About a week later...

Kenny refused to come out of his room. He refused to eat what little food was in the house. His parents checked on him every night. He was always lying in bed staring at the ceiling. They didn't realize he had been like that all day. His brother offered to talk to him, but to Kenny the offer was hollow. Nothing could fix this. He refused to answer any calls from a worried Kyle or Stan. They came to see him. Kenny was in his bed just wearing boxers, his hair was all messy. He heard them come in.

"Come on man. You've gotta get up. You've gotta keeping living if not for us, for yourself," Stan nugged him, but Kenny didn't budge.

Kyle tried his best to be cheering, but remain standing in the doorway afraid to cross paths with a rat, "Life goes on dude, it'll be ok."

Easy for you to say, Kenny thought & rolled onto his side. Staring at the wall he began counting the pealing paint chips.

Cartman strolled in knocking Kyle aside with a smile across his face, "Hey poor shit! Whoa, it smells like open ass in here!"

"Well look who bothered to show up," Stan folded his arms.

"Look fatass if you're not gonna help make him feel better than leave! We don't want you here!" Kyle shoved Cartman back.

"Don't start now you guys," Stan pleaded.

"Pfft, Jews. For your information I came cause I had nothing better to do," He turned his attention back to Kenny & ripped the sheets off, "Gawd damn it Kenny! Get your poor ass outta bed! Your dad's an alcolholic! Come on... I've got food stamps..."

Kenny yanked the sheets back & threw it over his head. "Can't you all just leave me alone???"

Stan & Kyle exchanged glances & shrugged.

"Alright dude, but we'll stop by tomarrow," Stan made his way towards the door. Kyle followed.

"I'm probably gonna be busy tomarrow. Don't wanna come back too soon anyway, I could catch the poor cooties!" Cartman waddled after them.

"Whatever..." Kenny put his face into his pillow. He heard the door shut.

It's been three days, Kenny thought, three days without her. She couldn't even face me. This is all I have left... He pulled out a letter.

Kenny,
I'm sorry, but I have to end this. I know it's seemed like things were fine between us, but the truth is I'm not happy with you. I didn't want to hurt you like this. I'm sorry it's over between us. I realize now what Dave did was wrong, but I forgive him & I love him. We have worked things out & we belong together. Again I'm sorry things turned out this way. Please don't try to call, it's too painful to deal with. I'll always remember you,
Erin

How many times have I read this? Probably a zillion...

The ink on the page had been smudged with tears.

I feel so stupid. How could I have fallen for this? Clearly she was using me as a rebound. I wanna be mad at her, I wanna hate her, but I can't... I love her so much it's pathetic.

Kenny had thought about calling. He'd reach out to pick up the receiver, but couldn't bring himself to dial. It was when he was reading the letter again for that zillionth time there was a knock at the McCormick's front door. His mom answered it.

Kenny figured, It's probably the guys again. Maybe I should go outside & get some fresh air...

He got up to put on his orange hoodie. Instead of his mom calling him to come to the door, he heard angry shouting voices. They were vaguely familiar. He decided to go investigate. Peeking from around the corner he saw Mr. & Mrs. O'Brien trying to force their way into his home.

"Get out! Go away! I don't know who ya all are! Kenny ain't feeling good right now! I don't know what ya all are talking about!" Mrs. McCormick shouted shrilly.

Mr.O'Brien wedged his hand between the door & the frame, "We know your son is hiding out daughter! We will get a search warrant! Police will be all over this place!"

Ms.O'Brien stood behind him, "Please we just want our daughter back! We're not sure how long she's been missing &-"

Mrs. McCormick slammed the door in her face.

Kenny ears burned, unable to process this new information.

Holy shit! Erin is missing?! This is unfreaken believable! I have to find her! And I know just where to look... I know who's behind this & now I'm gonna get my sweet revenge...