Backstabber -creek-

-Chapter 9-

9th grade year

Tweek's pov

It's been a year and a half since Craig has been gone. It hasn't been that bad. Who am I kidding? It's been hell without him. We have Damien who is literally from hell and it's not as bad as people describe it in the books.

I usually get mocked for my twitches by Cartman, but it's not as horrible as elementary.

I started boxing again, not that I needed to just that I needed to get out of the house. The first time I learned boxing was with Stan and his uncle's friend. It wasn't too hard to learn, just hard to keep up. I took lessons after the fight with Craig, and it was pretty relaxing. It made my thoughts disappear and it made me satisfied with myself. Without my thoughts flooding my brain I could just focus on beating the bag. After Craig left I picked it up again, since my parents were worried about me staying inside my house all the time. Besides school and the shop I wouldn't get out anymore. Sure I kept in contact with Token and Clyde. Yet they were always doing stuff with each other.

That was besides the point. Sometimes I would text Craig because we are friends or at least I thought. One time he called me a bitch for interrupting him when I was on call. It was unlike him, but he was in Florida now. Those people are stuck up assholes. He said sorry most of the time. It felt fake, like he didn't care for me or his friends anymore. We did agree on meeting up during the winter break. It didn't feel right. Between us it used to be fun and casual. Now I feel like it's tense.

I found out Kenny wasn't such a dickhead as I thought. He's actually pretty funny. We hung out sometimes and he would weirdly get high from my coffee.

One time me and Kenny snuck into the science lab at our school, and dissected the coffee. Later I found out my parents have put drugs in my coffee. Let's say it didn't go well for me trying to quit the coffee. I haven't confronted my parents about it. Well my mom surely didn't know. Due to my dad being the one who produces the coffee and uses the recipes for it.

I have grown stronger without Craig. Everyone always saw us two together and just made me out to be the weaker one of us. Yet I'm actually stronger than him. He doesn't show his emotions. Because of that I would be seen as a nervous wreck. Eventually I saw how Craig acted without me and he's not doing well. He also told me that Stripe was missing me.

Craig would always show his true emotions through Stripe. Talked through him basically. It was practically impossible not to see that he was just showing vulnerability. I miss him for that. He was also really smart at stupid shit. Yet he could make bank one day. If he used that part of his brain for jobs, since the space department could use a lot of help in the future.

My grades have slightly been failing. I have C's in most of my classes which is average, but I see that as failure. As of now I've got Kyle to help me with a few of my subjects that I'm not the best in. Or I would just call Craig and ask about science and then I'd have a whole essay done in a matter of minutes.

When Cartman starts harassing me or other kids. I use stuff against him or threaten to fight him. I used to be afraid of him, but now I see his flaws. Craig taught me how to figure out people's weaknesses. He knew when we were in fourth grade that Cartman would talk to his stuffed animals as if they were his friends. Not that anything is wrong with that, but he would bully kids that carried stuffed animals with them at school. So we could easily have dirt on him and ruin his "awesome reputation". One time Cartman had a dramatic scene at Token's house. Apparently he shot one of his favorite stuffies and cried about it the next day. I don't like to start fights but if it's really bothering me I'll just piss them off and give them a punch. Then I leave them shocked. Since who expects such a "weak" person to throw a good hit to the jaw, and leave them stranded.