A WEEK LATER
I can't believe this. I'm going on a date with someone a year younger than me even though I have a damn boyfriend. Well, they don't know that. This week went by fast no joke. I get more nervous as I look in the mirror at myself still not believing this is even happening. I look at myself over once more and I can see the stress weighing heavy in my eyes.
"Hey," says Craig sitting on the bed watching TV. Stripe is in his cage doing something….eating….shit I don't know. Craig looks at me noticing I'm shaking. "Nervous?"
"I-I don't want to talk about it…" I mutter. Craig gets out of the bed walking over to me.
"Babe, it's going to be okay," he asked rubbing my shoulders. "My god you're twitching already." Craig pulls me into a tight hug. A small sob escapes me because I really don't want to do this. I feel like my parents are pimping me out in some kind of way.
"I really don't like you doing this," mutters Craig. "I know you just want to make your parents happy though…." I sigh heavily. It's getting harder and harder to please them. It was fine when it came it to school, the shop but my love life…..that should be off limits.
"I know babe," I reply pulling away. "I don't want to go out with Dougie either. To me the whole thing is weird. Like why are his parents so worried about him dating?" I look in the mirror try to correct this one stray hair.
"You need to tell your parents you're with someone," Craig reminds me. "I was okay hiding until you were ready but them setting you up on dates, I'm not okay with that." I turn around looking at Craig.
"I'm not okay with it either," I reply. I twitch a little as I try to think of a way to talk to my parents about this. Craig gets up walking over to me kissing my forehead before pulling me in for a hug.
"I'm sorry," he apologizes softly. "I just wanted to let you know how I felt. Relax okay." I nod my head into his shoulder. "What are you guys doing?"
"Movies and dinner," I mumble into his shoulder before pulling away. "I didn't even want to do dinner. I don't even want to talk to him. I want as little conversation as possible." Craig chuckles before kissing my cheek.
"Red Robin?" he asks. I nod yes.
"Yeah," I reply. "His dad is coming to my parents' house to pick him off and pick him up. Gah, this is so fucking weird." Craig nods in agreement.
"Talk to your folks when you're ready but on your own time," he replies. "Stripe and I will just sit here watching TV, pigging out." I chuckle at the visual. "Let me walk you to the door." Craig laces his fingers with mine as we walk to the front door. I don't want to leave him, I don't want to do this. I lay my head on his shoulder as we get to the front door.
"I love you," I tell him.
"I love you too," says Craig lifting my face towards his kissing me. I sigh into the kiss feeling warm all over. I deepen the kiss opening my mouth slightly. Craig groans as he slides his tongue inside while grabbing my ass.
"Uggghh…..you trying to get in trouble…" I mutter against his lips.
"No, I'm not," mutter Craig against my lips. He begins to kiss me once more. This kiss is very emotionally and almost bringing me to tears.
"You're helping me more than you know," I whisper to him. I kiss Craig once more before finally dragging myself out the door. I haven't seen Dougie since I was in school which was 4 months ago. I'm sure he hasn't changed. I drive to my parents' house where we are meeting up. I hope they know this relationship is going nowhere. Dougie is too far and he is not my type at all. Granted Craig didn't seem like my type but he is so sweet.
I arrive at the house in 38 minutes because there is no traffic. God, I was suppose to spending the weekend with Craig and now I'm going on this stupid date. I see Dougie standing on the porch talking to my dad, oh great. I pull up in the driveway turning off my car. I get out trying to calm my nerves as I started to twitch slightly.
"Tweek!" greets dad. "How was the drive?"
"Long," I lie. Dad chuckles.
"I'm sure you remember Dougie," he says gesturing his hand towards Dougie.
"Hey," smiles Dougie waving. He has his curly red hair hitting his shoulders. He is wearing glasses but they actually fit his face. I notice he is wearing an anime shirt. I don't recognize it as I'm not heavily into anime as Craig is. His jeans are destroyed to the gods with his sneakers extremely dirty. God, did he even try to look nice?
