Love Drunk

Chapter 2: The Day We Met Was Like A Hit 'n' Run.

Kyle's POV

I was a bit worried when Stan went to toilet but that was only because he left me with Kenny and Craig. I liked them both, but they did kind of freak me out. Kenny was a bit too perverted for my liking but he was loveable and Craig was like Kenny only he had a strange sense of humour. If I'd met them back in Jersey I wouldn't have been friends with them and I get the feeling that most people were freaked out by them.

"Craig, honey?" Kenny's question makes me and Craig look to him. Craig looks down at his boyfriend and written on his face is an expression that just screams 'what?'. "I think Stan may of fallen in the toilet, can you go find him?" Craig just raises an eyebrow and shakes his head.

"Fine. But unless you move I can't find him." Craig grabs Kenny by the waist and sits him on his knee before pushing him into the corner where he'd just been sat. Kenny smiles at his boyfriend and looks curiously at me.

"Are you Stan's gay mom or something?" I ask with a hint of humour in my voice and I can feel Kenny's eyes on me.

"Nah. I'm his ex."

"His ex?" I can feel my tone get hysterical and I nearly choke on the words. Kenny gives me a small smile and shrugs slightly. I can see that his blue eyes aren't bothered by what he said but their worried by my reaction to it. "He's gay?" I ask after I've calmed down a bit.

"Was gay." He puts emphasis on the word 'was' and smiles. "He promised me, Wendy, Craig and himself that he wouldn't go back down that road after what Clyde did to him."

"Which was?" I can feel the curiosity in my voice and Kenny smile widens. I look at him and he just shakes his head.

"I promised not to tell, he can tell you himself. Why did you want to know if he was gay?" Kenny's question takes me by surprise and I blush involuntary. Kenny just smiles and I tell you if he smiles any more then he already is he'll have a permanent smile on his face.

"Um...because I'm gay?" My voice is hesitant and scared. Kenny raises a single eyebrow and it makes me think that he knows that's not the only reason. "And I kinda like him." My voice comes out at barely a whisper this time and I'm surprised that Kenny can hear me.

"Why am I not surprised? Everyone falls for Stan Mantra." Kenny says calmly. "And I mean everyone. Me, Craig, Wendy, Bebe, Cartman, Damien, Pip, Red, Rebecca, Milly, Gary, Mark, Token, Butters, Jimmy, Timmy, Kevin, Kelly, Heidi, Lexus, Lizzy, Georgie, Henrietta, Dylan, Evan and Clyde did. Now you. It's the way of life here." I give Kenny a quizzical look as he reels off this list of people that I didn't know. "Watch this." He says when a small ginger haired girl walks into the room. "YO! LEX!" She turns at his voice and smiles before walking over to us.

"Hey Kenny." She sways as she says his name and she looks at me curiously. "Who's ya little friend?" I smile at her and I'm surprised when she returns the favour and smiles back, exposing her diamond white teeth. She looks like the kind of girl who'd be really popular and ignore the new kid. So why isn't she?

"Lexus this is Kyle Broflovski, Kyle this is Lexus Middleton."

"Well ain't y'all cute! 'Specially the red hair." Lexus' voice catches me off-guard, I wasn't expecting an Oklahoma accent from her. But on second thought I should of done, dressed in cowboy boots, a mini skirt, a white blouse and a cute little brown leather shoulder bag she did remind me of Stevie Rae from House Of Night and she was from Oklahoma. "Anyway what did ya want me for hun?"

"Tell Kyle what it's like when your going out with Stan Mantra."

"Oh. My. God. It's wonderful hun! I mean ya have to fit time in with him around his football schedule but he's nice to ya and he listens to ya. Which is more then some men do. Isn't it hun?" Kenny nods at the question that seems to be directed at him and to both his and Lexus' surprise I nodded too. "Why are ya nodding hun?"

"Cause my last boyfriend was a dick." I reply calmly. I hear Lexus gasp and she slides onto the seat next to me and throws her arms around me.

