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D casually strolled through the hallways to her locker.
It was Friday and she'd been waiting all week for this,finally she would get alone time with her friend.
Butters the sweet cheerful,blonde,her very best friend at that.
Mom seemed excited they'd be having a guest over for once,dad?
Well he was about the same,other then him being more lovey dovey with mom,thanks to her changing the past.
She couldn't complain about that at least,much less stressful for all of them.
But the tradeoff had been more very loud nights of passion and sometimes not even night at all.
She shudders remembering coming home after the superhero drama.
D had taken to wearing earplugs at night many times now.
How she didn't have a sibling at this point she couldn't fathom.
Maybe that would change in the future since they were 'safe' now,it's like South Park was such a weirdness magnet her own strange quirks were just a part of things now and it shielded them all from any ne'er do wells that would search for her.
Small mountain town full of simple folks and nothing out of the ordinary,yeah sure.
Her first week proved that was anything but true.
Yet this place did give her what she always longed for,namely friends and being herself,other then hiding her powers and that she was a girl.
Well the powers part kinda was an open secret among a few people,mostly her friends and also some not friends cough cough Cartman.
But she wouldn't worry about him right now.
If this goes well she might even invite the others next time.
Sure hanging out with Butters was one thing but him being in her home for several hours was a whole different thing,this was going to test her patience,her friendship and also how well her and Butters were compatible with each other.
D was confident that they get along well but even the best of friends can fight or get annoyed with the other.
All this was exciting.
Her very first sleepover with her very best friend and first friend at that.
She could only think about Kyle and Stan having a similar friendship,well Tweek and Craig counted but they were also in love so that was also kinda cheating.
Either way she had been planning this for a while for her games and other things to do,mom had been planning food.
Dad just told her not to destroy the house while they were out.
Well she hoped they'll enjoy their afternoon dates both days.
Other places they couldn't get away with just leaving her alone but South Park was lax about having everyone and anyone run around anywhere and it not being a big deal overall.
D has used this to her advantage,in more ways then one.
She won't complain about having Butters all to herself though,she wonders if he feels the same way?
Even though he gives into peer pressure when Cartman is around on his own or with others he seemed to burst with excitement spending time with her.
Not to mention her relief he could stay over all weekend.
D was surprised there was no problems but then again perhaps the Stotch's had agreed so readily because Butters wouldn't be around to disturb whatever they had going on.
She snorted remembering Mr Stotch's comment about how they could barely enjoy their movie when he'd been trapped in Cartmans basement all night.
Worst parents ever in her opinion,at least Mr Randy Marsh loved Stan even though he was a total moron in Stan's words and she agreed with that comment.
Remembering how he tried to ground her during the superhero game,Butters quaking on the floor in fear greatly angered her.
The audacity of him,she takes in a slow breath to try and calm down.
One of these days...you'll regret hurting him...
D feels a surge of psychic power and the lockers rattle which startles others nearby.
Taking another breath she does manage to calm down,another reason she has to temper her emotions.
Ever since these powers became a part of her,it'd been a process of trying to figure out how they worked and how to keep her emotions from getting too intense.
When she first started playing the fantasy game on her first day here she hadn't felt any different,but as the days went on slowly she felt the change in herself but what really had set it off was starting superheroes.
What she couldn't figure out what what had triggered it,maybe it had been getting closer to people,completely new feelings and emotions all at once along with real friends.
Figures it would be tied to her emotions,not that she couldn't control it at all but any burst of strong emotion could cause...something to happen which ranged from things falling off shelves and walls to items shaking.
Who knows what else could happen if it got too intense.
It was still very new to her and she held off using her time powers unless needed ever since the game stopped,like keeping her friends from getting hurt,mainly Kenny.
Speaking of Kenny she had no idea how to talk to him about all his...accidents.
It made her stomach turn a little when she thinks about it,even though she's seen it since her first day playing.
She remembered it vividly,when he 'failed' a save so to speak and got spiked on his unicorn,he returned a few 'turns' later fine.
