Friendship in Turmoil

[Mutt]

It had been almost 2 months since Mutt said his final good-byes to his deceased girlfriend June. This was only possible through his best friend Kenny who used his powers over death to bring her ghost back for just enough time for Mutt to bid his farewell, in hopes of moving on.

Mutt had indeed moved on somewhat, his grief over June had waivered it was still there but it was not as strong fully painful as it was in the past. But some feelings had never left.

It was nearing another school week, a cool Friday afternoon the last class of the day was minutes from being over. Soon the halls would be crowded with student and staff a like whom had made plans or were in the process of making plans for their weekend. Mutt was no exception, a few days ago him and Kenny had decided to go for a mini camping trip at the lake they had found to hide Kenny’s true power. Or so Mutt thought, just as soon as the last bell of the day rang Kenny ran up to Mutt.

“Hey Kenny! Ready for that trip tomorrow?” Mutt asked excitedly when he noticed Kenny given him a nervous expression. It seemed to be the usual expression nowadays. “Oh don’t fucking tell me…”

“Sorry Mutt I’m going to have to cancel that trip. Kelly asked me to go to the movies with her tomorrow. We can go next week ok?” Kenny asked him

Deep, down Mutt was annoyed and agitated but he didn’t let it show. Mutt had a bad habit of not showing any anger. He was a calm, mellow person but he got angry like everyone else but instead of letting people know it right then and there like someone like Kyle would, he would keep his anger inside. And there it sat like a large pot full of water sitting on a low simmering flame, slow to boil until it could no longer be contained. On top of that instead of letting it all go in one shot it lingered.

He was angry but less then two months ago he had promised not to rip on Kenny’s girlfriend ever again. ”Yeah, yeah it’s fine, have fun.” Mutt replied

“Thanx! I owe you one, promise next week!” Kenny added as he left.

“But that’s what you said last week….” Mutt grumbled to himself as he sighed.

“You could kill the bitch…” A familiar, unwanted voice said from behind.

Mutt turned around to find fat ass Cartman had been eavesdropping.

“Don’t you have someone else to bother at the moment?” Mutt asked

“I’ll be on Kyle’s back in a few minutes. But anyway you should kill that bitch.” Cartman repeated

“Are you fucking insane if I killed Kelly, Kenny would kill ME!” Mutt replied

“Oh it’ll be easy you can do it without Kenny ever finding out. Just slip some poison into her cup of tea or water or what other health conscience drinks chicks drink.” Cartman offered

“No thank you, trust me Kenny would find out he has ways of finding out…” Mutt responded

“He does?” Cartman asked “What kind of ways?”

Mutt realizing he almost slipped up in revealing Kenny’s secret. “Well…forensics you know how much technology they have to investigate a murder scene? I mean they can find out how 65 million year old long dead dinosaurs died from just their bones. “

“True….well guess you’ll have to live with being alone since Kenny has no use for you.” Cartman tormented him. “Shit I have to hurry home T&P will be one soon!” He yelled as he left in a hurry. “See ya fag!”

Mutt grumbled at Cartman’s last words to him, they stuck in his mind. As much of a moron fat ass was, Mutt couldn’t help but feel that maybe he was right. Maybe Kenny didn’t need him anymore; the thought stayed with him all day and night until he went to bed.

That Saturday Mutt decided to go to the mountainous forest lake without his best friend; feeling that he could use somewhere quiet to get rid of Cartman’s words. So he packed up a lunch and started off towards the lake, his dog Tobias following for company.

Thirty minutes into their trek Mutt and Tobias found their spot. As before the lake sat deep in the forest surrounded by evergreen and deciduous trees, a beautiful quiet spot. The two sat near the edge of the lake and took it all in, nothing but the songs of birds, the lapping off the water, and talking…..

Apparently they weren’t alone as they had thought, Mutt could hear whispering and searched for the source and at a distance spotted Kenny and Kelly sitting and cuddling. At that point the large pot on the low flame finally came to its boiling point, and Mutt’s mind snapped.

He growled as he got up and went straight for the couple with his dog following a few feet behind.

“What the hell Kenny, I thought you and Kelly were going to the movies?” Mutt asked in an angered tone. A rather not so smart, too quick move.

A startled Kenny and Kelly jumped from their spots, not expecting such a rude interruption. Kenny regained his stance, annoyed and now angry himself he stood up and approached Mutt.

“We had a change of plans; the movie theater is closed for some reason.” Kenny explained

“That is some fucking bullshit. “ Mutt replied

“You fucking think I’m lying?!” Kenny demanded

“Yeah you lied about going to the movies so you can rape that bitch!!” Mutt blurted out, breaking his promise

At the point Kenny’s anger was reaching its boiling point as his face grew serious.

“What the fucking hell is up with you Mutt?! What was with that bullshit speech you made two fucking months ago?!” Kenny asked

“Fuck that! Admit it you just wanted to blow me off to fuck with that slut! Not very smart that you’re using the same fucking spot we planned to spend at!!” Mutt replied, his anger still simmering. Mutt’s remarks about Kelly made her upset she began to cry which angered Kenny even more.

“You’re an asshole do you know that?!” Kenny asked “I fucking used my powers so you can see you’re girlfriend thinking you’d change; now I know it was a damn waste!!! You’ll never fucking change, you’re just fucking selfish!”

“Yeah well you’ll never fucking change either ya sex hungry pervert. You’d fuck anything cause you’re always too damn horny any ol slut just the way you like it!! You better watch this sicko Kelly he’d rape you in a Porto potty at a construction site.” Mutt warned.

That was when things turned really ugly, the sky dramatically changed from a nice clear day to a dark, gray cloudy rather weatherly active scene. The wind quickly picked up with so much strength the lake began to move in waves like a hurricane active ocean. The whole stormy picture was completed with flashes of lighting and the rumble of thunder.

Just as dramatically as the sky changed so did too Mutt’s attitude when he noticed that added to the stormy atmosphere, Kenny’s eyes and hands were glowing bright red to match the intensity of his anger. Mutt gulped as he began to back away but Kenny grabbed him by his upper arms and slammed up against a large solid rock sending pain that travelled through Mutt’s body.

“Ow shit!!!” Mutt exclaimed realizing how much deep shit he was in.

“YOU FUCKING SON OF A BITCH!!” Kenny threatened as his grip grew tighter and tighter, he yanked Mutt off the rock and slammed him up against it second time. Mutt’s eyes dilated as he shivered in fear. Not quite expecting this.

“YOU THOUGHT YOU’D BE ABLE TO KEEP PISSING ME OFF LIKE THIS WITH NO PUNISHMENT WHATSEVER?” Kenny demandingly asked as he then grabbed Mutt’s neck. Mutt just stared whimpering like a puppy.

“WHAT NOTHING TO SAY TO MY FACE?! WHAT HAPPENED TO ANGRY BAD ASS?” Kenny asked him as his hands and eyes glowed even brighter and his grip tighter around his neck, on top of that Mutt was now feeling a warm sensation as Kenny’s hands began to heat up, getting ever hotter and hotter producing a burning sensation. A loud crack of thunder whipped through the sky. Mutt had clearly pissed the fuck out of Kenny. It was quite an achievement, perhaps not a glamorous one, as Kenny’s not easily angered in fact it takes quite a bit to even get an annoyed glare from the orange hooded kid. But Mutt had managed to witness of what Kenny’s full fury was like.

Mutt squirmed, still shaking and now having a hard time breathing. He just gave Kenny a pathetic pleading stare.

Kelly and Tobias were watching both stunned by what they were seeing; yes even the dog couldn’t look away.

Kenny just angrily stared at his so called best friend, his hands still so tightly clamped around his neck and still growing hotter not only was Mutt struggling to breath his neck literally felt like it was on fire. Kenny began to slowly calm down, breathing heavily.

Mutt struggled trying to desperately get out of Kenny’s grasp.

“You’re fucking lucky Mutt, you think I’m scary now this is just the tip of what I’m capable of. “ Kenny growled

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry…” Mutt pleaded

“Don’t give me that bullshit; since we’ve met all I’ve been hearing from you is “sorry, sorry, sorry”. I kept forgiving you hoping you’d change, that you had learned your damn lesson; but you’ll never fucking learn, you’ll never change. You’ll always be saying shit about me and my girlfriend. I don’t know what your fucking problem is but I’m done forgiving you, this friendship is OVER.” Kenny told him. At those words Mutt’s heart just sank.

Mutt’s eyes just pleaded he didn’t say anything in response. After all what could he say anymore Kenny was plain tired of hearing his sorrys.

“I can’t fucking take your bullshit anymore, you’re just a selfish bastard. This is the last straw, I want you to stay the fuck out of my and Kelly’s face do you hear me?!” Kenny asked angrily.

Mutt just shook his head yes.

“Good, this is good-bye then. Have a nice fucking life.” Kenny groaned as he released Mutt’s neck and walked over to Kelly the two then left Mutt all alone with only his dog at his side. As they left the skies cleared up again.

Mutt just blankly stared at the ground and then back up at the now clear blue skies. He then just sighed heavily as he sat at the edge of the lake; his forever faithful Malamute Tobias came over and laid his head in Mutt’s lap as if trying to cheer to him up. He was happy to have some company, at least one living soul who wasn’t angry at him.

“Damn it, I really screwed up this time Tobias.” Mutt said as he tried to stifle some tears, he wrapped his arms around the dog’s neck before crying into his fur. Despite his best attempts to avoid such a thing another fierce argument had severed his and Kenny’s friendship; perhaps destroying it behind all hope of repair. A few minutes past before Mutt is able to regain himself enough to walk home with his dog in tow as they did so they walked past the movie theater which was indeed closed, which made Mutt feel even more guilty assuming that Kenny had lied to him. This would definitely be a trying time.

[Mutt]

Chapter 2: Cerberus

Monday had arrived, another school week and at the beginning of every school day the first person Mutt would look for was Kenny and vice versa. But this time around he had to adjust to now being pretty much hated by his ex-best friend, whom declared their friendship was done and over with. Yet this didn’t stop Mutt from thinking about his ex-buddy, he found himself putting extra food into his lunchbox as he always did for Kenny; though he wouldn’t even attempt to offer it to him.

It was a strange mix of feelings not only was he depressed he had also developed a fear of Kenny, after feeling his rage. Arriving at the bus stop Mutt could still sense that Kenny was still very much steamed at him and felt it wise to not even attempt to stand next to him. On the bus too school Mutt sat by himself, and upon arriving at school he was still by himself to his walk to his locker; Kenny basically ignoring him or giving him an angry unrelenting glare.

Mutt just stood at his locker shoveling through books and piles of paper, he tensed when he heard Kenny walking by as he was talking to Kyle and Stan. The two were unaware of their fight that ultimately cost them their comradeship.

“Hey Mutt, how was your weekend dude?” Kyle asked noticing him rummaging through his mess of a locker. Mutt perked up a bit as turned to see Kyle and Stan; at least someone wasn’t spending the day ignoring him; his happiness was tainted with Kenny still hanging around the duo.

“Oh hey dudes, my weekend was shitty my throat was on fire….” Mutt replied, Kenny tensed up a bit knowing Mutt was referring to him.