"Tell me about it hun. My boyfriend was a dick. But ya know life ain't fair and all that bullcrap. I don't wanna start on all psychology crap I know but if ya want me to I will."

"I thought you wasn't taking psychology." Kenny states calmly and the look Lexus gives him makes him cringe back in terror.

"It's not my fault that my mama's a psychiatrist. I'm taking English instead. Plus I don't think Craig would of appreciated me in his class Kenny. Anyway sweetie what did ya boyfriend do?" I can feel the tears spring to my eyes as I remember what Max did to me. I see Lexus and Kenny share a glance and Lexus lets go of me.

"He basically used me for sex." I mutter and I hear Lexus gasp again.

"Now that just ain't right." Kenny and Lexus say at the same time. Kenny should never try and do an Oklahoma accent again it doesn't suit him. Lexus gives him a look and Kenny shrugs.

"Lex, you say the same things over and over, it's hard to not pick it up." He explains calmly as Craig and Stan walk back towards the booth. Craig and Stan take one look at Lexus sat near me and then turn immediately to Kenny. "Did you both fall in the toilet?" Kenny asks innocently as they both slid into the booth next to him and squish him in between the wall and Craig.

"Hey Lexus, you didn't pick psychology." Craig sounds honestly disappointed by that and Lexus raises a thin eyebrow.

"And why do ya sound sad about that?" Lexus asks, clearly not reassured by Craig's frown.

"Because I'll have no one to make fun of."

"Oh-ha-de-har-ha. I'm taking English Craig so fuck you." I'm surprised to hear that when Lexus is mad her Oklahoma accent goes. I don't like her without her Okie accent, it makes her seem way too different. "Oh Stan! Got ya DVD." She says when she catches Stan's eye. Stan raises an eyebrow as she dives into her bag and the stuff in the bag clangs.

"How much do you have in there?" I ask as a tone of wonder enters my tone. Kenny gives her a look and Craig shakes his head.

"Well there's Stan's DVD, Heidi's books, Pip's CD, mine and Kelly's bracelets, Bebe's mascara and Red's birthday present." Lexus replies as she pulls the brightly wrapped package out and places it on to the table. "Amongst other things." She adds as an afterthought when she pulls about eight pairs of headphones all tangled together out.

"How many?" I exclaim at the mess of headphones.

"Well ya see. The left one of the blue pair doesn't work, same with the orange ones. Wendy stood on my pink pair and green pair. The right ones of my white pair and my black pair don't work. And I use my yellow pair or my purple pair cause their the only ones that still work." We watch in amusement as Lexus empties her bag onto the table. In the end she had placed; the present for Red, eight pairs of headphones, two rainbow bracelets, a tube of mascara with Bebescrawled on it, two House of Night novels; Betrayed and Chosen, a pink LG Cookie, an iPod touch, a compact mirror, sparkly green and blue eyeliner, Motion City Soundtrack's My Dinosaur Life CD, a light blue denim jacket, a clutch purse, some pencils, some pens and a Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist DVD.

"You enjoy it Lex?" Stan asks as he takes his DVD off the table.

"Hun ya have got to stop making me think that gay people are more beautiful then they are anyway."

"There's gay people in that film?" Kenny said suddenly.

"Dude, come round tonight and I'll show you." Stan replies and looks at Craig who shrugs.

"I saw it when it came out but I'll come round anyway." Craig adds when both Stan and Kenny stare at him.

"Fine" Stan says and then looks at me. "However make out in that room and I'll kick you out. No matter how much protesting you do."

"But-" Kenny opens his mouth to speak then changes his mind when both Stan and Craig look at him. I watch as Kenny folds his arms across his chest and looks at me. I smile when he looks at me then I look elsewhere, Kenny reminded me of Max. Well Craig did as well but he wasn't the one looking at me.

