Chap.13
Hey Guys hope you are well, I don't really have much to say besides I hope you enjoy and don't forget to review and critique below. This chapter is gonna be interesting as far as character goes.
For once in a long time, Kenny McCormick had gotten lucky. Friday was fun and no real mishaps happened on the weekend. The bus he normally rides on went the opposite direction so it picked all the kids up in reverse. This meant that Heidi Turner was on the bus before him, allowing him to sit next to her and talk on the way to school. Kenny was surprised at first but happy nonetheless. As for his little sister, this meant that she would probably get relegated to somewhere else. Karen liked Heidi but she was exactly a fan of breaking her morning routine. It always meant that Kenny would always be there. But destiny decided to change all that
"Hey, Heidi."Kenny said as he saw her on the bus stop
"Well hello stranger."Heidi said
"Mind if I take that seat next to you?"Kenny asked
Karen frowned. There was no way that all three of them were gonna sit on the same seat but she didn't want to ruin her brother's excitement.
"Hurry up poor boy, take your no seats or get our asses out of this shit."Cartman said
Kenny took his seat next to Heidi and the other boys walked past. Karen still looked at her brother. She knew what she needed to do. She began to walk to the back of the best. Hopefully she would get lucky herself and find one of her friends.
"I'll see you later Kenny…"Karen said
Her brother didn't reply. Maybe he didn't hear her. Regardless, she didn't want to bother her brother so she made her way to the back with a frown.
"I think your sister was trying to tell you something."Heidi said
"Wait really….damn…I'll make sure I check in with her before we get into school. I just hope she doesn't feel left out."Kenny said
"Ya, there was enough space for all of us…I also think she needs some feminine touch."
"In what regard?"
"Well I think one of her pig tails is a bit bigger than the other. Seeing as you aren't the best at it, I'm gonna ask her if she wants me to do it."
"Shit…"
The ride went as usual with the exception of Heidi and Kenny having conversation on the way to school. They arrived the same as usual with the cold air meeting them as they all exited the bus.
"Chilly this morning, isn't it?"Kenny said
"Yes,so Kenny do you think-
Before the final words of Heidi's sentence could be formed, her foot slipped off the step that led off the bus causing her to trip. And of course our favorite orange parka boy caught her.
"Easy there, your such a cluttz."Kenny said with a smile
Heidi blushed as she saw Kenny's smile.
"Uuu ya thanks."Heidi responded
Kyle and Stan noticed the little interaction between the McCormick boy and Turner girl. They also noticed thier fat friend headed their way. Stan and Kyle made a face at each other.
"Are you thinking what I'm-
"Yes."Kyle said to respond to Stan
"Cool. Nice to see you supporting him with her."Stan said
"Ya well, I said he needed to be there for her so he could stop Cartman. I never said I wouldn't help."Kyle said
Stan smiled at his friend before turning towards Cartman who was on his phone.
"Aaaa buddy, you want to see something spectacular?"Kyle said
"What the hell are you talking about Jew?"Cartman asked
"Ya, people were talking about that thing someone put in your locker. Apparently it's pretty nice."Stan said
"Wait...Someone went into my locker? SOMEONE WENT IN MY LOCKER! Dude WHAT THE FUCK!"Cartman said
Cartman storms off and heads towards his locker with an angered expression.
"Well that didn't go as expected...But it was easier than I thought it would be."Stan said.
"Ya, cartman is very unpredictable. And hopefully it keeps him ignorant of those two."Kyle said as he gestured toward Heidi and Kenny.
Kyle and Stan made their way to their lockers while Kenny and Heidi continued talking and walking.
"So thats why your site referred to you as a princess?"Heidi said
"Ya, it was just something I got used to with her so I just moved it over when I did the whole fantasy thing with my friends."Kenny said
"Well that's very cute. But speaking of your sister, I think you forgot to check in on her once we got off the bus. I'll take the blame for that…sorry"
"Don't worry I'll go take care of it. I just have to find her. I won't be home tonight so I should at least look for her. And hopefully I can fix that hair of hers."
"Ok...I'll see you in class, okay Kenny?"
"Alright, see you later Heidi."
Kenny waved to Heidi and began to make his way towards where he thought Karen's locker was.
Meanwhile a certain fatass was walking down the hallway with a stern look on his face.
"I swear, if that maggot butters was trying to put something in my locker for the plan, I'm gonna serve him his ass on a platter."Cartman thought to himself
To be honest, Cartman probably wouldn't kill butters. He was too useful to kill. But any other of these morons that went to South Park elementary were fair game.
