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Chapter 28

Kobe's POV

Shannon and I decided to go to Tweek's Coffee Shop after school to get coffee and do our homework. We've been at it for over two hours and I'm seeing a lot of improvement. "You're so good at Pre-Cal!" Shannon smiles.

"It's simple, just wait until you take calculus next year!" I joke with her.

"I don't want to think about it."

I laugh at that. "It's not that bad!"

"Maybe not for a math whiz like you!"

I blush at that. I wasn't expecting the compliment. "I'm not that great at math."

"Are you kidding me? You're the only sophomore taking a senior level math class!"

"Well you're taking a junior level math class so you're not that far off yourself!" I remind her.

"But I'm still struggling!"

"Hey guys!" Julia walks over to us.

"Hey Jules!" Shannon responds to her.

"Are you guys on a date?"

"We're studying."

"Oh good, then I can join you." She grabs a chair and sits in between us.

"Like Shannon said, we're studying." I tell her a little peeved. She knows that I can't be around her.

"So?"

"So you don't have books, nor do you take pre-cal so there's no reason for you to stay."

"I can't hang out with my friend and cousin?"

I raise my eyebrow. "Why now all of a sudden?"

"What are you talking about? We always hang out!"

"Yeah, but now I'm not allowed to hang out with you."

She shakes her head in disappointment. "You're still following that?

I nod. "I'm not getting grounded for you."

"I'm not worth it?" Julia smirks.

"No!"

She looks at Shannon and smiles. "Hey cuz, can I talk to you in private for a minute?"

"Sure." Shannon looks at me. "I'll be right back." They walk away, moments later, Julia returns alone and sits back down.

"Where's Shannon?" I ask her.

"She went to the bathroom." She informs me as she scoots her chair closer to me.

"Well I think you should leave."

She gets up and stands beside me. She puts her hand on my shoulder. "You really want me to leave?"

"Yes."

"Fine." She looks up, then at me and smiles. "I want to leave you with something…"

"What?"

"This!" She grabs me and pulls me into a kiss. I quickly push her away and she smirks. "Did you enjoy that?"

"JUST GO!" I won't lie, I did like it and I waited a long time for that to happen. But right now it's totally inappropriate!

She looks up one last time before smiling. "Fine, I'll go." She shrugs and waves. "Call you later!"

"Please don't!" Julia blows a kiss at me before leaving. Shannon comes back to the table and sits down, but doesn't say a word. It's time to do some damage control. "Shannon, Julia kissed me."

"I saw…" She looks down.

"I swear it didn't mean anything to me!"

"I believe you…" She continues looking down.

"Are you ok?"

"Yeah, let's get back to studying…" She pulls her book back out. I swear I see tears in her eyes, but I'm not going to force the issue. I feel really bad because I think she's hurt by Julia's actions. I don't know what I can do to solve this one.

Cartman's POV

"A little to the left." I tell Kyle as we move the crib. I asked him to come over and help me set up the furniture for the nursery for the new baby. We only have a few months left to get things done and I wanted to get this stuff out of the way so Wendy can relax and stop stressing over it.

"Dude, why don't you hire people to do things like this?" He asks.

"Why pay for some strangers to do a half ass jobs, when I can ask my friends?"

"Cheap ass!" Kyle laughs as we get the crib in place.

I laugh with him. "Whatever dude." I get the dresser pieces out of the box. "Now help me put the dresser together." I hear someone come in the door and walk up the stairs. I assume it's Julia, but then I see Shannon walk by. "Shannon?" I call out to her.

"Hi dad." She sounds down.

"What are you doing here?" I wasn't expecting her here today so I figured something must be up.

"Mom is in one of her moods so I told her I'm going to stay over here."

"No problem. You're always welcome. How was your date with Kobe?" I notice Kyle looks up.

"It wasn't a date, we were studying."

"Ok, well then how was your study date?"

She rolls her eyes. "It was ok..." She seems a little annoyed.

I frown. "Did something happen?"

Shannon sighs. "Nope…nothing at all."

"Are you sure? Did Kobe do something to upset you?"

"Kobe wouldn't!" Kyle snaps.

Shannon shakes her head. "He didn't do anything..." She lowers her head and walks off.

"I better go talk to her." I tell Kyle. "Can you continue to work on the dresser while I do that?"

"I think I should come too if it's about my son."

"She's my daughter, I'll handle it."

"Fine, but if by some weird chance Kobe did do something to upset her, I want to know."

"You'll know! I'll kill him if he did." I head to Shannon's room and knock on the door.

"Yes?" She responds.

I open the door and walk in her room and close the door. "It's just me." I sit down on a chair. "So do you want to tell me what happened?"

"No..."

"Come on Shan, what's up?"

She looks at me. "Julia kissed Kobe..."

"Julia? Did this happen at school?"

"No, during our study date."

"Why was she even there? She's not supposed to be around Kobe."

"I guess she came to make trouble. She pulled me aside and told me I would never have him because I'm not his type, then she went over to him and kissed him."

For some reason, Julia's behavior doesn't surprise me. "How did Kobe react?"

"He pushed her off, but I think he enjoyed it…" She starts tearing up.

"Why do you think that?"

She shrugs. "Kobe has always had a crush on Julia. She turned him down and we started spending time together. I think his interest may have shifted back to her now."

"Don't think that. You're a great girl and Kobe is lucky you're giving him the time of day."

"But Julia is pretty!"

"You're pretty too."

She shakes her head. "You're only saying that because you're my dad."

"I'm saying it because it's true."

"Julia is the pretty one, she's always been! I'm sure if she didn't reject Kobe, he wouldn't have given me a second thought."

"Don't think like that. You've been friends with him for a long time."

"That's it, just friends. We never hung out before. I knew from the beginning I was the rebound girl, but it still hurt to see her kiss him!" She starts to cry.

I hug her. "Don't worry about him. There's plenty of other guys out there if he's not interested. I don't want you crying over any boy, you understand?"

She wipes her eyes and nods. "Yes dad."

"Don't worry about Julia, I'll talk to Wendy about this and we'll take care of that."

"Please don't. I don't want any more tension between the two of us."

"I won't say anything. You get back to studying." I hug her again."

"Thanks dad." I leave her room. I know I told Shannon I wouldn't say anything to Wendy, but I did mention it to Kyle. I don't like the fact that Kobe and Julia hurt my daughter and I wanted Kyle to be aware of that since he thinks Kobe is so perfect and innocent. I'm now concerned on how this will impact Shannon and Julia's relationship…

A/N: I don't know when the next update will be. I'm kind of over it. We'll see what happens. Thanks for understanding! :-)