"Excuse me?" asks Dougie.
"You heard me," says Craig clicking his tongue as he tilts his head. Dougie frowns glaring at Craig. He is still but only for a moment before poking me.
"You think you can intimidate me," he says sneers at Craig. Craig walks up quickly snatching Dougie up by his collar. "Arrrghhh…"
"What the fuck was that!" barks Craig in Dougie's face. I hear the front door open and I see my dad and my mom walking onto the porch.
"What is going on out here?" asked dad. "You!" Craig releases Dougie causing him to stumble.
"You know this guy?" asked Dougie looking at my dad. "He just threatened me!"
"I didn't threaten you yet," hisses Craig with his fist balled up.
"What…." says mom.
"He didn't threaten him," I reply. "I…I was trying to tell Dougie I'm not interested. He got all aggressive."
"No I didn't!" exclaims Dougie. He is full of it. I have never felt so pressured in my life.
"It doesn't matter," I reply looking at him. "I don't want to date you. I have a boyfriend already."
"You do?" questions mom. "Why didn't you tell us?" I begin twitching when Craig grabs my hand.
"Hey….." he says softly. "You're doing great okay." I nod my head at his encouragement.
"You're not dating my son," says dad walking towards us.
"I am dating your son," says Craig. Well so much for me telling them. "We have been dating for over a year." The shock on my parent's face is easy to read.
"Honey why didn't you tell us?" asked mom.
"I…."
"You're not dating him!" exclaimed dad pointing a finger at Craig. Mom is grabbing at dad's arm. "You're no good for him! You just distract him!"
"Dad I love him!" I exclaim. "You….you can't stop us from being together!"
"Doesn't matter," says my dad as Dougie is looking confused. "Let's see how this long distant relationship goes for you."
"We live together," says Craig digging in the knife. Dougie covers his mouth.
"Wow…" he says. "I know my dad is suppose to pick me up but maybe I should leave." I'm wondering why is he even still here.
"You're lying!" yells dad. I see some neighbors pulling back their curtains wondering what is going on. Dad looks at me and I begin to shake from the embarrassment. "Tweek…"
"Dad I love him," I repeated softly. Dad scoffs throwing his hands up.
"I can't believe this," he replies. "You know what….you're fired!"
"Honey!" exclaims mom.
"What!" I cry close to tears. Fired? He can't be serious. As I look at his face turning red I know he is. "You're firing me over who I choose to date!"
"I'm firing you for being tardy on more than one occasion," explains dad. "I wonder why you were really late now." He narrows his eyes at Craig.
"I told you I was stuck in traffic!" I exclaim. "Gahh….." I start shaking and crying trying to get the tears to stop.
"I can't believe you….." says Craig looking at my dad. "You have any idea how much Tweek cares about your shop, your business."
"You don't know a damn thing," hisses dad looking like he wants to fight Craig. I'm so angry, you know what, fuck it.
"C-craig…."I choke out through soba. "Will you marry me?" I know this came out very messy but I want to marry him. I love Craig so much sometimes I think he doubts how much I do. Craig's mouth drops open in surprise. He recovers quickly but I know him well enough to know he is stunned.
"Yes," he replies.
"No!" screams my father. I sniffle as I take my house key off the ring throwing it at my father.
"I don't want anything from you ever again," I cry. I completely break down crying again. "M-my husband can take care of me since nothing I ever do is good enough." I begin twitching and Craig leads me to his car as my father is screaming in complete anger I can't even understand what he is saying. Once in the car, I'm crying so hard I can't even see. I can't believe my father fired me, fired me over dating Craig. I feel Craig holding my hand as he drives us home. I end up crying myself to sleep. I awake feeling warm and cozy. I nuzzle my face into the warmth recognizing the scent of out comforter. Craig's voice is what catches my attention but I keep my eyes closed.
"It was so bad," says Craig.
"Man," says Clyde. "I knew his dad would be upset but I didn't want it to be that bad."
"I mean god I have never seen Tweek this upset," says Craig. "I mean the twitching was horrible, worse than usual. I'm glad he fell asleep on the drive here."
"I see," says Clyde. "Are you going to marry him?"
"I would love to marry Tweek," says Craig. "I'm sure he is just asking me that in front of his dad to piss him off. It's something I would totally do." In this case, I meant it, I meant what I said. I want to marry him, I love him. Going on that date with Dougie let me know for sure no one is made for me, just Craig. "Can you and Token do me a favor? Drive and go get Tweek's car, please. I would do it but I'm afraid his dad might call the cops on me for the hell of it."
"Not a problem," replies Clyde. I can hear Craig moving within our room. "I will have it back here in two hours."
"Thanks, man," says Craig. "God I hope he will be okay." I begin to twitch as I remember what happened tonight.
"Shit…," says Clyde. "Is that normal? Is he having a bad dream?"
"I don't know," says Craig getting closer. "Tweek…." He touches my cheek with me opening my eyes.
"Craig…,"I say slowly. I sniffle because I feel like I'm going to cry again. "I want to marry you for real." Craig starts to blush.
"Whoa….." says Clyde. I pull Craig towards me kissing him. I slide my hand up his back pushing his shirt up. I continue to kiss Craig beginning to pant into his mouth. "Well, I will just uh….excuse myself."
"Tweek…..haaa….." mutters Craig against my lips. I pull out of the kiss looking at him as I go for his pants. I unbutton them looking at Craig not wanting to lose that eye contact. Craig leans his forehead against mine looking at me before kissing me. I'm panting hard but I know what I have to do.
"Craig, let's go to Vegas," I say slowly. Craig shifts so he can see my face. He slowly begins to smile.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" he asks. "I mean we are young….and I mean anything can happen….."
"I don't want anyone else," I reply. "I want you…..are…are you saying you don't want me?"
"No, of course not!" exclaims Craig. "I mean if we love each other does it really matter if we get married now or 3 years from now." I snuggle my head into his shoulder.
"I want to get married now….." I mutter. "I want everyone to know we're soulmates and our bond is permanent." Craig presses his nose into my hair.
"Okay," says Craig. "We can leave in the morning."
"Really?" I ask pulling away to look at him. Craig nods yes and I see how emotional he is. I hug him so glad he does want to marry me. For a minute I thought he was going to push me away. I love him so much. I really wish my dad would see that.