Okay, I'm going to TRY to write all of this in only 2 POV's. Let's see how that goes! (I'm a little bit anxious. I've written Tweek, Stan, and Kenny all before for fun and mindless free-writing, but never Craig, who will have a POV in this.)
(Also, I know its shorter than normal and maybe a bit rough, but I wanted to get this out now because the next week is gonna be a bit crazy and I won't have much time to write.)
There's, um, gonna be a few clichés in this, so bare with me here.
"Did you hear, Kaylen actually asked Christophe to the dance!"
"NO! She can't do that!"
"Yeah! You can't ask a guy to the dance! Oh my god, I can't believe she did that…"
Well, I guess Kaylen finally did it. Thank god, she was actually really annoying for the past week, talking about how to ask him out during football practice.
I pass the cheerleaders on the way to my lunch table. Don't they have anything better to talk about besides the dance? I've had offers, but I've turned them all down. Dance shmance, I have no intention of going with any girl in this school. Actually, I have no intention of going at all. It seems like all anyone can talk about now is the dance, even my friends.
"Aw man Kaylen, come on, you can't get a date before me!" Clyde complained as I sat down next to Robyn and Tweek.
"Well I did, so deal with it." Kaylen replied smugly as she took a bite of her sandwich. Clyde crosses his arms and glares at Kaylen.
"Aren't you a Senior? I thought this dance was for Junior's only." My nasally, dull voice inquires.
"Well, technically it's for both grades, but usually it's just Juniors." Kaylen sais, taking a swing of water to wash down her sandwich.
"Whatever, glad you're going. Congratulations Kaylen!" Token exclaims, lightly slapping Kaylen's back.
"Thanks Token." She sais with a smile. "Who are you taking?"
"Token doesn't have a date" Clyde responds quickly.
"Yes I do." Token sais.
"WHAT? Since when?"
"Since I asked Red last Saturday. We went on a date to the movies."
"Ahaha nice Token! Way to show up Clyde." Sandy exclaims while taking a drink of her cranberry juice. Sandy is a year or two younger than us, but sometimes I think she's more cunning and smart than most of us put together. Yeah, I don't cross her.
"I think it's wonderful, congrats!" Robyn sais as she sweeps her black bangs up and pins them with a bobby pin. Robyn, unlike Sandy, I really like. She can be childish sometimes, but we both like everything to stay normal and we both hate when things get weird. This makes me wonder why neither of us has gotten the hell out of here yet, especially since she's hypothermic. What the hell were her parents thinking?
"You know what, whatever man. I can get any girl I want anyway." Clyde leans back in his chair and surveys the girls in the cafeteria.
*pfffft* I snort and take a bite of my sandwich.
"GAH! W-what is it, Craig?" I turn to my right and find two crazy coffee brown eyes staring back at me. He looks so confused and worried, I almost smile; almost.
"I think he's confusing himself with Kenny." I respond in a bored tone of voice, loud enough for the whole table to hear. "He couldn't get a girl if he tried."
"Wanna bet?" Craig gets up and slams the table with his hands in anger and glares at me. Out of the corner of my eye, I can see Sandy's eyes light up next to him.
"Sure, why not. There's no way you can win anyway." I get up and grab his hand like I'm shaking it. "I'll pick a girl in the lunchroom that you have to ask. If I win and she says no, you have to announce over the loudspeaker tomorrow morning that you failed to ask a girl to the dance." I could see a glimmer of worry in his eyes, but it disappeared as soon as it came."
"Alright, fine. And if I win, you have to go to the dance and stay the whole night." Ugh, I should have seen that coming. Oh well, can't back out now.
"Deal." We shake hands to seal it. I scan the room, looking for the first unsociable-looking girl I can find. "Her." I point to the girl sitting at the table two away from ours. She's surrounded by a bunch of talking girls but she's the only one with her head down. I think she's drawing…
"Ciel?" Craig looks a bit nervous.
"Yup, her. Go for it dude." I take my seat at the table; my work here is done. Clyde rolls his shoulders back and puts on his 'girls can't resist this' face.
