Author's Note: Hello! While I am not new to writing fanfiction, I've never written one that I continued for KevEdd so this is going to be that change. I usually do my research for each chapter and I spend time fact-checking so if I miss something don't be afraid to say so.
Now, this is going to contain explicit sexual materials down the line and as such I will be flagging this for Mature readers only. If you're not into that then I'd advise you find another fic. To the rest, I hope you enjoy!
Chapter One: Senior Year
Rushing down the stairs, Edd didn't even try to hide his excitement. Senior year had finally come full swing and that meant that he'd be put to the hardest and most intensive classes of his educational carrier. Granted, other students were happy they'd get to see one another but for Edd he really only felt giddy for the fact his classes would resume.
Passing through his kitchen, Edd grabbed an apple from the bowl and placed it within his backpack neatly wrapped in a napkin before pulling a sticky-note from the fridge.
"Edward, your father and I will not be present for your return to school. As usual, we've placed enough money onto a debit card for you to use in emergencies and for groceries if you happen to run out. Remember that your car is only for such and for classes should there be a storm prohibiting you from walking as we will check the mileage and funds when we have returned from the city. Love, Mother."
Edd sighed as he tore the sticky-note in half and tossed it haphazardly into the recycling bin. Normally he'd rejoice the chance to keep things neat but being told something so obvious made him fell slightly queasy to the idea of his parents returning. "Wasteful…" Edd said under his breath as he picked up his messenger bag and slung it around his shoulder. Stepping in front of a mirror in the entrance hall to the house, he adjusted his beanie and looked himself over.
He'd taken to plucking his eyebrows like his mother did in order to keep them clean though they still had their masculine thickness, his blue green eyes had become deepened with colour as of late, even his gap between his teeth still remained albeit was a bit smaller. He'd decided to wear a vest today which had diamond patterns and stuck with a grey and black colour scheme, beige cargo shorts were his go to for the day since they allowed him to carry his house keys and various other utensils for the day, Edd had selected his vans for today to be more comfortable though he still chose to wear knee-high dark grey socks for warmth if the rooms were colder. He also had placed a lime green sweater into his bag in case he needed extra warmth though he had his doubts.
Pulling back his loose strands of hair, he watched as his wrist-watch struck seven-ten. Nodding with a smile he pulled the front door open and stepped out casually before locking it and turning to step down the porch. "Right on time." Edd grinned to himself before walking down the sidewalk. As he strolled, Edd looked across the road once he came to a stop sign and halted. He could see Kevin Barr's home from where he stood awkwardly. Edd couldn't help but wonder how a jock wakes up to a morning of academic stimulation. He liked to think Kevin and all the more athletically advanced colleagues had an optimistic outlook but he knew better. Shrugging out of his thoughts, Edd continued to Peach Creek High with a smile on his face—who knew what the day could hold?
"Kevin, wake the hell up before you're late for school!" A voice came from the other room. Opening his eyes drowsily, Kevin looked around the room before sighing. Looking at the clock it read seven o' five. Running his hand through his tangled red hair, Kevin sat up and rubbed his eyes that were bloodshot from his meek sleeping habits. After a moment, his door swung open as his father looked as if he were ready to burst.
"Oh, you're up. Good, you need to get ready. I told you not to stay up so late and this is why—you knew you had school in the morning, Kev." His father didn't looked as irritated as he was. The man was much taller than Kevin, in his mid-forties and was easily the parent his eye and hair colour took from. He was wearing his factory uniform this morning which surprised Kevin.
"Dad… why are you in uniform? You don't work today." Kevin slowly maneuvered his feet onto the grey carpet floor and searched for his shirt before realizing he had stripped naked.
Shrugging, Kevin's father crossed his arms. "Your boxers are on the floor at the edge of the bed, son. And my boss called me in today for a bit of extra pay—which we could use." Turning to let him get dressed, Kevin's dad called down the hall, "Remember, you have thirteen minutes before you're late!"
