Chapter 9

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TIME HOP BACK TO WEDNESDAY CRAIGS BIRTHDAY

"Where are you taking me" Craig asked looking back as he watched his dad drive off

"just be quiet" the nurse shushed him

He was pulled through corridors upon corridors of hospital wards before he reached what he thought was the end but instead the nurse opened a door on the end of the room and lead him down a long dark spiral staircase

The room had 4 beds all of which were empty

The room was brightly decorated and looked friendly but the atmosphere said otherwise

"Sit here she pointed"

"Why am I here"

"Because youre sick"

"Im not sick"

"Your father had this sickness and so did your grandfather. Its okay Craig" she smiled sweetly

"Im. Not. Sick!" Craig protested

"Show me your arm"

"No"
"Now" she said harshly

Craig reluctantly stuck out his right arm

She came over with a bowl of warm water and a rag as she wiped his arm to reveal his soulmate mark

"Do you know a Tweek?" she asked

"No" Craig lied

"Tweek? Huh? That's an unusual name. Could be a boy or a girl" she looked confused

"What sickness do I have? What about my dad?" Craig asked

"Your soulmate mark doesn't match you" She said

"What? It can't be wrong" Craig asked confused

"Sometimes they mark on the outside doesn't fit how we feel on the inside" she smiled

"What about my dad what happened"

"When your dad was your age, he had the wrong soulmate mark I think it said Jimbo if I remember correctly so his father sent him here where we will change your soulmate mark so you will be happy"

"But I am happy" Craig looked scared

"Your father said you were straight"

"I am! I mean... I think I am"

"So why do you potentially have a boys name on your arm?"

"Cos he's my soulmate" Craig was beginning to hear how ridiculous he sounded. He couldn't be straight if his soulmate were Tweek and he wanted it to be Tweek... He was gay...

"Don't be silly. You're just in denial" She started fiddling with the contents of the trolley 

"Please stop, i love him and all this shit will ever stop that" Craig felt like he had no control over what he said

"Whats that for" Craig looked terrified

"We will do some research into a Tweek and we will contact your parents for the next steps in fixing this mark"

"I don't want it cha..." he passed out mid-sentence

Its Sunday

"Hello?" Craig called out hoping this all to be a bad dream

There was no reply

He looked down to see he was in one of the 4 hospital beds

He had been changed and tucked up to his neck with drips coming out each arm

He looked over to the clock

"It's Sunday" craig said quietly, he felt like he was going to vomit. He had been asleep for 4 days

"Good afternoon" he heard a voice come from the stair case

"Take these pills" he handed him 3 pills

"Why what for" they will help with the mark change

"I've told you I don't want it changed, please!" Craig begged

"Just take the fucking pills" She scowled

Craig had nowhere to run so he done as he was told

Its Wednesday

Craig woke up again looking at the clock

"ITS FUCKING WEDNESDAY" Craig shouted but to no response

The room was empty aside from him

Craig pulled all the drips and IV's from his arm and began to look around

Behind the desk where the nurse usually sat there was a small door

Small enough for craig to crawl through he looked through the tunnel

He crawled to the end to see a door

Excited he tried to open it only to discover the only handle was on the other side from looking through the key hole

He also saw a sign that said 'Ward K back entrance'

He crawled back out and closed the door to the tunnel

He began snooping around the nurses' station where he found his things including his phone

That's when he heard footsteps

He ran back to his bed and lay down

"Hey Craig? Are you awake?" The voice called coming down the stairs

There were 2 nurses

The one from before and another one a tall thin blond lady

"You're not supposed to be awake yet" The blond lady said

"Why are all your drips out?" The other nurse asked

"I don't know" Craig lied

"Lindsay can you re-administer the anaesthetic" The dark-haired nurse said to the blond

"Please stop this" Craig said before the pain of the needle entering his spine knocked him out

Its Friday

When Craig woke again he was in the bed only this time beside the bed a trolley filled with surgical gear sat next to him

"Anyone here" craig quietly called out as he looked around the room... no one was here

It was 11:55pm

"5 minutes til Tweeks birthday" Craig thought back to the morning of his own when he was worried Tweek wouldn't have him as his soulmate... that was about to be pointless cos Craig wouldn't have Tweek as his soulmate very much longer.

Craig stood up slowly from his bed and walked over to the nurses station

The bag with his things were missing

"Shit" Craig whispered

He did however find a bag with the name label "Bradley"

Next to it was a chart it said Bradley was in surgery to have his mark fixed

"Poor Bradley" Craig whispered but he didn't stop for long as he knew that soon he would be the new Bradley

He opened the phone and texted Tweek

Craig had memorised Tweeks number from staring at it so long

Craig text Tweek with a sense of urgency

He prayed Tweek would see this and come save him.

He prayed he and Tweek could finally just be soul mates

It was 00:00

"Either he is or he isn't" Craig whispered wishing Tweek a happy birthday quietly as he waited by the tunnel door

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