"Time to eat your words, Craig." Clyde sais with a twinge of nervousness in his voice and he makes his way over to Ciel.
"Do you think she'll say yes?" Nick whispers to Token. Nick is an okay dude, when he's not being all super gay and all. Although, I gotta admit, being one of the only openly gay guys in a school full of rednecks has gotta be hard. Especially since he's about as small as Tweek.
A wave of anger shoots through my body as I involuntarily imagine Tweek getting bullied, which happens mostly when I'm not with him. At least Nick can fight back; Tweek is helpless. I'm pretty sure I might start blushing if I think about myself coming to Tweek's rescue, so let's not think about that overly happy look Tweek gives me when I fight for him and how worried he gets afterword about me if I get hurt…Aw crap.
"Naw, probably not." Token responds as I hide my probably-red face by stuffing it with food.
"I hope she says yes, it would be wonderful if we all got dates." Alice sais to no one in particular, pulling her short black curls out of her eyes and wiping a few crumbs off her 'Rise Against' T-shirt. Alice is a little bit awkward at times, but one of the most happy and selfless people I know. That being said, it makes me wonder why she would go to the dance with one of the Goths. I think it was the one with red hair…Although her brother is a Goth, so maybe she knows some totally not-gothic side of them that we don't.
"Pay up Craig, she said yes." A voice from behind me sais, throwing me out of my thoughts. I turn around to find two very smug hazel eyes smirking down at me. Oh fuck, she didn't.
"Did she really Clyde? You're not just shitting us, are you?" Kaylen replies skeptically.
"Nope, she said yes. Look for yourself." Sure enough, Ciel was twisting a strand of black hair around her finger, blushing as her one friend happily exclaims something towards her.
"And now Craggy here has to go to the dance with us!" Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck. I turn around and flip him off, not showing my anger and desperation for him to be lying.
"Now we're all going to the dance, right?" Sandy asks us all.
"Yes, I think so." Token responds, "I'm going with Red, Clyde's going with Ciel, Kaylen is going with Christophe, Alice is going with a Goth, and Robyn is going with Tweek."
What? Robyn's going with who? I glance over at Robyn, giving her a confused look with my eyes. Being the only person I actually trust and talk to, she knows how I…feel about Tweek. Not that I would have asked him to the dance or anything, but still.
"We're going as friends; you should come with us Craig!"
"GAH TOO MUCH PRESSURE"
"The three of us can go together." Robyn gives me a smile, ignoring Tweek's outburst.
"But that leaves Sandy and Nick without dates." Alice points out quietly.
"It's cool," Nick sais with sad eyes, "The guy I wanted to ask is taken anyway."
"And it would be kinda pointless for me to have a date. I'm going to be at the refreshments table all night, serving people food and making sure nobody does something mean like spike the kool-aid." Sandy tells us with innocent eyes.
Note to self: Don't drink the kool-aid.
"Well then, we're all set." Token sais in a final tone of voice. "I think, since we usually do movie night on a Friday, that we do it Thursday this week instead."
"My parents shouldn't have a problem with that." I respond. Movie night was to be held at my house this week.
"You guys should bring your dates, I want to meet them!" Sandy exclaimed excitedly.
"No." I respond. I don't want any more random people in my house than there has to be. Token gives me an 'I'm in charge here' look and sais;
"Actually, I think it's a great idea, since we'll probably be moving as a group during the dance anyway."
"C-can I bring the new girl?" Tweek asks me nervously.
"Who?" I respond.
"GAH OH GOD NEVER MIND" He throws his coffee thermos in the air, which would have covered everyone in coffee if it has not been emptied into Tweek seconds ago. He cowers and begins to pull at his hair. I sigh and pry his hands off. If he wants to bring some new girl, fine. It's not like I can say no to him anyway…
"Yeah, whatever Tweek, you can bring her."
Then Clyde speaks the unspoken question we're all asking in our heads.
"What new girl? Is she hot?" Okay, maybe we weren't all thinking the last part.
