Kenny and I ended up hanging out outside a lot longer then anticipated. After about thirty minutes Kenny suggested we just skip out on the rest of the day, I didn't feel like going back inside and dealing with anyone, so I agreed.
"What do you think happened to Cartman and Kyle?" I asked Kenny as he lit up his third cigarette.
"They probably got suspended." He shrugged, taking a long drag.
As if on queue the front door of the school opened and Kyle and Cartman walked out. Kenny and I looked at each other and nodded, agreeing to walk over and talk to them. When we got over there Kyle was sitting on the curb with his arms crossed and Cartman was standing a few feet away with his hands in his pockets.
"Hey guys, what'd you get? Suspension?" Kenny asked, grinning. Kyle nodded and Kenny turned to me, "Told you."
Cartman laughed and turned to us, he had a dark bruise on his cheek. "I'm not mad at you anymore Kahl." He said.
Kyle looked at him. "Shut up fatass." He shook his head.
"No, Kahl, I'm being seriously. We both messed up, let's forget it." He said, he smiled and it looked so real.
Kyle stood up, "You're lying."
"No, no, I insist." Cartman put his hand out and Kyle sighed and shook it.
"You guys have never made up this fast from a fight." I commented.
"We were both in the wrong, Stan." Cartman insisted.
"What are you up to?" Kenny asked.
Cartman smiled again, "Just letting bygones be bygones, Kenny."
Then Mrs. Broflovski pulled up. "I'm so fucked." Kyle groaned, then he ran to the car and got in before his mom had a chance to yell at him.
After they left I turned to Cartman. "What's really up?" I asked him.
"Well I do forgive Kyle for fighting me," he started, "But it seems to have slipped his mind that I said next time his mom would find out."
"His mom already knows about the fight though." I gestured to the direction that Kyle had left.
Cartman smiled, "You're right! That's why I'm going to tell her he's a raging fag."
"You wouldn't." Kenny said.
Cartman smiled and looked at us, "Why shouldn't I?"
"I don't think you realize how big of a deal this is, dude." I was trying to reason with him.
"I already said I was going to do it if Kyle did anything to me again. I'm just keeping the promise I made." Cartman shrugged and his mom pulled up. "See you losers later."
So that was Cartman's plan. I had to admit this was going to be the worst thing he'd done in a long ass time. It seemed like things like this used to be a regular occurrence but now they were slim to none. If Cartman actually pulled this off, it would be terrible.
Kenny took a long drag off his cigarette, "Well shit." He said after he exhaled.
"Dude, Kyle is so fucked."
"Hopefully he'll be fucked by you." Kenny laughed, "But seriously, this is pretty bad."
I turned to Kenny. "Don't you think we should warn Kyle or something?" I asked.
"Most definitely." Kenny dropped his cigarette. "But his ass will be grounded and he won't be in school. How do we know Cartman won't do it before they're back from their suspension?"
"You're right." I sighed, "I'm sure there's someway to warn him though."
Kenny grinned, "Of course. I'm a master of sneaking into people's houses. I'll help you."
I rolled my eyes at Kenny's cockiness, "How do we do it?" I asked.
"Well first we wait until it's night." Kenny replied, "You can't sneak around in the day or you'll definitely get caught."
"I guess that means I'll have to sneak out of my house tonight. My mom will definitely know Kyle got suspended by tonight and won't believe me if I tell her I'm over there." I thought for a moment, "How are we going to pull this shit off?"
"It'll be easy, don't worry about it." Kenny chuckled, "Besides were helping your lover, isn't it worth it?"
"Don't say that ever again." I stated flatly.
"Oh come on Stan, the whole schools knows you two are a thing." Kenny pointed out slyly.
"Yeah, all because of your boyfriend." I retorted, crossing my arms.
"You should've checked the closest before you made your confessions of undying love." Kenny teased. I just shook my head.
"Skipping school was probably a bad idea." I said, putting my hands in my pockets.
"Yeah, but if we hadn't skipped we never would've learned about Cartman's plan." Kenny pointed put.
"I guess you're right." I shrugged.
"It's scary to think about the road not traveled." Kenny mused.
I laughed and shook my head, "Shut up dude."
Kenny and I decided to go to the mall because we had nothing better to do. When I decided I'd better go home so parents didn't get suspicious of me being gone I offered Kenny a ride but he insisted on walking. Then he told me he'd come to my house tonight so he could help me sneak out.