Waiting a moment, Kevin heard the front door open and shut and the house fell silent. Giving another sigh, Kevin stood up allowing the sheet to leave him bare. His body had toned well over the years, his stomach had a visible six pack though they were still only slightly defined, and his skin looked bronzed from playing various sports outdoors during the summer and the sunlight had left its kiss on him as his shoulders and under-eye had faint freckles which were being covered by the tan partly. Bending over, Kevin grabbed a pair of black basket-ball shorts, a plain white t-shirt and his normal lime green sweater.
Sliding into a pair of socks and his red converse, Kevin looked around for his baseball cap before realizing he had left it in the living room, causing him to glare before heading out of his room and into the bathroom. After he had used the toilet, Kevin brushed his teeth. He always enjoyed looking at his teeth, they were straight and pure white—the perfect smile. His forest green eyes were always brought out with his ginger hair and bright smile; maybe that was why so many girls panned after him? Putting his toothbrush away, Kevin rushed to the kitchen and grabbed a brown paper bag that sat on the dining room table with a note on it.
"Kev, next time go to bed on time. Make sure to eat when you get to school."
Giving a smile, he pulled out his phone and text a 'thank you' to his dad before finding his cap and placing it on his head backwards. Looking at his phone it read seven twelve, giving another sigh, Kevin pushed open the front door. The fresh air made him feel energetic as it breezed around him, and when he opened his eyes he could see Double D standing at the stop sign across the street. Thing had been different since they started high school, one of which being that the Ed's didn't really hang around one another due to the differences of their classes. Kevin had grown to respect Ed, seeing how the big lug was easily the best linebacker for the football team, and to some degree he had respect for Edd seeing how the kid was easily the highest averaging student in their grade.
It was then he realized that Edd was staring at… Kevin's house? He looked between them and could see that he was. He watched Edd shrug and keep going but it still made him wonder what the dork was looking at. Was it just his house?
It was then that Kevin's phone began to buzz that is was seven fifteen scaring him from the jarring vibration that felt foreign.
"Shit…" He only had five minutes to make it to class. Running to his motorcycle, he hastily searched for his keys only to find that he had left them inside. "Shit… shit… shit!" Looking at the time he could tell he couldn't go search otherwise he would be late. Throwing his leg back around Kevin picked up his back-pack and began to run as fast as he could to school.
Edd arrived at the front of the school on time—as usual; at seven twenty. The first bell to get to class had already rang signaling that the students had ten minutes to finish eating and conversing to get to their various rooms throughout the school. Pulling out his schedule—which he had memorized but still wished to clarify; his first class was Physics. Feeling giddy, Edd placed the schedule neatly inside a manila envelope and re-securing his bag. Edd folded his hands together and walked to the hall furthest from the entrance which had the science based classes down its corridor.
Walking into the class, Edd was greeted by a taller woman which he assumed to be the instructor.
"Hello!" She said in a very optimistic tone. "Your name, please?" She held out a check board.
"Salutations! I am Edward Vincent, Mrs." Edd said in a shy tone as he could feel his cheeks heat up in embarrassment.
Checking his name, the teacher gave him a bright smile. "Hello, Edward. My name his Mrs. Daniels. Welcome to my physics class—do you prefer any particular name, or is Edward fine?"
Edd looked her over for a moment. Mrs. Daniels' had straight black hair tied back in a bun, neatly sculpted eyebrows, bright cyan eyes, and she wore a crimson button-up shirt with black striped slacks and black heels. "Uh, Edd is fine. Oh, that's Edd with two d's, Mrs. Daniels."
Giving another smirk, she stepped aside. "You may choose your seat, Edd." She flipped through her papers before looked back at him. "Oh! I have you again after this period—you're in AP Chemistry too?" She said arching a brow.
Looking up at her, Edd nodded. "That's correct! I'm quite excited to begin the courses with you." He said allowing her a moment to give an approving nod.
"Well, I'm very impressed. This class is much easier than AP Chemistry though with your GPA I doubt you'll have much trouble learning the necessary materials." Mrs. Daniels turned to see another student walk in. "Oh, excuse me Edd. Hello! Name, please?"
Edd looked over to see a few faces he didn't recognize.
