All Alone Again (Creek)

An Empty Cage

"Stripe no!" the teen exclaims as his guinea pig takes his final breath. Tears stream down Craig's cheeks as he breaks down, wailing. His mother runs up the stairs and opens her child's bedroom door only to find his laying beside his pet's cage, sobbing. She tried to ask what had happened but she could barely talk over him crying. He'd had Stripe for over 5 years and he loved him to death. Craig had began shaking from crying so much. He felt like his whole world came crashing down. He didn't know what to do anymore.

Craig had trouble doing anything since the death of his beloved pet. His mother had began to worry about her son. He rarely ate and almost never left his room. Calling the doctor was really the only option at this point. She didn't want to lose her son. Laura called Doctor Gouache and reported the problem. He overheard his mother on the phone. He didn't want a doctor's help. He got tired of being alone in his room. The raven haired teen called up his best friend, Tweek. "Hey dude, are you busy right now? I'm not doing so well," he said into the phone. His friend was silent for a moment and then spoke up, "N-No I'm not busy. I"ll be over in a m-minute." The call ended. Craig was surprised at how his friend said he'd be over soon. Usually he would say he's "busy" and stay home to avoid being social.

About five minutes after Craig had spoken to Tweek, the doorbell rang. His mother got up and answered the door. There stands the short blond teen with his shirt buttoned terribly. "Is C-Craig home?" he asked hesitantly. Laura nodded and said he was upstairs in his room. Tweek hurries up the stairs and doesn't even bother knocking on the door. He walks into seeing Craig laying on his be in only his boxers and a loose white t-shirt. Tweek blushed at this, for he has had a crush on Craig for the longest time. He'd never said anything about it because he doesn't want to ruin their friendship. Craig finally breaks the silence. "How have you been, Tweek?" he asked in a sad tone. "I've been alright. I've been worried about you. Y-You haven't been to school in two weeks! Wh-What happened man?"

Craig couldn't hold it any longer. He burst into tears and threw his arms around his friend. He tried to speak through sobs but Tweek couldn't make out any of the words he was saying. The blond slowly wrapped his arms around his crying friend to comfort him. Tweek spoke some calming words to Craig and rubbed his back. He hated seeing Craig like this, it hurt him. "Just breathe, dude," he said "can you tell me what happened?" Craig let go of Tweek and wiped his eyes. "Well," he started, "I was just lying in bed and watching Stripe. I'd realized he ran out of food. So I had to run downstairs and get him his food. I hadn't noticed that it was 90 degrees out and my air conditioner had stopped working. When I walked back up the stairs he... he was.." Craig couldn't finish. He broke down into tears once again.

Tweek asked to stay the night at his best friend's house to make sure he couldn't do anything. Both Tweek's and Craig's parents agreed. The blond was excited and, surprisingly, so was Craig.