When I got home my mom called me into the kitchen and her and my dad were sitting at the table. Shit, they probably had know I ditched. "Hey..." I say down with them.
"Stanley I thought this conversation would be best to have as a family." My mom started, "Ever since the incident-"
"You mean when I almost drank myself to death?" I asked bitterly. They always referred to it as 'the incident' or something just as awkward.
My mom let out a long sigh, "Yes. I mean that."
"What about it?" I asked, I was already bored by the conversation.
"Well we were just wondering what's been happening in your life that, you know, caused this." My mom said, interlacing her fingers and setting her hands on the table.
"What do you mean?" I asked, though I knew exactly what she meant.
"We're just trying to help you." My dad explained.
"Trying to help me like that time you sent me to live with Mongolians because Tweek almost got abducted, or actually help me?" I asked laughing.
My dad rolled his eyes. "We're really trying to help you."
"Well I already told you, I got in a fight with Kyle." I informed them.
"I don't think getting in a fight with your friend would cause this much trouble." My mom said.
"Well Kyle and I are best friends. It's all worked out now anyways." I dismissed.
"Then what have you been doing when you ditch school?" My dad asked, I knew they'd known.
I groaned, "Fuck."
"The school notifies us when you just randomly leave." My mom said in an annoyed tone.
"Kenny and I went to the mall." I told them.
"But why did you even leave in this first place?" My mom asked.
I could've told them it was because Kenny was smoking and we lost track of time, but I didn't think that'd go over well with them. "Kyle and Cartman got in a fight so Kenny and I were avoiding them. They're annoying as hell when they fight."
My dad sighed, "Well you can't just leave school whenever you feel like it."
"I know, I won't do it again." I told them.
My mom smiled like some progress had been made. She stood up, "I have to go to book club. You two are in charge of dinner."
After my mom left my dad glanced at me. "Wanna get a pizza again?" He asked. I nodded.
The rest of the night I sat on the couch with my dad watching whatever weird movies were on tv. Around eleven I said I was going to bed and went up to my room. I had no idea when Kenny would show up , but I figured it would be any time now.
It was apparently a lot later than I thought because I ended up falling asleep and waking up to Kenny shaking me. "Dude." I groaned.
"Come on its one, if we hurry you can go back to sleep before school tomorrow." Kenny coaxed me out of bed and I yawned as I grabbed my jacket. "We have to take your ladder with us." He explained as he crawled out my window and down the ladder, I followed him.
"We can't take my car, it'll wake my parents up." I said as we worked on quietly lowering the ladder.
"Then I guess we'll have to walk." Kenny shrugged. "Grab the other end of the ladder and let's go."
I'm sure we looked suspicious as hell. Two teenagers carting a ladder through snow at one in the morning. Luckily, the police system was pretty poor in South Park.
It usually didn't take long to walk to Kyle's but it took a lot longer when it was twenty degrees outside and you were carrying a fucking ladder. The cold made my nose go numb I and I wished I had grabbed a bigger jacket before leaving my house.
By the time we got to Kyle's my hands were ice. "We have to do this fast." I explained as we opened the gate to the Broflovski's backyard. Kenny nodded in agreement and mumbled something in reply but I couldn't understand him because he had his hood pulled up around his face.
We extended the ladder and laid it gently against the house. "Do you think his window's unlocked?" I asked, Kenny shrugged. I sighed and began to climb the ladder as Kenny watched.
When I got to the top I pushed the window up and, lucky for me, it was open. I stepped inside Kyle's room and then walked over to his bed.
Kyle was cute when he was asleep. He had his hat off and his curls were resting on his pillow. I smiled to myself as I remembered that Kyle liked me back. I knelt down next to his bed and shook him awake lightly. "Five more minutes, mom." Kyle mumbled sleepily.
"I'm not your mom dude." I whispered softly.
His emerald eyes opened halfway to look at me. "Stan?" He asked softly, then he say up. "What the hell?"
"Kenny helped me sneak in." I explained, standing up and the sitting on his bed with him.
"Why? You just couldn't stay away from me?" Kyle laughed softly.
"Well, yes, but I also had to tell you something." I said.
"I have to tell you something too." Kyle yawned, "I'm so happy that we're dating..." He trailed off, "We never made it official, oh shit."
"Well if can be official, but that's not what I came to talk to you about." I explained.
Kyle smiled and wrapped his arms around me, "Okay, but I had to tell you." He was half asleep, it was honestly adorable. "What were you gonna tell me?"
"Cartman's gonna tell your mom that you're gay." I told him.