When people saw an upset Cartman storming down the hallway they tended to give him a wide berth. Smiler to most animals giving an angry elephant on the savannah. Regardless if they feared him or not, it was better to stay out of Cartman's way. But one particular girl seemed unphased by Cartman making his way.
As he passed her she seemed a bit depressed. Another thing that Cartman noticed was that her pigtails seemed a bit uneven. It was making him twitch that he had to change his priority towards the girl.
"I know you're broke but damn. Your mom couldn't jack someone off to get your hair fixed?" Cartman said
"Ummm...what?"Karen asked
"Ugggg, one of your stupid pig tails is longer than the other. It's totally making me twitch."
Karen then grabbed the base of her pigtails and began to compare length as she ran her hands through her brown hair. Cartman was right, one tail was shorter than the other.
Kenny and Karen weren't in a rush or anything but it looks like Kenny had forgotten to truly measure them out. As much as she appreciated her brother's help, Karen wished that her brother would just show her how to do hair.
"Oooo...ya"Karen said while covering her uneven pigtails.
"And?"Cartman said
Karen looked at Cartman with confusion.
"And what?"Karen asked
"Fix your hair?"
Karen then looked at the ground with a frown. As much as she appreciated everything Kenny did for her, Karen just wished that she was given a bit more freedom and not be able not to rely on other members of her family so heavily.
"I...I don't know how.."Karen said
Cartman pinched the bridge of his nose
"Are you fucking serious right now.."
Karen let out a sigh
"Yes.."
Karen looked so pitiful. It was the complete opposite of how Kenny presented himself. And Cartman knew that. As someone who had never really received pity, Cartman figured that he could give some to Karen. As well as stop himself from twitching at how jacked up her hair was.
"Uggg poor people, They never learn."Cartman said
And with that Cartman began to fix Karen's hair. He took out the bands that were holding her pigtails up and let her hair drop to her shoulders. He then began organizing them to by measuring out her ends and making sure that they were equal. And after a little bit of moving stuff around, Cartman had given Karen to perfect pigtails that were equal in length.
"There, better?"Cartman said
Karen had a look of surprise on her face. She knew who Cartman was. Anybody who was anybody in South Park knew who Cartman was. And even though he had helped her before, Karen had only expected it to be a one time thing. But maybe Cartman wasn't as bad as many people had led her to believe.
"Ummmm Well?"Cartman replied with annoyance.
"Oooo sorry."Karen said
Karen ran her finger through her pigtails and held them up to her face to make sure that they were of equal lengths. Sure enough, Cartman had gotten them to equal length. Karen smiled.
"Thank you Cartman. I owe you."Karen said
"Ha, you owe me? Didn't know you had something to give."Cartman said
Karen knew that Cartman was poking fun at her impoverished situation but she wasn't the type to care about it. Like her brother, she knew that her family could be good people despite what the town knew.
"Well, of course. I don't really have food or anything but..-
"Why would you say tha-...are you gonna make a fat joke?"
"No I-
"Just like your brother always looking to dodge the facts with myths of me being fat, so petty as always. Listen, I'll see you around kid. Don't expect such occurrences agin."Cartman said as turned away from her
"I'M NOT PETTY, I'M JUST TRYING TO BE GRATEFUL!"Karen shouted
Cartman turned around to Karen with a look of surprise. Out of all the years that Kenny had brought his sister to the bus stop, he had never heard as much as a few sentences out of Karen McCormick. He didn't think she had it in her. Neither did Karen. But Cartman was being frustrating. Both had a look of surprise and shock across their faces.
"I mean I….thank you….I'm sorry for yelling."Karen said
Cartman smiled
"Well it's good to see that you can stand up for yourself. Guess you're not as pathetic as I thought. Now if you don't mind, I have somewhere I need to be."Cartman said
Although his Cartman was meant to be insulting, Karen thought that she was capable of being strong in her own way. Not even her friends or family had given her such regard.
Her brother had to work after school so Karen needed someone to hang out with. Might as well as be someone new that she could learn some new found strength with.
"Hey wait?"Karen said
Cartman turned around to face her
"What?"
"Would you like to walk home together? I know I'm not as close as you are with my brother but I was just looking to talk to someone new…"
"Jesus, thought you were gonna ask me for money. Although I do have better things to do, I'll indulge."Cartman said
"Wait really?"Karen responded
"Sure, now don't ask again or I won't. Now excuse me, I have some ass I need to beat."Cartman said
"Okay, see you after school.."