“On fire….?” Kyle asked

“Yea…” Mutt replied he was raring to give more information but noticed Kenny’s glare. “I had a sore throat…”

“Oh that sucks.” Stan responded

“Yeah but I’m better now, luckily the sore throat didn’t linger like it usually does.” Mutt added

“I’ve had so many sore throats, probably from me yelling at Cartman all the time…” Kyle groaned

“That sucks ass...” Mutt replied that was when the bell rang; it was time for the first class of the day.

“Damn it got to get to class.” Stan commented as him and Kyle left, Kenny lingered behind and confronted Mutt.

“You son of a bitch, Mutt! You know damn well not to give away my secrets, even if it’s through sarcastic hints!” Kenny angrily scolded him, accompanied by his death stare.

“…well we’re not friends anymore so what’s keeping me from giving it away?!” Mutt asked trying to act at his bluff but was easily intimidated by Kenny’s never ending glare. “…don’t worry I won’t do it again…” He laughed nervously with his proverbial tail in between his legs.

“You fucking better not…” Kenny grumbled as he left Mutt alone in the hall.

Everyone else had vacated the hallway for their classroom but Mutt was still standing near his locker shaken and nearly crying. He had wanted to cry so much before but there was too much of an audience. He leaned against the locker and slid down to the floor until he was basically sitting in front of it and just sat there. What was the use of going to class if he felt like shit?

Mutt wasn’t the only person cutting class; as usual the Goth kids never went to class. Somehow they never got caught by the staff or the hall monitor for skipping but what did they care. The four of them saw every class going student as a conformist, brain washed by a society of lies. They were hanging around the empty hallway on their way to their usual spot in the back of the school, when they noticed a sad being sitting in front of his locker crying into his lap.

“Oh look another broken soul, suffering from the lies of society…” The tall Goth noted.

A rather startled Mutt looked up from his lap, not expecting anyone to still be in the hall. He began rubbing the tears from his eyes. “What the hell are you doing here? Shouldn’t you be in class?” He asked

“Only conformists go to class….what happened to your wretched soul?” The only girl of the group asked.

Mutt just sighed. “My closest best friend well ended our friendship over his girlfriend…he’s just grown tired of me and now he hates my gut.”

“Wow that’s harsh. It’s a cold, lonely world for the dejected even more so when they have no one to suffer from the world with…” The Red Dyed Goth remarked.

“Yeah….it is….” Mutt replied sighing again

“Let’s leave him to wallow in his misery.” The Kindergoth remarked and they started to leave.

“Wait!” Mutt pleaded, the gang stopped.

“What conformist?” The tall Goth asked.

“Can…can I join you guys?” Mutt asked. Its true misery loves company, and Mutt was as miserable as he could ever get. “Please?”

“….do you even know how to be Goth?” Red dyed asked.

“I could give it a shot; I learn very quickly and I can adjust to a new lifestyle just as quickly…I even have a Goth code name in mind, I can be Cerberus…” Mutt replied The Goth gang looked at each other for awhile and then back at Mutt.

“Fine you can join but you’re going to need clothes first…that faggy blue parka has to go…” The girl responded

“It’s not faggy…..” Mutt replied in defense

“…I guess you can’t be Goth then…” The Tall Dude said

“Fine, fine, let’s go get some Goth clothes then…” Mutt groaned

A few school hours later found the Goth kids hanging around in the back of the school, with their new recruit. Mutt…err I mean “Cerberus”. The once dressed in all blue attire, was now in all dark clothing. He wore a jet black parka wearing; the hood up though not as tight around his face as Kenny’s was, along with grey pants, topped off with spiked wristbands and a spiked dog collar. He also had a film of white powder along his face, trying to lighten his slightly darkened skin, only to fulfill his role of the stereotypical Goth.

Cerberus sat on the steps with his new posse, adjusting rather quickly but with a tad more enthusiasm then his “friends” would have liked.

“Wow I’m really digging this dog collar guys; so awesome!” Cerberus exclaimed

“…yeah um…Cerberus you mind lowering you’re excitement level?” The tall Goth, known as Pagan, quietly asked the new recruit.

“Yeah in our society there is no excitement only a dull atmosphere of pain.” Henrietta, the only female Goth, added.

“Oh sorry, pain, depression, monotone….” Cerberus replied as he began to close his eyes looking as if he were meditating.

“Ugh…I don’t think this is going to work. After all he named himself after a dog….” The red dyed hair Goth, called by his nickname “Sparrow” said.

Cerberus opened his eyes and stood in front of the red dyed Goth boy. “Well no offense but you’re named after a BIRD, and not a very threatening bird either not even an eagle, or a crow, or a vulture. Look out it’s the sparrow!!” He replied in sarcasm “Its Quoth the raven, not quoth the sparrow…” he added

Sparrow groaned “We already had a Raven fag….” He noticed his three colleagues had a smirk on their face. “Don’t you guys encourage him!”

“He has a point though…” Henrietta replied

“Yes…beware the sparrow…” Kindergoth added

“Ugh…” Sparrow responded as he just sat down.

“Don’t worry Sparrow; birds are evolved from dinosaurs so you could view yourself as a modern velociraptor. Now then….let me focus...” Cerberus replied as he sat back down in his spot and slowed his mindset to the dull, unexcited, Goth mind. The only thing was the dog collar was a bit irritating but it would remind him of his pain.

“Damn this collar is cool but it’s a bit tight…” he groaned as he attempted to adjust the collar. As he did so it grazed the forgotten but still sore burns on his neck left by Kenny as punishment. It was still ever so tender and even the slight touch from the leather collar sent a wave of pain to his mind.

“AAAGH FUCKING HELL!!!!” Cerberus screamed as he quickly took the collar off his burns. “Ugh!” As he took the collar off his fellow Goths noticed the reasons for his yell of agony, they could clearly see two dark burns in the shape of hands wrapped around his neck.

“Woa, what happened to your neck?” Pagan asked him

“Oh….well..I’ve had this for a while..not a big deal really. “Cerberus replied as he placed the dog collar back around his neck He couldn’t just tell them that Kenny had literally burned his neck by just nearly choking him, he’d give away his top secret.

“Just one of life’s ways of laughing in my face.”

“…maybe he fits in with us after all.” Sparrow commented

“Yeah here have a cigarette.” Henrietta offered Cerberus

“Umm…thanks…” He replied as he grabbed the tiny cigarette and stared at it for a few moments, though his father smoked Cerberus never did care for it.

“What’s wrong didn’t you ever smoke before?” Pagan asked

“Well I need a lighter duh…” Cerberus replied in a smart ass tone.

“Here use mine..” Henrietta said as she gave him her lighter.

“Thanx…” Cerberus replied as he stared at the cigarette and lighter before finally putting the cigarette in his mouth and lighting it up. He took a casual puff and for a few minutes it seemed as if his first smoke was going smoothly but it caused him to go into one of those coughing fits which everyone tries to hide or soothe with water but it just won’t go away.

The Goths continued on with their usual conversation

“So anyways my mom told me she wanted me buy brighter clothes…bitch just wants me to conform to the fantasy ideals of this bull shit society...” Henrietta complained as she took a swig of her cigarette.

The only response coming from Cerberus *cough, cough* try to hold it in hoping the itch will go away. *cough,*

“Is he dying?” Sparrow asked

“No I’m fine…” Cerberus strained as he has a coughing fit

“Pussy it was just one swig…” Sparrow commented

“Ugh *cough* can I go get some water?” Cerberus asked

“Just go use the water fountain.” Pagan replied

“I’ll be right back…” Cerberus responded as he went back into the school towards the water fountain.

“What a pussy...he won’t last in our long in our group.” Henrietta said

By the end of the school Cerberus had manage to cling to his new “comrades” and managed to avoid Kenny and Kelly throughout the day. The hour after school he found himself with the Goths in Henrietta’s dark room writing and reading poems about despair and other deep gloomy topics. Pagan was the starter.

“Life is pain, darkness over the world, you can trust nobody, you can love nobody, it's all a fairy tale, it's all a goddamn lie. “

“Wow that is so Goth...” Kindergoth commented

“Your turn Cerberus.” Henrietta announced

“I’m not done, yet! “Cerberus still writing

“Just read what you have damn it. Probably faggy anyway.” Sparrow egged on

“Ugh fine. “ Cerberus groaned as he started to read. “Dread, despair, screams of pain, a soul beaten into submission, fear surrounds the darkest parts of the forest of betrayal. The winds howl, the lighting cracks, the beast roars in sheer rage no one is safe as his eyes glare an angry red. Terror strikes the heart of the world there is no where to run, no where to hide, no mercy, nothing but pure fear and sorrow devouring every soul.”

As he looked up from reading his dark poem he could see the Goths were pretty impressed.

"That was deep, man." Pagan commented

"At the risk of sounding like a fucking conformist Justin Timberlake wannabe, that was actually awesome.” Sparrow added on.

“Thanks…” Cerberus replied

“Beats the hell out of my poem…” Henrietta said

"So who or what is the beast may I ask?" Pagan asked

"Um...well...the beast is....society?" Cerberus replied

“Killer.” Sparrow replied

“I guess we’re done with this let’s go drown our sorrows in coffee.” Henrietta offered

"I thought you drank alcohol to drown your sorrows..." Cerberus asked

"Alcohol is for conformists, we drink coffee." Pagan replied

"But coffees not even a depressant it's a stimulant..." Cerberus added

"Look let's just go to the damn coffee shop smart ass conformist" Sparrow replied with annoyance

The next hour found Cerberus and his gang at Benny’s Coffee Shop, at the Goth’s usual table, each with a cup in front of them and the coffee lady pouring coffee in their cups.

“Damn it are you kids back to drink coffee all night again?” She asked

Before the Goths could respond Cerberus did it for them.

“What’s it to you, you’re being paid for this aren’t you?” Cerberus asked

“…I guess so.” The lady replied

“And while you’re at it you wouldn’t happen to have any pie to go with our coffee would you?” Cerberus asked, the Goths looking at him with quite an annoyed stare.

“Why yes we do. You want apple, cherry, lemon meringue, or banana cream?” The coffee lady offered.

“Banana cream please!” Cerberus responded excitedly. The lady writes down the order and leaves.

“What the hell do you think you’re doing??” Henrietta asked

“Banana cream pie?! We do not eat pie. “Sparrow added

“Oh come on pie’s not going to hurt your image.” Cerberus grumbled

“Only conformists eat pie, damn it. We drink black coffee that’s it there is no pie…” Pagan replied

“I caught you pouring sugar and cream into your coffee by the way fag.” Sparrow added

“So I can’t handle black coffee or resist banana cream pie does it make me any less Goth then you?” Cerberus asked

“Yes, yes it does.” Kindergoth responded

“Is it because I didn’t offer you any? You want some banana cream pie too I’ll buy.” Cerberus offered

“Sure!” Kindergoth replied, the other 3 Goths glare at him. “I mean…no conformists.”

The lady comes back with a good slice of banana cream pie and sits it in front of Cerberus. “There you go.”

“Thank you.” Cerberus replies as she walks away and the Goths stare at him.

“Look you can’t be a Goth if you’re still eating happy things like pie. Pie is not depressing and dark.” Sparrow said

“Well pie may not BE depressing but depressed people do eat it for comfort….” Cerberus replying as he takes a bite of the pie.

