Stan's POV

"Everyone on standby! Jake, you two, get on stage."

I think that's Sue giving orders but I can't tell, I'm too in shock. This is the first time in 8 years since I've seen him and he's hardly changed, well that's not true. He's taller than he was when he was 10, back then we were about the same height but now he's shorter than me by about 3 inches. His tight curls seem to have died down with a few stray strands sticking out of the front of his hat, turning his old Jewfro into a calmer style with his locks covering his head resembling some loosely twirled ribbons. Other than that, he's still the same kid I remember him to be, pasty white skin free of any freckles that makes him a true ginger as Cartman calls it, slender but with a bit of muscle, big bright emerald eyes that expresses his every emotion, which right now is pure shock.

I snap out of it and walk to the stage with him following closely behind me, his fingers messing around the zipper of his orange hunter jacket. He must be more nervous than I am. We each sit down on one of the armchairs in the middle of the stage with Jake sitting on one on the opposite side, facing the both of us at an angle.

"Hey, Stan…" He says to me, head hanging low and eyes on his converse sneakers.

"Hey, Kyle." I greet back.

Fuck, this is awkward.

Thankfully that stops when I hear Sue, yelling, "OK. People, look alive. We go on in 3-"

Why didn't Sue tell me?

"-2-"

Why didn't she tell me the other guest's my once super best friend?

"-1!"

I put on my best smile and calm myself down from that shock.

"Good afternoon, Colorado. Welcome to BC Live. My name is Jake Winters and I will be your host. Today we have 2 inspiring people here with us, one is known for the inspiration he gives to his fans through his music, and the other is known recently by inspiring us with his actions. Please welcome, Stanley Marsh and Kyle Broflovski"

I give a smile and nod at the camera while Kyle gives a shy awkward wave.

"Thanks for joining us today, guys. Stan, I've heard that from your manager that you'll be joining us on 1160 FM." Kyle looks at me with a shocked expression. I guess he didn't hear about it, seeing how either of us know that the other's gonna be here today, it's not surprising.

I reply with a more cheerful tone, "Yeah, he brought it up to me and I think it's an awesome opportunity to work with you guys. I'm looking forward to my first session."

"I'm sure the students and people of Boulder will be dying to hear your voice on air, seeing what a success you are online. What made you want to pursue music?"

"I'd hardly call myself a success," I chuckle. "I'm just a dorky music lover. As for why I did it, I was lost for a while. I went through a ton of life changes in one go at it really took a toll on me. Music helped me through it, and I soon found my voice in it, I'm lucky that people love what I have to say and their love for my work motivates me to try and be better."

"Well, your fans think you're a motivation to them too. How does it feel to be able to inspire so many people?"

"It… was weird at first. I was just a kid with a computer and too much free time on his hands and one day I see in the comments about people who like my work, who said I made their day better, who said thank you for basically doing something I myself wanted to do. It felt great to know that I did something good."

"Like I said, a lot of people here really like your work and I think I speak for all of them when I say I can't wait to see what you come up with next. Maybe you can play a little something for us at the end?"

"I'd love to. Brought my guitar for a reason." I grab my guitar at the side of my seat to show.

"Kyle." He shoots right up as Jake says his name. His nerves are so shot he's so nervous, I'm surprised he is still functioning as he is. "I've heard of you, a freshman from a small mountain town called South Park, 2000 for the SATs and graduated as valedictorian for Park County High. How are you finding Boulder?"

"Well, umm it's been a weird few weeks. It's a lot different from the chilly mountains of South Park but I'm taking baby steps now."

"Mind talking about your hometown a bit? I mean everyone knows the name but…" Jake asks.

Home, I sometimes forget that South Park is my hometown too, I haven't been back there in years. Mom's been in a pretty weird space since the divorce and she doesn't want to go back there, too many memories. I've been by her side through all this and I just felt that mom needed me more than South Park did at the time.

"It's kinda hard not to know about it with all the fuc-"A glare from Sue at him seems to remind him that he's on a live network and that he should watch his language so he quickly shifts his words, "-messed up stuff we go through. I can't imagine how South Park is still standing right now. I mean just earlier this year, the Japanese released this chinpokemon mobile game that everyone got addicted to, we decided to hack the game and it turned out that all the chinpokemon were made to make us into little guinea pigs for the Japanese. Each one we captured was to brainwash and control us, using them as markers and making us fight in an international cyber war. And that was before the Dutch started an all-out troll hunt with their website."

"Ah yes, the lives that were lost in Ford Collins that day…"

"Yeah, I'm out here to try and get away from all the madness but as messed up as it is, it's still home and I do miss it sometimes."

"Well I hope you'll see Boulder as a new home soon. You're already pretty well known at campus, people have been calling you a hero after what happened 2 weeks ago. Saving a person's life like that is something extraordinary."

"I'm no hero, Jake. I'm just a guy who happened to be there at the right moment and said some things to change her mind. A hero would have stopped her from even thinking that her life was that meaningless."

So that's why Kyle's here. I heard about some girl who tried and killed herself that day and someone talked her out of it, I just didn't know that someone is Kyle.

"Are you ok to talk about the incident?"

"I mean that's why I'm here right? You guys just want the inside scoop." I feel my eyes widen and my jaw drop. Did he seriously just say that out loud? Live? With possible hundreds and thousands of people watching? "I guess. I figured it'd be brought up so I told to Charlotte about it, she's ok with me sharing her story, hoping that it would help whoever might be listening that is tempted by what she almost achieved."

Jake is obviously a bit caught off guard by Kyle's first remark but soon he clears his throat and regains his composure. He's actually pretty professional, in fact all of them are. "And how is Charlotte doing now?"

Kyle sighs, "You sure you're ready to hear her whole story? I'm not gonna spare much details just like how she was with me." Jake looks at Sue who gives her a nod of approval. "Go ahead, Kyle." He takes a deep breath but I notice that he's still shaking a little, he's scared and nervous. I guess being apart for so long doesn't change the fact that I know every sign to how he's feeling.

"I went to see her a few days after the incident, I gave the hospital a call and they told me I could come and visit her now…"

A/N: Next week, we follow Kyle as he visits Charlie for the first time after the incident.

I want to state here that everything that happens to South Park up to this date has happened in this universe, just that Stan was not participating in any of the events that happen after the event of Ass Burgers since he was in Denver. Not that they did much this season, I mean seriously. Mr Garisson and the stupid berries have more screentime than the 4 main kids of the series. What the fuck, Parker and Stone?

Rants aside, thank you all who've following this story. It'll take a lot of patience but I hope you'll find it worth it at the end. Thanks to Mekabella21 for being so awesome in the reviews, reviews do let me know what you think.

As always, if you like this story, feel free to check out the drama it's based on, "It's Okay That's Love" by SBS.

Take care, Loves