Cartman didn't reply and continued on his way to his locker.
Karen smiled and went back to going through her locker. Cartman wasn't the friendliest of people if he was new. And there isn't anything wrong with new people,right?
Karen was finished packing her books for the day when she saw her brother running her way.
"Karen,I-I'm sorry."Kenny said
"It's okay…"Karen responded
"No..it's not, I should have let you sit with us. I was just so excited to see Heidi and-
"Do you like her?"
"What?"
"Do you like her?
"I mean I-I dunno I just like being around and with her."
"Okay, then you like her."
"Sure...kinda..alright you win..maybe.."
Karen chuckled as her brother began to blush. Kenny had a hand behind his head as a show of embarrassment. Kenny then noticed how her sister's hair seemed much better than this morning.
"Karen? Who fixed your hair?"Kenny asked
"Ooo uu a friend."Karen said with hesitation. She didn't think that her brother would believe the deeds Cartman was capable of. It wasn't as bad as the relationship with Kyle but Karen knew that Kenny and Cartman weren't always chummy.
"Ooo well I was gonna do it, but I'm definitely not the best at it."Kenny said
"Well I guess we both won in the end."Karen said
Kenny smiled. He was happy that his sister could find the positive of the originally negative situation.
"Here Kare, let me walk you to class, it's the least I can do for what I did."
"Okay, sounds good."
And with that Kenny grabbed his sister's hand and walked with her to class.
(Several hours later.)
School had let out about 20 minutes ago. And Cartman was nowhere to be found. Karen thought she had gotten lucky after everything that had happened with Kenny but she guessed that she had been wrong.
School had been pretty easy. Karen was only in the second grade so there wasn't exactly anything groundbreaking to learn about. It was all just a build up and something that Karen was looking forward to. That being her walk home with Cartman.
But she had waited in front of the school for him. Maybe he had forgotten and went home. Or maybe he was as bad as people had said and he had just ditched.
Or maybe Karen should have been specific with him. All she did was ask and he said yes. And nothing specific. Maybe Cartman was just as upset that she hadn't shown up. She didn't have a phone so she couldn't exactly reach out to him.
Regardless of the reason, it didn't seem that Cartman was coming.
Karen was forced to assume the worst and could feel the disappointment well up within her. She had been let down before, but this stung. After everything had seemed to heal, it had all just fallen.
Tears were now welling up in Karen's eyes. She just couldn't hold back.
"I know being poor sucks but damn, you'd don't need to cry about it."
Karen widened her eyes in suprise, and turned to see Cartman staring at her. She began to dry her eyes
"Sorry I was just thinking of some sad stuff. What about you? School let out a little while ago?"Karen said
"Aaa yes I was caught up with nun ya."Cartman responded
"None ya?"
"None ya business."
"Oo."Karen said as she chuckled a bit.
Cartman raised a brow and looked at Karen with a look of confusion. Guess she thought Cartman was trying to be funny.
"We'll come one kid, I don't got all day."
"Okay…"
It was a semi cloudy day in South Park with the sun being covered and uncovered by the clouds. Karen was walking behind Cartman. She was nervous and didn't want to set Cartman off.
"So dirt rat, how's the poor at home versus with us? Got anything I could use?"Cartman asked.
"What?"Karen said
"Ya know? Anything I can use against him. Your brother has been a pain in my ass and I thought you could be useful and tell me how to kick him down a notch."
Karen then thought about Heidi. She knew that Heidi and Cartman had dated at one time. Maybe he was jealous of Kenny.
"Ooo well nothing really. I get frustrated with home sometimes too but I love him nonetheless."
"Bru.."
"Well…he does dress up like a princess...if that's anything.."
"I already know that. We got into a fight once because I wasn't gonna let him be a princess. It was so gay..but we needed more female characters so.."
"I could have played with all of you.."
"Playing with girls? That's gay."
"No it's not. I have friends that I play with and talk to that are boys. They are really nice."
"I bet their gay."
"Well, we are talking right now? Does that constitute making you gay as well?"
Cartman stopped walking and gave Karen a glare. She immediately regretted the comment.
"You get that one for free."Cartman said while pointing his finger at her.
"Okay..sorry…"
The pair continued walking and Karen avoided eye contact with Cartman. She don't want to slip up by giving him the wrong look.
"But if I'm being honest, I think we all have that feminine touch. I guess some are more open to it like your brother."Cartman stated
Karen looked up at Cartman.
