Hey, second chapter is here! But first,
Emerald's Shine: Thanks for reviewing! I tried to do the whole spelling thing better this chapter, tell me if you see something wrong please :)
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Now on with the story,
The unpleasant surprise:
Stan and his family have just left for California to visit some relatives and are going to stay there for a month. That, of course, totally sucks. No Stan for a month and a half. I could tell that he wasn't glad either by his look when he was leaving, he doesn't care for those relatives, he hardly knows them at all.
I can already tell this is going to be one long boring summer. If only my family could go somewhere on vacations too, South Park can get really dull during this season.
And as there was no way I was gonna stay home to put up with mum, who is in a particularly bad mood due to the horrible heat, I promptly packed a bag and am now heading towards Kenny's to spend the day. I really hope Kenny's already up, the lazy ass.
When I get to the very old and tattered house, I walk over to the door and knock on it three times. I wait for five minutes but nobody answers. Great. I knock the door again, louder this time, not giving up. Eventually, someone answers.
Stuart McCormick opons the door. He looks drunk, tired and looks and smells as though he hasn't bathed for several days. This is even greater. "Who are you, boy?" He asks drunkenly.
"I'm Kyle, Mr. McCormick, a friend of Kenny" I explain slowly and clearly, unsure of the man's capacity of understanding in such a state "Is Kenny home?"
"Well, of course he's home!" Mr. McCormick responds loudly, his words slurred "It's fr-fricking twelve in 'e morning, where' lse could Kenny be, huh?!" I shrug, not sure how to speak to the unbalanced man "I think he's still sleeping" He then says a bit more calmly.
"Dad, I'm not sleeping, I've been up for two hours!" Kenny's voice comes from the inside of the house, sounding very annoyed. A moment later he gets to the door and pushes his father aside "Oh, hey dude, what's up?"
Kenny's dad says something unintelligible and goes back inside the house. "Hey Kenny" I smile cheerfully at him "Nothing much is up, I just said goodbye to Stan before he took off and really didn't want to go home, my mum's being all bitchy lately" I see Kenny's grin and quickly add "More than usual, that is" I joke "What were you up to, anyway?"
"Not much either, just teaching my little sis' how to play cards" Kenny says "Let's get inside dude, I swear it's hotter out here than indoors" We both get inside the house and Kenny leads the way to his room.
Kenny's room has always been very small like the rest of his house and his walls are covered with posters, mostly of women with little clothes and huge breasts, and the only window in the room is shattered. Sitting on Kenny's messy bed is Karen, his little sister. She is trying to shuffle the cards, but is just managing to send them all flying. I smile, suddenly reminded of Ike.
"Hey Karen" I smile at the little girl "I'm Kyle"
"Hi" She answers shyly.
"Karen, I'll teach you another day" Kenny tells his sister as he picks up the cards from the floor "Mum was calling you downstairs, go see what she wants" He lies, trying to get rid of her
"Ok" She jumps down from the bed and makes it for the door "Bye Kyle!" She waves to me and takes off running.
"She likes you" Kenny chuckles. After leaving the cards on his nightstand, he throws himself on his bed and pats on the end of the bed with his foot indicating me to sit down.
I do so and look at Kenny "So how's the summer going, dude?" I ask casually.
"Fine, nothing new" He answers trying to sound just as casual. It would be believable too if not for the yelling that is suddenly heard from the next room.
Who I can only assume is Kenny's mother starts shouting "Can't you do a fucking thing properly?! I ask you one small favour, to go buy a bit of bread, and you can't even do that?!"
To which Kenny's father answers "Quit bitching you fucking bitch, I said I was going already!"
"Do you ALWAYS have to leave EVERYTHING for the last minute?!" Comes the even louder retort "Are you that completely useless?! It's almost lunch time now!!" Then there is a loud slam of a door and heavy footsteps make their way out of the house.
Kenny must have noticed my worried look, because repeats more clearly "Nothing new"
My concerns don't go away at all. I know his dad is gonna come back soon and the yelling will start again "Hey, wanna go have lunch at Raisins?" I propose, knowing how much Kenny likes that place "My treat" I add quickly, also knowing he doesn't go there that often cause he usually can't afford it.
I can tell that Kenny is about to turn down the offer, probably not liking the idea of a friend paying for his meals like that, when we hear yet more shouting from outside his room, now between his mum and his brother. He sighs and says "Fine, I can't stand this hellhole anymore"
We get out of the house quickly and start walking to Raisins. After a long uncomfortable silence that lasts for about two blocks, Kenny suddenly speaks up "It's not usually that bad, you know" He clears his throat "My dad was 'let go' from his last job just yesterday, so mum is all pissed off right now"
"Oh" Is all I can think of, but after a moment I ask "Do you know why he was 'let go'?"
Kenny frowns "Probably because he's a stupid drunk"
We fall silent again after that. I really don't know what to say. Kenny never talks about what goes on in his house, it's one of the main reasons why he never invites us over, and when stuff like this happen he always gets very uncomfortable, so nobody brings it up in any conversation.
Finally, after a painfully silent walk, we get to Raisins. It's not as crowded as it always is at night, but still pretty full. We run into Butters, Tweek and Timmy and join their table.
"Oh hey fellas!" Butters greets cheerfully.
"Hey Butters" I sat down next to Kenny "Hey dudes" I say also to Tweek and Timmy.
"ARGH!" and "Timmyyy!" Are the responses I get.
Soon enough, a Raisins' girl approaches our table "Hi boys, I'm Porsche, how are you cuties doing today?"
"Great now, and you, pretty girl?" Kenny smiles at her, obviously in a better mood now, I'm glad to notice.
