It soon was time for Kyle and Stan to leave. Kyle left first, saying good bye to Wendy, he didn't say anything to Stan though. All Kyle had to do was not hate Stan while visiting Cartman, that didn't mean he had to say anything to him. Once Kyle exited, Stan was following Kyle's lead. Before he touched the door, he turned around to Wendy.
"Wendy" Stan called.
Wendy turned around to look at Stan. It's been a while since Stan has talk directly to her. "Yes, Stan?"
It took a few moments before Stan was able to say what he wanted to say. He then took a deep breath and exhaled. "Wendy, I'm sorry..."
"What?" Wendy wasn't expecting an apology at this moment.
"I'm sorry that I lied to you about my dad's intervention"
"Oh..." she was about to say something.
"Wait Wendy, I'm not done yet"
Wendy thought that he was done. "Ok Stan, continue"
"I'm sorry for everything else, for not being supportive of you, for neglecting you and worst of all, not making you happy..."
"I don't know why I'm such a fuck up Wendy, I honestly don't and if I did knew, I would get Cartman to kick my ass for it"
Wendy giggled from that. It was the first time she had giggled in a while. "You're not a fuck up Stan, you're just Stan. We all have things that are messed up in us"
Stan was smiling towards her, Wendy was so understanding and kind to him after what he did. "I'm not asking for us to get back together, I don't deserve you, but I am asking if you can truly forgive me"
Wendy was thinking about it, Stan did truly hurt her in the past. Something that Stan and her were not able to erase in there memories. He was human though, so he was bound to make a mistake. She nodded her head. "Alright Stan... I'll forgive you"
Stan was so happy to hear this. "Thank you Wendy, it means a lot"
"It will take a long time for you to build the trust that was lost though Stan..."
Stan knew that was true, although she forgave him for it, it didn't mean she had full trust still. "I understand Wendy"
Wendy got up from her chair and walked over to Stan, she placed a hand on his shoulder. Stan was wondering what was going on.
"Stan" She paused for a few seconds before saying something "There's someone else you need to apologize too"
Stan fully knew what Wendy meant. He knew that she was right, Kyle was still hurt by him, and Kyle didn't even knew the whole story. It wasn't going to be easy though, the two of them knew that. If Kyle was truly his best friend, then Stan would have to apologize today.
"You're right Wendy..." Stan then left the room to find Kyle.
Stan then bolted to the exit out of the hospital. Luckily, Kyle was just outside of the hospital.
"Kyle!" Stan panted, trying to collect his breath.
Kyle ignored Stan and kept on walking.
Stan saw that his friend was walking away, so he ran and grabbed him on the arm.
"Kyle, wait"
Kyle, annoyed by Stan, tugged off from his grip. "What?" Stan could easily tell from Kyle's voice that he didn't want to listen to him.
"Kyle, dude, I'm sorry for what I did..." This certainly got Kyle's attention.
Kyle then paused once he heard Stan said that.
"Kyle?" Stan was wondering why he was quiet now.
"Stan, if you're truly sorry, then tell me what you did to Rebecca!"
Kyle waited for Stan to say something, but he said nothing.
Kyle was mad that Stan got quiet now "Stan, what the FUCK did you do that made Rebecca hate me!"
This was the part Stan was dreading. "I-I..."
Kyle was angrily waiting for Stan to say something.
"Rebecca asked me to talk to you if you wanted to have dinner with her on Friday. I told her that you said yes to it, but I never told you, and I was fully conscious when I lied to her..." Stan tried his best to look at his Kyle's face when he told him this fact, but sadly, Stan was not able too.
Kyle was in shock when he heard this, to believe Stan, of all people would do this to him. The rage that had built in him ever since that day had now released, and Kyle gave a quick and sharp punch to Stan on the face, making him fly a few feet in the air before dropping down.
The pain was excruciating, the hit was so hard, that Stan was barely able to see colours anymore. Stan heard quick footsteps coming towards him. He then felt his chest being lifted in the air. Once his vision was fixed, he saw that Kyle was the one who lifted him up from the ground, one handing holding on to his jacket.
"WHY STAN, WHY DID YOU DO IT?" Kyle was purely submerged in rage. everything he knew about his best friend was gone now.
"WHY!"
