Right Here Waiting

By: esmtz

The rain continued to pour down heavily as the bus continued to make its way towards its destination. Cartman just sat where he was at, his head in his hands, trying to keep himself from bursting into tears in front of everyone on the bus. Ron rubbed his back, trying to comfort him.

"Eric, don't worry they're going to be ok…" Ron said looking at Cartman worriedly.

Cartman kept shaking as he struggled to keep himself from making any noises that would let others know that he was crying (besides Ron who already knew that he was).

"How the fuck do you know you stupid Jew…" Cartman asked not even bothering to look up at his friend.

Ron looked away slightly. He really didn't know if they were going to be ok or not; he was just trying to calm Cartman down. A few minutes passed by before Cartman spoke again.

"Maybe it's a good thing that Kyle isn't going to be able to follow me…" Cartman whispered to himself.

Ron looked back at Cartman.

"What are you talking about?" Ron asked.

Cartman finally looked at Ron; his eyes red from crying too much.

"I'm talking about how he and I always fought with each other ever since we first met. I would always insult him for being a Jew or a daywalker and he would call me fatass. Of course so did everyone else. The only reason why I treated Kyle that way was because I just wanted him to pay attention to me. I didn't know how else to get his attention especially since he already had that best friend, Stan, with him so I knew I couldn't just act nice with him."

Cartman gritted his teeth and closed his eyes; no longer feeling upset, but angry. Ron looked at Cartman; surprised that he was telling him about his relationship with the other Jew.

"So I take it you really don't like Stan then." Ron said.

Cartman shook his head.

"Before I never liked Kyle or Kenny either, but I still hung out with them only because I didn't want to hang around with anyone else. I know it sounds selfish, but I didn't really want to end up being alone. I'd rather be insulted and hated the rest of my life then be ignored and having people act like I don't exist."

Both Cartman and Ron were silent for a minute.

"Who was that blond boy that called you his 'special friend'?" Ron asked.

Cartman rolled his eyes and looked out the window.

"His name is Butters and he's really annoying. Apparently he's in love with me and that's his way of saying so." Cartman shuddered, "I've known him for as long as I've known Kyle, Stan, and Kenny. I guess you can say he's someone that no one really cares about since no one, but me, pays attention to him. The only reason I do though is because I always loved making him do what I wanted him to do."

"Was it always like that between you and your 'friends'?" Ron asked.

Cartman nodded.

"You know how I said that everyone always called me fatass? Well, don't say I said this, but it's true. My excuse always was that I was big boned. I used to be as thin as you, Ron, before I met Kyle and them. The only reason I got this big was because I always hated myself for different reasons; my mom was a whore and didn't really care about me, I never had true friends because I was ignored at first…and I always knew I was weak. I never showed it to anyone though because I always covered it up with trying to act like I was tough by insulting everyone."

Cartman sighed as he turned to look back at Ron. Ron looked at him shocked at what he had just heard.

"So…im the first person that you've talked to about this?" Ron asked.

"Yeah…so now everyone back in South Park thinks I'm the bad guy and that I don't have any 'real' feelings."

Ron looked at him sadly.

"Im sorry to hear that. It was the opposite with me. I was supposed to be this perfect kid who got excellent grades in school, be popular with the girls, outgoing…"

Cartman looked at him in surprise.

"Wait, you're not?"

"No. First off my grades were A's, B's, C's, and sometimes D's. I was shy so I was never able to make any new friends let alone be the popular boy in school. My older brother was exactly what our parents wanted him to be and they were extremely disappointed to find out that I wasn't the same."

"So they ditched you at the adoption center…" Cartman said looking horrified.

Ron nodded still looking at Cartman.

"Apparently, from what my parents said, all Jews were supposed to be like that and if they weren't they just weren't good enough to be a part of the family or even that religion."

"Well, that explains a lot about Kyle and his little brother Ike, though Ike is a Canadian…so unless he's gifted with being really smart I don't know how that kid managed to fit in with his family…" Cartman said.

"Like I said…Jews have to be smart. It's just what's expected of us." Ron said sighing.

"Looks like it'll be just the two of us then huh, Jew?" Cartman smirked making Ron blush slightly, "No matter what happens we stay together, even if one of us happens to get adopted at the fucking center."

"I don't think that's gonna happen, Eric."

"Huh? Why?"

Ron looked at him and smiled.

"One thing I know about Jews is that, if they want something bad enough they will get it…"

"What does that supposed to mean? Ron?!"

Ron chuckled.

"Oh you'll see what I mean soon enough, and if there's a chance that we do go back to South Park…you just yourself got another Jew to pick on fatass…"

Cartman grinned.

"Ay I'm not fat I'm big boned!"

Author's note: I wasn't expecting to make this chapter until a few days from now, but I just decided to make it right away anyway. Oh and if you're a person that doesn't like the idea of Kyle saving Cartman or even the pairing at all then please don't read and definitely don't review. No one wants to read comments that are only going to piss off someone. As you guys can tell I'm trying to make this story as long as possible, chapter wise, otherwise I probably would have finished by now. Feel free to give me ideas to add to the story like if you want me to put in Wendy or other south park characters then ill figure out where exactly I can put them in. for anyone and everyone who loves or at least likes this story please review. I just love it when someone reviews even if it's just one. Thanks! Also im not sure if this will be my last south park story for now and move on to another show that I like or not. I'm so into South Park right now that I kinda want to make another story, but I still don't know. Two more shows im thinking about at the moment are Cardcaptor Sakura and Yu Yu Hakusho. As usual I promise to update again soon.