"She c-came into the coffee shop S-Saturday…she seems r-really nice…" Tweek bites down on his already bit-up lips. So different than everyone else's smooth lips. I wonder what they feel like…
"Well, where is she?" Clyde frantically searches the cafeteria for a new face.
"GAH! Over there!" Tweek frantically points towards the same table I pointed to earlier to pick Clyde's date.
"The one in the black hoddie? Her hair looks like Juliet's, only a bit darker." Token states.
"Hmmm, not bad…" Clyde starts his hand under his chin like he's stroking some kind of beard only visible to him. "Her nose is a bit big, and her skin could be clearer, but her eyes are huge…"
"Jezz Clyde, she's not some kind of action figure on display for you to admire." Kaylen punches Clyde in the shoulder.
"Hey! You're lucky I don't punch girls." Clyde snaps back at her.
"Ha! I could take you anytime, anywhere."
"Oh yeah?"
"Fuck yeah!"
My attention turns away from Clyde and Kaylen as they discuss the details of their fight and towards the spastic blonde sitting next to me.
"Well?" I ask him. "Go invite her."
"OH JESUS THAT'S WAY TOO MUCH PRESSURE! What if she's actually an alien ready to dissect me? I DON'T WANT TO BE DISSECTED!"
"Calm down Tweek." I put my hands on his shoulders and turn him towards me. "You wanted to invite her in the first place, I'm pretty sure she's not an alien."
"Nngg…H-how can you be so sure?"
"Because I am." I give Tweek a small smile I'm sure only he can see. I might have imagined it, but I swear I saw a bit of red dance across his cheeks.
"What are you guys waiting for? Go ask her!" Robyn glares at us. I flip her off and get up, dragging Tweek with me.
"AH!" He exclaims as I suddenly pull him up. Let's just get this over with. I give Tweek another reassuring small smile and begin to walk towards the new girl's table with him.
OKAY POV CHANGE NAO
"Wanna go to the dance with me?"
…What? Did Clyde just ask ME to the dance? I can feel the pocky I was eating fall out of my mouth as my jaw dropped like an idiot. Get yourself together Ciel! This is NO time to look like an idiot.
"I-I dunno, do I?" I respond with a bit of flirt in my voice, trying to save my cool. "Why don't you tell me?"
"Well in that case," Clyde leans on the pole next to my seat, "You should be ready to go Friday at 7."
"Well in that case, I will be." I mimicked Clyde's smug look. He gave me a wink and walked back to his table. I turn around towards my friends and see everyone's awe-struck faces.
"What just happened?" I ask, still a bit shocked from the sudden proposal.
"Your crush just asked you to the dance, that's what happened!" Alyssa sais with a cheer. I look down and smile, twirling a piece of my hair around my finger.
"Congratulations." I look over where the voice came from and smile. Allie seems really nice so far; Juliet made the right choice asking her to sit with us.
"I'm so exited for you! Now, if I could just ask Kenny…" I could hear Cherry's scheming voice from my right.
"Too late Minnie, Kenny already asked Bonnie." Juliet responds in a sad voice. Out of the corner of my eye I see Alyssa put a comforting hand on her shoulder and smile.
"Oh no! Great, NOW who am I going to take?" Cherry exclaimed, throwing her hands up dramatically.
"How about we go together?" Juliet asks Cherry.
"Aaawww, are you asking me to the dance?" Cherry smiles sarcastically.
"Well, unless you wanna go dateless…" Juliet starts.
"Nonono, I'm sure you'll make a fine 'date'" Cherry replies quickly with a smile.
"Hey! What about me? I can go with you guys too, right?" Alyssa asks.
