Acceptance - Creek // SP

Hard bush

I stand in front of Tweek's house and stare at his window, his curtains are covering my view inside.

"You okay buddy?" Butters asks.

I turn and look at him, I pull a defeated smile and look back at the the house.

He pats me on the shoulder.

"I'll be hiding behind the bush, you can do this Craig." He says before walking away and crouching behind the bush next to Tweek's house.

I take a deep breath and begin to plan what to say.

Suddenly the front door opens and I see a blur of yellow hair.

I look around frantically and spot the bush that Butters is hiding behind.

I start to sprint to it and jump into it, expecting to fall inside and hide.

Except the bush was the kind of one in which the branches are rock hard and don't move.

And they also really fucking hurt.

"Ow," I mumble.

"Oh hamburgers." Butters whispers.

I hear Tweek scream and footsteps approaching

"Craig? Are you okay?" Tweek squeals.

He then grabs my hand and pulls me up.

I look him up and down.

He has wet hair and he's wearing a pink dressing gown and high heels?

I look back up at him and he's bright red.

"Ignore what I'm wearing, I just got out of the shower and my mom wanted me to take the garbage out and I couldn't be bothered in getting properly dressed, or in what shoes I wear, I threw on the closest stuff." He explains.

I nod and then we both stand in silence staring at each other.

"So why were you stood in front of my house?" Tweek questions.

My eyes go wide and I feel my cheeks go hot.

"Well I just-" I begin.

"Go away! Get off!" The bush squeals.

Tweek pulls a concerned face before Butters Stotch rises from behind the bush, he's flapping his hand trying to get a little spider off.

As soon as the spider falls off, he turns and looks at us.

"Woops..." He mumbles.

"Why are you behind my bush?" Tweek asks.

"Well I uh... I saw a tennis ball behind it and I thought i'd get it for my... dog..." Butters rambles.

"I thought you didn't have a dog?" Tweek questions.

"Yeah! I don't my uh... Hampster! Is called dog... yeah..." Butters continues.

I roll my eyes and sigh before turning back to Tweek.

"Look the reason he's here is because he's helping me." I explain.

"He's helping you... In hiding behind my bush?" Tweek pulls a confused look.

"No! He's helping me in saying... sorry, because I am sorry Tweek, I don't know what I was thinking, you're kind, funny and handsome, I shouldn't have said no, it was wrong of me, please, will you give me another chance?" 

He gives me a sad look.

But then he starts laughing.

I raise my eyebrow and he laughs even more.

"I can't believe Craig Tucker has come to my house, jumped in a bush with Butters Stotch and is now asking me out as I stand with wet hair in my mom's high heels." He says before continuing to laugh.

Butters soon begins to laugh and so do I.

We all continue to laugh for a few minutes before Tweek stops.

"Well Craig, my answer is-" Tweek starts.

"Tweek? You've taken a while are you okay?" A female voice shouts.

We all look over to see a woman in a turquoise dress and a brown bob.

Tweek quickly shoves me back into the bush and Butters crouches down again.

The bush still did not hide me and it still really fucking hurts.

"Hey mom! Nothing just putting the garbage away haha..." He says whilst grabbing my legs and shoving me behind the bush.

I land on Butters and we both groan.

"Hm okay... Just thought I heard you talking." Tweek's mom says before walking back inside.

Tweek pokes his head over the bush and stares at me sat laying on Butters as we both hold our heads.

"Sorry..." Tweek mumbles.

"Is your mom blind?" I ask.

Tweek pulls a confused look.

"I was practically sat on the bush before you pushed me behind." I explain.

Tweek then shrugs.

"We've told her she needs glasses but she refuses, it's why she works at the till in our cafe, she always messes up the coffee because she can't see certain things." Tweek reasons.

I slide off of Butters and sit on the floor.

Butters is still laying on the floor as if he was dead from me landing on him.

I'm not that big!

"Look Craig I've got to go back inside before my dad comes out and sees you two." Tweek says.

"Wait but what were you going to-" I begin.

Tweek disappears from over the bush and I'm assuming he's walking back inside.

Butters sits up and looks at me.

"I'm sorry, I kinda messed that up..." Butters mumbles.

I put my hand on his shoulder and smile.

"Without you I wouldn't of even spoken to him." I say.

He smiles back and then gets up.

He offers his hand to help me up and I take the offer.

"Want to go to mine and play COD or something?" I ask.

Butters nods with a big grin.

We start our walk back to my house.

We soon go down the street past Cartman and his friend's houses.

I look at the Broflovski house and spot my mom inside, drinking tea with Sheila.

I stop, causing Butters to also stop.

I stare into the window at my mom, shes wearing a white jumper and jeans.

Her holiday clothes?

I keep staring and she soon looks out the window before spotting me.

She pulls a shocked face and she starts to cry.

Sheila also looks through the window and pulls a sad face.

I grab Butters hand and quickly race to the front door of the Broflovski house.

I knock rapidly and my mom opens the door.

She opens her arms for a hug and I quickly accept it.

"Mama!" I mumble into her chest.

What was she doing here? at Kyle's!