"I would come round and watch it again with y'all but it's Red's party tonight and as her best friend I kinda have a duty to be there. I'll send her ya love Craig, 'kay?" Lexus says as she stands up. Craig gives an emotionless nod and Lexus smiles sweetly at him.

"Your going Lex?" Stan asks calmly as Lexus sweeps her hair behind her ear.

"Yep. Gotta give people their stuff back and it'll probably take all day knowing me. Anyone seen Damien today? Pip will be with him right?" She asks as she places everything but the CD in her bag. I shrug politely, I've never even seen Damien, or Pip for that matter.

"When is Pip not with Damien?" Craig asks sarcastically, making me think that them two couldn't be separated.

"At Christmas." Stan said almost instantly and got a chuckle of Kenny and a slap off Craig.

"Thanks Craig." Lexus mutters as she walks off, CD in hand. I watch as Stan watched Lexus walked off before sitting back next to me.

"So what are we doing today?" Stan asked once he'd got comfy. I shrugged again and leant back against the booth wall. I could feel Kenny looking at me as I watched Stan and it was bugging me to a slight extent. I didn't like being stared at. I mean I know I was really skinny, and it still wasn't my fault that I was anorexic. It was the way I'd started to eat when I found out about my diabetes and I'd just started skipping meals. Then I'd started to go days without eating, but no-one seemed to notice me, or my eating habits. Days turned into weeks then Max had come along, he'd encouraged me to eat and I'd started to eat but only when he was around me. But I was still skinny nothing could change that. I'd always be skinny and pale and look fragile, I've come to terms with it so I didn't see why nobody else could. I can feel Kenny looking at my arms and the countless number of bruises and grazes either from Max or a tree or a wall and as an immediate reaction I folded them across my chest. I see him raise an eyebrow out of the corner of my eye then I hear him say "Ow." as Craig hits him.

"Don't stare, it's not polite." Craig says before he and Stan carry on talking. I start staring at the ceiling as I try to ignore Kenny's stares and I pay no attention to the exchange between Stan and Craig. My mind wanders slightly as I remember my friends back in Jersey. I idly start to wonder if Max is okay but then I realise I don't care. He fucked up our relationship, he can deal with the consequences not me. I start wondering about Jenna and Ian, my tree-climbing and free-running buddies, and whether Ian's arm is out of it's cast, whether the scars on Jenna's palms have faded and whether the gash along my ribs is still there. I drop my hands to my sides and run one finger up the inside of my top and I smile slightly when I can make out the gash still slightly raised above the rest of my skin.

"Kyle?" Stan's question makes me jump and I'm surprised to learn that not only is Kenny still staring at me but Craig and Stan are now. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I just kinda zoned out." I reply and I'm surprised that my voice sounds nervous. I feel Kenny and Craig's eyes come off me but I still feel Stan eyes staring at me. Somehow I get the feeling, that while Kenny had been staring for the sake of it, that Stan is staring because he's curious. I don't know why he'd be curious about me but it felt strange. I look at Stan, my own curiosity burning, and realise that the contrast between us is huge. I was skinny and pale where as he was quite muscular and had a little bit of a tan. I'd never seen such a huge contrast between two people before and it kind of worried me. I pull my eyes away from Stan as Kenny yawns and Craig looks at him. Craig tickles Kenny as he nearly falls asleep and I watch with a bemused expression as Craig picks Kenny up.

"We'll be round later as planned Stan, he just needs to crash. Karen said that Carol was in hospital and he's been worrying all night." Craig explains as he walks away with Kenny asleep in his arms. Stan nods at Craig's retreating back and turns back to me.

"What do you want to do?" He asks and once again I shrug. "You look tired." He states and I raise an eyebrow. I was tired but I wasn't aware that it was that apparent. I mean I might have woken him up with my tossing and turning last night but that was normal behaviour for me. But now he mentioned it I was quite tired and the idea of going back to bed sounded splendid.

"I feel it." I murmur as my eyelids go heavy. "I might go back to sleep." I add as Stan stands up and pulls me by my hand.