"Jude Kennedy." One student said. Edd could see that he wasn't much taller than Mrs. Daniels—which meant he was taller than Edd by far. He had auburn hair, honey eyes, tan skin and wore a letterman jacket with shorts and green sneakers. The next was Stella Valmont, a very charming girl that had her hair tied back with a rose pinned into it; her eyes interested him when he realized they were a light lavender shade and her skin was pale white; and she wore a simple black dress with striped grey stockings and heels.
"And you miss?" Edd heard Mrs. Daniels say.
"Marie Kanker." The name caused him to look up in surprise. Marie had changed but not as much as her sisters. She kept her blue hair though now she braided it and threw it over her shoulder with a single hair being free to frame the opposite side of her face. She now preferred a dark mix of blue and grey with her eye shadow and even learned how to do a queen of the Nile type of mascara design with a wing stretching out to her temples, and she wore a black blouse with ripped blue denim jeans and cuff-boot heels. When she looked at Edd she gave a slight smile but not one that concerned him as she had moved past her crush on him long ago. Really, Marie was crafty, intelligent, and pretty practical which allowed Edd to look past her past and become friends.
After Mrs. Daniels allowed Marie into the room, she took the seat behind Edd's lab counter.
Turning, Edd greeted her. "Salutations, Marie!" He gave her a smile that made her looked up and return the favor.
"Hey, Oven Mitt." She said teasingly. "I'm surprised you're slumming it in physics and not some AP class." She kicked back allowing the stool to balance on its back legs.
Shrugging off the nickname, Edd gave a light chuckle. "Actually, I'm in here again next period for AP Chemistry."
Sighing, Marie tugged at a loose string on her jeans. "And now I'm not surprised." They both let out a slight laugh before the late bell rang and Mrs. Daniels made her way to the front of the room.
Looking beside her, Marie hadn't realized a guy was sitting next to her. He was hunched over, balancing his head in his hand with his elbow on the table wearing a dark grey pull over, grey sweatpants, and strawberry blonde hair with green highlights streaking through it. His brown eyes were focusing on the countertop.
"Oh shit, hey. What's your name?"
Looking up at her from the counter, he took a deep breath. "Eric Lawson." He returned his attention to the countertop.
"Marie. You're not so talkative, are you Eric?" She teased making Edd frown slightly.
Sighing, he returned his sight to her. "No."
Edd looked between the two before smiling. "Hello, Eric!" His outburst caught them both off guard. "Are you new to Peach Creek?" Edd asked casually.
His eyes switched to Edd. "Yeah. My family moved here from Lemon Brooke." This time his attention stayed on Edd instead of switching to the counter.
"Well, welcome! This is Marie Kanker and I'm Edd Vincent." Edd said with a smile.
"Hmph, I'm guessing you're best friends?"
Marie let out a loud laugh that caught the attention of the rest of the class. Calming herself, she looked over to Edd. "I used to crush on Edd hard when we were younger, trust me—the fact we're friends is kind of a miracle."
Pushing a stay hair out of his face, Edd gave a slight giggle at Marie. "But that was the past. I'm guessing you guys are living in the Eastern cul-de-sac that finished building last month?"
Eric nodded and smiled. "Yeah, the housing was cheaper and had an extra room so my parents took the opportunity." He shrugged. "Just wish I knew people."
He jumped as Marie punched his shoulder. "Well, you just met two. We'll introduce you to a few people if you want."
"That'd be awesome…" His expression changed drastically. "I'm sorry about my mood changes, I'm off my meds for sports."
Suddenly, running could be heard down the hall as Kevin Barr barged into the room and hunched over huffing and wheezing as he tried to catch his breath.
Kevin felt as if his heart was going to explode. He just ran nearly three miles without stopping and still barely made it to school within the first few extra minutes that the teachers normally gave the students to make it to class. Between his panting and breathing his face was flushed and red as he sweat enough to have armpit stains and a large grey wet spot going to his shirts front.
Mrs. Daniels rushed over to him with a bottle of water she had pulled from a small fridge under her desk. "Here, drink this." She said as she pulled her check board. "I'm assuming you're Kevin, then?" She asked in a joking manner. Kevin took a deep drink and gave a slight laugh while nodding. "Well, Mr. Barr whenever you recuperate I'd like you to sit next to Edd right over there since we need to be in pairs." Her cheery manner was overshadowed by the look on both of the boy's faces as they locked eyes.
