Dirty Little Secret

By: esmtz

The next day at school Cartman couldn't wait for lunch to come around just so he could have lunch with Stan. It seemed pretty obvious to Kyle that Cartman seemed really happy about something which only caused Kyle to grow angrier since he already knew what mostly likely happened to make Cartman act the way he was acting. As soon as class ended Cartman practically threw his things back in his backpack and ran out of the classroom completely passing by Kenny who had just shown up to meet up with him.

"Whoa dude hold your horses. Why are you in such a big rush to get to the cafeteria?" Kenny asked trying to keep up with him wondering why he was practically running instead of just walking.

"Was Stan in school today, Kenny? I didn't see him this morning but he said he'd meet up with us to have lunch today." Cartman told him not even glancing in his direction.

"Yeah dude he was in class today. I'm guessing something happened between you two." Kenny smirked knowing that Cartman had went to Stan's house yesterday and was more than likely willing to bet that something good had to have happened to make Cartman excited like this, "Did you two have sex? I mean I know I said talk to him and I obviously expected this to most likely happen…"

Cartman didn't answer him as they approached the cafeteria and immediately he looked around for any sign of Stan. He eventually found him waiting in line and with a smirk on his face walked towards him. As soon as he reached him he leaned his face close to Stan's.

"Hey Stan." Cartman said watching as Stan jumped and turned around to look at him.

"Oh hey Car...Eric." Stan felt his face flush at the amused look Cartman was giving him.

Cartman smiled wider liking the way Stan had said his name.

"So I've been thinking about you ever since yesterday. It's really too bad we're in school right now otherwise I'd completely jump you right about now." Cartman said with a smirk watching as Stan's face turned a darker red.

"Dude people can probably hear…" Stan replied feeling himself starting to get aroused.

"I doubt anyone can hear you over how loud everyone else is, Stan." Kenny told him with a grin, "So you guys actually did do it. It's clearly obvious from the way you guys are talking and acting."

Kenny snickered at the looks both Cartman and Stan were giving him as they both turned red.

"Well uh actually Kenny we didn't do it we just sort of started making out on his couch." Cartman said feeling embarrassed.

They quickly grabbed their lunches and made their way towards an empty table. Stan and Cartman sat next to each other while Kenny sat opposite them as they put their food down and started to eat. Kenny being curious about what happened didn't touch his food right away. Instead he simply looked at them and asked.

"So what happened?"

"Nothing. We thought we heard something coming from outside the house and we assumed that either his mom or dad had come home early from work so we stopped before we were caught." Cartman replied.

Stan was too embarrassed to respond so he just sat there and continued eating letting Cartman tell Kenny what had happened. As they continued talking they didn't notice that Kyle had made his way towards them with his lunch and sat down next to Kenny trying hard not to look at Cartman or Stan. Surprised to see that Kyle decided to sit with them Stan tried to talk to him.

"Hey Kyle." Stan said looking at him making both Cartman and Kenny look at Kyle as well.

Kyle didn't say anything as he started to eat. It was obvious how uncomfortable the air suddenly got around them when Kyle didn't bother to respond or even look at his best friend.

"Uh I've been trying to get a hold of you lately, but it seems that every time I do you've been busy. Is everything alright Kyle? You usually call me back within an hour of me calling you to at least tell me that you're busy or even sending a text. Are you mad at me?" Stan asked worriedly.

Cartman frowned wondering why Kyle was ignoring Stan the way he was. Kenny looked between Stan and Kyle having at least an idea of what might be going on with Kyle but was not about to bring it up because it would only just make things worse. Cartman sighed when he realized that Kyle was not going to talk to Stan so instead he was going to have to deal with whatever it was that Kyle was upset about.

"What the fuck is your problem you fucking Jew?" Cartman asked clearly getting annoyed.

Kenny and Stan watched with amazement as Cartman managed to get a reaction out of Kyle who was already shaking in anger and clenching his fists.

