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Chapter 36

Cartman's POV

"What happened to you?" Wendy asks as she examines me.

"What does it look like?"

"What happened to your...weight?" I can tell she's feeling a little uncomfortable asking me that.

"I got rid of it."

"How?"

I laugh. "You know for someone who's supposed to be so smart, you're really stupid!"

"Hey!" She crosses her arms.

"I got liposuction you dumb bitch!"

She pushes me insides and walks in and closes the door. "Where did you get the money? I know your mom would never give that to you."

"What makes you think that?" Stupid bitch thinks she knows my mom so well.

"Because she would've never agreed to something so horrible!"

"What's horrible about it?"

"This is unnatural!"

"It doesn't matter, I look and feel great!"

"Your mom is going to kill you!"

I shake my head. "No she isn't!"

"So you're really going to stick with being a girl?"

I nod. "I told you that."

"I thought maybe you changed your mind."

"I went back and forth about it because of my mom. But now I'm focusing on me and what I want. I want to be the girl I was meant to be."

"Poor Liane..."

"Poor Liane? What about me? She caused this confusion!"

Wendy looks down. "I still feel bad for you." She looks at me with the sad puppy dog eyes. "You need to tell her what you did!"

I fold my arms. "I will when I'm ready!"

"What's wrong with now?"

"Why are you anxious for me to tell her now?"

"Because I don't like the secrets."

"It's none of your business!"

"It kind of is. You guys are my family."

"Ugh, now you want to be family? I thought you were leaving anyway!"

"I am."

"When?"

"I promised your mom I would wait until school ended."

I roll my eyes. "Yeah and I'm sure you'll find another reason to stay."

She shakes her head. "No, I'm leaving. I swear."

I laugh. "Yeah right. If you leave, who will praise you?"

"Not this again..."

"We'll keep having this conversation until you leave!"

"Why do you hate me so much?"

I roll my eyes again. I hate when she plays the victim. "I know you're looking for praise right now, but you're not going to get it from me!"

"I've tried so hard to get along with you and all you do is treat me like crap!"

"Stop pretending to be innocent. My mom isn't here."

"I'm not pretending."

"Sure you're not. You're my mom's perfect pretty daughter who can do no wrong in her eyes. I should be so lucky to be in your presence!" I make gagging sounds.

"I'm sorry you feel that way."

"Is there something else you wanted? I need to lie down, my meds are kicking in and I'm don't with this conversation anymore. I've grown bored with it."

"I'm out of here. Good luck!"

"Yeah whatever!" I slam the door shut. She's so nosey. She didn't come here out of concern, she wanted to know what was going on. I know she's probably going to tell mom where I am. I have to get prepared to show her the new me.

Liane's POV

I come home and find Wendy at the kitchen table doing her homework. She looks a little down. I put my hand on her shoulder. "Wendy, sweetie, what's the matter?"

She looks up and I can see a look of sadness. "Oh hey Liane. I know where Cartman is."

"Oh…" I didn't think that would be bothering her.

"He's staying with Bebe."

"Really?" I shrug. "I guess I should go ahead and have his mail forwarded if that's where he wants to be."

"You need to get him to come back home. He's losing it."

I shake my head. "He chose to leave, why would I bother begging him to come back home?"

"You promised you would try to be there for him. Trust me, he really needs you right now."

"Well now he can go to Bebe since he wants to hide out there like a coward!"

"Cartman had liposuction." Wendy blurts out.

I start laughing. "No he didn't."

Wendy nods slowly. "It's true. I saw him earlier today. He's really skinny now."

"Geez Wendy, can I tell my own business, you skank?" We turn and I see a skinny girl standing in the doorway. My jaw drops. Wendy was right, Eric really did get lipo.

"Eric, how did you…? Why did you…?" I can't even find the right words to say at the moment.

"It's Erica now. I would refer if you addressed me as such." He looks at Wendy. "You stupid bitch! You have a big ass mouth!"

"I didn't think you were going to tell her."

"That still didn't give you the right!"

"Stop yelling at Wendy!" I step in. "How could you do this Eric?"

"It's Erica and I did this to feel good about myself."

"You know I wouldn't want you to do this!"

"Why not? Is it hard for you insult me now? You can't call me fat and ugly anymore."

I start to tear up. "You're not Eric anymore…"

He shakes his head. "I never was. It's time for me to be Erica the way it was always intended." I look away from him. "How do I look mother? Do I look beautiful?"

I look up at him. "I c-cant answer that…"

"Why not?"

"Because I don't even know who you are anymore!" I burst into tears.

He walks over to me and hugs me. "Please don't cry mom. I'm not doing this to hurt you."

"Then why are you doing this?"

"For me. I have to live my life for me now. It's not about you and what you want anymore."

