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-Craig Tucker-
“Listen here Derek,” I say with a steady voice, “Tweek is my boyfriend. He will always be my boyfriend. You got that?”
Derek stares at me. His shoulder is on the locker and his arms are crossed. He scrutinizes me before sighing loudly. I watch as he walks towards me and places a hand on my shoulder. I want to shrug it off but I’m trying to be nice. I’m done acting like some kind of jerk. It’s not who I am.
“I got it,” Derek states calmly, “He gave me a lengthy speech on how you two were madly in love with each other. I don’t even think I heard a single stutter. The boy is definitely head over heels for you.”
I lower my shoulders and let all the tense in my body dissipate. I was sorta of expecting a fight. Not that I wanted one obviously, but I was thinking there might have been. Thankfully I was wrong.
Wait…
“What did he say specifically,” I ask since my curious mind is nagging me.
Derek smirks, “Oh you know, the usual. I love him, he loves me. You two are soulmate and will always be there for each other. Then when asked, he told me everything he loved about you.” Derek moves to lean against the lockers again, “He says you have a heart of gold, but I didn’t believe that at first. You are rather good looking like he said but you definitely need to work on that attitude of yours. If you don’t get it in check you two will definitely have more relationship problems.”
Is this guy giving me relationship advice? After trying to steal my boyfriend? Who does he think he is?
Though it is pretty good advice. Tweek can be crazy and loud, but he is also very sweet. My cold attitude always finds a way to get us in trouble. Maybe a change in mindset would be a good thing. How will I go about it? No idea but I know Tweek will be there to help me.
I grit my teeth and reluctantly say, “thanks.”
Derek just nods, “Thankfully before Tweek got the call about you being drunk as hell, we finished our project. So, you don’t have to worry about us hanging out after school anymore.”
“It shouldn’t have bothered me,” I say with a sigh, “I knew Tweek is loyal and loves me, yet you come here and everything goes out the window. Why?”
“Maybe you’re insecure?”
I gape as I look at Derek. Insecure? I am anything but insecure. I know my worth and am proud of the person I am becoming. Yeah, the whole attitude things is a bit of a rough patch, but I accept that. How am I insecure?
“Don’t give me that look,” Derek rolls his eyes, “You are super popular, have great friends, and a boyfriend. A handsome guy like me comes waltzing into your life and destroying everything. The attention wasn’t on you anymore and your friends were also interested in who I was. I mean seriously who would ever move to a town like this? It’s so boring.”
I nod in agreement. Well at least we have one thing in common now. Though I don’t know if that is good thing or not. I don’t want to be his friend but…if it happens, I won’t completely fight it. Just mildly fight it.
“You needed to check your bases,” Derek continues, “And when they weren’t the way you wanted them to be you got self-conscious. Do people really like me? Does Tweek even like me? What does he have that I don’t? Stuff like that.”
“You don’t need to call me out like that,” I state in distaste.
Derek laughs and shakes his head, “Someone had to.”
“Yeah whatever.”
Derek’s face immediately becomes serious. He looks directly into my eyes before speaking.
“Don’t let that happen again,” Which seemed to be more of a warning than a threat. “Tweek is amazing and perfect. He has his flaws, but he doesn’t let those knock him down. He deserves the world and if you don’t give it to him I will. Got it?”
“Got it,” I say with a sigh, “When did you get so nice?”
Derek grins, “I’ve always been nice you just never got to see that side of me.”
I realize that Derek is right. I was so addicted to the fact that he was asshole that I never really saw past that. If I did then maybe things would have turned out differently.
Maybe that’s why Tweek didn’t mind being with him. He saw Derek for who he was. Tweek got to know Derek and he learned Derek wasn’t the bad guy. I on the other hand gave him zero chances. I’m such an idiot.
Arms wrap around mine and I turn to see a smiling Tweek. Just seeing him puts a smile on my face.
“Good morning,” Tweek says a bit too energetically.
Derek laughs, “You’re more wired than usual. How many cups of coffee did you have today.”
Tweek starts to count on his fingers but once he got to five, he just shrugs. He shrugs with a bright sunshine smile that can literally save the world. Derek gives a soft smile back and I can feel the jealousy bubbling up again. Tweek must have noticed because he pulls on my arm and kisses me on the cheek. He gives me another brilliant smile which makes me melt.
“We shou-ld, ngh, head to class.” Tweek grabs my hand tightly, “I’ll see you in Chemistry Derek.”
“See you,” Derek says as he throws his hand up in a way to say goodbye.
Tweek tugs me through hall after hall. I grip his hand tightly as I follow him, and I realize I would follow him wherever he goes. Which apparently is the boys bathroom and not class.
“Tweek,” I start to say but I’m interrupted by a pair of lips.
Arms wrap around my neck pulling me into reality. Tweek is kissing me now a bit rasher then he usually is. I am not complaining though. I just wrap my arms around his waist and pull him in closer. I hold him tight as our lips touch each other and our hearts beat together. I love this. I love him.
“I love you Tweek,” I say softly against his lips.
Tweek giggles, gives me a quick kiss, and pulls back, “I love you more Craig Tucker.”