"I think that's a good idea." Stan agrees as we start walking.

Stan had unlocked our room for us and had sat on his bed as I stumbled towards mine. He didn't laugh at me as I nearly fell over and landed on my bed, he just smiled. He'd placed his DVD on the bed and he'd gone in my suitcase for an old t-shirt at my request. He'd given all my marks on my skin a reproachful look as I'd stripped my shirt off but didn't say anything. I'd thrown the top on that he'd passed me without hesitation just to stop him from staring at me. As I climbed under my quilt I felt him become restless and I looked at him, he was very blurry considering I'd just taken my glasses off.

"It's nothing." He said quietly. Shrugging to myself I closed my eyes and the last conscious thing I remember is the gentle weight of a kiss to the forehead and the sound of a muttered "Have a nice sleep Kyle."

I awoke to Stan shaking me gently. I blink a few times as everything's out of focus and I grab my glasses. I sigh out of relief when I can see again. Glancing at the clock above our shared TV I was surprised to see that it was 4pm, I don't normally sleep that long and I look at Stan as I sit up.

"How long was I out for?" I ask as I stretch my arms.

"Well we got back here at half eight. So seven and half hours." He smiles as he answers my question and I feel reassured by his smile. "I only woke you up because Kenny and Craig will be here soon. And trust me you don't want to be asleep when their around." Stan adds as a explanation and I raise an eyebrow. "You don't want to know."

"Okay then." I say as I stand up and grab some clothes from the floor next to my bed and walk to the bathroom. Getting changed back into skinny jeans and a plain black t-shirt I thought of what had happened just as I'd been about to go to asleep. Surely Stan hadn't meant to kiss me? Maybe that's what you did to friends where they come from. If they do then that's strange. But I couldn't talk we had strange things back in Jersey, like if we wanted to go to Ian's bedroom we had to climb the tree next to his balcony and if we wanted Jenna to come out we had to find a different way to come in from the one we'd used the day before. I finish getting changed and I walk back out and I see Stan changing his t-shirt. I don't say anything but I look him up and down until he pulls his new shirt on and it's then that I shut the bathroom door alerting him to my presence. He turns and smiles at me then turns toward the door at the sound of knocking. I sit on my bed as he opens the door to reveal Craig and Kenny stood there carrying Wall-Mart bags.

"We bought popcorn and drinks." Kenny declares and holds up his bags. Craig sighs at his boyfriend as Kenny walks in and he follows him, shutting the door behind him. "Well Craig bought the drinks, I bought the popcorn and Pringles." Kenny passes his bags to Stan and this time we all shake our heads at Kenny. Kenny sits next to me on my bed and watches as Stan and Craig pour us all a drink of Coca-Cola and sort the Pringles and popcorn in to bowls. Craig passes me my glass and his eyes meet mine briefly and he glances from me to Stan and I shake my head. He shakes his head back at me and passes Kenny his drink. No-one notices mine and Craig's silent exchange and Stan turns the T.V on and places the DVD in the DVD player. Craig and Stan sit on the floor as the movie starts and their quickly joined by Kenny. I however sit near the pillows on my bed and look around the room. I'm surprised to see that Stan had put all our stuff away and our suitcase are now in the corner near the waste bin. The room no longer looked as messy as it had this morning and it made a change. I knew that within a few days it would probably be a tip again since I knew my mum was bringing the rest of my stuff round which included all of my CDs and DVDs and by God there was a lot of them. I take a sip of my Coke as I watch them three watch the film but I'm mainly watching Stan. I don't think he'd fall for me, I mean I know I'm falling for him but he's not going to fall for me, nobody does. So why did he kiss me? I'm not going to ask him, he hadn't brought that up so I'll wait until he does bring it up. He could of kissed me because he liked me, but I doubt that that's the reason. I sigh and I'm surprised when Craig looks at me, surely I hadn't sighed that loud? He tilts his head to one side and I shake my head. Craig nods and goes back to the film. I can see why he picked psychology now, he's good at understanding when people want to talk and when they don't.