“We don’t eat for comfort; we never look for comfort, why do you think we drink black coffee?” Pagan asked

“Laxative?” Cerberus asks

“You know what this isn’t working out.” Henrietta noted

“Yeah we’ll have to let you go.” Sparrow added

“You’re kicking me out because of a fucking slice of pie?” Cerberus asked as he took another bite.

“It’s either us or your beloved pie…” Pagan warned him. Cerberus looked at the pie and then glanced back at the group then glanced back at the pie.

“Well the thing is I can’t eat you other wise that’d be cannibalism. “Cerberus replied

“Fuck this we’re kicking you out.” Sparrow groaned “Leave now.”

“Fine, faggy Goths see if I care. Stay in your little dark, lonely world!” Cerberus yelled “Here’s the money for the pie and coffee, bye assholes. “ He added as he left the money and took the pie slice with him.

“Conformists…” Sparrow commented

“...that pie looked awfully damn good. Let’s order one...” Henrietta offered

“But we don’t eat happy food...” Pagan replied

“Well we can only eat it once, and then be more depressed we can’t eat it again…” Kindergoth said

“Hey can we get a slice of that banana cream pie?” Sparrow asks the coffee lady.

[Mutt]

Chapter 3: Hellish Week

It was only Tuesday, yet the week was already proving Hellish for Mutt, who had shed his Goth Cerberus role. Another quiet day at the bus stop, another quiet trip to school and another quiet stroll through the hall way; though this time he actually made it to class.

Then lunch came and Mutt found himself without a friend in the world to eat with. He surveyed the cafeteria before settling on an empty table, he sat down as he literally threw his lunchbox onto the table with an attention grabbing slam. He just sighed and grumbled as he began opening his lunch again it had double the amount of food. The second portion normally reserved for Kenny, even in his Goth state he couldn’t forget about his ex-buddy.

He just sighed again as he closed the lunchbox and just laid his head on the table and closed his eyes when he heard a familiar British accent.

“Ello Jake, why are you sitting all alone, chap?” The voice asked. Mutt opened his eyes to see Pip standing before him.

“Because no one wants to sit with me…” Mutt replied with a groan.

"You can sit with us if you like." Pip motioned to a nearly-filled table... of course; those sitting at the table were also some of the least popular kids in the fourth grade class. The group consisted of John, Kevin Stoley, Scott Malkinson, Timmy, Jason, Bradley and of course Pip. Collectively they were known as the “Melvins”.

“Better then sitting with no one.” Mutt replied as he got up from his empty table and followed Pip back to his normal table.

“Ello gentlemen we have a guest joining us today.” Pip announced as Mutt approached.

“Yeah I hope you don’t mind.” Mutt added

"'Course not; always good to have a visitor." John said.

"Timmah!" Timmy added

“Thanks.” Mutt replied as he found a spot to sit down

“Don’t you usually sit with Kenny?” Kevin asked

“Yeah but well he ditched our friendship…” Mutt replied sadly as he opened up his lunchbox still with two lunches.

All the Melvins suddenly stopped what they were doing and looked right at him.

"Seriously?" John said eyes wide.

"You gotta be kidding!" Jason said, his hand clutching a milk carton.

"T-T-Timmeh?"

“I wish I was kidding, he told me right in my face that we were no longer best friends and told me to stay out of his life. It’s hard I mean I can’t even stop putting extra food for Kenny’s lunch…” Mutt replied as he reached in and pulled out the second helpings. He pulled out an extra sandwich, a second chocolate pudding cup, a second small bag of chips and an extra juice box.

Just then Pablo, the ugly pickle boy, walked up "Are you gonna eat your extra pudding cup?"

"Pablo I thought you liked pickles?" Jamal, the ugly bat ear kid, asked

"Well I like pudding now!" Pablo shouted

“No, it’s Kenny’s pudding!” Mutt reacted pretty defensively, so weird it was he knew he wasn’t friends with Kenny but it seemed like such a sin to just give Kenny’s lunch to someone else.

Pablo stole the pudding anyway and ran off

"DAMN IT KID GIVE THAT PUDDING BACK!!!" Mutt shouted

Pablo ate the whole cup packaging and all

“Damn hungry kid.” John commented

“Damn it he ate Kenny’s fucking pudding!” Mutt groaned

“But chap, I thought you weren’t friends with him anymore.” Pip said
“Yeah why would you give a shit if the pickle kid ate Kenny’s pudding, after all he ditched you.” Kevin added

“I…I…don’t know, I still fucking care. Look someone do me a favor.” Mutt said as he set aside the extra sandwich, bag of chips, juice box and his own pudding cup.” Can someone give this to Kenny for me and don’t say it’s from me just drop it at his table or whatever and walk away.”

"...but won't he ask us why? He'll know it was you." Jason said

"Tell him it's from his girlfriend or something..."Mutt replied "And while you're at it chuck the pudding cup at his face." He added

"...if anyone listens to Mutt, you're never allowed at this table again." Jason said. Scott, who had just gotten up, sat back down.

"I fail to understand why you seem so extraordinarily aggravated with Kenny." Dogpoo said, dunking a chicken nugget in some ketchup, seeming to be the only kid not really caring about the conversation.

"Wouldn't you if your best friend out of no where just ditched you??!" Mutt asked

"I'm sure there was a reason, chap." Pip said

"Your story does not check out, Jacob. It's terribly vague and it's impossible to understand your feelings unless you give a full explanation of what transpired." Dogpoo explained

"....are you like Shakespeare reincarnated or something?" Mutt asks

"Reincarnation is a plausible but highly unlikely concept. The circumstances of my birth are of no consequence to the conversation at hand. Don't avoid the subject matter, it will find you eventually" Dogpoo replied

“…ok fine well I’m not entirely innocent, I called his girlfriend not so very kind names and called him names , I called him a liar and he nearly strangled me while burning my neck at the same time…er I mean he strangled me yeah and broke the friendship. “Mutt said

All the boys exchanged looks and suddenly were quiet. Dogpoo gave a small nod, John and Kevin exchanged looks. "I... see." John said.

"And I'm lonely without him; I tried being Goth for a day that didn't work out. I mean they kicked me out when I wanted a slice of pie. But whatever but we haven't talked since Saturday and I've developed a fear of him now and misery at the same time." Mutt added

"That sucks, dude. I dunno what I'd do if I fought with Red..." Kevin said.

"Yeah, I dunno what I'd do if I fought with my best friend." John said, shrugging.

"...timmeh." Timmy sighed.

“Yeah well…nothing I can do he’s tired of my bullshit.” Mutt grumbled “And my fucking neck is driving me insane.” He groaned as the burns on his neck were still pretty painful, he pulled down the collar of his coat just enough for the others to catch site of the hand shaped burns wrapped around his neck. He quickly covered his neck up realizing he had exposed it.

"...dude, what the fuck is up with your neck!" Bradley said somewhat loudly.

"Jesus Christ!" Kevin's eyes widened.

Mutt’s eyes widen, hoping Kenny didn’t catch the conversation. “It’s nothing, don’t worry about it.” He reacted very defensively

"Nothing my ath!" Scott said

"Jesus, those burns look like fuckin' phaser burns." Kevin said.

“It’s nothing to worry about seriously... I burned myself“Mutt responded

“How does one burn their neck, chap?” Pip asks

“I just did! Look it’s nothing!” Mutt repeated

"Mutt, you don't 'just burn yourself' with perfect hand spots free!" John said

"...you said Kenny tried to str- oh my God." Kevin's eyes widened

Mutt’s eyes also widened. “Kenny had nothing to do with this….” He lied.

"Kenny attempted strangulation on you. Your neck has burns with perfect shapes for hands. As out-of-character as it is for Kenny, you have yet to provide a logical explanation." Dogpoo said sternly

"How do you get burns out of strangulation Dogpoo?" Mutt asked "You can only get burns from something very hot, pretty much on fire to get burned anywhere." He added

"Okay. Then why do you possess burns with the EXACT position for hands?" Dogpoo asked

".........they're birthmarks..." Mutt lied

"Bull. Shit." Kevin said

"Livin' a lie!" Timmy said accusingly

"You know what if you guys don't believe me I'm just going to have to leave." Mutt responded

"...And who elth ith gonna let you thit by them? Hate to be a dith but we're already the leatht popular kidth in thchool." Scott said.

Just then Cartman walked up "Hi my namsth Scott Malcalthon and I hasth a listhp and diabetes"

"Yeah well just relax it's nothing ok just a few burns not relating....get the fuck out of here fat ass!!" Mutt yelled

"Oh, scratch that, least popular kids in school except for Cartman." Jason corrected.

“What are you Melvins talking about?” Cartman asked

"Nothing." John covered.

"Mutt's neck." said Bradley. The other kids glared at him. "...oh shit"

“What about Mutt’s neck? Why the hell are you talking about dog boy’s neck?!” Cartman asked

The kids kept quiet

“You fucking fags are weird, what do you have a neck fetish or something?” Cartman asked

They kept quiet

“Fags.” Cartman said as he finally left

“….soooo what were we talking about? “ Mutt asked. “Oh I remember dinosaurs!” He added trying to change the subject. “So what’s your guys favorite dinosaurs, everyone seems go for T-rex. But Allosaurus was always my favorite; Rex is my second favorite though….” He continued on

"Baryonyx." John answered

"Did you know Megalosaurus was originally called Scrotum humanus?" Kevin brought up

"Are you serious?" Mutt asked

"Yeah, dead." Kevin said, "We first found a femur and it looked like balls"

“Weird…good thing they changed its name, imagine your name being Scrotum.” Mutt chuckled

The others laughed

“Whew..that was a close one…” Mutt whispers to himself, he stared at his second portions, to him they were still Kenny’s. “So anyone want to send this over to Kenny for me?” He asks again.

All the Melvins exchanged glances

“Seriously nobody?” Mutt asked

“Sir Jake, why don’t you give it to him yourself, maybe he’d soften and be your friend again” Pip offered

“Are you fucking insane?! He’s too dangerous!!! I mean….too angry at me. Nothing I do will get him to be friends with me again…” Mutt replied with quite a bit of paranoia in his voice.

"Kenny's protective as hell of Kelly, but really, I'm sure there's SOMETHING you can do." John replied

“Not this time, this time I’m in real deep shit. I don’t think he’ll ever be in the mood to forgive me.” Mutt responded

"You guys have been through a lot together." Kevin commented

“Maybe but I think this time is different. Our friendship is over. “Mutt sighed as he peered over at another table where Kyle and Stan were apparently having an argument of their own.

The argument got pretty heated, and ended up with both of the boys leaving the table in anger, Kyle went in the direction of the Melvin table. As he approached they could hear him talking to himself.

“That fucking son of a bitch!” Kyle grumbled

“Hey Kyle what’s up?” Mutt greeted despite Kyle’s obvious bad mood.

Kyle turned to see Mutt sitting at the table with the lesser knowns of the school.

“Mutt, what the hell are you doing here? Shouldn’t you be sitting with Kenny?” Kyle asked

“Should be but he called our friendship off, he’s extremely pissed at me. “ Mutt replied

Kyle stood in shock. “No fucking way. What did you do?” He asked

“I called his girlfriend some very bad names, and insulted him as well to the point where I thought he was going to kill me. Really I just wanted to hang out with him but he’d rather hang out with the bitch.” Mutt replied

"Hold on, Mutt. So you got in trouble for calling his girlfriend names. And now you're calling her names. Again." John said flatly.