"Why would he do that?" Kyle asked.
"Because he said next time you guys got in a fight he'd tell your mom." I explained.
"Yeah but my mom already knows about the fight."
"I know but he wanted to be a dick and come out for you." I explained.
"God fucking dammit." Kyle sat up straight. "That piece of shit."
"Kenny and I thought we should warn you."
"Where is Kenny?" Kyle asked.
"In your backyard." I sighed.
"My mom took my phone as punishment for being suspended. I got grounded for two weeks." Kyle explained, "My parents were pretty pissed."
"I figured they would be, and I figured they'd take your phone."
"When is Cartman gonna tell my mom?" Kyle asked.
I shrugged, "He didn't tell us that much."
Kyle stood up and began pacing around his room. "I need to stop him, dammit."
"Me and Kenny can help." I told him, standing up too.
"Well I guess there's nothing we can do about it tonight." Kyle sighed deeply.
I nodded in agreement. "I'll go over to his house tomorrow." I offered.
"Try to talk him out of it, tell him I'll pay him." Kyle said, he punched the bridge of his nose. "I should've know this would happen."
I walked over to him. "It's typical Cartman." He nodded in agreement. "I need to head home, it's so late."
Kyle sighed and pulled me into a hug. "I'm not gonna see you for like a week."
I hugged him back. "I know." Soon the hug turned into a kiss. When we kissed I had to stand on my tiptoes just to reach Kyle's lips. Even with me on my toes Kyle still had to lean down just slightly.
I felt sad that I wouldn't be able to see Kyle but I wasn't going to fight his parents on this.
"It's great you two are in love but we need to leave, like now." Kenny said suddenly. He was sticking his head through Kyle's window and standing on the ladder.
Kyle and I broke apart and I turned to Kenny. "What's going on?" I asked him.
"I hear someone walking around the corner. I don't know if it's a police man or what, but who walks around the neighborhood at one in the morning?" He asked.
I sighed, good point. I kissed Kyle quickly for good measure and then started walking to the window. When I got there the ladder had begun falling backwards away from the house. Kenny let out a little squeak before hitting the ground, with the ladder on top of him. "Oh my god, they killed Kenny."
"You bastards!" Kyle finished up.
"Shit, that was my only way out of here." I panicked.
"NOW THAT I'VE PUSHED OVER THE LADDER THERE'S NO ESCAPE FOR YOU FAGS!"
Kyle and I leaned out the window and there, in Kyle's backyard, was Cartman. "Oh fuck." Kyle mumbled under his breath.
As soon as Cartman said that the lights in Kyle's house almost seemed to come on automatically. Mr. and Mrs. Broflovski were down in their backyard in almost an instant. "Eric!" Mrs. Broflovski exclaimed.
The night was eerily silent so we could hear them perfectly. Cartman shot a look in our direction and Kyle and I exchanged glances. "Mrs. Broflovski a moment of your time, if you will."
"This better be important." She was already ticked off.
"It has come to my attention, Mrs. Broflovski, that your son, Kyle, is a homosexual. In fact he's upstairs with is lover, Stan, right now as we speak." Cartman explained smugly.
Mrs. Broflovski looked up at the window where me and Kyle were still standing. Kyle was mortified and I couldn't look away from this train wreck.
In the blink of an eye she was upstairs and bursting through Kyle's door. "Kyle, is what Eric telling me true?" She asked, glancing at me.
Kyle looked at her and then at the floor. "Yeah." He said softly.
Sheila sighed, "Stan let's call your parents to come get you." She motioned for us to follow and we walked downstairs where Eric was standing with Mr. Broflovski.
I knew my parents would slaughter me, but probably not as bad as Kyle's. Kyle's parents left the room to go make phone calls and left me, Kyle and Cartman sitting on the couch.
"How did you know that Kenny and I were coming here?" I asked Cartman. Then I realized Kenny had just disappeared. I would have to kick his ass later for bailing on us like that.
"Craig." Cartman answered simply. "He was out smoking when you guys were talking. Then I was in the bathroom when he told Tweek about it."
"I'm gonna fucking kill you." Kyle seethed.
Cartman laughed, "Okay Kahl."
Kyle's parents came back in the room and looked at all three of us. Kyle had his head buried in his hands, Cartman had his head resting on his hand looking bored, and I probably looked like a sleep deprived mess.
I kept thinking that Kyle's parents were going to say something to us but they didn't. They kept glancing at Kyle and I who were sitting next to each other on the couch. Kyle finally looked up from his hands, "Can I go back to bed?" He asked his parents weakly.