How there was even a real unicorn she had no idea but reality itself seemed to bend during their games.
Kenny had things happen even out of game though so she had no explanation for that,her own powers were also very much real.
It upset her to see him hurt like that,all her friends too.
Does he remember?
No one else seemed to remember,they would scream and maybe cry but every time it was like the first time.
Then it was like nothing happened the next day.
How could someone live like that if he does remember?
Which is the reason she'll 'break' things a bit to prevent any untimely accidents.
If it lessens the pain then it's worth it.
She's still lost in thought when she feels a tap,it's Butters.
"Heya D. I'm still good for after school."
"I got my my extra bag right here for later,just gotta drop in my locker."
She exhales a soft breath,glad that he didn't run into some last minute trouble."
D gives a thumbs up.
"Oh boy I just know this'll be real fun."
"Well I gotta take care of this see you in class soon okay?"
After a nod Butters leaves to go to his locker leaving D to gather things before class.
Butters practically skips down the hall to his locker,thinking about the fun he and D would surely have later.
"Loo loo loo I got some apples,loo loo loo you got some too~"
"I'm gonna hang out with my best friend loo loo loo~"
He sings a hybrid of his apple song and his happy thoughts of the sleepover not noticing that someone was approaching.
"Butters!"
The blonde lets out a startled squeak and turns around to see Cartman.
Kyle,Stan and Kenny were close by waiting for him as well.
"Ah! E-Eric what are you doing? You scared me."
"Yes yes we all know you're scared of everything Butters now I have something important to tell you."
"I'm going to need you come over to my house later."
"Later? Oh uh sorry Eric I can't today I've already got plans."
"Well you'll have to reschedule them."
"Sorry but I can't,so no."
Butters firmly but politely says,nothing Cartman said was going to make him budge on this,not this time anyway.
He had been waiting all week to play with D and wasn't going to wait any longer.
Well Cartman wasn't going to take this lightly.
He narrowed his eyes. "And what is so important that you can't?"
"I'm going to D's for a sleepover so whatever you got all planned I can't do."
Butters didn't know it but he had made a huge mistake telling this to the worst person he could have because the chunky boy gets a glint in his eyes after hearing this new info.
"Really now?"
"Yep me and D are gonna hang out all weekend and he's gonna show me all his cool games and other things he's been telling me about."
"Games you say?"
"Yeah he's got a huge collection of games,not just new ones either retro games too."
Cartman feels an opportunity arise namely the chance to get into D's room and see what he has in there,if it's cooler then his room and maybe even some embarrassing secrets wait what was he thinking of course he's going to look for that no questions asked.
"Well now that you mention it Butters I also like talking about games."
"Uh do you? Well the thing is D is interested in a lot of niche games and I sure haven't heard anyone else talk of about some of the games he's told me."
"Oh I can tell you about it,but I'd have to come over to D's too."
"Ah well you'd have to ask D about that."
Cartman's plans come to a screeching halt at this information he forgot in the moment.
Namely that he would have to get D to agree to let him come over to this sleepover.
Butter continued.
"Cause you can't come over without asking it's not polite and all to stay overnight without doing that."
"Huh and D might throw you out of the house now that I think about it."
He shuddered remembering the times D had beaten him in their games,Cartman liked to think of himself as tough even though that was far from true but what was true was D never held his punches or whatever else he used to fight.
Cartman would really not like a repeat of that right now.
"Well I'll go ask him."
"Okay you do that then." Butters returns to what he was doing wondering how it things would turn out.
The cheesy poof menace struts down the hallway to where D was,he had a feeling he was still gathering his things at his locker.
Kyle ended up following him with Kenny and Stan who lingered back while he confronted Cartman.
"Dude!" He hisses.
"Are you seriously going to force yourself into D's house like this?"
"Why can't you just leave Butters and D be? If he only asked Butters to come then he wants them to be alone."