“So he’s not here what does it matter?” Mutt asked

"Who called their girlfriend a bitch?" Ivy asked as she entered

“Hey Ivy, I called Kenny’s girlfriend Kelly a fucking bitch, and again it doesn’t matter now does it? “ Mutt asked

"Mutt, if you're trying to quit smoking, do you go outside and have a smoke?" Kevin said

John waved at Ivy

“Hey I only smoked to join the Goths and that didn’t work…oh I mean no…” Mutt replied

"Exactly." Kevin said. John moved over to let Ivy sit

Ivy smiled "Anybody mind filling me in to what’s going on?" Ivy asked as she sat down

“Well Kenny ditched our friendship for his girlfriend…” Mutt replied

Kyle sat down next to Ivy. “Weird Stan just threatened he’d ditch our friendship for his beloved Wendy. These days he’d rather hang out with his girlfriend then me. Don’t get me wrong me and Ivy have a relationship too but we’ve never ignored any of our other friends as much as Stan and Wendy do.” He grumbled

"Timmay"

“Or perhaps Kenny, I mean last week was seriously the ninth time in a row he ditched our weekend plans to hang out with Kelly and then I find out that they cancelled their plans to have sex in the same exact spot in the woods we planned our mini camping trip. Can you believe it?” Mutt asked in disbelief

"In the woods? That's new." John said. "I always figured he preferred the indoors"

Ivy saw the hands on Mutt's neck and spit out her drink "Oh my G-d. Mutt what happened to your neck!?" she asked

Mutt's eyes widened as he covered his neck up as best as he could. "Nothing. Absolutely nothing."

"Nothing my ass!" Ivy replied

“Yeah dude they look like burn marks shaped as hands! “ Kyle added

“I burned myself ok, I burned myself.” Mutt responded

“How the fuck do you burn your neck?” Kyle asked

“…falling on a candle...” Mutt said being a wise ass

Ivy rolled her eyes "riiiiight" she said sarcastically as she poked at her salad

“What retard falls on a candle….what retard puts a candle on the floor at that?!” Kyle asked

“..my menorah fell on top of my neck…” Mutt replied

“You don’t have a menorah Mutt, you’re not Jewish!” Kyle replied

“How do you know? I could have a Jewish ancestor Kyle!” Mutt responded hoping to deviant from the topic of the burns on his neck.

"The fact you're avoiding the current topic of discussion merely proves you're not being truthful." Dogpoo pointed out

"Truthful of what? Me being Jewish?” Mutt asked

"No" Ivy said smacking the table making everyone flinch "The fact that YOU are lying about how you got those burns on your goddamn neck in the shape of hands!" Ivy snapped

"I don't have to tell you guys crap. What's on my neck is my own damn business. “Mutt replied as he took the dog collar he had in his pocket and stuck it around his neck to cover up his burns.

Ivy rolled her eyes "You give us no other choice either you tell us and we get on with our own goddamn lives or we find out ourselves." Ivy said.

"Anybody want pie, I have a taste for a good slice of banana cream pie." Mutt offered

"I hate bananas..." Kyle replied

"I filled up on pumpkin pie over break." John replied

"We don’t want any goddamn pie we want the fucking truth" Ivy shouted.

All the Melvins, Kyle and Ivy looked at Mutt

"...what about a pizza?" Mutt asked

"No! We want the truth!" Ivy replied

"YOU WANT THE TRUTH YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!" Mutt yelled "Don't you guys fucking understand?!" He added. "THESE BURNS ARE NOTHING!!" He yelled

Everyone, including Kelly and Kenny, turned and looked to see wtf was the matter

"Nice job quoting a few good men dumbass" Ivy mumbled she rolled her eyes "I’m finding the truth out eventually Mutt You can't stop me!" Ivy said getting up and leaving.

"Mutt, relath, you act like you thaw by a ghotht." Scott said

Mutt caught everyone including Kenny and Kelly staring at him. Apparently he had gotten the entire cafeteria's attention.

"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU ALL LOOKING AT?! THERE'S NO SHOW HERE!" Mutt yelled, he was now in a state of paranoia.

Amongst murmurs, most kids turned around.

"Dude, Mutt calm down you’re only going to draw more attention...” Kyle said

Mutt sat down grumbling.

The bell eventually rang signaling the end of lunch period and the beginning of recess.

Everyone disbanded from the cafeteria and onto the playground. A lonely Mutt sat on a swing.

Ivy was with Kyle on the slide eyeing Mutt carefully

"HEY BITCH GO DOWN THE SLIDE!" Cartman yelled

"FUCK YOU!" Ivy shouted

“All by my seellllffff, don’t want to be all by myself anymore…” Mutt sang to himself on the swing when some of the Melvins from the table walked up. “Hey you’re ruining my song!”

"We need to converse." Dogpoo crossed his arms

“About what? About you ruining my lonely song?” Mutt asked

"Lame comeback." Bradley commented.

Ivy walked by Kelly and Wendy talking.

“Yeah Mutt was still being an asshole to me, but Kenny showed him good. “ Kelly in the middle of a conversation with Wendy.

“Really what did he do?” Wendy asked her

“You should have seen it Wendy! Kenny shoved Mutt up against a rock, his eyes and hands glowing red as if they were hot in fact he left burns around Mutt’s neck, I mean the weather itself changed. The angrier it got the stormier he got! He’s that powerful for real!” Kelly told her pretty much telling her everything “And then he told Mutt their friendship was over, I felt sorry for Mutt but that’s what he gets, I mean after he made that promise to us not to insult me or Kenny again, after he brought his old girlfriend back from the dead so he could say good bye to her. Don’t you….” Kelly’s eyes widened realizing she had broken her promise to keep Kenny’s powers forever top secret.

“Woa…Kenny can do that?!” Wendy asked

“Oh no…I’ll see you later.” Kelly responded in a panic as she ran off.

Ivy listened to all of it a she gasped her eyes widening as she ran off to find the Melvins with Mutt at the swing set.

“You guys won’t believe what I heard!” Ivy shouted, that’s when Kelly ran up to Mutt.

“Mutt I did something very bad!!! I told Wendy Kenny’s secret!!!” Kelly blurted out not noticing Ivy, Kyle and the Melvins standing there.

Mutt’s eyes widened. “You what?!”

Ivy just stood there rolling her eyes at Kelly's stupidness.

All the Melvins exchanged confused glances

“Kelly how could you?! Kenny made you promise to not tell a living soul!!! Do you have any idea what I’ve gone through keeping my side of the bargain?!” Mutt asked demandingly.

“I know…wait.” Kelly stopped as she and Mutt at each other before glancing at the others.

“We’ll be right back guys….” Mutt said as him and Kelly move away to have as private of a conversation as they could on a playground. They had their backs toward Ivy, Kyle and the Melvins. As they were talking Ivy took the opportunity to tell what she knew to Kyle and the Melvins.

"I know what’s going on" Ivy said simply quiet so only the Melvins and Kyle could hear

The Melvins all moved closer

"I overheard Kelly talking to Wendy. You know how Mutt told us about Kenny getting pissed because Mutt called his girlfriend a bunch of names?" Ivy asked

"Yeah." The Melvins replied

"Apparently Kenny got so pissed he shoved Mutt against a rock. His eyes and hands glowed red and all this supernatural shit happened like the weather changed dramatically along with how angry he was and he was fucking angry from what I heard and he choked Mutt while burning his neck at the same time hence the hand marks on his neck. This was all because Mutt accused Kenny of lying and calling his girlfriend names" Ivy explained.

"She's hot when she's being smart." Bradley said

"...timmay..." Timmy replied

“Dudes don’t stare at my girlfriend like that, or I’ll kick your ass!!!!” Kyle yelled

"That’s not all though...I also heard Kenny brought Mutt's girlfriend back from the dead" Ivy said Bradley just looking at her boobs "Bradley eyes up or I will kick your ass!" Ivy snapped

“What the fuck did I just say?!!!!” Kyle asked

Bradley covered his eyes
"I am not worthy"

Ivy smirked

"So now you know yay" Ivy said sarcastically

As Ivy was revealing what she heard from Kelly to the Melvins and Kyle, Mutt and Kelly were having a conversation of their own,

“I’ve had to lie about the hand covered burns around my neck!” Mutt whispered angrily at Kelly.

“I know, I know, I don’t know what happened. “Kelly whispered

“You’re a stupid blonde bitch that’s what happened!” Mutt whispered back “And for once I’m not going to be in trouble if Kenny finds out….in fact he may even break up with you….then he’ll have time for me!” He whispered excitedly. “And you know you’re going have to tell him what happened.” Mutt grinned

“Oh my God, you’re right!! He’s going to break up with me and never date me again. I don’t want him to break up with me I love him too much!! It’s all my fault…damn it…” Kelly responded as she turned away and started to cry in panic. “I’m going to loose him, Mutt he’ll never want to hear from me again…” She cried even more.

Mutt just stared at her as she continued crying. It was strange for a while he felt happy that maybe for once he wouldn’t be the brunt of Kenny’s anger but then as he watched he started to feel horrible. He felt sympathetic towards Kelly; she 100% loved Kenny and was pouring her heart out for him. At the same time Mutt was realizing what a true selfish asshole he had become.

“Kelly…..don’t worry everything will be alright…” Mutt responded with a calm voice.

“Alright what are you talking about? Kenny’s going to hate me for the rest of my life; I can’t bear to be without him...” Kelly responded still crying.

“Look I know this is probably going to spread like wild fire, someone is going to feel the brunt of Kenny’s rage like never before. And he will probably never want to speak nor see that someone ever again.” Mutt said as he did so Kelly cried even more.

“I know how much you love each other, I can’t see you two breaking up and Kenny hating his true love. I shouldn’t have been so selfish I should have just accepted the fact that you would eventually replace me seeing is that Kenny would have rather spend more time with you then me.” Mutt continued “Therefore I will take the blame for you.” He added as he stared at the ground.

“M-Mutt you can’t! You think he was pissed at you in the forest, he’ll tear you apart!!!” Kelly replied in concern

“It’s better me then you. Look Kelly just do me a favor.” Mutt told her as he looked her in the eyes. “Promise me if/when the up coming chaos blows over and you’re still with Kenny make him happy, he loves you so much. Even though I called him a pervert and told you not to trust him well he is somewhat of a pervert but he has a true heart it’s all anyone could ever ask for.” Mutt told her. “Now I must face my fate.” He added as he walked away from her with his head still staring at the ground.
Everyone went quiet as they saw Mutt march

“This is going to very bad… Mutt don’t do this!!” Kelly said as she started to run up to him.

“Kelly stay here! You can’t take the blame for this. I deserve it anyway...” Mutt replied as he stared back up and saw Ivy, Kyle and the Melvins, hoping maybe they didn’t know yet.

“Where are you going Mutt?” Kyle asked as Mutt strolled past them

“I have to go tell Kenny something. I probably won’t be alive the next time you see me.” Mutt replied “There was a reason I didn’t tell the truth about my burns.” He added as he continued on

"Good luck." John said

"Can I have your dog?" Scott called

"If he sets you on fire again stop drop n roll" cried Bradley

"We know your secret" Ivy blurted out.

“Shit….you’re not supposed to know!!!” Mutt yelled back “Its top secret! No one is supposed to know!!”

