Another Random Update. I think I need to eat some more chocolate; I am so in need of sugar at the moment. Might have to steal some ice-cream from the freezer down stairs. Yum! Ice Cream

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Chapter Six
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My parents broke up right before we came to live in Colorado. Custody of my brother was given to my father and I was to live with mum. It was good because I didn't want to live with Dad.

They had separated because of the way he would get angry at Mum and me when we did nothing. He had no control; he always lost it at us. I had the scars to prove it.

As I sat and rocked Kenny I wondered why his father did to make him do this, and how often, and I wondered how many scars Kenny had. We had both stopped crying ages ago and now we were both just sitting quietly. I think he was just happy to have me there with him. I still had my arms around him and I was resting my head on his.

"Thankyou." He said quietly.

"It's alright." I whispered back.

"Where were you when Kevin called you?" Kenny asked.

"Wendy's." I said, realising I had been here for a long time. At this moment though, Kenny was more important then Wendy.

"Should you be going back?" he asked

"No rush." I said "There are some things more important then manicures."

He managed a week smile, I smiled back at him.

"We should probably fix them up." I said with a nod at him.

"We can't. Mum will come out of the room and scream at us."

"You two shouldn't have to stay here." I said, referring to him and Kevin.

"We have no-where else to go but the streets. Kevin could go live with his girlfriend but he doesn't want to leave me here by myself."

"You could stay with us for awhile. We have a couple of spare rooms and mum won't mind." I said

Kenny looked at me as though he didn't know what to say.

"Are you serious?"

"Yeah, I'm serious."

"I'll stay." He said without any further hesitation. I smiled at him, glad I had sorted out one of South Park's biggest problem, without much effort. At least I had thought I had.

Kenny's dad had actually hurt his ankle so I had to support him out to my car. Kevin had been ecstatic when I had told him they could both leave, he immediately rang his girlfriend and she had told him to come over. He left when we did, and he gave me the biggest hug I have ever received from anyone.

Then the two brothers parted ways and we walked back to my house. I unlocked the door and put Kenny in the spare room and went and woke up mum.

"Tracey? Weren't you going to stay at Wendy's?" she said sleepily.

"I am, I just had some complication." I said "Look mum, can Kenny stay here for awhile."

"Why? What's wrong?" she said sitting up.

"Family issues." I said quietly. She just nodded.

"Does he need anything? I'll make him a hot chocolate. It can't be easy disowning his family." She said, leaping out of bed and walking to the kitchen before I could stop her.

I went back to Kenny, bringing with me bandages, anti-septic and a wet cloth.

"Mum's alright with you staying. Sorry if she get's a bit gushy, she tends to do that."

"It's OK, I'm sure it's better then the way my mum treats me."

I smiled and lifted up his shirt and looked at the cuts.

"You want to take your shirt off so that I can clean those." I said. He pulled it up over his head and exposed his top half entirely. Behind the new cuts, I could see the scars from the past. I must of cringed slightly because he put a hand on my shoulder.

"What happened to you?" He asked. I looked into his eyes which held so much sadness and so much loss.

At that moment mum came in with two cups of hot chocolate, one in each hand. She handed one to me and the other to Kenny. She looked at him with the same pity I had.

"It's horrible." She said "We know exactly what you are going through."

Kenny nodded and gave her a weak smile, "Thanks for letting me stay."

"Don't worry about it, you can stay as long as you want no issues." Mum said. "Like I said, we know exactly what you're going through."

She patted him on the shoulder and smiled at me. "I'm going to bed. If you need anything at all, Kenny, you just knock on the door and come in."

"Thankyou Mrs Mitchell." He said

"Call me Vanessa." She said. She stood up and walked out.

"Well, I suggest you drink it." I said "Chocolate increases the levels of endorphins released into the brain, and endorphins make you happy."

He laughed, it was good to hear him laugh again.

"Hey, you better get back to Wendy's, I can fix it up from here."

"You sure?" I asked

"I'm sure." He said "Your mum's cool so I'll be fine."

"Alright. Toilet and bathroom are just down the hallway and mum's room is just upstairs." I said. "I'll see you tomorrow then."

"Alright, see you Tracey."

"Bye."

"Tracey."

"Yeah?"

"You are wonderful."

"Thanks Kenny. I think you are too."

Wendy gave me a strange look when I got back but she didn't ask any questions. They had saved some Pizza for me and Wendy heated it up for me. Then we sat down and watched The Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. Anne complained about the way I had ripped of her wax strip until Bebe told her to shut up. All I could think about was Kenny and hope that he was ok now.

Finally we made our way upstairs, though none of us were really tired. Instead we just lay in our sleeping bags and talked about anything and everything. Anne was the first to fall asleep and we only noticed when she stopped responding to questions. Anne was a very deep sleeper and the other three didn't worry about waking her up.

"What was up with Kenny?" Bebe asked

It was an unspoken rule that no-one asked me what I did when I went to help other people. If I told you, it was fine but you never asked.

"Nothing much, he just wanted to talk." I said, and prayed that Bebe wouldn't ask anything else.

"What about?"

"Stuff," I said "I would rather not talk about it."

"OK." Bebe said "Then what they said about you was true. You and Kenny are an item?"