"My son truly is dead now…" I continue sobbing.

Eric pulls away from me and smiles. "But you've gained a daughter!"

"I don't want another daughter! I want my Eric!" I look at Wendy. "I don't know who this person is!"

"So you're not going to accept me this way?"

I shake my head. "I'm sorry Eric or Erica." I shudder at saying that revolting name. "I tried so hard to make you a boy, that's what I wanted."

"All the testosterone you injected in me couldn't stop mother nature. I still got my period and got pregnant!"

"Mark and I made sure that baby didn't see the light of day."

"What?"

I look at him. "You might as well know the truth. Mark gave you a drug that induced labor. We took you to a doctor friend of his to make sure the baby was out completely." I see Wendy's jaw drop.

Eric frowns. "I was planning to have an abortion anyway, why put me through that?"

"You're so fickle! We had to make sure that baby didn't exist."

"So once again you allowed Mark to hurt me?"

"It was for the best."

He nods slowly. "Well since you can't accept me and you seem to enjoy causing me more harm than not, I guess we really can't live under the same roof anymore."

"What do you mean?" Wendy asks him.

"You don't have to worry about moving to Denver. I'm out of here!"

"Where are you going to go?"

"I'm going to stay with Bebe. Her parents already said it's ok." He turns and heads towards the door.

"Erica!" I call out to him. "If you walk out that door, don't you ever come back. Do you understand me?"

He walks over to me and hands me his keys. He gives me a kiss on the forehead. "Goodbye mom. Don't run off your real daughter…" With that he leaves.

"Aren't you going to stop him?" Wendy asks.

I shake my head. "He gave back his key…"

"Liane, this isn't trying! That's your baby! Go after him and tell him how much you love and accept him."

"My baby is dead Wendy." I hug her. "You're all I have left."

"It doesn't have to be this way."

"Eric has made his decision. I have to accept it." I wipe my eyes. "I need to be alone." I head upstairs and cry into my pillow. I've truly lost everything…

Cartman's POV

It's been a month since my surgery and I'm finally returning to school. I've managed to slim down even more since and again, I'm feeling better than ever. Bebe and I are walking through the hallway together when Stan, Kyle, and Nichole approach us.

"Hi Bebe." They greet her.

"Hi!" She replies.

Stan looks at me. "Who's the new chick?" He asks Bebe. "She's kind of hot." Bebe and I exchange looks smirking.

"STAN!" Nichole shrieks as she smacks him in the back of the head."

"Sorry…" He looks at Bebe. "But seriously, who is she?"

Bebe and I look at each other and giggle. She looks at them. "Stan, Kyle, Nichole, I would like to introduce you to Erica."

They look at me and their eyes widen. "Holy shit! Cartman?" Kyle asks.

"Please Kyle, call me Erica!" I tell him.

"I can't believe I thought Cartman was…hot!" Stan says as he throws up.

"Gross Stan!" Nichole yells.

"Don't worry Nichole," I tell her, "I feel the same way about Stan." I smile.

"Very funny!" Stan frowns.

"You look great Cartman." Kyle tells me.

My eyes light up. I've waited so long to hear those words out of his mouth. "You really think so?"

"I wouldn't say it if I didn't feel that way dude."

"Oh Kyle!" I suddenly get the nerve to grab him and pull him into a kiss. My first real kiss! I've been dreaming of this day forever and it's nothing like I imagined. I pull away from Kyle and look at him.

"Umm…Cartman…?"

I blink a few times. "I thought I would've enjoyed that a little more."

Kyle is taken aback. "What?"

"I expected a completely different feeling." I look at Bebe. " I literally felt nothing."

"Nothing?" She asks as I shake my head.

"Wow…" I notice Kyle's face is red.

"Sorry dude."

"Yeah, me too. I'll be honest, I didn't feel anything either. But you also caught me off guard with that." Kyle explains.

"It's cool Kyle. I think I'm over my crush." I hear Stan and Nichole laughing.

"That's cool too." Kyle looks around awkwardly. "Well I'll see you around. Congrats on your transformation, I mean that."

"Thanks!" He walks away and Stan and Nichole follow.

"I'm so proud of you Erica!" Bebe tells me. "It took a lot of guts to kiss and dump your crush the way you did."

"I can't believe I spent all that time pining over him. His kissing sucks! Rebecca can have him." Bebe and I laugh.

"Well I'm glad you're over it. Just enjoy the new you, a boyfriend will come along."

"I don't care about that. I'm just happy to be happy!"

"Good!" We head to class together. Wow, I no longer have feelings for Kyle. It's the end of an era and now it's time for a new beginning. A brand new life for Erica Cartman and I think I'm going to love my new life.

Epilogue coming soon!