"I'm sorry Kyle..." that was all Stan was able to see to him.
Kyle then moved one of his arm back, getting ready to punch Stan once more.
"Kyle..."
He was awaiting for what Stan was about to say.
"Punch me if it'll make you feel better, I deserve it..." Knowing that he was going to get punched, and the fact that he could possibly die from it.
While having his hand back, getting ready to punch. Kyle looked at Stan's face. Stan was showing no fear towards him, even in his situation, but rather sorrow and regret was upon his face. This made Kyle think if Stan was truly sorry for it... In Kyle's mind right now, it was an all out war, deciding whether to punch Stan or not.
Stan was awaiting for his judgement from Kyle. He then closed his eyes. The last thing he wanted to was to see his best friend in more rage.
Kyle then lunched the punch towards Stan, a punch fast and deadly that it would probably kill him. In the last millisecond, Kyle stopped. His fist, barely a millimetre off Stan's face now. At first he thought his body had shut down on him. He then moved his hand that was holding on to Stan and it was fine. He then tried to lunch another punch at him, but again, the same thing happened. Kyle was wondering what the fuck was wrong with him, why he wasn't able to punch Stan. That's when Kyle realized, that he was not able to hurt his best friend anymore...
Kyle then released his grip on Stan. Stan blinked a few times once he realized what had happen. He wondered why Kyle didn't hit him. Stan then thought that maybe Kyle still cared about him, even till now.
"Why Stan, why did you do it..." Stan now saw in Kyle's eyes that he was hurt. He wanted to know why his best friend did that to him. A question that was hurting Kyle a lot. Kyle was over him, looking directly below to his eyes. He wanted Stan tell the truth.
Stan knew he had to tell him. This whole thing was hurting the two of them too much. "I-I was jealous Kyle..."
"W-what..." Kyle knew what the word jealous meant, but he wasn't understanding the situation right now. "W-what do you mean you were jealous?" Kyle was outright confused now.
"I was jealous Kyle... I was jealous of Rebecca. How the two of you spent so much time together, how you two had so much fun"
Kyle was too stunned to say anything.
"I missed you man. How the two of us did stuff together and had fun, how you were with me all the time. I saw how much time you were spending with Rebecca and it made me feel scared"
"What do you mean scared Stan?"
"That I was losing my best friend..." Everything Stan had been feeling, to what he has done was because he was afraid to lose his best friend.
Kyle couldn't believe at what Stan had just said. He didn't know how much Stan cared about their friendship. "You idiot!"
Stan was rather shocked to hear that response.
"You're my best friend Stan. I know that I have been spending a lot of time with Rebecca, but that didn't mean that I forgot about you"
"Really man?"
"Well yeah Stan, it's rather hard to forget you and that puffball hat" Kyle laughed a bit and took the hat off him.
That was the first time Stan has seen Kyle laugh ever since what happened. Stan was so happy now that Kyle made a joke. Stan then joined in with Kyle to laugh. It's been a while since the two were both happy.
"I guess you're right Kyle, it would be hard to forget me and my puffball hat" snatching the hat away from Kyle now and putting it on his head.
Once Stan finished putting his hat on his head, he turned towards Kyle, he saw that Kyle was looking sad now.
"Kyle you alright?"
"Not really Stan, the two of us are cool again, I'm really happy about that, hating you is not the same man"
"Yeah, and being hated by you sucks also"
"It still doesn't mean that Rebecca doesn't hate me still" Kyle looked down in defeat.
Stan was still at fault for what he did to Kyle and Rebecca. "Well Kyle, try to win her back"
"Ha, you don't think I haven't tried that yet? She hates me. How do you win a person back when they won't even look at you"
Stan knew this was unappropriated time, but he found that a little funny. "Well Kyle..., I did do that a few minutes ago"
Kyle then punched Stan on the arm, enough to knock him back on his ass. "Shut up Stan! You know what I mean"
Stan was getting up now, rubbing the spot where he got punched. "Sorry about that Kyle"
Kyle didn't say anything. Kyle was just looking straight forward now. Not knowing what to do.
Stan knew he had to figure out a solution to help Kyle out. "Well Kyle, how did you show you liked her when you were first kids?"
Kyle then looked at Stan. Remembering what he did to show Rebecca that he liked her...
