Craig had always been emotionless, so it was no surprise that when he was asleep that there was nothing but a straight face there. Clyde on the other hand was over - emotional, maybe that`s why they were friends, because Clyde had enough emotion for the both of them. Tears were falling out of the brunette`s eyes as he stood there, staring at his friend.

"No ! Craig ! Don`t do this ! Wake up ! Please . . ." Clyde begged, getting on his knees beside his friends bed, weeping into the cloth that Craig lay on. He couldn`t leave Clyde, no . . . Craig couldn`t be gone ! He just . . . Couldn`t. There was so much for the raven haired to live for still, Craig needed to get his braces off and show the world his smile. He needed to find love, he needed to be happy again, but he couldn`t do that all asleep !

"WAKE UP, CRAIG !" Clyde yelled pushing his friend. That`s when the doctor came it,

"Could you be quiet ? They`re patients who are trying to sleep !" The Doctor scolded, only to get a sad look from Clyde,

"He . . . Won`t wake up." As if on cue, Craig`s parents came it,

"What ?" The Doctor asked, his eyes wide as he rushed to Craig's side. Clyde refused to move, He sat there staring at his friend`s sleeping body, what was wrong with him ? Why wouldn`t the raven wake up ?

"Your son . . . He`s . . . In an coma." The Doctor stated staring at Mr & Mrs Tucker, Mr. Tucker showing no emotion while Mrs. Tucker was on a verge of crying

"Well he be okay ?" Mrs. Tucker said, her voice cracking

"Perhaps." The Doctor stated simply.

"We still have Ruby hun," Mr. Tucker said rubbing his wifes back.

"I want my little boy ! I want my guinea pig !" Mrs. Tucker cried out, calling Craig his infamous nickname.

"And you`ll have him again," Mr. Tucker reassured his wife.

"Yes, hopefully." The Doctor stated. Without caring who was there, Clyde allowed more tears fall from his eyes,

"Come back Craig . . ." Clyde muttered.

Two years had passed, it was now the summer before grade twelve, and Craig was still in his hospital bed. Everyday for the two years, Clyde had come to Craig`s side and chatted with the raven as if he were awake, as if he could hear.

"Bebe and I broke up again today, I think she`s getting upset that I spend all my time with you." The boy said as he sat down,

"But she should know, your like my best friend ! Were kinda inseparable right ? She`s gotta know that your at the top of my list with her, your both number one ! She can chill with Wendy anyways, I mean it`s not like Wendy ever cared when Stan was always with Kyle." Clyde continued, as he leaned back in the chair.

"But then again, Wendy and Stan were never really a model couple. I always knew Stan was gay, but really he should have told Wendy first not kiss Kyle right in front of everyone !" Clyde chuckled out, oh the things Craig missed. Stan and Kyle were now a couple, Wendy wasn`t all that please when he kissed Kyle right in front of everyone, making her look like a fool but hell, at least Stan had the guts.

"Ya ' know, apparently Red had like a huge crush on you, she like cried a river when she found out you were in an coma." The boy snorted, anger laced in his words, no one could feel as hurt as he was, nobody would know how much pain Clyde felt right now.

"But that doesn`t matter since she`s dating Bridon." The brunette added crossing his legs, blinking when someone came into the room.

"Hey Clyde," Clyde`s eyes widened a bit, why would he be here ?

"Kyle ?" The brunette said out - loud his eyes looking over the jew

"Yeah," Kyle said shrugging as he entered, followed by Kenny, Cartman and Stan. Why the hell were they here ? Not that Clyde had anything against them, in fact he viewed them as friends but Craig did not.

"Why are you guys here ?" Clyde asked blinking his blue eyes,

"Kenny wanted to see Craig." Stan stated simply as he held his boyfriends hand.

"And He wanted us to come too." Kyle added, as Kenny walked over to the raven laying in the bed.

"Why ?" Clyde asked looking at the boy in the orange parka. It was weird how that thing still manged to fit Kenny, but then again Kenny wasn`t the biggest or fattest kid in the school.

"Why not ?" Kenny stated simply, his blue eyes on Craig.

"You guys aren`t exactly Craig favorite people . . ." Clyde muttered, not really caring anymore. Kenny shrugged and walked over to the bed, poking Craig`s cheek, the blonde had a grin on his face.

"You idiot Craig, don`t you know there`s people that care about you ? That maybe ending it that day would have been to soon ?" Kenny whispered, Clyde only heard because he was right there.

"Satan said He wasn`t going to take your life just yet, you still have awhile to go before your due. Damien said that Satan was lying, and you had a long time to live." Kenny said softly, playing with the ear flaps of Craig`s hat. With that Kenny turned and walked away with Kyle, Stan and Cartman following behind him. Was Kenny really talking to Craig ? Or was He trying to reassure Clyde ?

"Hear that Craig ? You must have been able to hear something . . ." Clyde muttered as he watched the heart thingy that showed that Craig was still alive, still here . . .

A week had gone by since then, and Clyde still went to Craig everyday, now determined as ever since there was hope that Craig would wake up. Finally on August sixteenth something that felt like a miracle happened, Craig Tucker opened up his eyes.

"Craig ? Craig your awake !" Clyde exclaimed, pure happiness on his face.

"Cl . . . Clyde ?" Craig rasped, it hurt the raven`s throat to speak.

"Your alive !" Clyde said, wrapping his arms around his friends frail body.

"I`m . . . alive." Craig groaned before falling asleep again. Tears ran down Clyde cheeks, Craig was alive ! Craig was okay !

Craig had come back.