"Of course, but I thought you would be going with Ji-OW!" Cherry shrieks when Juliet kicks her from under the table. Alyssa's blue and green eyes flash with anger and sadness while Allie's grey ones just stare in curiosity. I think it's a bit silly to worry so much about a date and boys. Sure, I like Clyde, but I didn't have any expectations of him asking me, nor did I plan on asking him. It would do me no good in the long run to have a high school relationship. Though, it is nice, and I planned on going to the dance anyway. The committee, (AKA, the cheerleaders and a few volunteers), asked me to sing the slow song with the band. I have a wonderful singing voice that will definitely make me famous someday, but recently things have become…different. People used to get this calm, happy look when I sing, they used to really enjoy the sound of my voice. Now, they look blank. Almost like they're in a trance, and the weirdest part is they seem to respond to my thoughts when there in the trance-like state. It's…almost like they're actually IN a tra-
"…Right Ciel?"
"What? Huh?" I blink my eyes a few times and look at Alyssa, who was trying to get my attention.
"Ugh, you're such a space-head sometimes." She complains. "I was just telling Allie about the dance."
"It's already two months into school, isn't it a bit late for a dance?" Allie asks curiously.
"No. This school is weird." Sais a voice from behind me. I turn around to find two boring dark brown eyes casually staring at Allie. Those two boring eyes belong to an equally boring person; Craig. Behind him, a blonde, spastastic, anything-but-boring Tweek's eyes dart around in fear. "Tweekers here has something to ask the new girl." Craig sais as he pats Tweek on the back.
"GAH! JESUS CHRIST DUDE" Tweek screeches while a shiver runs through his whole body.
"Hey, I remember you. You work at that coffee shop, right?" Allie asks, her face becoming a bit more welcoming than it was before.
"H-how did you remember?" Tweek asks cautiously.
"You're kinda hard to forget." Allie responds, smiling. "Did you want something?"
"OH GOD CRAIG I CAN'T TAKE THE PRESSURE"
"He wants to know if you want to join us on Thursday night. We hang out every week at my house to watch movies and shit. Tweek and some of the guys thought it would good to invite you." Wow, that's probably the most I've heard Craig say in a long time.
"Um, oh, uh, sure." Allie sais quietly, becoming a bit more unemotional until her expression matched Craig's.
"Get my address from someone, be there at 5." He flips us off and walks away.
"JESUS CHRIST DON'T LEAVE ME" Tweek screams as he runs off after Craig.
"Huh, I guess Tweek must like you or something." Juliet sais and takes a sip of her soda. "Usually people don't get invited to that.
"Oh, I forgot." Craig sais as he walks back to our table, alone this time. "Ciel, your invited too." Huh. That's cool, I kinda like Craig; he knows what he's doing.
"Any special reason?" I ask.
"Sandy got this stupid idea to invite everyone's date." Craig replies and simply walks off. Well then.
"…Okay, that was odd. Oh, and that reminds me." Alyssa sais as she turns towards Allie. "Anyone YOU wanna ask to the dance?"
"I don't really know much about it…" Allie responds, playing with a string on her hoodie.
"That's cool. If you don't find a date, you can come with us!" Cherry exclaims happily.
"Yeah, I'll let you guys know" Allie sais with a smile.
"Okay, so I heard from Wendy that Bebe is actually going with Butters."Cherry tells the table excitedly.
"Really? No way!"
"Hey, whatever floats your boat, I guess."
I let the rest of the girls at the table gossip about dates as I turned back to my sketch of Cherry, pulling out a new stick of pocky to nom on while take a moment of serenity and draw. I'm gonna need some calm, things are gonna get hectic, I can just tell. And since its South Park, whatever is gonna happen will probably re-define the word 'hectic'.
I'm gonna need some more Pocky.
I FEEL SO BAD FOR DOING THAT WHOLE BET THING TO CIEL but don't worry; it will all work out eventually. Remember what I said about clichés at the beginning.
I fucking love writing Tweek. Like, LOVE. It's just so much fun! Hm, I meant to get Craig's power in there during his POV, but the dialog just didn't go that way. Oh well, you'll have to wait till Thursday to find out :3 (AKA probably next chapter.)
OKAY SO THAT'S EVERY OC EXCEPT 3. (Bain, Jennifer, and Finlay; who will all show up soon.) ALL YOU'RE OCS ARE FABULOUS!
(Also, major points to the fellow history nerd out there that got the kool-aid joke!)
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