The Melvins were playing Elite Squadron, "We won't tell." Kevin said, and they all nodded

"Well Kelly blurted it out but don’t worry I won't tell" Ivy said

"She's hot when she's being nice." Bradley said

"Damn it Bradley!!" Kyle punches him

“But Wendy knows…and she can’t keep a secret” Kelly told them

Mutt continued onward, it felt like the longest journey in his life. Along the way he was trembling in pure dread, anxiety flooding his mind. He had never been so terrified in all his life, it was to the point where he felt like he was about to throw up. He finally reached Kenny, he stood a few feet behind him, and he could barely talk.

“K-k-k-Kenny…?” He said silently but enough to get Kenny to turn around and face him. Mutt was expecting to receive a harsh “get the fuck out of my face” like statement when just the exact opposite happened.

“Mutt, I’ve been looking all over for you!” Kenny responded in a friendly greeting.

“Wha….you were?” Mutt asks “But you said…”

“Yeah I know what I said, look you made me angry, and I haven’t gotten that fucking pissed off in a long time it kind of took over me for awhile. But it’s cool now and I’m sorry I don’t want our friendship to be over.” Kenny replied

Mutt just stood there with a “you’ve gotta be shitting me” face.

“What’s with the dog collar?” Kenny asked chuckling a bit

“That’s nothing…but yeah I’m sorry I said all that shit about you and I’m really sorry that you’re going to hate me again.” Mutt said as he stared at the ground again

“What are you talking about?” Kenny asked

“Uh well…eheh…you see…” Mutt stuttered as he slowly backed away from Kenny. “It’s out and it’s basically my fault.”

Kenny stood there giving him a rather confused look before picking up on what he was trying to say. “Mutt I hope you’re not talking about what I think you’re talking about…”

“I’m afraid I am….” Mutt replied nervously

Kenny’s eyes widen as his expression turned serious. “MUTT!!!!” He raged “You fucking told someone my secret when you promised on your life?!!!”

“I didn’t mean to I swear!!! I swear it slipped out, I’m sorry!!! “Mutt pleaded

“Who knows?” Kenny asked him

“Um..the Melvins, Ivy, Kyle and Wendy…” Mutt said as he his face grimaced

“Fucking hell Mutt!!! “ Kenny yelled as he again grabbed Mutt by his dog collar and drug him behind the school away from the public’s eye.

“Kenny please! I know you’re very tired of hearing me apologize but I truly am sorry this time, I would never under any circumstance tell your most protected secret on purpose, you have to believe me!!!” Mutt pleaded “I mean you can trust Ivy, Kyle, and well no one listens to the Melvins…:

“What about Wendy?! She can’t keep a secret!” Kenny said. “Damn it Mutt you fucking bastard I trusted you!! I knew I shouldn’t have exposed my powers to you!! You know what you’ve fucking started?!” Kenny asked as his eyes flashed red once again. Kenny threw Mutt up against the wall of the school building and ripped the spiked collar off.

“Hey I wanted to keep that!” Mutt commented. Kenny gave him a stone cold glare; to which Mutt replied by quickly shutting his mouth.

“You no good damn dirty mutt!!! Only you and Kelly were supposed to know!! Don’t you understand?!!! ” He roared in Mutt’s face.

“Please, I’m sorry, I’m sorry!!! Who knows maybe no one else will find out.” He told Kenny

“It’s a small school Mutt; Wendy will probably tell the biggest mouth in the school her friend Bebe who will tell everyone else she knows. This is going to spread like wild fire!!” Kenny growled his voice getting angrier, his eyes glowing brighter red in correspondence.

Mutt just shook in sheer horror, he already knew Kenny was powerful but not quite sure of exactly how powerful. In an instant they had poofed from their spot behind the school to Kenny’s hiding spot near the lake in the middle of the Colorado forest.

“HOLY SHIT!!!” Mutt let out.

“You don’t think you can just get away with this do you?! I told you if anyone else besides you and Kelly knew of my secret there’d be GRAVE CONSEQUENCES!!” Kenny roared as the weather turned enormously stormy.

It wasn’t your regular basic run of the mill thunderstorm oh no, it had to be one of those extremely harsh storms with frequent cloud to ground lighting followed by frequent clashes of thunder that aren’t even seconds apart from each other. It was one of Mutt’s few almost phobic fears being caught in the middle of what he called a “monster lighting storm”.

“AAAGH!!! KENNY PLEASE I BEG YOU!!!” Mutt whimpered as Kenny still had a grip around his neck. A stream of lighting missing them by a mere inch, it had no effect on Kenny but Mutt was in a mindset of pure panic.

“DAMN IT MUTT, I CAN’T LET THIS GO UNPUNISHED!! YOU HAVE SHOWN ME THAT YOU CAN’T BE TRUSTED WITH MY MOST TOP SECRET!!” Kenny raged as the storm grew even wilder, another lighting bolt striking inches in front of them.

“KENNY PLEASE!!!” Mutt winced trying to run but Kenny wouldn’t release his grip.

“ I’M STAYING WITH MY DECISION TO END THIS FRIENDSHIP MUTT!!” Kenny told him as his grip around Mutt’s neck grew tighter

“But Kenny….” Mutt whimpered as the feeling of being without his buddy over took his fear of the monster lighting storm.

“I’m sorry Mutt, but you’ve proven yourself to be more of a bastard then a so called friend…I regret to say that our friendship is over.” Kenny repeated, his temper cooling off but not by much.
Mutt just hung his head in disbelief.

“Let’s just get back to the damn playground.” Kenny said as he poofed them back to the school playground. Just as recess was over, the bell rang for the students to return to their classes.

Everyone heeded the bell except for one lonely, despaired Mutt. He had sacrificed his and Kenny’s friendship so Kelly wouldn’t feel the heartbreak of her boyfriend dumping her, Mutt felt that eventually Kelly would replace him, Kenny didn’t just didn’t need him anymore. And now not only was their friendship over once more but a sheer dread of Kenny had developed even further and so Mutt didn’t want to stay, not in school, not in South Park. In his mind he had to leave.

He sighed as he went into the school only to pull out some paper and pen from his locker. He sat down and scribbled down a quick letter.

“Dear Mom & Dad,
By the time you read this I will probably be miles from here never to return. Do not fret as it is not because of you but because of things that I have done and people whom I have hurt. I can not speak of what I did otherwise I will make things even worst then they are. You guys are really some of the best parents a kid could ask for and I will miss you terribly. Please tell everyone/anyone who cares that I am moving on and it is for the best.

Love your son,

Jacob”

Mutt folded up his letter and stuffed it in his pocket before quietly leaving the school and heading home. He arrived at his empty house, it normally was empty at this time of day his mother was still working at the day care while his dad just started his shift. Mutt used his key to open the door and was happily greeted by his faithful malamute Tobias.

“Hey Tobias…I’m not going to be here very long..” Mutt told him in a sad tone as he went into the kitchen and left the letter on the table, unknown to him his farewell note floated off and under the table never to be seen by his parents.

He packed a small amount of food into his lunchbox and some money into his pocket before setting out the front door; his dog trying to follow.

“I’m sorry Tobias, but you must stay here. This will be the last time you see me I won’t be coming back.” Mutt told his loyal dog who just gave him a confused head cock.

“I will miss you so much in the short time I’ve had you you’ve proven to be a forever faithful friend. You’ve been with me through my most trying times I wish you well.” Mutt told Tobias as he hugged the fluffy dog. The malamute just sat there giving him a still confused stare as he stood up and closed the door behind him.

With no apparent place as his goal Mutt set off on his lonely journey, he had no idea of where he was going as long as it was as far away from Kenny as he could get.

[Mutt]

Chapter 4: Advice From An Old Friend

Meanwhile as Mutt was leaving his home the school day had ended. Students were pouring out of their classes in a race for the bus home; among them being Wendy with Bebe and her other friends whom where in the middle of a conversation.

“Yea, Kelly was telling me this weird crap that her boyfriend Kenny had some powers.” Wendy told Bebe and the other girls.

“What…that doesn’t make sense was she delusional?” Bebe asked Wendy

“I don’t know but I didn’t take it seriously either I mean no offense but Kenny is not one that pops out to me as “powerful”.” Wendy replied

The others laughed as a reply.

“Ha yeah I’ll see when I believe it.” Another girl said

“Hey we better hurry before we miss our club meeting.” Bebe warned and the girls quickly hastened their pace.

Unknownst to them Kenny had been walking behind them, eavesdropping to see how far his secret had gotten. When he realized not only had his top secret not being taken seriously but it wasn’t even Mutt who had let it out.

“You’ve got to be fucking with me….” Kenny thought to himself. He couldn’t believe it; he had let out all his rage on his closest best friend for something he didn’t do. Hoping to catch up with Mutt he ran over to his locker to find no one there however he did notice a flash of white on the floor next to it. Kenny snatched it up to get a better look to find out it was one of a many pictures he and Mutt took together, on the back he noticed a quick scribble. “My Best Friend” with the word “Ex” added in red before best friend.

“Oh fuck…” Kenny repeated to himself, he knew he would have to make amends with his buddy that is if Mutt still wanted to be his buddy, though one question was in his mind. If Mutt wasn’t the one to let out his secret then why did he lie about it?

At that moment Kelly decided to appear she had been feeling guilty for letting Mutt take the blame for what she did and just couldn’t take it anymore; although her timing was a bit too late.

“Kenny….I-I have something I should tell you…” Kelly said with a bit of nervousness in her voice.

“I think I might already know…you told Wendy and a few others my top secret…” Kenny groaned he was upset with her but kept his cool.

“Yeah…..you found out?” Kelly asked

“Yes…I overheard Wendy talking to Bebe and the other girls…fortunately none of them took what you told them seriously. Kelly you could have caused a lot of chaos….” Kenny told her with a bit of scolding in his tone.

“I’m sorry I didn’t mean to it just slipped out; then Mutt volunteered to take the blame for me. I should have told you myself but I was too afraid you wouldn’t love me anymore…” Kelly confessed

Kenny sighed a bit, “Its ok Kelly I still love you but please promise you’ll do better in keeping my top secret a top secret. I’m sure the others will understand and keep it to themselves but next time please be more cautious.”

“I promise…” Kelly said as she hugged him

“Wait…did you say Mutt volunteered to take the blame for you?” Kenny asked

“Yeah I was afraid you’d break up with me and Mutt didn’t want that to happen….so he said he would take responsibility for it. “ Kelly explained

“He took a hit for you to save our relationship…” Kenny summing it up as guilt spread through both of their minds.

“…You weren’t too hard on him were you?” Kelly asked

“I’m afraid I was….just when I told him I’d forgiven him I told him I didn’t want to be his friend anymore for being distrustful…fucking hell.” Kenny replied as grimaced. “I need to go look for him and fix our friendship.” He added.

“Should I come?” Kelly asked

“No….I think it is best that you let me and Mutt work this out. “ Kenny said as he began walking off. “I’ll let you know what happens.”

“Alright I hope it all works out.” Kelly replied as the two departed.

Kenny went off looking for his best friend the first place he’d thought he’d try was Mutt’s house. Unaware that Mutt had made his way to the bus station, Mutt had no idea where he was going but he had it in his mind that he would have an adventure and go where ever the road took him and what better way to travel someplace far then by bus

Mutt entered the bus terminal and approached the ticket master. “Hi I would like purchase a bus ticket.”

