Without you (Creek Bunny Style)

Chapter 13. Welcome home

Craig POV
I was sitting with Tweek at the coffee shop talking about the things that had happened, then she walked in. I saw her walk in and she looked so familiar but I couldn't place where from at first. 'Where have I seen her before?' I thought to myself. I kept staring trying to think about everyone I knew with red hair, but when she turned I got a better look at her face. "I'm sorry Tweek... I have to go." I got up and rushed to catch up to her as she walked out of the coffee shop. "Tricia!" I yelled out. She stopped and turned to see who was calling her name. "Craig?" She looked at me and lit up like a Christmas tree. "Craig!" She walked up to me and wrapped her hands around me in a big hug. After she finally let go I flipped her off. She laughed and flipped me off back. "You haven't changed at all bro."

"Why would I? I'm too awesome to ever change." She giggled and punched me in the arm. "When did you get back in town anyways?" Tricia smiled at me. "Just this morning. I dropped off my bags and came to grab a coffee." I wondered why no one told me she was coming to visit. "Are you heading back to the house? Why don't I walk with you?" She nodded and we headed down the street. Tricia moved in with our grandmother on the coast so she could go to a bigger and better school 3 years ago. I've talked with her a little on the phone, but we mostly just text each other now and then.

"So why are you here anyways? Does your school not start as soon as ours?" She laughed at me. "They are year round there, remember?" I forgot she had mentioned that to me before. I didn't always pay attention to everything she told me. "But I'm actually moving back home. Didn't mom and dad tell you?" I looked at her for a moment while walking. "Didn't you like living in the city though? What happened?" She looked down at the ground while still walking. "It was amazing.. I loved it.. but.. I couldn't stay any longer." I stopped walking and stared at her. She stopped walking as well and had tears forming in her eyes. "What happened?" She let out a soft sigh and started looking off into the distance. "You wouldn't understand." I wasn't about to let it go, I wanted to know. "You have to give me more than that. Did you get kicked out of school or something?"
She whipped her head at me and yelled "YOU WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND!" then started walking away very quickly.
I felt very confused by her mood swing. She went from happy to sad to angry in less than a minute. I ran to catch up to her. "But what about your friends? Didn't you have lots of friends there?" She turned and looked at me, tears were streaming down her cheek. I wasn't sure what to do, I was never good with emotions and mostly tried to stay away from situations like this. "Umm... there there..." I said trying to comfort her. She looked at me and started laughing through the tears. "You are such a dork Craig."
"Shut up!" She just kept laughing while wiping away the tears. "Thanks bro, I needed that." I shrugged and we resumed walking again. I was still curious about why she was suddenly moving back home though. "You know you can trust me Tricia. Whatever happened, you will always be my little sister."
She stayed silent while we walked. I knew it wasn't going to be that easy to get her to tell me what happened. I decided to leave it alone for the time being. Maybe after we got home she would be more open to talking. I needed to cheer her up first. "So, are you excited to see all your old friends again? I'm sure everyone will be really happy to see you." She nodded. "I guess that'll be nice." She seemed a bit lost in thought. "And I'm sure they will all want to hear about living in the big city too." She looked at me with an eyebrow raised. "Ok, what are you doing?" I just shrugged at her. "Trying to take your mind off whatever is troubling you..?"

She looked a little annoyed and kept staring at me. "I'm just trying to be here for my little sister." She let out a huff in frustration. "Whatever.." she turned away from me and we continued down the street. We were walking by the park and stopped at a bench. Tricia sat down and took a sip of her coffee. I climbed on the bench and sat on the back of it. "What are you, five?" She said laughing lightly. I just flipped her off.

"So.. What did you do to get kicked out?" She whipped her head at me. "I didn't get kicked out!" I flipped her off. "Well, if you didn't DO anything, then what happened?"
Tricia took another sip of her coffee and let out a slow sigh. "Look, I'll tell you, but you have to promise you won't think any differently of me." I nodded at her. "Of course, you're my lil sis. I'll always think of you the same, small and annoying." She giggled a little then flipped me off.