"Hi," I say softly. Dougie smiles at me and I notice my dad is grinning too. Gah so fucking weird. "Where is mom?"
"She is inside," replied dad. "You can talk to her when you get back. You boys have a great time. Remember to have Dougie back here right after the movie and dinner. He does have a curfew," Of course he does, he is still in fucking high school. "Go on now…." My dad starts to motion towards my car. I just start walking in that direction with Dougie close behind.
"I think it is so cool you have your own car," he replies.
"It's a lot of work," I reply. I brought my car used. Lucky for me Kenny was will to work on it for cheap because I could not afford the new transmission the car needed when I purchased it. I also had to change the brake pads. I shouldn't need to do anything major for a little while longer. We get comfortable in the car.
"So you excited to see Avengers Infinity War?" asked Dougie.
"Um not really," I reply. "I usually don't like to see those kinds of movies when they first come out."
"Really?" asked Dougie. "Like seriously! Yeah, this one is suppose to up the game and tie in a lot more pieces. I'm really digging this whole marvel universe. Now if only DC would step their game up."
"Wonder Women was great," I reply glancing at him.
"I didn't say it wasn't," chuckled Dougie. "Wonder Women is the only thing they got right. Superman isn't so bad but Batman, come on, how do you fuck up Batman." I glance at Dougie before focusing back on the road. I can tell he is really into comic books as he starts going into details I know nothing about. We arrive at the theater and I purchases our tickets online ahead of time. Thank god I did because it is packed in there. "Where are we sitting?"
"I got middle seats," I replied handing him his ticket.
"Ahhh," he says. "I guess your dad didn't tell you I need to be in the back row. My glasses make it hard for me to be up close."
"Gah…sorry," I apologize. "He didn't tell me." Dougie pats my back with me jerking away from him.
"Sorry," he says. "I just wanted to let you know it's okay. Since it is the middle row maybe I can avoid a headache." We hand over our tickets entering the theater going to our assigned seats. I sit down not liking the idea of being so close to Dougie. I'm twitching slightly because of being this close to him. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine," I reply. "Um did you want any refreshments?"
"No, since we're going to eat afterward," smiles Dougie. He makes light chat before the movie starts. The movie is so loud during the action scenes. I felt like my ears were going to explode. Dougie likes to talk during the movie saying out loud what he likes and doesn't like. He had people looking at us which I hated. I'm glad when the movie is over. I was so ready to get out of there. We get outside the theater and Dougie grabs my hand. I snatch my hand away from him. Dougie was about to say something when someone calls out to him.
"Dougie!" I look towards the voice seeing Butters waving as he walks over.
"Hey Leo," says Dougie. "Tell me you just saw that!"
"Of course, I did!" exclaims Butters. "Hey Tweak, I didn't know you wanted to see this movie."
"I did just not right away," I explain.
"So what are you fellas up to?" asked Butters.
"We're on a date," says Dougie proudly. "We are about to go get something to eat." Butters gives me this look. He knows all about Craig and is probably confused.
"Jolly….." says Butters. "I don't want to interrupt your date. You guys go ahead and continue having fun. I will see you Tuesday Tweek."
"Okay….." I mutter. Butters looks a little worried.
"Tweek, you know you can text me anytime right?" he asks.
"Yes!" I hiss at him. I'm not cheating on Craig is what I really want to shout at him. Butters is not aware that my parents don't know Craig and I aren't dating. I just politely told him to not bring up Craig at work as it is work and not a time to socialize. He went it and never asked about Craig at work. I don't see him too much outside of work. Butters nods and scurry away. I sigh pulling out my car keys.
"Whoa….." says Dougie. "Is it just me or was that like intense or something?"
"It wasn't," I replied making my way to the car. "Hope you're hungry."
"I am," chuckles Dougie. "I didn't have lunch today."
"You didn't?" I ask as we walk towards my car.