The ticket guy was paying more attention to the computer then directly to Mutt. “Bus ticket to where sir?” He asked as he was typing info into the computer.

“Hmmm I didn’t think about where I wanted to go, where do your buses travel to?” Mutt asked

“Just about everywhere we have buses that go to Denver, LA, Seattle, New York City, Chicago…” The clerk offered

“I’ll take one bus ticket the earliest possible to Chicago please.” Mutt told the man

“Very well sir we have a bus leaving in about an hour if you’d like.” The clerk replied

“Yes please.” Mutt responded

“That’ll be $55.00 sir.” The clerk told Mutt still not looking away from his computer until Mutt put some money on the counter.

“I hope you have change for $60.00 all I have are 20s.” Mutt said as the clerk got his first look at his customer.

“Hey wait a minute…you’re a kid!” The clerk said

“Yeah I am so what?” Mutt asked

“Sorry I can’t sell bus tickets to kids, not without permission from your parents or guardian.” The clerk replied

“…my parents said I can go to Chicago…” Mutt told him

“Do you have a note from them?” The clerk asked

“….no…..” Mutt replied “But really they said I can go..”

“Perhaps I can give them a call…” The clerk added

“Damn it no….look I need to get as far away from South Park as I can, I just need to don’t you understand? Just cut a kid a break will ya?” Mutt asked

“Sorry no permission from your parents no bus ticket…” The clerk replied

“Fucking hell, fine then you don’t get my $60!” Mutt said as he stuck his tongue out at the clerk. “Nu-ah!” With that he stormed out of the bus terminal but he didn’t give up that quickly. Instead he decided he would try the train station and off he went to the other side of town hoping to catch a train.

While Mutt was leaving the bus terminal Kenny had arrived at his house and was knocking on his door. But no body was home.

“..Mutt!!!” Kenny shouted hoping that perhaps Mutt was upstairs in his room and he would hear him but there was no response. Kenny tested the door handle to find out the door was unlocked. Apparently Mutt had forgotten to lock the house up when he left.

“Mutt, you’re lucky I’m not a fucking burglar…” Kenny whispered to himself as he let himself into the Duncan house. The only one there to greet him was Tobias the malamute.

“Hey Tobias did Mutt come this way?” Kenny asked

The dog barked in response.

“Was that a yes? Sorry I don’t speak dog…” Kenny replied “I’ll check upstairs.” He added as he walked upstairs and into Mutt’s empty room.

“Damn it, where the hell is he?!” Kenny asked as he returned downstairs Tobias came up to him with a letter in his mouth, the note that had floated off the counter and under the table.


“What’s this?” Kenny asked as he took the letter from the dog’s mouth and began reading it, it was the running away note Mutt had left behind.

Kenny read it to his shock, "Oh my God..." He made an upset glance at Tobias “…he ran away because of me?” The dog just stared back at him as a response, did the dog understand maybe…maybe not.

“I have to go find him but I don’t have any ideas of where he would run to…but don’t worry I’ll find him” He said trying to reassure himself and the Malamute. “I’ll be back...” He said as he locked the door and closed it behind him.

Back at the very opposite end of the town a disappointed Mutt was just strolling away from the train station.

“Damn train conductor, damn it all I need is a way out of South Park! What could go wrong if I travelled by myself?” Mutt grumbled to himself. “And I don’t have any money for a damn plane!”

Mutt sighed as he walked down a lone road wondering if it would lead him out of the mountain town. “I guess I’ll just leave on foot...” He said to himself as he began to follow the following the road.

It turned out to be a very long road of course just about any road can seem long on foot. Mutt had been walking for a good solid hour; the day was quickly growing into a dark and cold winter night. He was shivering having been exposed to the freezing outside for so long and his energy was draining.

On top of it Mutt was feeling a great despair; by now he was lonely and desperately wanted to return to the safety and warmth of his home but because his newfound fear of his greatly powerful and angered ex best friend he felt the need to continue his way out of South Park.

Exhausted and cold Mutt sat under a large tree that stood a good 4 feet away from the road; unaware that he had stumbled on to the outer edges of the South Park cemetery. Feeling very lonesome and forlorn he just sat their shivering his mind going back and forth on what he should do next go home or continue running away.

“..Do I go back home or keep going??” He asked himself his mind racing back and forth. “I’ll go home” He said as he stood up “But what if Kenny wants to do far worst to me then what he did?! He’s probably still pissed...Damn it I don’t know what to do…” Mutt yelled out as he sat back down and started to sniffle a bit.

“….I wish this all never happened….if I was nicer to Kelly I wouldn’t be here right now….of course if it wasn’t for Kelly I wouldn’t have had to take the blame for her!!!” He yelled out in anger but then sighed. “Damn it this is my fault not Kelly’s…..Kenny’ll probably be a lot happier without me. I just wish I knew what to do…” He repeated when out of the blue a familiar, deep, comforting voice greeted him.

“Hello there children!”

Startled Mutt looked up to find Chef standing before him.

“Oh hey Chef it’s just you…” Mutt replied sighing as he stared at the ground.

“How’s it going?” He asked

“Bad….very bad.” Mutt told him

“What’s wrong?” Chef asked sincerely

“Well Kenny ended our friendship and he’s very pissed at me.” Mutt replied

“What?! You and Kenny were like brothers what happened?” Chef asked

“To make a long story short I had a habit of calling him and his girlfriend, Kelly very demeaning, vulgar names. And well I did it one last time and he said our friendship was over. And then when he had forgiven me I took the blame for something very serious Kelly did that both me and her promised Kenny we would never do and now he’s pissed at me again. So I left South Park hoping it’d make him happy and plus I’ve grown terrified of him…”Mutt explained

“Um ok…let’s back up a minute. Why the hell would you insult your best friend’s girlfriend?” Chef asked

“Well it just seemed like Kenny would rather spend more time with Kelly then with me. I guess I had felt like he had grown plain tired of me and on top of that Cartman said he had no need for me. Normally I don’t listen to fat ass but those words sat in my mind because well it seemed to be true.” Mutt replied

“Did you ever tell Kenny how you felt?” Chef asked “If he was your best friend I know he would have listened.”

“I did tell him……sort of…..” Mutt trailed off a bit

“Did you tell him without exploding in his face with anger?” Chef asked

“….No….” Mutt replied. “Its way too late for that now…I screwed up so badly and Kenny’s so pissed he’ll never forgive me again.” He said as he held his head down

“Look even the strongest friendships in the world have their struggles but they eventually work out and I’m sure it will for you two.” Chef responded

“What’s the use though? I mean I know sooner or later Kelly will probably completely replace me. I mean I’m Kenny’s best friend but she’s his girlfriend and well he’s supposed to devote all his attention to her. I think that’s how it is best friends eventually fade away because once they have a girlfriend or boyfriend there’s just no need for their best friends anymore…” Mutt replied

“Who told you that load of crap?” Chef asked

“No one but its kind of true isn’t it?” Mutt asked

“Well maybe with some people their friendship fades away but best friends that are really close like you and Kenny are…were, have a good chance of been best friends for life. You and Kelly are both important to him it’s unlikely she could replace you. You just have to accept that you have to share his attention with her. I’m sure Kenny never meant to make you feel replaced.” Chef explained

Mutt thought about the man’s words for awhile and realizing he was exactly right.

“And if that doesn't work, well you see, sometimes when a man and a woman think they really love a third person, they have-" Chef went on before Mutt interrupted him.

“What the hell we’re not having a threesome!" Mutt replied in disgust.

“Oh well sorry but do you understand what I’m trying to explain to you?” Chef asked

“Yes….yes I do thank you Chef you always know what to say...” Mutt replied

“No problem. I have to go now you best be on your way too.” Chef advised

“Yeah I’m going back home.” Mutt said as he stood up and turned his back on Chef ready to walk back into town when a thought just hit him.

“Hey wait I thought you were de…” Mutt pointed out as he turned around to where Chef was but no one was there, it was as if he had faded out of existence. Mutt then took note of the nearby cemetery realizing it must have been Chef’s ghost who was talking to him.

“Thanks again Chef, its times like this that I wish you were still around...”

Mutt said as he began his walk back into town. His energy at this point was pretty low and it slowed him down on his trek, it already took him an hour to get up this way and he had to walk towards the opposite end of the town to get home.

Shivering and very tired he continued on when a pair of headlights came from behind him. A minivan caught site of the nearly frozen Mutt walking all alone in the night and the driver honked the horn to get his attention.

Mutt looked up at the minivan as it pulled over on its passenger side next to him, inside he saw Kyle and his brother Ike in the back seat with his mom in the passenger seat and his dad behind the wheel. Luckily for Mutt the Broflovskis had gone grocery shopping and this was their usual route back into South Park.

“G-d bless the Jews…” He whispered to himself

Gerald rolled his window down. Kyle moved over to the window and shouted out “Mutt?! I thought that was you! What are you doing all the way out here?”

“Jacob? Do your parents know you’re out here all by yourself?” Sheila asked Mutt.

“Oh…I just took a stroll my parents know. Sort of….I was just on my way back.” Mutt replied

“You want a ride home?” Gerald offered

“Yes please, if you don’t mind.” Mutt responded

“Yes get out of the cold!” Sheila added as she slid open the door.

Mutt quickly got into the vehicle, Kyle moved scooted over to allow Mutt to sit next to him. The nearly freezing boy let out a sigh as he began to thaw out with the warmth of the car heater.

When Mutt was settled in the van continued to drive on.

“So Mutt what happened? Did Kenny chase you out of town?” Kyle asked in a low tone

“Sort of….after I told him his secret was out he was so steamed and terrified me so much I tried to leave South Park to get away from him but along my journey I had much thought and decided to try to work things out with him.” Mutt replied “I just hope our friendship is still repairable...”

“Yeah I know how you feel, I feel that Stan replaced me for his girlfriend Wendy. He doesn’t need me anymore…” Kyle grumbled

“Don’t say that Kyle. Did you ever tell Stan how you felt? If he is your true best friend I’m sure he would listen.” Mutt asked repeating the same question ghost Chef asked him.

“….I did kind of….” Kyle replied

“Did you tell him without exploding in his face with anger?” Mutt added

“No…I guess not. I do kind of find it hard to control my anger sometimes probably something I should work on.” Kyle replied realizing his own mistakes.

“You see Kyle a good old friend of ours once told me that good best friends are never replaced not even by boyfriends and girlfriends. Kelly and I are both important to Kenny just like both you and Wendy are to Stan. We just have to accept that we have to share the attention of our best friends with their girlfriends. Our best friends probably never mean to make us feel replaced but we have to learn not to be so selfish at the same time. I guess it’s a balance of nature err life or something.” Mutt explained showing he had indeed learned from the advice of Chef.

“Wow….you’re absolutely right Mutt. Maybe I should talk to Stan, calmly. “Kyle replied

“Yeah I don’t know if I should even try to talk to Kenny, I mean he was extremely angry with me. I can’t even tell you what he did to me I’m too afraid to even approach him now.” Mutt sighed “But I still don’t want to loose him as my best friend.”

“…wow was he that fuming mad to instill fear of him into you? I’m sure he couldn’t get any angrier then I could. “Kyle laughed a bit.

