Without you (Creek Bunny Style)

Chapter 12. Then she walked in.

Tweek POV

I sat waiting in my parent's coffee shop for Wendy to come back. She said she was going to fix this but I wasn't sure exactly what she meant. She was always up to something. I thought about how that made her a perfect match for Cartman. After sitting around for a while I decided to make myself another cup of coffee in the back. I got up and went into the backroom. While I made myself a fresh cup, I heard the door to the backroom open. I turned around and saw my dad. ''Hey dad, what's going on?'' He smiled at me. ''Your friend is here to see you. He's waiting at your usual table. Why don't you make him something to drink too. He always likes your mocha's the most.''

I felt a chill roll down my spine. Only Craig liked my mocha. 'What is he doing here?!' I started to panic and didn't know what to do. I felt a crushing sensation in my chest growing. I closed my eyes tight, wrapped my arms around myself and dropped to my knees on the ground. 'W.. what if he is here to tell me to leave him alone forever.. T..t..that he never wants to see me a..again..' I felt hot tears start rolling down my cheeks. My head was spinning and I thought I was about to pass out, when all of a sudden, I felt arms wrapped around me.

''You're okay Tweek! Calm down. Everything is going to be okay.'' I heard his voice softly trying to comfort me. ''No..! No it's not!'' I yelled while more tears ran down my face. ''How is anything going to be fine? You must hate me now!'' I felt Craig gently pull me closer to him, holding me in a warm embrace. ''I could never hate you Tweek. You are my dearest friend and nothing will change that.'' I opened my eyes and looked up at him. I could see sadness in his eyes.

After a few minutes I felt my panic attack finally subside and had calmed down. He helped me up to my feet and we walked out to the table while he carried both of our drinks. I sat looking down at my drink trying to think about what to say to him but before I could come up with anything, he spoke first. ''I'm sorry Tweek. About everything. Last night, and this morning.. I didn't know what to do and I kinda panicked.'' I shook my head at him. ''No.. I'm sorry..'' Craig slammed his hand on the table. ''You have NOTHING to be sorry for. I was acting stupid and wasn't thinking straight. I.. I did something I shouldn't have.''

It went silent again. We kept looking around, mostly trying not to stare at each other. ''So... it's true then? About you I mean. You're... you know.'' He asked. I looked up at him to answer his question. ''Yea.. it's true.. I am..'' He was now looking directly into my eyes. ''And it's true that you have feelings.. for me..?'' I nodded this time. It was too hard to try to speak those words out loud to him. ''Look.. Tweek. I don't know how I feel. About you, about us.. I'm confused and need time to sort everything out.'' I nodded again. ''I understand.. If you decide you don't want to be my friend anymore.. I will understand that too....'' I felt tears forming. ''I told you! You are my friend. My very best friend. Look. Even if I don't have those kinds of feelings, that wouldn't change the fact that I still care for you.''

''So.. where do we go from here then?'' I asked him. ''Honestly, I would love it if we can just go back to the way things were. At least for now.'' I agreed and gave him a smile. ''Thank you for being such an amazing friend. You really are the best Craig.'' Now he was smiling back at me. After that we just sat there for a while talking about everything that happened and how everyone must have been part of it. We laughed about how it must have been Wendy's doing. I was feeling much better now. I wasn't sure what Craig was going to do, but at least he finally knew how I felt. And then she walked in.

We were laughing about something when Craig sat up in his chair and was looking past me. I turned around in my seat and saw a girl with bright red hair. She was only a little younger than us, but she was pretty and cute. I turned back to Craig and noticed his stare was fixed on her. He got up and started walking to the front of the store as she was walking out. I called to him. ''Craig..?'' He stopped and turned to me. ''I'm sorry Tweek.. I have to go.'' and with that, he left the store.