Chapter 35

Wendy soon woke up. She had a dream where she was with everyone and they were all having fun, like they didn't have a care in the world. Wendy then remembered what had happened to her, hoping that it was a nightmare. As she looked up... she learned that it was no nightmare, it was reality. She saw Cartman there, still laying on his bed. She wondered if he had woken up when she was asleep. She thought that he probably did, but knowing Cartman, he would have done something annoying to make her wake up. So that wasn't the case, sadly. As she was watching Cartman, the door was opened. Wendy turned to see that it was Kenny and Bebe.

"Hi Wens"

"Hi Bebe"

"Sup Wendy" Kenny waved to the Raven haired girl

"Hi Kenny" Wendy was glad that the two of them were here, though something was puzzling her.

"Wait, aren't you two supposed to be at school?" she was wondering why they were here so early.

"We were, school ended" Wendy looked up at the clock and saw that the time was 4:00 pm, Kenny was right. Wendy couldn't believe that she had slept for so long, but again she did had a terrible experience yesterday and she did stay up late.

"Wow Wendy, how long were you up?"

"I don't know Bebe..." Wendy couldn't honestly remember.

"Oh..." Bebe then knew that Wendy probably tried to stay up the entire night watching Cartman. It made her feel a little worried about Wendy, that she might not have enough sleep, but she knew that Wendy was a smart girl, and she would be able to control her sleeping patterns.

"Anyway Wendy" Kenny broke the silence that was in the room. "Do you want something, I'll probably going to go to the canteen to buy something, and was wondering if you want something"

"No thanks..." Wendy wasn't in the mood to eat anything.

Bebe then became really concern. Bebe walked and sat right beside Wendy. "Wendy, I know this is pretty hard for you right now, but you have to eat something. You didn't eat anything yesterday and going hungry isn't going to help anyone"

Bebe was right, she hadn't eaten anything yesterday and she was hungry, but Wendy didn't want to eat anything. She didn't feel like eating, but making everyone worry about her was the last thing Wendy wanted right now.

"Alright Bebe, I'll just have a sandwich"

"Ok Wendy, be right back"

Kenny and Bebe soon left the room. They went to the canteen to buy Wendy her sandwich and a bottle of water. Kenny just asked for a soda, and Bebe wanted a salad. They bought it and were walking back to the room.

While the two were walking back to the room, both were feeling both distraught. Kenny more so.

Kenny soon stopped in his tracks.

"Kenny?" Bebe was wondering why Kenny stopped so randomly.

"This is bullshit!" Kenny was angry now. Bebe knew this was serious. Kenny has rarely ever shown being angry. This was Bebe's first time seeing him truly angry.

"It fucking pisses me off! Kenny was now tightly gripping on his water bottle now.

"I know Kenny, it pisses me off too" she sympathized with him.

"I know it does to you too, how Wendy almost got raped, but fucking seeing Cartman like that... it hurts. He's my best friend! If only I was there I could have..."

Bebe was watching Kenny beat himself over this. It pained her to see him like this. Bebe walked over to him and place her hand on his cheek.

Kenny's anger soon disappeared in a flash. He didn't know how that just happened. Still shocked by how his anger disappeared, he looked at Bebe.

"I know it can feel like it's your fault, but don't beat yourself over this Kenny. It was a unfortunate what happened to the both of them, but there's nothing we do now that can change it"

He knew she was right. It was like his life, shit happens, and nothing he could do about it. It was just harder seeing it happen to someone else, other than himself. Kenny smiled at the girl, he was happy to have Bebe there to make him feel better. He then leaned forward and kissed her.

"Thanks Bebe, I needed that advice"

"You're welcome" the blond girl was happy to see Kenny wasn't mad anymore. They then resumed going back to the room.

Once they got back, Kenny gave Wendy her sandwich and her water bottle. The three of them were soon eating, well except for Kenny because he didn't buy any food. Wendy unwrapped the wrapping to the sandwich and started eating. The sandwich tasted really good. It had a good amount of ham in it, with enough lettuce and tomatoes to complainant it and the mayo was spread evenly. Plus with the fact that she hadn't eaten in a day made it extra tastier. Though the taste of the sandwich was good, she wasn't enjoying it. Every time she would take a bit of her sandwich, it reminded her of Cartman, how frequent he ate sandwiches at school. Sadly, the enjoyment of the sandwich was override by her sadness for Cartman.

It was soon night time and Kenny and Bebe had to leave. They said their good byes to Wendy for the night and went home. Wendy in the mean time was doing the same thing as yesterday. Staying as long as possible before she went to sleep. Watching Cartman, waiting until he wakes up.

From then on there the group had a set rotation on who was going to visit Cartman. The doctors told the group that they were fine having them there visiting Cartman everyday, but they had to shorten it to three people max. Usually there would only be one person visiting at a time, but after being sent to the hospital for the majority of his life time and paying for each visits, Kenny was able to make a deal with them and up it to three people. They went to Wendy to see when she would want to come on which days. She told them that she didn't want to be in the rotation. She planned on staying at the hospital until Cartman wakes up. Bebe didn't like that idea. She knew that her friend would be missing school until Cartman would wake up, but that wasn't Bebe's main concern. Bebe was worried how Wendy would feel being in this hospital, in this same room for God knows how long. Bebe told Wendy about her concerns about being here the entire time. Wendy said no and said again that "I'm staying until Cartman wakes up" Kenny saw how Bebe was feeling about this. He told her that Wendy was a strong person and that she would be able to do this. Kenny was right, Wendy was a strong person, but that still didn't made Bebe worried a bit.

The group then followed the rotation and it went pretty well. The day that someone was supposed to come, they would stay for their max duration. Everyday Wendy was there, watching Cartman, hoping that he recovers. Every time someone else went there, whoever was there that day would go to the canteen and buy something for Wendy because she would never leave the room, except for dire washroom breaks.

