Flying Solo {Completed}

Chapter 9

9:00 A.M.

Wendy's silence had changed her in unexpected ways. Without her voice she had learned how to watch, how to tine in to a million little things she had never before noticed. 

She saw the little gifts Lola and Heidi gave Bebe to compete for her friendship. A dew days ago Wendy spied a secret glance and shy smile between Kenny and Jenny during math. Today she noticed Cartman biting his nails, something he never did. 

She glanced over at Stan. He had his head down on the desk, she wondered if he was asleep. She took out her book, A beginner's flight manual and began to read. 

"Okay" Kyle said, flitting into the room. His eyes were bright, cheeks slightly flushed as if she'd run all the way to Principal Victoria and back. "Still on sub?" he asked. 

"The case of the missing sub" Token whispered. 

"Yeah, we're like orphans" Jason cried plaintively. 

"Speak for yourself" Cartman muttered "I know who my mother is!"

Kyle went to Mr. Garrison's desk and picked up a cream colored folder with papers in it. 

"Must be the lesson plans Mr. Garrison left for the sub" he thought "Here's the spelling test. Might as well get that over with, right?" he said, lifting up his head from the folder to look at his classmate

"Better do something before we die of boredom" Token muttered. 

"I'll give the spelling words" Heidi suggested. 

"Why you?" Clyde demanded. 

"Because I always get a hundred on spelling tests" Heidi snapped back. 

It was no different from any other spelling test, Wendy thought, as kids groaned and muttered and snapped open binders and pulled out blank sheets of lined paper. 

Heidi stood in the center of the three tables, slowly reading the words twice and using them in a sentence just as Mr. Garrison always did. 

"Perceive ... Perceive ... Many rich people perceive professional athletes as rich, spoiled, selfish individuals"

"Not!" Cartman yelled. 

"So what do we do now?" Kenny asked, slumping down in his seat. 

"I'm taking a nap" Cartman announced, lying down on the floor "Which me when somebody shows up. If some body shows up" he muttered.

"Attention whore" Nichole murmured "You wouldn't do that if Mr. Garrison was here!"

"This is getting a little freaky" Kevin spoke. 

"Welcome to the twilight zone" Kenny smiled and tried to impersonate Rod Sterling. But it sucked. 

"Yeah, whats the fuck is going on?" Jenny Simon asked. She turned to look at Kyle "What did they say about the sub when you went to the office?" she asked Kyle. 

"Nothing" Kyle answered truthfully, grinning. 

"Nothing?" They asked. 

"Nope" Kyle answered, shrugging his shoulders. "They didn't say a thing. Because I didn't tell them"

Cartman sat up. Everybody looked at Kyle, staring at him with blank stares. 

"Don't you guys get it" Kyle asked. She leaned forward and snapped his fingers, eyes bright with excitement. "There's obviously been some kind of major mix up. They forgot about us"

"So..." Red asked, beckoning them forward. 

"So I started thinking: Why tell anybody?" Kyle spoke "I figured: Let's run the class ourselves"

"Yesssss!" Clyde cheered, making and fist and pumping it up into the air and leaning his head back in his seat. He jumped up and started goose stepping across the floor. 

"We can do it!" Kyle edged them on. "I know we can!"

kids looked around at one another, smiling and giggling nervously. Bebe loosing over at Wendy; they raised their eyebrows at the exact same time. 

"Very true" Lola agreed, nodding her head slowly, making her light brow hair bounce up and down "I mean, if we can't run this class for one day, we're a total bunch of idiot douche bags"

"I'm with you" Jason said. 

"Me too" Token and Tweek chimed in at the same time. 

"Sure, why not?" Jenny Simon shrugged her shoulders. 

"Count me in" Cartman yelled "WE RULE! WE RULE! SUCK OUR BALLS MOTHER FUCKAS!" he shouted. 

"Why not?" Heidi asked "Are you kidding? It's illegal, that's why!" Everybody turned, stopped cheering and stared her, blank stares. 

"Opinion" Clyde chimed in. 

"Yeah, are you sure?" Kyle asked. 

"It's wrong. It's dangerous, somebody could get hurt" Heidi explained, glaring at Kyle angrily. "Mr. Garrison would want us to go down to the office and tell them right now. I can't believe you didn't tell them!" She continued shrieking. 

Wendy quickly scribbled something on a piece of paper and handed it to Bebe, for her to read to the class. 

"Wait a second" Bebe hushed everyone, her eyes staring down at the piece of paper "Wendy want to say something"

"Ah!" Cartman shouted "The silent pilot speaks!" and he smirked turning away. 

"Be quiet!" Bebe told him. She took Wendy's note and read it aloud "I wouldn't be sure of that" 

"Oh sure" Heidi said, making a face at Wendy. "Sure, Mr. Garrison would just love the idea of us being totally unsupervised all day while he's gone. Give me a break Wendy! This is the most jacked up thing I have ever heard. It's so asinine"

"Lol ass" Token snickered, but nobody was amused. 

"Opinion" Clyde smirked. 

Bebe picked up another note from Wendy and read it aloud "I think Mr. Garrison would want us to think and talk about it and then decide. He loves democracy"

"I don't want to believe this" Heidi shook her head and closed her eyes, rubbing her forehead. 

"Look, Mr. Garrison isn't here" Lola pointed out. "We have to do what we think is right. Right?" he asked everyone, gaining support for her motion. 

"I'm for it" Kenny said quietly, a tiny voice in a small crowd. A voice that was added to the votes tallied up. A voice. 

"SUCK OUR BALL WE ARE AWESOME!" Cartman, Clyde, Token and Kenny started to chant. 

"Shush!" Bebe shouted "We should vote"

"We should NOT vote!" Heidi rallied, banging her desk with a pounded fist, angrily. "It's the most demented thing I've heard since my sister tried to put the cat in the dryer!"

"What are you worried about sugar tits?" Cartman asked "What could possibly happen? This school is crawling with teachers. 

"Fact" Clyde spoke. 

"Let's vote and get on with it" Kevin sighed "Who voted we should run the class ourselves today?"

An instant crop of raised hands rose from them. 

"Who votes no?" 

Heidi's long slender arm reached high to the ceiling. 

"Opinion" Clyde said. 

They all look at Heidi "You lost bitch!" Cartman chanted and poked Heidi's shoulder, who then in turn shoved him against the desk violently. 

"Sorry String bean, looks like you lose" Stan said. 

"You gonna go squeal?" Token asked. 

"Fuck you"

And with those words, the day alone, began.