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Chapter 9

Cartman's POV

"Thanks for taking me Butters." I tell Butters. We're in the car heading to Vermont as we speak. I'm grateful for him since Jack was being a dick about my mom giving me money.

"You know I would do anything for you Eric." Butters smiles at me. I wish he wouldn't do that…

"I have to get my daughter away from that asshole!"

"She really called him daddy?"

"Yes I heard it!"

"I'm sorry Eric. That was a bitchy thing for Heidi to do."

"It doesn't surprise me. That two timing slut!"

"Hopefully you can get your daughter back and put all this behind you so you can move on."

I shake my head. "I don't think I'll get Kayla back without a fight."

"You think she'll fight you?"

"Maybe not if you're there. She does it when their no witnesses."

"Didn't she beat you up in front of Collin?"

"No she didn't."

I look at Heidi. "Just make him leave."

"NO!" She shoves past me.

"Heidi, wait!" I grab her arm and she turns towards me and shoves me into the wall and punches me.

"Heidi?" I whine.

"Don't you ever grab me like that again!"

"I'm sorry…"

"You ARE sorry!"

"You didn't have to hit me Heidi."

"You didn't have to hit me Heidi!" She mimics me.

"So Collin was there, just not in the room?" Butters questions.

"Right. But I don't think he knows what happened."

"I see. Well just relax honey." He puts his hand on my thigh. "We're going to get to the bottom of this."

I look down at Butters's hand. "Butters..."

"Oh come on Eric! We have lost time to make up for."

Butters is never going to let this go. "Yes we do, but not now."

"Well all right. It's going to be a long ride, so you might as well relax."

"I intent to." I lean the seat back.

We finally arrive at my house in Vermont. "This place looks nice. How did you afford it on a minimum wage salary?" Butters asks.

"Section 8." I tell him. "I almost feel like Kenny's family."

"Be nice Eric. Kenny's dead."

"Whatever…" We get out the car and walk to the door. I hesitate before going in.

"What's the matter Eric?"

"I have a bad feeling…"

"About what?"

"Heidi and Collin."

"Just go in."

I slowly open the door and head upstairs quietly. The bedroom door is cracked. I stick my head in and sure enough there's Heidi and. Collin. Fucking in my bed! "I knew it!" I whisper to Butters.

"I'm sorry Eric. What are you going to do?" He whispers back.

"I'm going to barge in there and let them have it!" I kick the door all the way open. "Heidi, you two timing TRAMP!"

Collin and Heidi look at me and smile. "Finders keepers pal!" Collin shrugs.

"You left me Eric, remember? Of course I was going to move on." Heidi kisses Collin.

"Where's Kayla?" I ask her.

"I don't know. Do I look like her keeper?"

"You lost my daughter, bitch? You're her mother!"

"I didn't lose her, I just don't know where she is." Heidi laughs.

"Here!" Collin throws money at me. "Why don't you follow her lead and get lost?"

"You mother fucker!" I try to attack him, but Butters holds me back.

"Eric!" Butters yells.

"Let me go Butters! I'm going to kill that son of a bitch!"

"ERIC!" Butters starts shaking me.

"Huh?" I open my eyes and see we're still in the car.

"Bad dream?" He smirks.

"Why do you say that?" I'm still confused. How could that have been a dream?

"You were talking in your sleep. You called Heidi a two timing tramp and you wanted to kill Collin." Butters laughs. I guess I really was dreaming.

"Oh…I guess I did." I look at the navigation and see we have another 8 hours to go. "Pull over. I want to drive the rest of the way."

Butters grins. "I thought you would never ask!" He pulls over and we switch seats. I'm wide awake now and I'm really anxious to get there. I think there was something to that dream. It was almost like…I was seeing the future. If that happens, so help me God…

Heidi's POV

"Goodnight honey." I kiss Kayla on the forehead. I just finished reading her a bedtime story and tucking her in.

"Goodnight Mommy." She replies as I turn to leave. "Mommy?" She calls out.

"Yes?"

"When am I going to see daddy again?"

I sigh. I knew this question was coming eventually. "I wish I knew."

"I miss him."

"I miss him too." I give her another kiss. "Now get some sleep. You can call him tomorrow."

"Ok! I can't wait to talk to daddy!" She turns over. I leave the room leaving her door cracked. I head down to the living room and Collin hands me a glass of wine.

"Thank you! I needed this."

"No problem." He tells me as he pours himself a glass and sets the bottle on the coffee table. "I know you've had a long day."

"Yes I have. Thank you once again for watching Kayla while I went to class."

Collin nods and smiles. "Anytime! She's a really great kid."

"Thanks. She misses Eric though."

"Are you surprised? They were very close. You guys need to work it out."

"I want to, but he's so insecure and stubborn."

"Maybe you guys should go to counseling." He suggests as he pours another glass of wine.

"That's going to be hard considering I'm here and he's in Colorado."

"Aren't you planning to move back after graduation?"

I nod. "Unless I get a good job here. I have to visit at some point so my parents can meet Kayla."

"You still haven't told your parents about her?"

I shake my head. "Not until I graduate."

"Do you really think they'll be that upset? You're a great mom."

"They'll be disappointed that I "ruined" my life by having a baby so young. At least this way they'll see that she's well taken care of and I was still able to finish college."

"I understand…I think."

I chuckle. "Enough about me, let's watch a movie or something!" I tell him as I pour another glass of wine.

"What do you want to watch?"

"How about the new Annabelle movie?"

Collin shrugs. "Sure, why not?" He pours another glass of wine.

I put on the movie and Collin and I sit on opposite ends of the couch and watch the movie while drinking our wine. I can feel my eyelids getting heavy…

"You're a skank Heidi! A two timing SLUT!" I open my eyes and see Eric and Butters standing in the living room. Eric looks pissed off.

"Eric…?" I guess I fell asleep and didn't realize it. I look and realize that somehow I fell asleep in Collin's lap. Oh no, this looks bad.