Title: A Lifetime of Style

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Chapter 18: School

Ryan is so thrilled about his first day of kindergarten that every day during the week leading up to it, he asks Stan and Kyle if it's time to go yet during breakfast. Robert's excitement isn't quite so evident, but Kyle does catch him checking his backpack and going over the necessary list of supplies in a very adult-sounding tone: "Let's see, I got eraser, folder, marker, crayons…"

It's the night before the first day of school, and they meet with their teacher, Mr. Harrison, as a family. Ryan is dragging Stan forward by the hand, and Robert and Kyle are walking together side by side behind the other two. Ryan pulls Stan right up to the teacher and introduces him, "Hi, this is my Dad!"

Stan shakes Mr. Harrison's hand, "Hi, I'm Stan."

"And this is my Daddy and my brother," Ryan points back at Kyle and Robert. Mr. Harrison shakes Kyle's extended hand.

"Kyle. We're the Marsh-Broflovski family. These are our sons, Ryan and Robert."

The twins go off to the play area and start playing with blocks in order to pass the time.

Meanwhile, Kyle and Stan sit at a table all the way in the corner and get pamphlets on the PTA, an outline of class lessons, and a calendar of events throughout the year that they can sign up to volunteer for. The teacher seems nice. Despite the fact that his last name rhymes with their very colorful and rude fourth grade teacher, Mr. Harrison's personality is the exact opposite. He's smart, friendly, mid-to-late 30s, tall, with a seemingly athletic build.

He asks Stan and Kyle if the boys have any nicknames.

"Well, sometimes we call them Rob and Ry…" Kyle tells him.

"So, should we call them by their nicknames or their full names?" Mr. Harrison asks.

Stan calls the question out to the boys. Ryan says that either Ryan or Ry is fine, but Robert is insistent on being called by his full name.

Mr. Harrison nods in understanding.

Kyle and Stan are a bit teary-eyed now that their boys are now in kindergarten. Ryan runs straight to his cubby and puts his supplies inside, but Robert stops just inside the doorway, scans the full room, and still holds Kyle's hand.

"When school is over, you come get us?" he asks.

"Yeah," Stan tells him. "And we'll cook your favorite dinner and you can tell us about your first day."

"Mmmkay," Robert says, "Don't leave yet."

He goes to his own cubby, puts his stuff in, and takes Ryan back to their fathers. They hug and kiss goodbye, and the boys go off to find their desks. Ryan sits next to Connor, who immediately became his best friend on the first day of daycare two years ago. Robert sits next to Andrew. The two introduce themselves and become instant buddies.

It's not until the 4th grade that some kid with a Southern Baptist mother tells Ryan and Robert that their dads are fags and all four of them are going to hell. Ryan spits back that her father abandoned her and her mother because he didn't love them, and that she's just jealous that they have two.

A scuffle ensues, and all three of them end up in the principal's office. Kyle gets called in. The girl's mother can't leave work to meet with the principal.

Kyle defends his sons for defending themselves and refuses to tell them that anything they did, beyond telling the girl that her father doesn't love her, was wrong. The principal sighs and gives up in exasperation and sends the boys home with Kyle. For the next two years, whenever the school needs to contact the Marsh-Broflovski clan, Stan gets the call.

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