“Well he doesn’t get angry quite as fast as you do but trust me his fury is like no other; which is why it’s probably best I just avoid him. “Mutt replied

“So you’re just going to give up your friendship just like that?” Kyle asked

“I don’t want to but it’s too late for me to talk to him. “ Mutt said

“Maybe it’s not too late; perhaps you and Kenny can work things out but don’t just give up. You have to try otherwise you’ll be wondering if you could have done something but by then it will be too late.” Kyle replied

“Yeah, yeah you’re right I guess I should talk to Kenny.” Mutt said as the van drove into the residential areas of South Park. They drove down the lane of houses past their own to reach Mutt’s home.

“You know…whenever our best friends are ever too busy with their girlfriends maybe you and me could still hang out. I had these great plans for me and Kenny but Kelly thwarted that and she probably will again…” Mutt offered

“Sure that would be a great idea. I had plans for our weekend too but Stan spent it with Wendy; perhaps one weekend, which will probably end up being this Saturday we should come up with our own back up plans. ” Kyle replied

“I would like that….” Mutt said as the Broflovskis’ van approached his doorstep.

“Here’s your stop Jacob.” Sheila informed him

“Ok thanks for the ride Mr. and Mrs. Broflovski.” Mutt politely said as he got out of the minivan. “I’ll see you later Kyle.”

“Later, dude.” Kyle replied

Mutt stood and waved as the van rode back up the street until it disappeared into the night.

Mutt sighed as he looked up at his doorstep and then he looked down the street towards the direction of Kenny’s house. With much hesitation he began to walk in that direction, he wanted to make amends with Kenny and felt it couldn’t wait for tomorrow.

While Mutt was heading towards Kenny’s house he was unaware that his buddy had been searching just about all of South Park for him. Kenny had searched high and low; he searched the playground, the movie theatre, the park, Stark’s Pond, the school, the lake in the middle of the forest, and he had come to one last possible spot where he thought Mutt would hide, South Park Synagogue. Mutt had a strong attraction to Judaism and so he would sometimes hang out at the synagogue.

Upon arriving at the Jewish house of worship Kenny still found no sign of his best friend. With every hope of finding Mutt dashed Kenny lamented more and more. All he could think of was “where could his buddy be?” Alas he had given up and was on his way back to his run down home, where the person he was looking for was searching for him.

Mutt had reached Kenny’s house and with much hesitation walked closer and closer to doorstep fearing that Kenny may be in a mood to see him. He approached the door but didn’t want to knock. He curled his hand in to a fist preparing to knock but stopped just inches from the wooden door, his fist was shaken as he kept it just mere inches away the door.

“Knock damn it….you can do this…I mean what’s the worst that could happen…?” Mutt thought to himself when a flash of a mental image of Kenny trapping him in that monstrous storm raced through his mind. For a few moments Mutt completely froze in an almost trance like state thinking of that image and worst over and over before finally coming out of it. The flashbacks brought sheer dread over him and he could not bring himself to knock on that door.

As much as he wanted to mend his friendship with him and Kenny thoughts raced through his head, what if Kenny was still pissed off, what if Kenny were to do worst to him then throwing him in the middle of a monster thunder storm? The worst scenarios were running amok like a mental twister.

“He’ll probably want to send me in a thunder storm again! Or set me on fire, or …summon bot flies, he wouldn’t use bot flies would he?! Ugh I hate bot flies!!!” Mutt thought to himself as he stared at the wooden termite bitten door before him. He began to shiver as he backed away from the steps and dashed off towards the direction of home. Just a few minutes after Mutt had left Kenny had arrived given up on any hope of finding his best friend whom he had no idea he had just missed by minutes.

Kenny stood before his door his mind racing about what he had done to Mutt and where he could be, hoping he was at least alright and not hurt. He sighed as he opened the door and entered his run down home for the night. Hoping that someway, somehow he could find Mutt and fix their friendship before it was too late.

[Mutt]

Chapter 5: Is It Too Late?

The next morning started with the usual waiting for the forever late school bus. Kenny, Kyle, Stan and Cartman arrived in that order, Mutt was noticeably gone. Kenny was wondering where his buddy was unaware of the paranoia Mutt had of him. It appeared as if he would be absent as he wasn’t in sight when the bus rolled up.

Just as the four stepped onto the bus Mutt rushed out from a nearby bush right behind Kenny as to avoid being noticed by him. He stepped onto the bus, walking past first two rows of seat before sitting down; making sure his spot was rows in front of where Kenny was sitting.

“Whew he didn’t see me.” Mutt gave a sigh of relief as he sunk into the bus seat to further hide his existence to Kenny.

“Who didn’t see you?” A cheerful melodic-like voice asked him.

A surprised Mutt looked up to see he had sat next to Wendy Testaburger.

“Oh damn I’m sorry Wendy I was sure this seat was empty.” Mutt replied

"Don't worry its fine." Wendy told him

“If you want I could move to another seat…” Mutt said quite unsure of how she would react to him.

Wendy and Mutt didn’t quite know each other that well generally they just crossed paths in the hallway; she didn’t have any reasons to like or dislike him or vice versa. So Mutt was pretty nervous it would seem very rude to just sit down unannounced next to someone he barely knew or barely knew him.

"Don't worry about it." she said simply

“Ok…thanks for not kicking me out…” Mutt responded as his eyes glanced around a bit before sliding on to the seat to take a quick peek over to try to pinpoint where Kenny was without being seen.

Wendy didn't seem to notice in fact a few good minutes was spent in a rather awkward silence.

Mutt continued to glance and slide back and forth from the side of the chair before a jolt from Mrs, Crabtree slamming on the brakes sent him falling out of his seat. He quickly got back up and scrambled back onto the chair.

“….damn I hope he didn’t see me…” Mutt groaned to himself. “I tell you our bus driver thinks she’s in NASCAR…” He said to Wendy

"Yeah, she drives way too fast." She agreed.

“Yeah I almost broke my neck…” Mutt added as he took another glance at the side of the chair after sliding on and off the seat during the ride this time Wendy couldn’t help but start to feel annoyed.

"Mutt, is there a reason you keep doing that?" She finally asked
“Oh no, not at all.” Mutt quickly responded as he finally sat still. “Nope, no reason…” he added nervously laughing which pretty much gave his lying away.

"Mutt, I'm not stupid." Wendy raised a skeptical eyebrow, "What's the matter?"

“It’s nothing really...” Mutt repeated “Nothing’s wrong ,everything is fine as usual. So what’s up with you Wendy?”

He asked trying to change the subject less he repeat the actions he had with the Melvins, Ivy and Kyle yesterday and end up revealing Kenny’s top top secret.

He was amazed that Kelly had told Wendy but she didn’t even mention it, Mutt was also unaware that she didn’t take the secret she was told seriously.

"Well nothing much really... pretty boring day yesterday. Got an A on a test, read a book on dolphins, Kelly told us some stupid story at recess, then me and Stan had lunch together, then I got an A at my other test in Math, then I read out my book report then I went home and me and Stan went to Happy Burger" Wendy responded

“Oh that’s cool….” Mutt replied “…stupid story eh?” He added on asking with composed tone.

"Oh yeah, she pretty much said Kenny was God or something." she laughed, "I mean who would believe that? Then again, Kenny is her boyfriend, I guess I can't blame her"

"Eheheheh yeah that is pretty funny Kenny with God-like powers could you imagine it?" Mutt asked trying so hard to keep a silly tone in his voice. He laughed again in a more nervous sounding tone.

"I know, right? Why would he die all the time then?" Wendy asked with a chuckle.

"Haha yeah I know seriously....what exactly did she say he did?" Mutt asked

"Oh, all sorts of things. Lightening, weather... it was hilarious. Poor girl"

"Hilarious maybe for you!”Mutt said before quickly correcting himself. "Haha yea delusional." He responded trying to cover up his first reply.

Wendy raised an eyebrow but shook it off, "So how have you been?"

“Oh well I’ve been ok. Let’s see yesterday I got a C on the math test which is really great for me considering math is my enemy. Got in a fight with Kenny at recess severing our friendship, then I went home hung out with Kyle a bit before going home to do some homework and yeah boring day for me too hehe.” Mutt replied

"Sounds pretty good" Wendy responded "...except the fight. What was it about?" She asked

“Oh well I insulted his girlfriend only because he wanted to hang out with her rather then me. I didn’t mean to be an ass the way I was; it’s just that he’s been doing it so often and I felt kind of replaced I guess but yeah I guess it’s still no excuse…” Mutt told her

"Oh, I see." Wendy said, "That sucks. Did you guys make up yet?"

“No….I’m kind of too afraid to approach Kenny I mean I really pissed him off. He’s probably still pissed at me so I’ve kind been keeping a distances away from him.” Mutt replied

Wendy raised an eyebrow, "I doubt it. You two were some of the closest friends in town."

“Seriously I think this time I blew our close friendship, he’ll never forgive me in a million years for what I did…” Mutt sighed

"What on Earth could you have said that could be could have offended him that much? Kenny's pretty out going"

“Eh well calling his girlfriend a bitch, saying he cheats on her, calling him a dirty pervert and telling Kelly he might rape her when she’s not looking….that could pretty much do it…” Mutt replied

Wendy had a slightly disgusted look but shook it off again, "Kenny jokes about most of that stuff all the time. I don't see why he'd get worked up over it.

"Stan are you aware that your bitch girlfriend is mooching with dog boy?" Cartman asked.

"What?" Stan popped up.

"Huh?" John popped up too

“Eheh yeah I don’t think you would understand.” Mutt said as he rubbed his neck a bit, the hand shaped burns around his neck were still there and it still felt irritated so he rubbed it trying in vain to rub away the pain, doing so he exposed it ever so slightly.

"What do you mean?" Wendy asked

“Wendy I called his true love a bitch it doesn’t get much worst than that especially when it comes from your best friend.” Mutt replied the two unaware that they were being spied upon by Stan and John whom were wondering why Mutt and Wendy were even sitting together. As said before they barely knew each other.

"So? You've done it plenty of times before." Wendy told him

“Well after 100 times I’m sure he had enough of it….” Mutt said “I mean wouldn’t you?” He added “Oh and I think we have an audience…” Mutt added again as he glanced over the side of his seat and caught a glimpse of Stan and John watching from their seats.

Wendy looked up, "Something wrong, boys?"

"Nothing." Stan said jealously

"Everything's fine." John said, his jealousy better-hidden

“Then why are you watching us?” Mutt asked

“….just that I’ve never seen you sitting with Wendy before….” Stan responded watching Mutt with suspicion.

"Stan, relax." Wendy crossed her arms

"I'm watching you...." Stan told Mutt before backing off. “And you too!” He yelled at John.

John pretended not to hear

“….heh jealous boyfriend I see.” Mutt told Wendy with a chuckle

Wendy nodded quietly

“Heheh I don’t know what he’s afraid of, I’m not much competition when it comes to girls and he knows that.” Mutt laughed

"You'd be surprised how many girls like them hard-to-get types" she rolled her eyes

At about time the bus finally arrived at the school.

“Well here we are another boring day at school. “ Mutt told Wendy as everyone on the bus prepared to rush out the door. “Thanks for the conversation, oh and tell Stan he has nothing to worry about.”