"Nope," he replied. "I wanted to make sure I was good and hungry. Haven't had anything to eat since 11 this morning."
"That's a long time," I note. "That's not healthy."
"I do it all the time," shrugs Dougie. We arrive at my car, I unlock the doors getting inside taking several deep breaths. It's going to be okay. This is almost over. Just need to get through dinner. "What did you think of the movie?"
"It was okay," I replied. "I wish the action scenes weren't so loud."
"Are you kidding me!" exclaims Dougie. "That was the best part. I love when the theater is loud. You can't get that at home no matter how hard one may try." Dougie goes on to explain how he set up surround sound in his room but his parents complained about how loud it was. He got rid of them to invested in the soundbar. I'm glad he is doing all the talking and I don't have to say much. We pull up to the Red Robin. I don't even care to eat because I'm ready to go home.
The server puts us at a table which I would prefer a booth but this is fine. Dougie sits down across from me smiling. He looks so happy.
"So how is life out of high school?" he asks.
"It's okay," I shrug grabbing the menu.
"Really, I can't wait to be out of school," says Dougie. "I'm in the process of trying to look for a job and trying to figure out what I want to go to school for. Not sure what I want to do yet."
"It can be hard figuring that out," I replied looking at him. Dougie talks more about his interests as he looks over the menu. I already know what I'm getting. The server finally arrives and we place our order. I feel like I am being stared at intensely. I look up from the table with Dougie smirking at me.
"Have you not dated a whole lot?" he asks.
"What?" I reply. "Why are you asking me that?"
"You just seem really nervous," says Dougie leaning forward. "I mean you flinch whenever I touch you." I hold in a growl.
"N-no offense Dougie," I say slowly trying to make sure this doesn't come off rude. "I don't like to be touched by anyone. I barely want my parents to touch me."
"Man, that sucks," says Dougie. "I clearly remember your ex bragging how good you were at giving head." I almost want to get up and walk out right now. Are you fucking serious? He is not only bringing up rumors but my ex as well? Well, it is true that I suck a mean dick but still, it gives Dougie no right to bring that up.
"You really shouldn't listen to others," I reply. "So why are you still single that I had to take you out on this date." Take that!
"Not many people can handle me," smirks Dougie. "My dad thought we went together. I have to say he might the choice." I almost vomit in my mouth. Not going to happen. I excuse myself because I'm starting to twitch. I get to the bathroom pulling out my phone seeing Craig text me.
Craig: How are you?
He sent this text an hour and a half ago. I was still in the movie when he sent this.
Tweek: It's awful. I'm glad this is almost over. I'm telling Dougie that this is not going to work. I really don't like him at all
I sighed trying to get my nerves to calm down. I finally recover in time to head back out to our table. I'm super glad to see the food arrive. I can see Dougie is already eating. Wow, he didn't even wait for me.
"About time," he states with a mouth full. "I thought I was going to have to go look for you."
"No….."I reply. Had he went into the bathroom looking for me I probably would have lost my shit. I only manage to eat a small amount of my meal. Dougie wants dessert so I still can't leave yet. He takes his sweet time eating it too. He is finally done and I literally speed back to the house. I pull into the driveway putting the car in park getting out quickly.
"I had a great time tonight Tweek," smiles Dougie. Time to let the little guy down.
"Um yeah," I reply. "Look, Dougie, you are…." Dougie aggressively wraps his arms around my neck kissing me but I push him away hard causing him to stumble. "Gahhh, what the hell is wrong with you!"
"What?" asked Dougie puzzled. "I was just trying to end the night right."
"You don't….."I try to focus through my twitching. "You don't just kiss someone like that!" Dougie walks closer to me and I back up until I hit my car. I begin to shake as he gets closer.
"Tweek….." he says softly. "You don't have to be so afraid of me." He reaches out to grab me and I whimper in fear.
"Don't you fucking touch him," My heart is so happy knowing damn well he shouldn't be here. I look towards Craig who is standing on the sidewalk with his hands in his pockets.