Prompt: send a number and i'll write a prompt about the following!
Prompt word: Forgotten
Takes place during "Dead Kids". I can't be the only one who noticed that Sharon seemed weirdly unconcerned about Shelly in that episode, save for a brief mention at her shrink appointment?
Reminder that I headcanon South Park Elementary as a PreK-8 school, which is the only plausible explanation for Shelly still being a student there.
"Seventh and eighth graders, gather in the teachers' parking lot!" PC Principal ordered. "None of you are to leave until a parent or guardian picks you up. If any of you even think about sneaking away, I will lose my shit!" He looked pointedly at Shelly.
Shelly rolled her eyes. It was just another school shooting. Big deal.
She scanned the parking lot, hoping to find a large enough vehicle to hide behind. She needed to take a quick hit of her new mango flavored vape before she went home.
"Stanley!" A familiar voice cried.
Finally, Shelly thought. She wanted to spend as little time at this turd factory as possible.
Shelly watched her mother rush up to Stan and embrace him. She grabbed his hand and pulled him to the car. The screech of tires pierced the air as Sharon sped off.
She'll be back, Shelly reassured herself. She's not like Dad. She'll notice that I'm not there.
An hour later, Shelly still stood in the parking lot, her cheeks burning with humiliation and anger. Her peers had long vacated the premises, leaving her alone with PC Principal.
"I normally wouldn't bend the rules like this, especially for a cishet middle class white girl, but I got shit to do. You're free to go, Marsh."
Shelly walked away from her principal, not even bothering to say goodbye. The late buses had suspended service due to the shooting, her dad was still at work, and she was too furious at her mom to even think about being in a car with her right now.
Shelly blinked back the tears that suddenly sprang to her eyes. She had been abandoned before. Skyler dumped her. Amir stopped talking to her. Larry died. Her girl friends distanced themselves after word got out that her father was Lorde. But she never in a million years thought that her own mother would fail to come through for her.
Sighing, Shelly began the long walk home.