"Ya, I guess."Karen replied
"Can you keep a secret? I can be like that to when I'm alone."Cartman said
"Okay...How so?"Karen asked
"Well...I don't mind the casual tea party.."
"O MY GOSH! REALLY!?"
Cartman quickly grabbed Karen's shoulders. He then put a finger in front of his mouth to signal for her to be quiet.
"Sorry...really though?"Karen questioned
"Yes...Really.."Cartman replied
"That's awesome, do you have your own tea stuff? I normally have to borrow stuff for mine…"
"Well ya, I do...I kind of just do it with my stuffed animals."
Karen chuckles.
"Well I can't exactly ask people to play tea party."
"Well...I can play with you...if you'd like?"
Cartman made a face of surprise.
"I know you said you were busy but if you'd-
"Sure…C'mon, My house is up ahead."Cartman said as he cut Karen off
"Alright."
The pair walked up to the lime greenhouse. They entered and Karen noticed the atmosphere. Despite their being people that lived there, it seemed to be empty. Like it was missing something. She then noticed the picture of the Cartman household. A picture of a cat,Liane Cartman, and Eric himself.
Despite how flawed they were, Karen's parents always taught her that family is what mattered. And that they can come in many shapes and forms. But cartman's seemed...empty.
"Maaamm..I need you to whip up some tea."Cartman shouts
"Okay snookems, are any of your little friends here?" said
"Naa just some freeloader."Cartman replied
Karen shook off Cartman's comment. A woman came out from the kitchen. It was the same one in the family photo. With brown hair similar to Cartman's and with red lipstick. Karen could only assume that this was Cartman's mother.
"O, hello there dear. And what might your name dear?"Liane asked
"I'm Karen...it's nice to meet you.."Karen said
Karen was a bit shy to people she hadn't met before. And she didn't know if had the same temperament as her son.
"Well hello Karen, I'm Cartman's mother but you can call me Liane."
"Sweet...now can you get to making tea mom?"Cartman interjected
"Of course poopsykins." replied
Liane turned away and went to the kitchen to begin making tea.
"What did I tell you about nicknames in front of guests MOM!"
Karen gave Cartman a smirk. Cartman furrowed his brow in retaliation.
"Tell No one!"Cartman said
Cartman began to walk up the staircase towards his room with Karen following. Cartman turns around to Karen.
"Not you. Go outside to the backyard."Cartman said
Karen didn't question his command. She was confused and slightly concerned but she decided not to be a rebel.
Karen made her back off the stairs and made her way to the back yard. She was met with an empty yard with what appeared to be some junk and an old, dead tree. It kind of reminded her of her yard.
Liane came out with a small, round table. She winked as she passed by Karen. Karen was confused by what she meant by that.
Once she was done setting up the table, Liane made her way back to the kitchen.
"The tea should be done soon dear." said
"Okay, thank you."Karen responded
A few minutes passed before Karen shouting from inside. She looked towards the kitchen and peeked inside.
Life had taught her that you shouldn't try to halt an argument. Kenny used to try and stop his parents to no avail. Sometimes suffering for it instead.
She peeked in to see quite the site. Cartman was jumping up at his mom who was holding a blather of brownies. She guessed that all of Cartman's friends were correct about his eating habits.
Cartman eventually gave up and walked to the counter. He picked objects that he must have placed on the counter before harassing his mom for the brownies. Karen made out what had appeared to be toys in Cartman's hands.
Cartman opened the sliding with much irritation before saying"I'm an adult MOM!"
Karen was hesitant to say anything but her curiosity forced her to pipe up.
"What was that about?"Karen asked
"My mom made some brownies but she won't let me have any...said their special or something. But she doesn't believe that I'm special enough to get one."Cartman replied
Karen sometimes faced the same problem at home but she never wanted to question her parents.
"Okay…"Karen replied
Soon after, came out with two chairs and some tea.
"But mom-
"But mom no Eric!"Liane retorted
Liane went back inside. Cartman had developed an angry frown.
"Fuckin bitch."Cartman mumbled to himself.
Karen had a concerned look on her face. She would be caught dead if she said anything like that about her mom. If not her parents, probably Kenny would call her out for bad mouthing her mother in that way.
Karen wanted to say something to Cartman but didn't want to face his wrath. She turned her attention to the toys he had brought out. One was an old green frog. The other seems to be a Polly prissy pants. Whenever she would go to the toy store, she would always get one of her own. The toy was a girl that was dressed and made out to be a far cry from Karen and her home life so it made her feel like more than she was.
