A/N: This is a prequel to "Finding the Nurse's Aide" and ends at the very start of that story. It can be read as a stand-alone though.
This will also be posted in real times, so whenever the chapter takes place is when the chapter will be posted... so there may be delays between chapters. Thanks for understanding!

Nathan watched as Edd tilted his head back, gently resting it on the locker as he closed his eyes.

He couldn't help but smirk at how adorable he looked, even though he was clearly annoyed. Well, not clearly. That long and loud sigh could have meant anything, honestly.

He prods Edd in the shoulder.

And again.

And a third time.

Until Edd finally sighs again and says, "Fine. We can go for coffee. I'm available-"

Nat shouts for joy, and pulls Edd forward, away from the locker, to drag him off on their pseudo-date.

"Nathan, unhand me!"

"Nope! Not until we get to the coffee shop!"

"But I can't go now! I have Chemistry Club! REMEMBER!?"

"Oh! Right…" Nathan said sheepishly as he let go of Edd. He then returned the Chemistry Club notebook he stole, having held it as ransom to get this cutie to agree to go out for coffee, dinner, a movie, whatever else he could get away with. Anything. He's been trying to get with Edd for a month now, but to no avail, so he'll take what he can get at this point.

Edd hastily took the notebook from him, examine the notebook for creases, and started heading in the opposite direction, towards the science wing.

"Okay, but coffee?" Nat called out before jogging to catch up with him.

"As I was saying before you became… overzealous… I'm available tomorrow after school."

Nat deflated for a moment but decided he would take the shot. "Works for me! I'll meet you at your locker as soon as school's out."

"I'm sure you will," Edd mumbled, thinking back on how Nathan had done exactly that every day for the past week.

Nat watched Edd go for a minute, before running towards the athletic fields for baseball practice.

Nat saw Edd afterschool and couldn't help but dwell on how attractive he looked that day. He was about to tell him so, when Ed walked by yelling, "See you tomorrow, Double D!"

Double D, huh? More like Double Delicious.

And so, Nat spent more of their coffee shop visit calling him every flirtatious nickname he could think of.

Double Delicious.

Double Delightful.

Double Darling.

Double Delectable.

The list went on, albeit it, it was punctuated by him asking getting-to-know-you questions and occasionally trying to convince Edd that they should swap numbers.

And each time one of those nicknames were said, Edd turned more and more red as he tried to ignore his advanced.

He's just playing hard to get, like he does whenever he refuses to call me "Nat."

After about 15 minutes of this, Edd suddenly jerks his head to the window and squints.

"What's wrong?" Nat asked, leaning across the table to look out the window as well.

As soon as Nat saw Kevin, he leaned back into his chair as far as possible and started slinking down. He rubbed his hands over his face and held them there as he started stressing.

I freaking told Kevin I had a killer stomachache to get out of dinner plans with him… so I can go get coffee with Edd. And now he's here!

Fuck. Me.

Nat breathed heavily into his hands, trying to calm down. He was sending out thoughts to whomever was listening in the universe to make Kevin keep walking and not enter the coffee shop. He peaks out between his fingers, to see if his wish was being granted, but was met with an even more interesting sight.

Edd was blushing and fidgeting.

The flush was worse than when Nat was laying down all the nicknames and flirty comments. The fidgeting was less of an annoyed nature and more of a nervous nature. And to top it all off, the prim and proper Edd was also slouching in his seat, trying to hide behind a plant as he continued to peek out at Kevin.

Nat wasn't even sure if Edd was into men. Nat's only been trying to get him to agree to a date because he was cute, and Nat was curious. Curious about Edd, curious to see if he even stood a chance, and curious to see if he would even know what to do with someone so innocent.

And now, Nat believes he may have the answer to one of those curious inquiries. Edd might just be interested in men, but not the one he's drinking coffee with currently, judging by the way he's panicking and mumbling "Oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear" as Kevin continues to stand just a few feet away from the window.

Maybe Double Delight prefers natural redhead to bottle teal.

This is interesting.

Very interesting.