A week has passed since Cartman and Wendy were first in the hospital. Cartman was making a bit of recovery, his swelling and bruises were starting to heal now. The knife wound didn't recover too much, or so she heard, since she hasn't really seen it. Although Cartman was looking better, he still hadn't awaken yet. It made Wendy feel worried about how Cartman would be after he wakes up. Hopefully he would be back to his regular self, eating a shit ton, and ripping on Hippies and Jews.

Today, Liane was here with Wendy. Liane had been asking her boss if she be excused from work to visit her son for a week. Unfortunately for her, Liane was need in the department so there was no way that she would be able to go. Once the business was cooling down, the boss allowed her to visit her son.

While the two of them were watching Cartman, there was a sudden open to the door. No one else had a set date to come today, and the doctors said that they weren't going to check up on Cartman today. Wendy turned around to see that her parents were here. They didn't look too happy.

"Mom, dad, what are you doing here?" Wendy was shocked to see them here.

"Wendy, you've missed a week of school already. You haven't been home at all during the week too"

"I know that mom and I'm sorry about that"

"Wendy you've been here for a week straight. I'm sorry Wendy, but me and your mother have decided to take you home"

"W-what! You can't!" Wendy couldn't believe this.

Wendy was asking and begging that they don't take her back home. She couldn't leave here, Cartman still hadn't awake yet.

Liane was watching Wendy as she kept begging to stay. She saw that Wendy was in anguish when her parents told her that their minds were made up.

Liane stood up and walked over to Wendy. She placed a hand on Wendy's shoulder. Wendy turned and looked at Liane. "Don't worry Wendy, let me talk to your parents"

Liane then took her parents outside for them to discuss.

"Thank you for exiting the room so we could talk Mr and Mrs. Testaburger"

"I'm sorry Ms. Cartman, but we simply can't have our daughter missing that many days of school, and not coming to our home"

"Mr. Testaburger, do you know why my son is in the hospital right now"

"Wendy told us that he was beaten up"

"Yes, that's correct, but do you know why he was beaten up?"

The Testaburgers looked at each to see if they knew why. "Um no, Wendy didn't tell us why"

Liane had a suspicion that Wendy didn't tell the whole story, but Liane couldn't blame her for not wanting to tell them the awful thing that almost happened to her. "I'm afraid that Wendy left out some part to the story"

"I-I'm afraid to tell you this, but your daughter was almost raped that day"

Mr and Mrs. Testaburger were horrified to hear that.

"W-w-what?" they were petrified by the news

"It wasn't her fault, two very cruel person grabbed her and pulled her to an alleyway. My son came just in time to save your daughter, but... was horribly beaten for that"

Liane went to the door and opened it slightly, just enough for the Testaburgers to see Cartman. "Do you see Eric's face, the swelling and bruises he has"

When Wendy's parents came in, they didn't noticed Cartman at all. They saw his face, it was recovering, but it still looked pretty bad.

"That's terrible Mrs. Cartman!" Wendy's mother was mortified to see Cartman's face.

"Yes, but imagine that, times 100" that then scared the Testaburgers. They thought Cartman's face was brutally beaten enough, but to think that it was even worst, was a terrifying thought to them. The two of them couldn't even closely imagine what it would look like.

"I-I'm sorry Mrs. Cartman, we truly can't..."

"Believe me, it's something you wish to never see. Especially to one of your own child..." Liane looked at Cartman one more time before looking back at Wendy's parents. "I wish that I received that beating instead of my son... my poopsikins doesn't deserve that" Liane was shedding a few tears after remembering the gruesome imagine of her son's beating that day.

"I-I almost lost my son that day..."

The Testaburgers looked at Liane and saw that she was hurt. They saw that Liane was looking at her son right now. The two of them were looking at Wendy. They saw how Wendy was watching the boy with attentively, they could tell in her eyes that she cared about him and was hoping he was ok. The two of them soon felt terrible for almost taking Wendy away from someone who risked his life to save.

Liane looked at the Testaburgers once more. "Mr and Mrs. Testaburger, I know in my heart that my son needs Wendy right now more than ever, and I believe the three of us can agree that Wendy needs Eric too.

Wendy's parents knew that Liane was right, about both of the things she said.

After that the three of them soon entered back in the room.

Wendy turned to her parents, wondering what there answer was.

"Wendy, me and your father decided that you can stay until your friend recovers"

"R-really?"

Her parents nodded. "Yes"

Wendy then had a tear come out of her eyes. "Thank you" Wendy was happy to hear that she was able to stay and watch Cartman.

"Alright sweetie, we'll see you later"

"Bye mom and dad"

"Ms. Cartman, I hope your son makes a full recovery"

"Me too and thank you" Liane smiled to the Testaburgers.

They soon left, which meant Liane and Wendy were now back to watching Cartman.

"Thank you Ms. Cartman, for talking to my parents"

Liane smiled at the Raven haired girl. She placed her hand on Wendy's lap. Wendy felt that and looked up at Liane.

"Wendy, I should be the one thanking you"

"M-me? Why?"

"You are willing to stay here everyday for my son, watching him recover. That's more than I ever could do to repay you"

Wendy smiled back to Liane. Wendy didn't know what she was doing truly mattered. Well, she now knew and felt a bit better, thanks to Liane. Wendy looked over at Cartman. She was happy that Cartman was lucky to have a mom who was loving and caring as Liane.

Alright, looks like the Testaburgers weren't too happy with it at first. But hurray for Ms. Cartman for dealing with them and letting Wendy stay with Cartman. :D

As you can tell, chapter 35 is up and again, thanks for reading and hope you enjoyed this chapter.