Chapter 2 - Worrying
Later that afternoon, Brian took Stewie over to the hospital, where Dr. Elmer Hartman checked the strand of red hair on Stewie's head.
"So, what's up, Dr. Hartman?" Brian asked.
"Well, Brian," Dr. Hartman began, "the strand of red hair Stewie has is indeed carried from his mother. However, the other strands of brown hair he has are carried from his father."
"Never address them by those names again, Dr. Hartman," Stewie thought angrily. "Call them Lois and the Fat Man."
"I never thought I would see a case like this," Dr. Hartman continued. "I believe there's an off chance that Stewie would become a redhead."
"Really?" Brian replied.
"Yes," Dr. Hartman nodded. "And I believe there are some cases related to this that it can lead to the ginger gene."
"What's that?"
"It's when the person who starts to get red hair would have their skin tone get a lighter color and freckles would appear on their face."
Stewie's eyes widened in shock at this.
"Oh, no," he thought in worry. "Does this mean I'm going to become a ginger?"
"It's not so serious," Dr. Hartman shrugged. "I've had ginger patients before and they had nothing wrong when they got the gene."
Brian turned his attention to Stewie as Dr. Hartman walked away.
"Brian, I'm scared," Stewie shuddered.
"Don't worry, Stewie," Brian assured. "We'll just give this a few days to see whether it does lead to the ginger gene or not."
"That's what I'm worried about," Stewie replied. "What if it does happen and the kids see me at school like that? They'd kick me in the form of a prank!"
Just then, before a cutaway could be set up, Brian's phone vibrated. He picked it up and read a text message that was sent to him. His eyes narrowed upon learning it was from Quagmire.
"Dear Brian," he read. "Me and the guys are going to a country where the people eat the meat of your species. Quagmire. P.S.: Screw you for having sex with my dad." He became even more angry when he read the end of the text. "Oh, come on! He even gave me the finger in the form of an emoji!"
"Guess this is more proof that Quagmire hates you, Brian," Stewie replied.
Author's Note: Stewie's worry about his being kicked is based on the controversy from the South Park episode "Ginger Kids", after the father of a ginger boy blamed the episode after the boy got kicked.