Mended Hearts

Part XIV

It had never been a shocker that the winter season in everyone's favorite podunk little mountain town seemed to drag on and on, with below zero temperatures and thick piles of snow that would eventually turn into a disgusting shade of piss yellow becoming one and the same with the ever-present idyllic and picturesque mountain scenery.

And with winter holidays now coming to their unfortunate end, so did the second semester start for many students of South Park High School, with the great majority of them still being in a completely relaxed mood and not really looking forward to returning to their usually hectic school schedules and everything stressful that came with it.

The same thing, however, couldn't really be said about the now seventeen year-old Wendy Testaburger.

The teenage girl had managed to fairly easily fall back into her routine of balancing between school, part time job she had at Tweek Bros' Coffee shop and practices for both sports she played – with the exact same sentiment also carrying over to what had been a fairly mundane Wednesday morning so far.

Wendy was currently sitting in the library during the free block she had along with Nichole and Heidi, discussing the events of the previous week and going through the notes for her next class. She flip-flopped between patiently listening to the conversation her two friends were having and adding something to it whenever she felt like doing so, all while also thinking about her boyfriend and him finally flying back to Colorado in just a few days' time.

''Are you coming to Clyde's party on Saturday?''

Nichole's voice suddenly snapped the raven haired girl out of her reverie, causing her to glance up from her notebook and politely shake her head 'no' in response.

''Thanks for the invite, but I'm not really in the mood for partying.'', Wendy said as she leisurely flipped through her AP Physics notes and let out a slight groan. ''And besides, David told me that he's flying back to Colorado on Monday and that we could see each other if he will be in the mood to hang out.''

''Oh, is he finally coming back?'', Heidi inquired as she looked up from her AP Chemistry textbook, with one light brown eyebrow raised and her curiosity suddenly piqued by her friend's admission.

''Yeah, finally.'', the ravenette replied in a slightly bitter tone, emphasizing the last part of her sentence and unwillingly reminding herself of what her reaction was when her boyfriend had told her that he would be staying in Austin for an additional week and a half.

What had originally been planned to be a three-week stay in Austin for David with his dad and paternal step-family, eventually turned out to be a nearly month long stay instead, with him not only missing out on the first two and a half weeks of school, but also missing out on his and Wendy's second month of being together (much to her chagrin, obviously).

The latter thing was something that greatly upset Wendy, although she chose not to say anything about it and not cause a big deal out of it – because she hadn't really been in the mood to unnecessarily stress herself over David yet again, and especially after he had made up for his lack of effort when it came to communicating and keeping in touch with her over the holidays.

''But I thought you said that he would come back from Austin on the third?'', Nichole asked.

''Well, he was supposed to fly back then.'', Wendy confirmed, letting out a groan and rolling her eyes over what she was about to say next. ''However, he decided to stay there for one more week because he had some family members visiting out of state and wanted to see them as well.''

''That's great to hear.'', Heidi said. ''I mean, at least now you know that he's actually coming back home on Monday, right?''

''Yeah.'', Wendy confirmed with a gentle smile, before changing the topic of the conversation to the question her friend had asked her earlier. ''And about that party, I think I'll go!''