"Go ahead Kyle, we'll talk to you in the morning." Gerald said, Kyle didn't hesitate to stand up and leave. I could imagine his crying in his room, because he probably was, and it made me feel terrible. I felt like I could've stopped Cartman if I had tried harder.
Cartman's mom got to Kyle's house before my parents, thank god. She talked briefly to the Broflovski's before taking Cartman home with her. When they came back to the living room I was sitting there staring at the wall.
Sheila sat down next to me. "So you and Kyle are... Dating?" She asked me, I nodded.
"Why did Eric Cartman have to tell me this?" She asked.
"Why didn't you just figure it out yourself? You had that gay porn magazine like a week ago." I quipped. I instantly regretted my smart ass answer though. "I didn't mean it." I quickly added.
Sheila narrowed her eyes at me as there was a knock on the front door. "Well, we'll have to have a big talk about this one day, but I don't think one in the morning is the best time to do it." Gerald stated as he got up and let my parents in.
"Stanley, you are in a lot of trouble young man." My mom was visibly pissed off. "Thank you for calling us Sheila. Let's go, Stan."
I left with my parents and as soon as I got in the car they turned around to me. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" My dad asked. The Broflovski's might've thought this conversation could wait until later but my parents were going to have this conversation now.
"What did Kyle's mom tell you?" I asked. I wanted to tell them the bare minimum that I could.
"Oh no, you're telling us everything." My mom said angrily.
"Okay so Kyle and I are dating and-"
"Randy, I told you he was gay, you owe me ten bucks." My mom cut me off.
"Dammit, I should've known with how close him and Kyle are." My dad mumbled.
"You made bets on me being gay?!"
"All parents do it," my mom dismissed, "Now finish your story." I told them everything that had happened.
"Why did you think it was a good idea to warn Kyle about Cartman in the middle of the night?" My dad questioned.
"Because his mom took his phone away because he's grounded and she's going to destroy him for being gay." I explained.
"Sheila and Gerald aren't that bad." My mom insisted.
"They're the type of people that support gay stuff in theory but would never want it to be in their household." I said in exasperation.
After all this time we were still sitting in the dark car in the Broflovski's driveway. The lights has gone back off in the house and it looked peaceful. My parents never disagreed or agreed with me about the Broflovski's. Instead my dad just started the car and drove us home.
When we got home I glanced between my parents. "Are you mad at me for being gay?" I asked them. It seemed like a stupid question but I felt like they were for some reason. They were probably mad about me sneaking out and everything else, but they hadn't really reacted to me coming out.
My mom smiled tiredly. "Stan, we'll always love you not matter what." She said. I think that parents are just wired to say that. After she said it she gave me a long hug and I hugged her back.
"I better get back to bed, I still have school tomorrow." My mom let go of me and I told my parents goodnight before returning to my room. My window was still open from when Kenny and I crawled out of it earlier. My room was freezing from the nippy wind. I closed it and sighed as I flopped down on my bed.
I curled up under my covers and willed myself to go to sleep, but I couldn't do it. I laid there until my alarm went off for school. I walked downstairs and made a huge cup of coffee, drank it, and counted is as breakfast. After drinking half the coffee I went upstairs to get ready.
As I brushed my teeth I realized how shitty school was going to be today. Cartman and Kyle were suspended and Kenny was gone.
I walked back downstairs and put on my coat. I was heading for my car when I felt a hand on my shoulder, I turned to see my mom. "Don't ditch school today." She said, "And consider yourself grounded for sneaking out and ditching school." She added.
I nodded, "Okay." I figured that was fair enough.
She smiled and kissed my cheek. "Have a good day at school."
School was boring as hell. At lunch I went to our usual table and fell asleep on it. I was only asleep for like five minutes though because Bebe and Wendy walked over and sat down across from me, waking me up. "Hey guys," I greeted sleepily.
"Are you alright?" Bebe asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I didn't get any sleep last night." I told her.
"Why not?" She asked me. I explained the shortened version of what happened last night to them.
"Cartman did that? That's terrible!" Wendy gasped. She sounded surprised but I didn't know why. She had known Cartman as long as any of us and she was even dating him. I figured she'd be used to Cartman's general dickishness.
"Yeah, it was pretty terrible." I yawned, "What do you see in him anyways?"
"People are different when they're alone." Wendy insisted.
