Chapter 6 - Forever's a Long Time

After Stan and Kyle's fun morning in the shower, they waited patiently in the dining room for the meeting with Kyle's parents. Sharon was still a bit worn out from work but she knew that she needed to be there. Stan was nervous for different reasons. He enjoyed having Kyle around and would miss him greatly if Kyle had to go home.

When the door bell rang Stan took Kyle's hand under the table. Sharon made her way out of the room and answered the door. The boys only heard Gerald talking meaning that Sheila was still as angry as ever.

Sharon returned to her seat next to her son as Gerald and Sheila took a seat across from the boys. Kyle gripped Stan's hand tighter as his mother gave him an angry look. Silence reigned for a few minutes before anyone spoke.

"I think we re all here to figure out what needs to happen between our two boys. I for one accept who they are as well as their relationship," Sharon began.

"Well, I still think its wrong and as Kyle's mother I will not support this relationship! Kyle, you need to come home so we can fix what's wrong with you," Sheila said.

"Sheila, we came here so we could stop our fighting, not make things harder than it already is," Gerald said doing his best to calm his wife.

"No, I will not stop! I will not let my son be gay!" Sheila screamed.

"I'm not gay, ma, I'm bi and if you can't deal with any of this then I'm fine with going on with the rest of my life without you! I wanted us all to be together to see if I would ever be able to return home. But your dead set on having your way like you always do with all your yelling!" Kyle said standing up from the table.

Sheila fell silent and there was another long pause before anyone said anything. Kyle sat back down and took Stan's hand that now lied on the table.

"Kyle, you re right about a lot of things. I don't want you to think that I'm against this. In truth I figured that it would happen sooner rather than later. But I let your mother s anger control what I truly felt," Gerald said.

"How dare you, Gerald? I do not control you!" Sheila yelled.

"Enough, Sheila, I want our son to come home and you re not helping," Gerald continued calmly.

"Sheila, I never figured that you would go this far and I think it's wrong that you could feel this way about your own son," Sharon said.

"Wrong? You want to know what's wrong? It is your son and this sick thing that's going on with my son!" Sheila screamed. Everyone but Stan began to yell at one another.

"Enough!" Stan yelled quieting the room.

All eyes turned to Stan as he caught his breath from his outburst, "I never had a chance to be heard about how I feel about this whole ordeal," Stan said pointing at Kyle's parents.

"I never wanted this yelling and fighting to start because of what your son and I have. We never figured that you would find out the way you did, but I want to go on the record and say that I love Kyle and I know that he loves me. I would never say or do anything to hurt him. It s easy for me to say that you can never understand it, but you need to face facts.

"I learned something about all of this. You may never fully accept that your son is with another man though you just want him to be happy. I m the one who can make him happy, so say or do what you need because we are never going to stop loving each other," Stan said.

Kyle smiled at Stan and looked over at his mother to see what her reaction was and saw that she was muttering under her breath. He knew then that his mother wasn't even listening.

"I'm not going to deal with this anymore! Kyle, if you want to throw your life away then fine, but I don't have anything left to say to you," Sheila sniffed then walked out.

Kyle began to break down into tears and Stan embraced him to consul him.

"Kyle, Stan, I want you to know that I don't feel like she does. As much as I don't truly understand it I'm okay with it. If you boys are happy together then that's all that matters. But Kyle until your mother chooses to accept it I think its best that you stay here. Sharon, I want to give you some money on my behalf to help pay for my son's expenses," Gerald said taking out his check book from his pocket.

"Your son is welcome to stay here as long as he needs I just want what makes them happy. But I really wouldn't worry about the money," Sharon said.

"Please take it and let me know if there is anything thing else you need," Gerald said handing Sharon the check, "Kyle, I want you to know that you re free to visit me at my office whenever you want. I'll tell Ike to come see you,"

Gerald got up from the table and started to head out of the room when Kyle ran over to stop him.

"Thank you, Dad," Kyle said hugging his father

There were a few more words shared and Gerald left saying that he would work on getting Sheila to understand. Kyle and Stan hugged, happy with the way things had turned out.

"Well, boys, I don't know about you but I'm going to sleep. I have the night off so I'm going to do my best to catch up on some rest. Remember that you both have school in the morning, "Sharon said leaving for her bedroom.

"Wait, what are we going to do about school?" Kyle asked.

"There's only one thing that we can do," Stan said before kissing Kyle.

The Next Morning

The next morning Stan and Kyle made their way to school arriving few minutes early before class was to begin. They had to make sure that almost everyone was there.

They saw a few other students whispering about them as they walked by. They stopped right outside of the main doors and looked at each other.

"Are ready to do this? Because there is no going back," Stan asked Kyle softly.

"Yeah, I think it's time," Kyle said with a reassuring smile.

Stan took Kyle's hand and together they walked into the school. They were met with stares as well as girls snickering going as far as saying hateful things towards them but they didn't care.

As they passed by Kenny and Butters they smiled at them briefly and continued on their way.

"Well, no time like the present. Right, Butters?" Kenny asked the shorter blond boy next to him.

Butters nodded his head and surprised Kenny when he grabbed his hand and started walking down the path behind Stan and Kyle.

Cartman began to laugh and screamed obscenities at them. The girls that supported them walked up to Cartman and began to pound him into the floor.

"Well it looks like there's no need to hide the truth any longer," Stan said as they arrived at Kyle's locker.

"I think it's perfect now that we don't have to hide," Kyle said and lightly kissed Stan on the cheek.

"I'm going to love you forever," Stan answered back.

"Forever is a long time. Let s just do our best to make every day the greatest it can be," Kyle said.

The two teens shared a tender kiss and headed off to class happily holding hands.

I want to thank of you who reviewed this story. I have plans to do a sequel in the future but I have a couple more projects I want to get done first including a One Shot about Kenny and Butters got together. I hope that you will all give my other stories a try too.