Wendy nodded, "See you later"

Mutt quickly scrambled out of his seat hoping to hide himself from Kenny in the stampede of kids running off the school bus. He managed to do so as he followed the crowd into the school’s hallways and next to the lockers.

He kept his profile low all the way to class and come lunchtime he sat at an empty table keeping to himself not really want to bother with anyone. But it wouldn’t go that way as Pup, John, Kevin Stoley, Scott Malkinson, Timmy, Jason, and Bradley all sat down at his table, apparently the Melvins were eager to find out what kind of punishment Kenny had dealt him.

“What do you guys want?” Mutt asked in a rather irked tone he just groaned a bit as he stared at the table trying to hide the anger growing inside him.

"So how'd it go?" Kevin asked

"Tell us" Scott inquired

“…well it wasn’t very good that’s for sure…” Mutt replied as he sipped on his drink, trying to keep his frustration to himself.

"aw, that sucks." said Jason

"Timmay..."


“Yeah it does suck, and it is your fault you know…” Mutt said referring to the whole Melvin table.

"Sure, sure, blame us." Jason said

“Really it is your fucking fault you fucking noisey Melvins!! You just had to keep asking where’d you get those burn marks, weren’t you smart enough to realize I was lying about them for a fucking reason?!” Mutt asked in a shot of fury.

"Weren't you smart enough to not tell us? Oh RIGHT." Bradley rolled his eyes

"BUT I DIDN'T TELL YOU!! YOU KEPT PERSISTING UP UNTIL THAT BITCH LET IT OUT!!" Mutt replied

"Wow Mutt, did you even learn ANYTHING?" John said
"So Kenny strangled you for calling his girlfriend a bitch and it's our fault he found out... because you know, it's not like you just YELLED bitch at the top of your lungs." Bradley rolled his eyes again

“Fuck you!” Mutt replied

“You know Jacob anger won’t solve your problem.” Pip intervened

“Fuck you Brit!” Mutt added

“Now you’re sounding like Cartman...” Kevin said

“Grrr….” Mutt growled with a bit of resentment at Kevin’s statement. He then tried to calm himself down. “Ugh what am I going to do I’ve been avoiding Kenny all last night I can’t do it forever.”

"Good point" John said

“Seriously I tried leaving for Chicago and neither the airlines nor the bus station or the train station would let me!” Mutt said

"That sucks" said Kevin

Just as if Mutt didn’t have enough problems a very suspicious Stan entered.

“Dude Mutt why were you with Wendy?!” Stan asked him in an almost demanding tone.

“Ooohh shit looks like we got a show” Kevin commented

Ever since he almost lost Wendy to Token he had grown a tad bit protective whenever another guy normally ignored by his girlfriend suddenly took interest.

“Relax Stan we were just talking, chill dude.” Mutt replied

"Right, right. Just watch it, Duncan" Stan warned

“Really you have nothing to worry I’m not much competition anyway remember? I have an avoid tendency with girls least when it comes to relationships...” Mutt said

"Right, right. Just. Watch it." Stan repeated

“Pffft besides I ain’t afraid of you Marsh! “ Mutt replied with a rather cocky tone in his voice.

The Melvins did a collective gasp

"Jacob you do remember that Stanley is the Quarterback.” Pip whispered to him

“Ha! Wow is that a warning? Beware the jock!” Mutt laughed

"Well, I'm the strongest kid in school dammit. And even if you were strong too, I know strategy" Stan added

“Hahahaha yeah well when you can produce a lighting storm at will then I’d consider you worthy of fear.” Mutt replied laughing even more.

“Lighting storm?” Kevin whispered to the others

"If I see you say another word to Wendy, you're fucking dead" Stan threatened

At that moment Wendy strolled past them on her way to a table.

“Hi Wendy!!” Mutt greeted her mostly just to piss Stan off even more.

A collective “Ooooh” was heard as the Melvins just stared at Mutt as if he were fucking insane.

Stan narrowed his eyes at Mutt, "Smartass." he muttered, "I'm a man of my word." he drug Mutt outside, a crowd quickly assembling around then as if they had been waiting.

Mutt just stood there glancing at the crowd and back at Stan. “Damn I just can’t seem to stay out of trouble lately...” He thought to himself.

“Mortal Kombat!! “ Mutt yelled out jokingly.

Stan narrowed his eyes at Mutt again.

“What I love that game! Though really Stan you see me as that much of a threat to drag me into a fight? I mean no girl really likes me.”

"You don't get it, do you? Girls LOVE you. Mr. Hard-to-Get. The Nice Guy. The one who's too modest to say “Yes”." Stan replied

"Please compared to the Almighty Football Star..." Mutt commented as he rolled his eyes

"Okay Mutt, you're my friend so I'll give you one last chance. Say you'll never talk to Wendy again and I'll let you off the hook." Stan said trying to calm down.

“Well I can’t promise to NEVER talk to anyone Stan, I mean when if she asks me what we had for homework or something and I ignore her. That would be kind of rude wouldn’t you think?” Mutt replied

"Well, that's different. Just stop being a smartass. I don't want to fight you, Mutt." Stan replied with a groan.

“Fine, I’m sorry. Look I’ve had such a shitty week me and Kenny got in a fight which cost us our friendship and well you know how it is...” Mutt said grumbling to himself.

"Okay, I get it... just don't let it happen again." Stan replied

“I mean do you have any idea what it’s like getting in a fight with your best friend and loosing your friendship in the deal? It’s driving me nuts!” Mutt asked him “You have no idea!” He added

“Well I kind of do….” Stan replied
“And you know the worst part of it is? Is that it’s mainly my fault because instead of saying what was on my mind in calm manner I let my anger get the better of me. You see I’ve learned something today…”

“HEY THAT’S MY DAMN LINE MUTT!!!” Kyle yelled from the crowd

“Actually that would my damn line…” Stan replied

“No I used it first!” Kyle argued back

“Whose ever line it is I’m borrowing it!!!” Mutt yelled

“Fine!” Kyle replied “I better get paid for it other wise its copyright infringement.

“What the hell Kyle do you think this is a show!?” Mutt asked “Great now I forgot what I was about to say….”

“I’ve learned something today…” Stan reminded him

“Oh yeah…I’ve learned that you can’t always be at the center of your best friend’s attention, more then likely you have to share it with someone else, and you should just accept it and not take it out on the other someone. I’ve also learned that it’s better to tell your buddy how you feel instead of using your anger.” Mutt said

“And…..” John said from the crowd

“And not to call the other a bitch or any other demeaning names…” Mutt grumbled to himself

"Apology accepted." came a voice

“Kenny…” Mutt replied with a tad bit of panic in his voice. He still had a hint of a fear that Kenny would torture him again. Mutt hid behind Stan before realizing that Kenny wasn’t going to do so. “Stan does he appear angry?” He whispered to him.

"No, besides what are you afraid of its just Kenny..." A confused Stan asked him

“You have no idea…” Mutt replied

“Well he seems…normal.” Stan responded

Mutt continued to hide despite Stan’s report. “I can’t face him…”

"C'mon out, Mutt, I'm not going to hurt you." Kenny said

“Mutt…if you want any chance of saving your friendship you have to face him…” Kyle responded from behind him. The Jewish boy came to make amends with his best friend Stan after their own argument proved costly.

With that statement Mutt gave a sigh as he slipped out of his hiding spot, leaving Stan and Kyle to fix their friendship. He then walked towards the hooded one.

“Hey Kenny…” He greeted with some nervousness in his voice

"Hey Mutt." Kenny smiled

“Eheh it’s been one crazy ass week eh? You’re not still angry with me?” Mutt asked

"No Mutt, because you see, I learned something today, too... Love is a great, beautiful thing, but you can't ignore your friends for your girlfriend. Kelly has her time, and you have yours, but I wasn't giving you yours. I can't say what you did was truly right, but I guess it wasn't entirely uncalled for, and I'm sorry" Kenny responded

“..What about your secret?” Mutt whispered quietly to Kenny so no one could hear them.

"Nobody took you seriously." Kenny laughed, "They think you're a regular Crazy Ralph"

“Hehe got to love Friday the 13th references.” Mutt replied with a laugh.

"And dude? Thanks for covering" Kenny added

“You…you know?” Mutt asked

"Yep" Kenny responded

“And we’re still best friends?” Mutt asked with a hopeful tone in his voice. “Cause I mean really you make the most frightening enemy…” He added with a nervous laugh. “No more lighting storm or bot flies right??!” He asked laughing nervously again.

"I never made any bot flies" Kenny laughed, "Best friends."

“Oh there weren’t any bot flies..? Ah well least that’s over with…oh and another thing...” Mutt said as he got in as close to Kenny as he could so the crowd couldn’t see. “If you want to keep your secret you might want to do something with this…” Mutt told him in a whisper as he pulled down his collar to show the hand shaped burn marks. “Everyone especially Ivy kept pestering me about how I got them…”

“Got what?” Kenny asked

“Why these burn marks...?” Mutt replied as he noticed the burn marks had vanished as if they were never there. “Did you…?”

"What burn marks?" Kenny said mischievously, "Taken care of, old buddy."

“Ah hehehe, feels so good to be back on your good side old buddy.” Mutt replied laughing

With that Kenny hugged him and “Awwwhs” could be heard from the crowd except from one disgruntled onlooker

“FAGS!! HEY WHERE’S THE FUCKING FIGHT!!! STAN FUCKING WUSSED OUT!!!” Cartman yelled

“YOU’RE A FAG FAT ASS!! “ Kyle yelled back

“YEAH YOU’RE JUST JEALOUS BECAUSE YOU DON’T HAVE A BEST FRIEND AS CLOSE AS WE DO!!” Stan added as he placed an arm around Kyle, showing that just as Kenny and Mutt did, they too had made amends and repaired their close friendship.

“FUCK YOU JEW AND FUCK YOU PUSSY I CAN FIGHT BOTH OF YOU!!!” Cartman yelled as he stampeded out from the crowd and in to the center.

“Um….I guess this is our exit…” Mutt told Kenny

“Yep right behind you buddy.” Kenny replied as he and Mutt walked past the raging Cartman. As they did so Cartman's pants and underwear suddenly fell, it took him quite awhile to notice.

“I AM GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU!!!” Cartman raged at Kyle and Stan whom he noticed were smirking at him. He then suddenly felt a cold breeze between his legs and looked down. “WHAT THE HELL?!”

The crowd burst into a roaring laughter as Cartman’s face turned bright red his privates showing for all to see. At this point Kenny and Mutt were standing next to Kyle and Stan joining in the laughter.

"HEY LOOK HOW SMALL HIS PENIS IS!" yelled Clyde

“STOP LOOKING AT ME!!” Cartman yelled as he tried to pull his pants up but suddenly Cartman seemed even fatter than before and couldn't reach down to pull them up. “I CAN’T PULL MY PANTS UP!! FUCK!!”

Even more laughter was heard from the crowd.

Cartman's eyes watered, "No! NO! NOOOOO!" He quickly retreated from the center of the crowd and waddled towards the school as fast as his chubby legs could go while he held on to his pants.

“RUN FAT ASS RUN!!!” Kyle taunted

Laughing and more taunting continued as Cartman made his exit. However Mutt now had a suspicious eye on Kenny.

Kenny winked at Mutt, "All's well that ends well, eh buddy?"

“Note to self I shall never ever piss Kenny off….again…” Mutt thought to himself

The End.