"Gee Kyle when you put it like that it sounds like the two of them want to make out and do boyfriend things."
"That's not...!"
He waves him off as he sees D is still there,about to leave for class so he was just in time.
D closed the door and Cartman is right there.
She keeps her neutral face but inside she was annoyed,not wanting to deal with him right now.
So she waits for him to tell her what he wants,pulling her whiteboard out.
Cartman leans in,which already makes her tense because oh she knows,he only leans in when he's going to ask for a favor or try to use his weasel words to get something he wants from her.
"D I heard from Butters,that you're having a sleepover this weekend."
"So...I was thinking you and me,we're friends right?"
"How about we get together the three of us and you can tell us all about your games we'll have so much fun together think about it."
Oh she was,it was like a nightmare.
She stares at him,the gall,the audacity the sheer shamelessness of it all.
That and he would dare ask to sleep over at her home last minute and after what he's pulled recently over the last couple weeks.
Which included ruining pizza day at school,putting itching powder on the shower towels,and letting loose a bunch of raccoons because he didn't want to watch the original play the drama class was doing,she didn't even know how or where he got those but the whole school was in chaos for hours.
He was NOT staying over.
She writes one word.
No
Cartman looks at the board,he stares like he can't believe what he's seeing.
Probably in shock from her daring to tell him no.
She can see Kyle behind him trying to keep a blank expression,but he was faltering,biting his lip and trying not to giggle.
Even Stan was trying not to laugh,Kenny he was giggling but it was muffled like usual.
Well seems that his friends also find this ridiculous too.
Cartman didn't find it funny at all however.
"Is this how you repay me after all the things we've been through together D?!"
Just what sort of relationship do you think we have?
He sounds like a jilted lover right now
She writes more.
I invited Butters and no one else because I want us to have quality time,which means no one else
If it bothers him that much then she'll talk with him about games later,not that he cares she imagines.
"Well D I didn't know you and Butters were dating."
"What are you going to have a tea party and kiss each other?"
My you sound jealous he got to me first
Maybe we will have a tea party good idea
She leaves after making sure he read those last sentences,his mouth is hanging open.
Clearly he was not expecting her to just walk away,she takes satisfaction at hearing Kyle and Stan both crack and start softly laughing,while Kenny just laughed harder.
She heads to Mr Garrisons room to find Butters and sit with him.
"Why that...that..."
Cartman is fuming and trying to form words,D had been much less willing to go along with his spontaneous plans recently,he had no idea why but it was very annoying and inconvenient to him.
Kyle calmed down now and decided to slightly rub it in his face.
"You know I'm not sure why you thought D was going to just go along with that."
"You've never even been in his house before."
"And you have Kyle?"
"Yes actually."
"What."
"I haven't seen his room but we did go to his kitchen,D's mom gave us some drinks."
"Yeah his mom's real nice." Stan added.
"She's also hot." Kenny was thinking about how D got his looks from her.
"Oh so D's been letting just anyone in his house but me is that it."
Kyle sighs.
"Whatever it's time for class soon."
They go to leave but Cartman wasn't done.
He corners Kyle so they're alone.
"What do you think you're doing fatass?"
"I'll tell you what I'm doing,I'm making plans Kyle. Plans that I need your help with."
He gets way too close for comfort and whispers into his ear,Kyle's eyes widen as he takes it in until he finishes and he almost can't believe what he heard.
"What...Cartman you can't be serious right now,that sounds crazy."
"You're going to be that petty because he didn't let you come to a sleepover?"
"It's not that Kyle,it's that he has the balls to do this after the friendship we've had which he clearly has no appreciation for everything I've done for him."
Just what reality does he live in Kyle wonders because that was complete cuckoo for coco puffs world with that statement.
"Well I'm not going to have any part of it."
"Oh yes you are Kyle."
"Because if you don't then I'm going to show this picture."
