Creek - a new beginning

Whole new person

"Cough cough! Dad! I can't go to the shop today! I'm super sick. Cough!" Tweek wines to his father.

"Ah, my poor, gay little son. You are horrible at acting. Get your uniform on, we are leaving in 15 minutes." 

"God damn it." Tweek heads upstairs to get dressed and then heads to the car. 

He checks his text messages over and over. He still can't believe Craig Tucker is meeting him after his shift. He hasn't visited the coffee shop since they broke up. 

"Will this really be okay...?" Whispered Tweek.

-

Tweeks shift comes to an end, and as soon as he exits the building he sees Craig walking over. 

*Did he really remember exactly when I would get off my shifts?*  

Craig was wearing a white long-sleeve shirt and grey sweatpants. His hair is slicked to the side with hair gel. Tweek really almost didn't recognize him. 

Tweek straightened out his shirt and met up with Craig.

"Hey, Tweek," Craig says in his monotone deep voice.

Tweek sits and waits for instructions from Craig, he didn't know where Craig wanted to go to talk or why he even wanted to meet in person.

"We are going to the ice cream shop, they have lots of table space so we can work on our poster." Craig starts walking, not once making eye contact with Tweek. 

As Tweek followed he kept shaking. Craig was walking too fast for Tweek's short legs, so he had to jog to catch up every now and then.

"C-Craig! AGH Y-you- you're walking too fast!" Tweek yelled from behind.

Craig looks behind him at Tweek. He stops for a few seconds, then continues, taking shorter steps. Craig is making sure every square of concrete has two steps in it to keep pace. In his focus, he almost passes the ice cream shop.

"H-hey Craig?" Tweek points at the shop that Craig just passed. 

Craig's ears redden out of embarrassment as he walks into the shop and takes a seat in an empty stall. 

Tweek watches as Craig Sets out the project board. Neither of them says a word. 

*He is so different... is this really Craig? He hasn't tried to argue with me once...* Tweek thinks to himself, almost forgetting he has a project to focus on.... again. 

"Tweek, Are you paying attention?" Craig snaps Tweek out of his daze again. 

"Y-yes! Of course, I am!" Tweek responds defensively. 

"Okay.. Then what's your assignment?". 

Tweek just blankly stares at Craig. "Right, so you weren't paying attention. I'm going to explain one more time, slowly. Pay close attention to me this time." 

Craig starts explaining, frequently making eye contact with Tweek to confirm he is still listening. Tweek started to get lost in his Hazel eyes, he quickly looks down at his hands when he realized he was staring into Craig's eyes.

Tweek feels something on his chin, it's a book. Craig reaches across the table with a book in hand and uses it to lift Tweeks head to eye level. 

"I told you to focus on me." 

Tweek's face turns bright red, when Craig notices this he puts the book down. "Oh.." He covered his mouth with the back of his hand, something he did when he was feeling nervous. "I uh, I'm gonna run to the bathroom really quick" Craig excuses himself. 

Tweek puts his hand on his cheek, his face feels very hot.

-

After a long 45 minutes of silence and writing, they both decide it's time to go home.

Craig walks Tweek to his house because it's on the way to his own.

"Um... C-Craig?" 

"Yea?" 

"Do you w-want coffee? I-It's cold out and um, Hot coffee might help with the cold.."

"...okay."

They both walk into Tweek's house. Tweek throws his bag on the couch and heads to the kitchen.

"I'll help." Craig follows Tweek into the kitchen

"O-okay, put this water into the coffee maker.." 

But before Tweek can hand Craig the water, he trips on his carpet, falling into Craig. The water lands directly on Craig's stomach and legs. 

They both fall to the ground.