"Much better now that you guys are here, most of the boys who come are so boring, but you boys seem to be a lot of fun" She gives Kenny a wink, making him smile and stare stupidly at her small breasts. I prevent myself from rolling my eyes at the evidently very well rehearsed lines and moves.
"Can I take your order?" Porsche smiles at the rest of us as well. After we all order our meals, she says "Be right back sweeties", as she places her hand briefly on Kenny's knee and then leaves.
"Dude, I swear this is what heaven must be like!" Kenny grins enthusiastically. I laugh out loud, no wonder Kenny loves this place so much.
"So how are you all enjoying your summer?" Butters asks happily.
I shrug indifferently, it has been no wonder so far. Kenny answers "Definitely improving right now" He says still with the grin on his face.
"I think my parents are plotting my death!" Tweek starts twitching really bad "They want my blood! My blood!"
"...Interesting" I now do roll my eyes and turn to look at Butters instead "Weren't you grounded, Butters? You were definitely grounded last week"
"Well, yeah, I sure was, but I just got out of it today"
"So you came here to celebrate your freedom, right?" Kenny winks "Nice move"
I laugh again "Dude, you're sounding like you haven't seen pretty girls for ages"
"I haven't actually, I've been kind of bussy lately" Kenny admits.
"Bussy? On summer? Doing what?" I ask perplexed.
"Oh, eh, just stuff, you know" Kenny answers evasively. Right then, Porsche comes back with our order, interrupting my line of thought about what Kenny just said so I decide to leave the subject for later. We all eat our meal pretty quickly and soon we are leaving the place.
"Bye bye, cuties! Come back soon!" Porsche waves at us as we take off.
We decide to go to the movies and end up paying a homeless yet again to watch an R- rated one called "Sex and females" upon Kenny's insistance. Kenny iss in heaven yet again, Butters looks as though his eyes are going to come out of their sockets any second now, Timmy looks happy enough and Tweek is a bit more nervous than usual, God fobid, probably fearing that he might be caught watching such a movie. I wish I could say I'm enjoying the movie just as much as the rest, but actually am kind of bored at the lack of plot. Seriously, we are people with functioning brains here.
"Dude, best movie ever!" Kenny jumps happily as they exited the movies.
"Yeah!" Butters agrees.
"TIMMYYY!"
"We are sooo gonna get caught for that!" Tweek looks around nervously "Urgh!"
"Well fellas, it's been really nice hanging out with you, but I should really get going back, my parents wont be happy if I'm not back home soon" Butters tells us.
"Timmeh" Timmy seems to agree with Butters and Tweek nods too. Kenny and I say bye to the guys as they leave and start walking to nowhere in particular.
"Hey, did you like the movie?" Kenny asks me, having apparently noticed the lack of comment on my part.
"Meh" I shrug "The women were hot but the plot was the lamest thing ever. I got bored with it, to be honest" I admit.
"I noticed" Kenny chuckles "That was the point though, big tits and no plot, dude"
"Sorry, not my thing" I answer simply.
"Man, you are so weird" Kenny laughes.
"Up yours" I flip him off jokingly.
After some more walking, Kenny asks "So what do you wanna do now? I don't feel like going back home just yet"
I nod, understanding "Wanna come to my place? Hopefully mum wont be as bitchy now that it's not as hot as before" I suggest.
"'K" We start walking slowly to my house and Kenny asks "Hey have you seen Cartman lately?"
"Why would I see fatass more than strictly necessary?" I snort.
"Yeah, I haven't seen him since the start of the summer either"
"Works wonders for me" I state with a nod and Kenny laughs. We reach my house, I search quickly for the keys in the front pocket of my bag and open the front door. We enter the house and I shout "Hey, I'm home!"
I briskly lead the way to the dining room, Kenny right behind me, where they are very surprised to find my parents, Principal Victoria, Mrs. Cartman and Eric Cartman, all sitting down on the chairs around the table. They look as though they have been waiting for us for a while now. I can feel Kenny looking sideways at me, to question me probably, but I guess my face clearly reveals that I don't have any more of a clue of what this was all about than he does.
"Hi Bubbeh" Mum greets me in good spirits. Well, at least that means I'm not in any kind of trouble. That's good "We were all waiting for you. And hi Kenny, we didn't know you were coming. Why don't you two have a seat?" She points at the chairs at the end of the table. We take our seats reluctantly, this is all very weird and creepy.
I finally leave my surprised expression and frown once I'm already seated "What's going on here?"
"Kyle, we are here to ask you a favour" Principal Victoria starts explaining as everyone in the room stares at me, making me feel a bit self-conscious "See Eric here" She points at Cartman "has a small problem"
I snort at that phrase, Cartman has a small problem? That's funny dude "What are you talking about?" I ask intrigued.
"Well he failed his Math and History end-of-year exams" The Principal said matter of factly, making Cartman, who had been very silent so far, turn red.
Wow, now that's a real shocker "So? What does that have to do with me?" I look at Cartman questioningly, but the fatass is avoiding his gaze at all cost.
"Well the thing is, we have decided to give him a second opportunity to do the tests, so he doesn't have to repeat 4th year" Principal Victoria continues. She pauses and then says "But he obviously can't study on his own, he needs someone who can really teach him the subjects and help him study" She lookes at me pointedly.
Ok, I'm starting to feel dizzy. I can clearly see where this is going and it's not cool at all. 'Oh no, oh no, oh no' My head keeps repeating over and over. The Principal finally says "Kyle, would you be so kind to give private classes to Eric and help him approve his tests?"
I can feel my face going very white, my mouth opening slightly and my eyes opening widely, huge as plates. I can distantly hear Kenny's merry voice saying "Well, this should be interesting!"