Cartman pulls out a picture of Kyle dressed in a bunny costume,that had been taken during a family reunion not that long ago,all of the kids had been forced to dress up in cute animal costumes,Ike had thought it was fun,Kyle
not so much,for him it had been as embarrassing as taking his hat off for picture day.
Just how did he get that.
"Where did you get that?! Give me that."
Kyle tries to get it from him but he puts it behind his back.
"Even if you got this I made copies Kyle."
"And if you don't help then I'm going to show it to D,I know you've been getting all buddy buddy recently."
"Just what is he going to think of you when I show this?"
"I'm sure he'll think you're not as cool as you tried to look to him."
"Oh yes Kyle I saw you two hanging out and what you were doing."
Kyle feels cold sweat break out.
"In fact I bet he won't even want to hang out with you anymore."
"Oh and then after D sees it,I'll take the copies and put them all over the school."
Kyle knew he wasn't bluffing,not after knowing him so long.
If everyone else saw if that picture,if D sees it too.
He caves in.
"I...fine I'll help you."
Cartman looking smug puts the photo away.
"I knew you'd see things my way Kyle."
"But...if we find nothing I want you to leave D alone."
"What was that."
"You heard me If we go in there and find nothing I want him to be left alone."
"Humph,fine. I guess there wouldn't be any point if we find nothing."
They head off to class,Kyle feels guilt and shame in the pit of his stomach.
Maybe...maybe he can do something to keep him from finding anything.
Cartman meets back up with Stan and Kenny as he slowly dragged himself over.
"Wait what. Were doing what now?" Stan is confused and Kenny stands there wondering just what he's talking about.
"Oh Kyle will fill you all in about it."
"Cartman sauntered away pleased with himself.
"Dude just what is going on?"
"Why is he saying we're going to break into D's house?" Kenny asked and not okay with this at all.
"He's blackmailing me."
"What." The other two say.
"Look I know it's bad but he has pictures and I don't know maybe he can be stopped while we're in there."
"But he said he was going to put them all over in here."
"Oh it's serious huh."
"Please...can you go along with it? For now,until we can do something."
Stan hesitates but then agrees.
Kenny was thinking,D had been very good to him,he wasn't okay with this at all but considering that Kyle was in some trouble right now,maybe they could do something to stop Cartman after getting there.
So for now he'll agree to do it.
The three go into class and see Butters and D sitting by each other,he was happily chatting with him until class started.
Unaware of the plotting.
Class starts and the day is like usual.
Until recess happens and Kenny sees that D is outside with Butters today.
Making chalk drawings,the other three were off to the side while Cartman is going over the finer details of his plan.
He has to step away for a minute and think.
Kenny is so absorbed in his thoughts that he doesn't see or hear D come up to him and he actually scares him when he feels the hand touch his shoulder.
"Ah? Ahh!" He jumps a bit.
"Oh D.."
Well no making that look cool and he could have sworn he saw the hint of a smile on his face form too.
"Um did you want something?"
Yes,it's last minute but I wanted to ask you,would you like to come over to my house with me and Butters?
Kenny freezes as he looks at D's eyes.
His gaze was sweet and innocent similar to Butters and he had a hopeful expectation in his eyes.
"Oh uh...sorry but I can't this time...I've got other plans."
He feels the guilt bubble in his stomach he watches his eyes lose some of their shine,clearly saddened by this.
I see,it's alright next time then
He lets out a breath he didn't know he was holding.
This was going to be a long weekend.
Meanwhile Butters and D had been having a fun day so far.
He'd sat by her in class,also during lunch which they shared desserts with each other and she decided to play outside today and draw with him.
It had been so nice.
She eagerly waited until they heard the last bell and then when it was finished she took Butters hand which he gladly accepted.
The two walked together to the bus and got on sitting together.
And exited in front of D's home.
They went to the door and knocked waiting for one of his parents to answer.
Butters gives a small smile as they wait and she returned it,her mouth turned slightly but for her it was a smile.
D's dad opens the door and the two enter not noticing the eyes peeking at them from the bushes by the side of the house.