"What are those for?"Karen asked as she pointed at the plushies in Cartman's hands.
"Oo these? Here I'll introduce you."Cartman said as he put the toy into their respective seats.
"This is Clyde Frog."Cartman said
"Hello, there little lady. You come around here often."Cartman said as he impersonated Clyde frog.
Karen giggled
"Hello Frog."Karen replied
"And this is Polly Prissy Pants."Cartman said as pointed at a doll with a pink dress.
"But sometimes I'm Salma Hiyak."Cartman said in a famine voice.
"Ooo okay Salma Hiy-
"But I'm just Polly Prissy Pants today."
"Oo alright then."
Karen proceeded to take her seat and indulge in tea. Her and Cartman began to converse and they were getting along well to Karen's surprise. Despite his rough exterior, he had a surprisingly famine interior. After finishing their tea they began to talk about the subject of Disney movies, asking for the advice Clyde frog and Polly Prissy Pants.
"Okay it's 1 to 2 that Beauty and The Beast is superior to Aladdin. Pants, you have the untying vote."Cartman said
"I'm sorry, I have to agree with Karen, Aladdin is a hunk."Polly Prissy Pants (Cartman)replied
"That's not what I asked."Cartman said
"With him in that movie,It makes it far superior."Polly Prissy Pants aka Salma Hiyak responded
"That doesn't even make-
"She's gotta point Eric."Karen states
"Your just saying that because she agreed with you."Clyde Frog(Cartman) states
"I am not!"Karen replied to the inanimate frog
"Guys, let's keep it civil. The fact of the matter is it that doesn't matter how handsome one guy is. Even if an actor's performance is amazing, animated or otherwise, we must consider the aspects of character and narrative that-
Before Cartman finished his sentence a young boy with a teal jacket and blond hair opened the sliding door.
"ERIC!"Butters shouted.
Cartman moved the quickest he had ever had before and leaped out of the chair and stormed towards Butters.
"What THE Hell BUTTERS! Who the hell let you in!" Cartman said as he grabbed Butters by the collar.
"Your mom let me in! She said you were busy but it's important so she let me in! I didn't mean to disrupt your little tea partyyy."Butters said as he coward in front of Cartman's wrath.
"Promise you won't tell anyone! Promise!"Cartman states with anger.
"I promise!"Butters said
"You better or I'm gonna feed your arms to my cat. And then I'm gonna feed your legs to your parents and shit down your-
Cartman felt something pull the arm of his jacket. He was about to turn his wrath to whoever was trying to scare the piss out of Butters, But was met with a serious Karen.
"There is no need for that Eric. Neither of us will say okay?"Karen said
Eric was reluctant but he let go of butters.
"Whatever...Why are you here Butters?"Cartman said
Butters took a breath.
"Well I was told that someone had potentially got wind of the plan and snitched to the objector."Butters said
Cartman pinched the bridge on his nose.
"How the fuck did that happen? Have you been saying shit?"Catman said
"I dunno, they must have figured it out. I don't know how.."Butters replied
"Do you have an idea of who told them?"Cartman asked
"Yes,I do but…"Butters said
"Well?"Cartman asked
Butters goes over to Cartman's ear and whispers a name that Karen can't make out.
"Son of a bitch, Looks like we have to make a plan."
Cartman turns and looks toward Karen.
"I'm sorry but it looks like I've got to take care of something. We'll finish our debate with the others later."Cartman states
"Well okay then."Karen states
Karen quickly grabs Cartman's hand and smiles.
"Thank you for the tea party. I had a lot of fun Eric."Karen replied with a huge smile
Cartman choked up.
"Uuu...uuu ya, I'll see you around."Cartman said
"Yep. I hope we get to hang out again sometime soon See ya."Karen replied
Karen let's go of Cartman's hand and proceeds to walk towards the sliding door that leads toward the kitchen.
"Tell your mom thanks for the tea."Karen states before closing the door behind her.
"Sure."Cartman states.
Karen then closes the door and makes her way out of the house.
"Ya know, I think Kenny would be pretty sore about you and his sister hangin out,seeing as are kind of at odds right now with the whole Heidi situ-
"Shut up Butters. I can handle that idiot. I have before."
Another chapter completed. Not very heavy on Kenny or Heidi one but one that sets up an instrumental pet of ten narratives in the long run. I hope you all are enjoying the story so far and I hope you would consider reviewing and critiquing below. I hope you all have a happy new year and day( or night based on where you live.