"You got too much sand in your vagina, Khal? Because that's the only thing I can think of why you're not talking to YOUR best friend. I know for a fact he hasn't done anything to you and as for me I thought you were going to stop me from doing whatever it was you thought I was up to so what you finally lost your nerve?" Cartman asked watching as Kyle grew angrier.

Kyle suddenly got out of his seat and walked around the table towards Cartman. He grabbed Cartman's arm and practically dragged him away from the cafeteria.

"What the fuck, Khal?!" Cartman yelled completely surprised that Kyle had the strength to just force him out of his seat like that.

Kyle didn't stop until they had made their way outside of the building and found a private spot for them to talk. Cartman raised an eyebrow wondering what this was all about especially if Kyle didn't want to yell like they always did in public. As soon as he was comfortable with where they were Kyle let go of Cartman's arm and turned to face him with a furious look on his face.

"Do you have any idea why I pulled you out here fatass?" Kyle growled.

Cartman frowned really having no idea why Kyle brought him out here.

"No. Seriously Khal what is this all about?" Cartman asked.

Kyle gave him a look that clearly said 'I can't believe that you're this stupid'.

"I know what you've been doing, Cartman." Kyle said clearly sounding like he was ready to kill him.

Cartman raised an eyebrow as he folded his arms across his chest.

"I have no idea what you're talking about, Jew." Cartman replied.

"DON'T. PLAY. DUMB. FATASS." Kyle said gritting his teeth.

"I'm not I really have…"

"Stan, Cartman. I know what you've been doing with Stan." Kyle told him making Cartman turn slightly pale.

"Oh." Cartman said not sure what else to say as he dropped his arms to his sides.

"'Oh' is that the best you got?! Cartman you're trying to manipulate Stan!" Kyle said angrily ready to beat the crap out of him only holding back because he wanted to hear what Cartman had to say about this.

Cartman sighed as he put his hands in his pockets.

"That's not what this is Khal." Cartman said looking at him seriously.

"YES IT IS!" Kyle yelled, "This is just your way of getting Stan to do whatever you want!"

"He's not manipulating me, Kyle."

Kyle and Cartman turned and saw that Stan and Kenny had followed them and Stan was looking at Kyle with a serious look on his face.

"Stan you can't possibly be that stupid! He's gotta be holding something against you to make you say that!" Kyle replied unable to believe what he was hearing, "It's fucking fatass Cartman remember?!"

Stan sighed understanding completely why Kyle was acting the way he was acting but still Stan knew that Cartman wasn't manipulating him just to make him do whatever he wanted.

"Kyle, Eric is different. He's not the same…"

"ERIC?! You're calling him by his first name?!" Kyle said wide eyed before turning his stare back to Cartman glaring angrily at him.

"Kyle stop. He really isn't as bad as you think he is. He really has changed." Kenny said trying to convince him.

Unfortunately Kyle was stubborn and he knew Cartman far too well to even believe what the others were telling him.

"No! He's a fucking manipulative asshole whose only ever cared for himself and what he wants!" Kyle growled.

Cartman sighed knowing full well that even if he had chosen Kyle over Stan there was no way that relationship was going to last especially with how little Kyle trusts him not that he blamed him for that but still there was just too much bad memories between them that Cartman didn't think that Kyle was ever going to change his mind about him.

"Kyle listen to me. That's not true! Not anymore anyway. He just had a hard time when we were kids." Stan told him looking at him worriedly.

"He DIDN'T have a hard time, Stan! WE were the ones who had a hard time because of him! WHY ARE YOU DEFENDING HIM?!" Kyle screamed.

Cartman looked at Kyle sadly feeling a little heartbroken that, that's how he thought of him. Stan growled starting to get slightly angry that Kyle just couldn't see what he saw in Cartman.

"Kyle, just stay the fuck away from him if you can't believe that Eric's changed. You want to know why he was the way he was? It was because no one liked him!" Stan argued.

"That's his fault not ours!" Kyle yelled back.