"What?" I said sitting up, suddenly confused.

"They're saying that you and Kenny are going out." Wendy said,

"I didn't believe it, until tonight." Bebe said

"How long has that been going around?"

"Lunch today... that was when we heard it." Wendy said

"And they said you were keeping it secret because 'you don't date'" Bebe said, her voice nearly dripping with sarcasm.

"I don't, and I'm not. Kenny and I are just friends."

"That's what they all say."

"I don't date." I said "And what proof do they have that we are dating?"

"Something to do with your biology class." Bebe said in an off-handed manner.

"You mean because Kenny said we were talking about Practical Human Biology."

"Sounds about right."

"You realise we are talking about Kenny here." I said

There was a moments silence as the though processed.

"Oh." Bebe said

"Yeah." I said.

"Told ya." Wendy said

There was more silence.

"Let's do something."

"It's one in the morning, what can we do?" Wendy asked

"Truth or Dare?" Bebe said "The town is ours."

"Anne has to play too then."

"Then wake her up."

I rolled over and shook Anne awake.

"Wha-" she said tiredly

"We're playing Truth or Dare." Bebe said

"Oh... ok." Anne said sitting up.

"Ok, Wendy, Truth or Dare?" Bebe asked

"Truth."

"How far have you and Stan gone?"

"Well... all the way."

"Serious?" Bebe said sounding a little shocked. "I thought you guys wouldn't do that til you turned... like... twenty."

"Ah ha. Tracey, Truth or Dare?" Wendy asked

"Truth."

"How many boyfriends did you have in Australia?"

It was totally random and not at all a question worth worrying about. "Two."

"Really? I would have though you'd have more."

"Nah, Australian guys are rank generally."

"I thought they were all blonde beach babes." Bebe whined

"Nah, they most certainly aren't." I said "Anne, Truth or Dare."

"Truth."

"What is the most random place you did it and with who?"

"With Clyde, on top of his car."

"You did it with Clyde?"

"Well, we were dating for a while."

"OK then."

"Bebe, truth or dare?"

"Dare."

"I dare you to call Craig and tell him he has the hottest arse in the school."

"Great." Bebe said. She picked up her phone and flipped it open. "Anyone got Craig's number."

The other two girls shook there heads, so I pulled out my phone and flipped it open. I read out the number for Bebe and she dialled.

"Do you have everyone in our year's number on there?"

"Yeah." I said "Except for that new girl's number."

"It's only a matter of time."

"Alright, it's ringing."

"Put it on loudspeaker."

The phone rung, then there was a faint click and Craig answered

"Yo."

"Hi Craigy." Bebe said using her super suck-up voice.

"Um... hi." He said "Who is this?"

"It's Bebe."

"Um... ok... what do you want?"

"Well, I was lying here, thinking about you and I realised something."

"Uh..."

"You have the hottest arse in all of South Park. It is the absolute hottest thing in the world. It makes me want to just... take you where you are."

"What?"

Bebe, at this moment growled. All three of us were struggling to hold in our laughter.

"Bebe, are you Ok?"

"Your arse just turns me on so much I'm having trouble controlling myself, baby."

"Baby?"

"Aw... we're made for each other, your arse and me."

About then none of us could control our laughter anymore. We all burst out laughing.

"What the fuck?" Craig said

"Sorry Craig, prank call." Bebe said "Thanks for dealing with it so well."

I could almost see Craig flipping the phone off. He hung up and Bebe flipped her phone shut. It was a few moments before we had all calmed down enough to speak.

"Tracey, Truth or dare.

"Dare."

"Call Clyde and profess your undying love for him."

I rolled my eyes and called Clyde.

"Loud-speaker."

There was a click as the phone was swung open.

"Who the hell is this? Do you know what time it is?"

"Sorry Clyde, I just couldn't sleep."

"Oh, hi Tracey... what is it?"

"There is something I really need to tell you."

"What?"

"Clyde, I think I Love you."

"What!"

"Are you upset?"

"No... just surprised... and going to be killed."

"What?" I said

"You can't like me, someone else likes you and I am too good friends with him to break that."

"But Clyde... I love you." I said, secretly wondering who liked me.

"I can't... I'm sorry Tracey... but... bros before hos and all that."

"Nah... it's cool... it was a prank call anyway." I said.

"You serious. Fuck I just nearly told you... mah!"

"So who was it?" Bebe asked

"I can't tell you, sorry. You should probably stop pranking people at this time of night, you're not making any friends."

"Alright Clyde, we'll let you get back to sleep." I said hanging up.

"It's Craig." Wendy said

"Huh?" I said

"It's obviously Craig who likes you. Him and Clyde are best friends."

"Clyde's good friends with a lot of people though." I said "It could be anyone."

I think they understood that I didn't want to know.

"You know, it's going to be a long day tomorrow, we should get some sleep." Wendy said.

We all agreed and snuggled down into our sleeping bags. Within moments Anne and Wendy were fast asleep, breathing steadily.

"Sorry for accusing you of dating Kenny, Tracey." Bebe whispered.

"It's OK." I whispered back.

"Goodnight Tracey."

"Goodnight Bebe."

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