chapter ten

Craig

I can't believe that he wants me to help him.„Dude here put this gloves on.", he hands me a pair of blue gloves.I put them on and he himself puts a pair on. He steps in front of Wendy and Stan. The give me both a weird side glance but I think Wendy's got other problems right now.„What do I need to do?", I ask and stand next to Tweek.He's in between Wendys legs.„Hand me the bowl with water and one of the small towels.", he say without looking up and just holds his hand out to me.I give him the asked supplies.„Craig prepare yourself with one of those bigger fluffy towles.", he orders and I grab it.„Wends the head is showing. I need you to push but not to hard or the bridge'll rip. Keep on pushing. You're doing great sweetie. Keep going! Push hard now. Great! The head is almost out. Just a little more... the head's out. Now a few gentle pushes... and the shoulders are out too.", he says.I look down at the little creature Tweek's holding in his hands. It's full of blood and slime. He carefully washes everything off the baby and cuts the umbilical cord with the sterile scissor he somehow got. And then he hands me to baby. Scared I take it carefully and wrap it in into the towels. I look at this small creature I'm holding in my arms. So tiny, shrivelled and cute. After Tweek removes his gloves he takes the baby carefully out of my arms and puts it on a scale. When he sees the number he lets a relieved sigh out.„Congrats you two. You're little baby girl is healthy. It'd be good if you take her to your breast Wendy. So she can feed off you."He hands the baby to Wendy. She takes it and looks at her with big proud and vibrant eyes. „The placenta should be coming out soon.", Tweek states and disappears between her legs again, „yup here it is. A last push and then you're done."

Tweek and me are outside of the school to take the air in in and catch a breath. „So... how was it?", he asks.„What do you mean?"„You know your first birth?"„Oh it was interesting. A lot of blood. But the result was incredible. The little girl is just to precious I already love her with my whole heart. She reminds me of Trish. You know I can still remember some fragments of when Tricia was a baby.", I smile thinking about my sister.„You really love her, huh?", he asks with a sad smile on his face.„Yeah she is or was everything to me. Do you have any siblings? Or had any?", curiosity taking over.„Well... it's kind of a long story. A year or so before my mom got pregnant with me she had a baby. A boy. My parents both did drugs at this time and my brother didn't survive his first month. He was born into withdrawal like me but they didn't know what to do at that time. It's really heartbreaking for me because I could've had an older brother if it wasn't for the drugs. If you're wondering I myself am clean since about a year. That's when I first found out about all of this. My parents agreed to send my into a special camp for withdrawal and it really helped. You know they had always put drugs in my coffee so I wouldn't suffer from withdrawal and end the same way as my brother. But they should have just consulted professionals in the first place.", Tweek's on the verge of tears when he finishes his story.I pull him close and wrap my arms tightly around him. We hug for quite some time until Tweek lets go of me.„Thanks Craig. For everything. I should go check on Wendy, you wanna come?"I nod: „Yeah I'd like that."

Tweek softly knocks on the door of the medical quarters. When he opens the door he reveals a sleeping Wendy and an alert Stan with a small bundle in his arms.„How is she?", Tweek whispers to Stan.„She's fine so far. Just really tired.", he replies.„And how's the little angel? Have you already picked a name?"Stan nods and a big smile creeps onto his face.„Actually", he says smiling bright at the both of us, „it's great that you're both here again. Wendy and I were talking and in case anything should happen to both of us would you like to be Briannas godfathers? We were gonna ask Kyle and Bebe, but since you helped and everything we think you'd be great if you want to?"Tweek breaks out in tears and lets some words out no one understands. I look flustered at Stan: „You really want me too? Not just Tweek?"„Yep. You helped too didn't you?", he replies.„Uh yeah I guess. What do you say Tweek? Wanna be godfathers?", I look down at the blonde.„Absolutely!", he answers with a big smile plastered on his face, „I feel so honored and touched Stan."„Hey thanks to you Brianna is even here."„It's nothing", Tweek declines, „I'm just glad the little angel is healthy and well. I'm going to leave you to it if that's fine with you? But if somethings wrong with Wendy or Brianna I'll be in my room so just come whenever. I'm here for you 24/7."He seems really passionate about this and Stan beams at him.„Thanks dude! That really means a lot."

I walk with Tweek back to his room. We talk about everything that has happened these last few hours. I still can't believe I witnessed a birth and became godfather of a this child. We stop in front of Tweeks door.„Do you wanna come in and chat a little? Or play with Stripe?", he asks with a small pink tint creeping on his face.„Sure.", I say and shrug.We opend the door and we both enter. It's dark but we hear a small squeak and I see a shadow sprinting towards us. Stripe nuzzles herself happily on Tweeks boots.„Hey girl.", he says with a childlike voice.I snicker: „That's gay dude."„As a homosexual you're telling me this?", he asks sarcastically and a grin spreads on his face.„I'm just a gay guy mocking a straight dude.", I defend myself laughing.„Ha...", he says his expression looking crestfallen, „actually I'm not straight."„Oh I'm sorry, I didn't mean to-..."„It's alright dude. I'm gay too. Eric's not the biggest supporter of gays so I keep it mostly under wraps.", he sighs and looks on the floor.„Really? I mean I figured that he was a douchebag pretty fast but I wouldn't have guessed that he's homophobic. I kinda thought he has something going with that redhead, Kyle was it?"Tweek bursts into a fit of laughter. I look at him, confused.„Oh my god...", he is still giggling, „they actually hate eachother. They've always been at eachothers throats since I got to know them in elementary school. But it's a real funny thought though."I smile glad that I made him laugh and let loose for a while. He looks up to me his eyes are radiating at me. I almost forget how to breathe. I look at his face with the few cute freckles around his nose. They're partly covered by the bandage that goes over his nose. I notice that he has a cut in his left eyebrow probably from an attack. Tweek inches closer to me and I lean towards him out of reflex. Our lips connect and I feel a firework in my stomach. He wraps his arms around me and pulls me closer. Our lips move in sync and I feel really happy for the first time in a pretty long time.