Creek - Crush

Chapter 2

Tweek looks up from his phone. His legs are bent up on the couch. He always sits with his legs under him, he hates sitting normally. 

"Craig! Hey!"

"Hey, Tweek."

I sit next to him on the couch. There are three couches, but I would prefer to share with him. It seems like he doesn't mind.

He turns off his phone and puts it down on the table, picking up a portable mug of coffee he brought from home.

He always drinks coffee. He might be addicted, I never see him without it.

I bet he tastes like coffee.

He takes a sip and licks his lips. "Warm..."

"How was your summer? I haven't seen you since that party in June."

"I actually didn't end up doing very much, I just worked at my parent's cafe and chilled at home. What about you?"

"Same. I had a few summer jobs."

"Do you still have one?"

"Nah, they were all seasonal."

"What were they?"

"I did some construction, wait staff, volunteer work..."

"That's cool. Was construction work hard?"

"No. I mean, maybe at the start, but your muscles get used to it."

"I bet. Did you get supper buff?"

"You wanna judge?"

"I can try."

"Do you even remember what I looked like when you last saw me?"

"Of course I do."

"Okay."

I stand up and take off my jacket. I lightly flex my arm. "What do you think? Does it look any bigger?"

"A little! Good job!"

"Thanks."

I begin to put my jacket back on when Clyde walks down. "Well! Are we undressing already?"

I smile. "You wish."

"You showing off your muscles? Wanna arm wrestle? Maybe you can win this time." Clyde smirks.

"It's on."

I get on my knees and put my arm on the glass table. He puts his bags down and does the same.

Tweek leans forward and counts us down. "3... 2... 1... go!"

I put all my strength into my arm, but it's obvious that Clyde still has the better arm strength, he always has.

He smiles at me, quickly glances over at Tweek, then starts to let his arm go. He's letting me win. He's letting me show off because Tweek is here. 

I pin his arm down and Tweek claps. "Wow! you really did get stronger."

"Guess so..." I roll my eyes at Clyde and he laughs. 

Tolkien and Jimmy come downstairs. 

Tolkien takes his remote for his flatscreen TV and turns on a new fast and furious movie. 

We laugh, eat, play, and watch movies all night before we fall asleep. 

Tweek and I sleep on the same couch, our heads on opposite sides. If I stretch out too much I might kick him.

Once everyone is asleep I sneak upstairs to get a soda. I need to clear my head. Spending all night with Tweek after not seeing him for a while was a lot, I'm feeling a bit emotionally exhausted.

"Craig? Why are you up?" Clyde finds me upstairs.

"Oh, hey. I'm just taking a break."

"You happy to see him again?"

"Yeah. It's so refreshing."

"You're gonna do it this year, right? I'm really tired of waiting for you to figure it out."

"I am. I just... Need to figure out how."

"You have had 5 years to figure out why."

"And I'm still lost."