Rebecca was in her room, doing homework as usual. Her father noticed that Rebecca was in deep distress when she came home from the restaurant. He knew it was due to public school, because of it, she met Kyle. Her father insisted that she pull out from it immediately. As painful as that day was, the same voice that told her to go to public school, also told her not to quit it. She didn't knew why she was following the voice once again, the last time she did she was suffering through all this pain, but Rebecca decided she should follow with that voice again. It did lead Rebecca to have some great times with Kyle, even though it ended horribly...
While doing her homework, she heard some guitar sounds outside, and someone signing.
"Everywhere I go, I'm thinking of you, Rebecca"
Rebecca then got out of her seat, and went to check the window. She knew she heard this before in the past. When she got to her window, she couldn't believe it. It was Kyle with a guitar singing.
"I don't know what to do, Rebecca"
"You're so nice, I like to get to know you better"
"So what do you say we get together?"
"You really are quite good looking, Rebecca!"
"You really are quite good looking, Rebecca!"
"Rebecca you're really quite good looking!"
"You're a fox"
To that, the song ended, just like the last time Kyle played that.
"Rebecca, please, listen to me!" He yelled.
Rebecca stayed there for a moment, deciding whether or not. She then exited her window. Kyle was worried that it didn't work. A minute later he heard her locks were being unlocked. He then dropped the guitar on the guitar case and ran to the door.
After the what trillionth lock she had, the door opened.
"A-alright Kyle, I'll listen"
Kyle was ecstatic to hear this.
"Ok Rebecca, what happened at the restaurant was not my fault, Stan explained to me what he said to you, and what he did to you"
"W-what do you mean Kyle?" she wasn't quite following.
"Stan said that I said yes to the dinner date, but he never told me"
"But h-he said he did"
"I'm sorry Rebecca, he lied"
"W-why would Stan want to lie to me?" Rebecca was wondering why Stan would do that to her. She never done anything to him before.
"He was jealous Rebecca..."
"J-jealous?" Rebecca wasn't quite sure why Stan was jealous of her. "W-why was Stan jealous of me?"
"He felt that you were taking me away from him, that's why he felt jealous..."
"O-oh..." As clueless as Rebecca was to these things, she did understood why Stan was. She knew that her and Kyle had spent a lot of time together, which meant that Stan didn't have any time to spend with Kyle.
Rebecca now knew the truth about what had happen. "Still though Kyle, how do I-I know that you're not l-lying to me..."
As much as Kyle was in disbelief about what she just said, Rebecca has been subjected to lies now, so he really couldn't blame her for that.
"Rebecca trust me, in the bottom of my heart, I would never do anything to hurt you"
Rebecca looked at Kyle's face, although she wasn't good at reading facial expression, she felt that he was telling the truth.
Kyle then placed his hands on her hands, trying to show her that he truly meant it.
"S-still Kyle..." She took her hands back. She now knew he was telling the truth, but after that experience, she was afraid to be hurt again.
"Rebecca..." Kyle said softly. He inched in slowly and slowly until he kissed her lips.
Rebecca saw that Kyle was moving in closely to her to kiss, one part of her didn't want to, but another part of her believed in Kyle that he would never do anything to hurt her.
The kiss lasted for God knows how long. Burst of happiness and love came flowing to the two of them, both feelings the two have truly missed. The two also missed something else, each other. They've missed the soft, tender lips from each other. Kyle missed the sweet, flowery smell from Rebecca, and she missed the Jewish smell from him (which was pretty much copper and gold). The kiss was so wonderful to the two of them, they wished that it never had stopped. Kyle felt though he had to stop, wondering how Rebecca would feel.
"Rebecca?" Kyle was wondering what she would say now.
"I've missed you, Kyle" She said with a smile.
Kyle was so joyed to hear that from her. "I've missed you too, Rebecca"
The two looked at each other once more and gave another kiss. This time it was shorter than the last one, but after it the two hugged each other. Both were so glad to be together again.
Here's chapter 37 for you guys. It looks like the beef between Stan and Kyle has finally been resolved and Rebecca is back with Kyle. Sounds like a nice way for the three of them to go with this chapter.
As always, thanks again for reading and hoped you enjoyed this chapter.