Craig and Kenny left almost the instant the film finished. Craig had given me another glance just before he'd left but when Stan looked at me, Craig had nodded then said goodbye and left, leaving me alone with Stan. Again. I don't think that will ever be seen as a good idea in my head. Seriously it's like locking Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort in a room and taking bets on who'd come out alive, only this time it's locking two gay teenage boys in a room and waiting for them to give in to their urges. Neither of which are particularly good ideas, especially the Harry and Voldemort one. But then again my brain thought it would be a good idea to go and make me decide to join Jenna and Ian in free-running and that was quite fun, maybe liking Stan will be the same thing. At least I hope it will be. I watch as Stan picks up the bowls and empty glasses and places them on his desk. I look at my own glass, it's still quite full so I place it on my beside table next to my diabetes checker. I haven't checked it all day, but I have a feeling I won't need to I haven't eaten anything today, well save for the bowl of cereal. I watch as Stan starts tidying up and when he looks at me I feel my cheeks heat up. He smiles as my blush widens and I look away.

"Why are you so skinny?" Stan asks when he's finished tidying and sat on my bed next to me. His hand is on my leg and it's making me slightly nervous. But only slightly.

"I'm diabetic and anorexic." I mutter and I feel his concerned eyes run themselves other my body.

"And these?". He asks as he points to the marks on my arm.

"Their from my ex-boyfriend, trees and walls."

"What?"

"I do free-running and climb trees and I'm gay." I explain and I'm surprised that he hasn't moved away from me yet. "Why haven't you left yet?" I whisper.

"Because I'm not like that Kyle." He adds with a slight smile. He pats my leg and stands up and walks to his wardrobe opposite the foot of his bed. "Sorry but I tidied your stuff away it's in that wardrobe. You have decent taste in clothes." He points at the wardrobe opposite my bed and I smile at him. I stand up and walk over to it.

"Thanks. I wouldn't of got round to it." I say as I open the doors. He organises wardrobes like me, by colour, which makes it easy for me to find my way too big old faded grey hoodie that I'd given up all hope of growing into and decided to sleep in it instead. I pull my shirt off and shove the hoodie and pull my jeans off and shove both the shirt and jeans in the wardrobe. I'd grown a bit since I last wore this hoodie, it now went up to the middle of my thigh. Stan smiles as I shut my wardrobe and I see that he's opted for something similar to me only he's got a Bring Me The Horizon t-shirt and boxers on. "You like BMTH?" I ask slowly.

"Yep, my favourite song is Chelsea Smile." He replies as he flops onto his bed. "Why?"

"I only know Chelsea Smile. And to be honest I prefer Black Veil Brides." I say as I close the curtains. Stan gives me a strange look and I feel my jaw drop. "Andy Sixx?" I add as I try to jog his memory.

"Who?"

"You've never heard of Andy Sixx or Black Veil Brides?" I ask out of shock.

"Nope." Stan says as he sits up. I pretend to faint on my bed and he laughs. "Why is that a big deal?"

"Because, my friend you haven't lived until you've seen how hot Andy Sixx is. Plus he can sing." I explain as I sit back up.

"Can I listen to them tomorrow?" Stan asks as he yawns. I smile to myself and nod at Stan. Of course he can listen to them tomorrow, my iPod needs charging so I'll play it via my laptop. "Thanks, oh and you may need to wake me up if I don't wake up myself. I have a stupid sport lecture at nine tomorrow."

"Sure I can wake you up." I say as I watch him flip his hair out of his eyes so he can smile at me. I watch as he leans forward to turn the light off and nearly falls off his bed. I snigger and he starts laughing and in turn falls off his bed before he can press the light switch. He jumps up, presses the light and dives onto his bed. As the clunk of the bed hitting the wall echoes around the room he starts laughing again. I take my glasses off and place them on my beside table for the second time today and I lie down under my quilt.

"Night Kyle."

"Night Stan."