"He could have been better if we had asked ourselves sooner why he acted the way he did. He had no friends except us and even then we didn't consider him a friend at all so you tell me is the way he acted back then really his fault?" Stan asked.

Cartman was surprised that Stan was defending him as much as he was. Sure apparently Stan had liked him enough to let him make out with him at his house yesterday but that didn't necessarily mean he was going to defend him against Kyle. Kyle gaped at him.

"Are you fucking listening to yourself, Stan? Just because no one liked him doesn't give him the right to screw with other people's lives!" Kyle told him.

"You want to know why I hated you more than anyone else huh, Khal? It's because of shit like this! You have the perfect family, get good grades, everyone fucking loves you AND you're so fucking self righteous that just because I acted a certain way means that I don't have feelings! You can't seem to understand the fact that I HATED my life! I had no father, my mom was always out whoring herself to different guys, I had no siblings AND the friends I did have couldn't seem to find the time to figure out why I was acting the way I did. I hated everyone because their lives was always better than mine and so I decided it was better to feel hate and superiority towards other people than to feel like a fucking loser who had NOTHING! Jesus Christ even when you were dying everyone cared about what was happening with you so when Stan tricked me into giving you my kidney do you think anyone gave a crap that something could have gone wrong with me? NO!" Cartman yelled making Stan wince at that last part.

Kyle turned completely white completely surprised that Cartman just came clean about the reasons why he acted the way he did. Cartman took a deep breath in then let it out. Stan got closer to Cartman and wrapped his arms around him.

"I'm so sorry, Eric. I didn't think…" Stan whispered.

Cartman shook his head.

"Doesn't matter now so don't worry about it." Cartman told him feeling completely hurt after having brought up some painful memories.

Stan wrapped his arms tighter around him as Cartman struggled to stop the tears from running down his face. After a few minutes of awkward silence Kenny finally spoke up.

"I'm sorry too, Cartman." Kenny told him looking at him sadly.

Kyle couldn't seem to find his voice as he watched as Stan continued to hold on to Cartman. He suddenly started to feel a growing jealousy in the pit of his stomach as he watched Stan pull away from Cartman and look at him.

"You ok?" Stan asked.

Cartman sighed and nodded.

"Yeah. Sorry that the one person who ended up liking you just had to be me." Cartman said.

Stan shook his head.

"Don't be like that, Eric. You're really not as bad as you think you are besides…" Stan said as he leaned his face closer to Cartman's and smiled, "I really like you too and I'm not lying."

Cartman felt his face burn as Stan pressed his lips against his and wrapped his arms around him. Just as Cartman was going to close his eyes and wrap his arms around Stan he saw out of the corner of his eyes that Kyle was just about to run at him to most likely get him away from Stan. Cartman quickly pulled away from Stan, but just as he did he saw Kyle ram into Stan sending them both to the floor and Kyle started punching him. Cartman's eyes went wide in surprise as he and Kenny tried to get Kyle off of Stan.

"DUDE!" Kenny yelled.

"KHAL WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING? YOU'RE ON THE WRONG PERSON!" Cartman yelled.

Amazingly Kyle had the strength to withstand Cartman and Kenny trying to pull him off of Stan. Of course after a few seconds they managed to get him off of Stan who was quickly getting up completely shocked that Kyle was beating HIM up and not Cartman.

"What the fuck, Khal?!" Cartman said looking at him in shock.

Before anyone could say another word Kyle ran off.

Author's note: So far so good I haven't gotten lazy to the point of discontinuing this story or at the very least putting it in hiatus. Anyway once again just wanted to say thanks to everyone who reads this and likes this story and a special thanks once again to Suhamakitten and Day (guest) for reviewing my last chapter. Reviews always helps me to get inspired to write another chapter. I hope this chapter was good I was kinda having a hard time to come up with a reason why Cartman acted the way he did in elementary and make it sound believable considering he really was an ass. So anyway until next time.