Fortune Park: A South Park AU

Chapter 20: Dusk

Wendy sat next to Stan on the bench by the pond. She saw that Stan looked frustrated about something.

Wendy: What's wrong, Stan?

Stan: It's just Kyle. He's not letting me help him, and he told me to kill myself when I said I couldn't hang out.

Wendy: Oh, that's rough. I get how you feel, it must be upsetting to see your best friend like this..

Stan: Thanks for being sympathetic, Wendy. I appreciate it.

Wendy: You know, I'll be here for you no matter what. No matter what happens, I'll still be here for you, even if we can't be together anymore.

Stan: I love you so much, Wendy.

Wendy: I love you too, Stan.

Stan wrapped his arm around Wendy and leaned into her. She leaned into him as a response. Her phone buzzed.

Stan: Who is it?

Wendy: It's Kyle.

Stan: What is he saying?

Wendy: He said he wants to hang out with me sometime soon.

Stan: That's weird, he doesn't usually want to hang out with you.

Wendy: Yeah.. I'm not sure why he suddenly wants to see me..

Their conversation stopped, and then Stan handed one of his earbuds to her so they could listen to music together.

Wendy: Wow, this song is good.

Stan: Yeah, Metallica's one of my favorite bands.

Wendy leaned into Stan again, closing her eyes and feeling a sense of security around him.  She didn't feel safer with anyone else.  After about an hour or two, they had to part ways.

Stan: Oh shit, I have to go home.

Wendy: Me too. See you later?

Stan: Of course.

Stan walked closer to Wendy and gave her one last kiss. She hugged him, and then he watched her walk the other way.  He grabbed his backpack and slowly walked towards the direction of his neighborhood. After a few minutes, he made it home.  He walked upstairs into his room, and sat on the windowsill, watching the lights on the horizon turn on.  He put his other ear bud in, and turned his music back on. 

Stan: Hm.. I wonder how Eric's doing, even though he hasn't been around for months.. his mom's completely shut herself out to the world..

He grabbed his notebook and started writing things down. He decided to finally start doing detective work again.
        
          [MEANWHILE, KYLE]

Kyle saw Wendy walking to her house, and decided that his plan should start now.  He stepped in front of her, and tried to converse with her.

Kyle: Ohh, hi Wendy....

Wendy: Hello, Kyle. How have you been?

Kyle showed a huge fake smile.

Kyle: Ohh, I'm great.....

Wendy: Okay.. What did you want to talk about?

She was trying to be patient, but she didn't want to get into trouble for being out later than she should.

Kyle: Maybe we can hang out now!

Wendy: I kind of have to be home now, sorry Kyle..

Kyle: But don't you care about your FRIENDS?

Wendy: Yeah, but.. it's a school night...

Kyle: Who cares?  We're both old enough to make our own decisions.

Wendy: Alright, fine. Where are we going to hang out?

Kyle: I have a special place, I only take really good friends to it.

Wendy: Oh, this sounds fun!

Kyle: It is. You just wait and see.

He smiled and led her to the abandoned bar.  He was finally going to be able to strike again.

Wendy: Isn't this place shut down by the house people? Like wasn't it shut down in the 80s because people were making Meth in here?

Kyle: Don't worry about that, it's not dangerous anymore!

Wendy: Alright..

Wendy had a bad feeling about this situation, so she kept her guard up in case something happened.