"Well ask him to stop being such an asshole next time you see him." I told her. Wendy sighed. "Why'd you guys come over here anyways?"
"You looked sad and lonely." Bebe smiled, "All of your friends are gone." She observed.
I nodded, "Kenny disappeared again."
"I wonder where he goes." Wendy wondered out loud. Bebe and I shrugged in response.
"I appreciate you guys coming over but I was asleep and that was the only time I could've napped uninterrupted." I didn't even try to keep the annoyance out of my voice. I was just upset because I hadn't gotten any sleep and I was worried about Kyle.
"Well excuse us for trying to be nice." Bebe laughed and twirled her blonde hair in her fingers. The bell rang to signal the end of lunch.
I walked to foods slowly, mostly because I didn't want to go but also because I was about to fall asleep. On the way I saw Butters in the hall, "Stan." He called out, "Have you seen Kenny?"
"He disappeared yesterday. You know how he is." I told him.
"Oh, I see." He said. I nodded.
"Can I ask you something?"
Butters lit up, "Is it another question about happiness?"
"It's about Kenny actually." Butters waited for me to ask the question. "Why do you let Kenny lead you on like this?"
Butters laughed, "Stan you silly goose, he's not leading me on. I know Kenny doesn't stay in relationships for too long, but we're just having fun."
"Oh."
Butters smiled, "I'm gonna be late if I don't hurry. See you later, Stan."
The rest of the day went by slowly. When I was leaving school Heidi walked up to me with her camera. "Where's Kyle? I still need a picture of you two." She smiled.
"He got suspended." I told her flatly.
"Damn, I need that picture."
"I'll come find you when he comes back." She seemed satisfied with that answer so she left.
I walked out and sat down in my car letting out a sigh. I wanted to rest there for awhile but my mom would kill me if I wasn't home right after school. I closed my eyes for a second and my phone started ringing. I reached over and answered it without even looking at it. I figured it would just be my mom or something. "Hello?"
"Hey dude." It was Kyle. I opened my eyes and smiled. "Ike let me use his phone to call you but my parents will be back in a few minutes so we have to make this fast."
"Are you parents slaughtering you?" I asked him.
"They've mostly just been quiet. My dad said that they accept me because they didn't want to be in a hateful household, but I think my mom's disappointed." Kyle sighed, "She'll get over it though. What about your parents?"
"They were just mad at me for sneaking out and ditching school." I told him.
He laughed, "Lucky. Your parents are so chill."
I laughed too, "I guess so. School sucked without any of you guys here."
"Being trapped at home all alone isn't fun either." Kyle said.
"How long until you're back at school?" I asked.
"Monday." He said, "only four days, but the weekend is really gonna suck because I'll have to be around my parents and I won't be able to go anywhere." He sighed.
"I'm sorry, dude."
"It's okay. I have to go anyways, I just heard the car in the drive way. Bye, I love you Stan."
I smiled, I got so happy when Kyle told me he loved me. It made me melt just a little. "I love you too, Kyle." I said then I hung up and started to drive home.
When I got home I laid down on the couch and took a nap. I was still exhausted from the night before. My mom woke me up when dinner was ready.
"How was school today?" My mom asked me at dinner.
"Boring, all my friends were gone." I said sighing. "I hope Kenny's back soon."
"Where is he?" My dad asked, I shrugged in response. My parents talked about their days, my dad told a story about how someone at his job had quit today. Sometimes I was surprised my dad even had a job.
After dinner I helped my mom do the dishes and then went up to my room to do my homework. I actually did it for once instead of just pretending to.
After I was done I laid in bed and stared at the ceiling. I felt a familiar emptiness fill me but this time I didn't have alcohol to fill the holes. I shouldn't have been thinking about drinking anyways. If Kyle was with me he'd be disappointed in me.
I turned to face the wall. It was too early to go to sleep but I had nothing else to do.
My mind kept wandering back to Kyle. I wondered how he was doing. I hoped that everything would work out alright for him.
I couldn't get my mind off Kyle and alcohol so I grabbed my earbuds and started playing music from my phone my phone. I closed my eyes as I listened to the music and tried to think about anything else.
It's been so long since I've updated this and I'm sorry. I've just accepted I'm never going to be good at updating quickly, even if I really try to. The support for this fanfiction is amazing! I love reading all the reviews and seeing how many people like and follow it. It really means a lot to me! I'm just surprised that so many people are enjoying it, thank you all so much! (: HOPEFULLY I'll get this updated soon but I can't promise anything.