Kevin stood next to Edd for a moment before he could hear whispers from behind as Marie told Eric about their pasts between the Kankers', the Ed's, and the other kids. He shot a glare at her as she started on the subject of his past and Edd's. Lifting up his arms, Kevin pulled away in disgust. He turned, pulling his bag off his shoulders and removing a stick of deodorant from the bag's contents. Rubbing it under his arms, Kevin pulled off his t-shirt and got the attention of the class.
Looking around a moment, he looked to Mrs. Daniels who was switching on the projector.
"Um… Kevin." She said. "Could you put your shirt back on?" She asked.
Scratching the back of his head, Kevin exposed the light red hair patches in his underarms. "Yeah, uh sorry. I wanted to change into my jacket."
Giving him a slight nod to go ahead, Mrs. Daniels redirected her attention to the projector.
Bending over, Kevin didn't even look as he rummaged through a bag and pulled out a lime green jacket and slipped it on. Sitting down quickly, Kevin readjusted his cap and looked at Edd who was pink in the face and trying not to look at him.
"Uh… what? I got something on my face?" Kevin asked jokingly.
Looking in his direction, Edd gave a meek smile. "Other than a smile?"
Kevin raised a brow in response but laughed anyway. Scratching the back of his head again, Kevin tried to start a conversation. "So uh…" Edd raised a brow. "Why are you in physics? Shouldn't you be like in college level courses?"
Looking over at Kevin, Edd tried to smile but couldn't. "Why not? I saved physics to be an easy morning class." Shrugging, he returned his attention to the teacher.
Thinking a moment, Kevin tapped on Edd's shoulder.
"Yes, Kevin?"
"How did you beat me to school? I left only a few minutes after you." Kevin asked questioningly.
Giving Kevin an amused look, Edd let out a soft laughter that made his stomach feel weird. "Kevin… you do realize there's a public bus transit just a block from our homes, yes?"
Kevin's eyes widened after a moment before he grunted and lay his head down on the counter. "I'm so stupid…"
"You're not stupid, Kevin. You simply did not think about it while in distress." Edd put a hand on Kevin's arm resulting in a blush from both of the boys of which Edd pulled away quickly and directed his full attention onto the classwork.
Kevin was a different story; throughout class he went between Edd and Mrs. Daniels constantly. She would ask, he would answer and when he didn't raise his hand to answer he always had the right answer written before anyone else. But different thoughts crossed his mind. Kevin had always had a slight liking to Double Dee. Even as kids he showed more kindness towards Edd than either of the other Ed's, even to the point of working with Edd to get revenge on Eddy. But now with them being older… he didn't know what to think.
After some time had gone by, the bell to go to second period rang.
"Class, before you go!" Mrs. Daniels yelled getting everyone's attention. "If you haven't already, whoever you partner is for this class, you need to exchange school emails or your numbers so that you can stay in touch. It is imperative that we work together as a partner would suggest. Alright? Head to your next period."
Walking over to Edd, Kevin playfully pushed his shoulder resulting in a glare from Edd.
"Hey, no I didn't mean it like that!" Kevin exclaimed which softened Edd's expression slightly. "Sorry, I just wanted to ask for your number."
Raising a brow, Edd remembered Mrs. Daniels instructions and let out a sigh. "Very well." Edd grabbed a sticky note from his personal items and wrote his number down, handing the note to Kevin. "There you go. Just, don't give it to anyone else."
Giving a smile, Kevin shrugged. "Why would I do that?"
"It's just a precaution, Kevin, not a judgment. We don't have the most trusting of pasts." Edd gave Kevin a grin. "Just don't run home today, alright?"
Kevin felt himself blushing but… not from embarrassment? "Believe me, I've learned my lesson. See ya double dork." Kevin waved as he headed out into the hall.
"Well you guys are pretty close." Marie said slinging her bag over her right shoulder.
"Kevin and I? Preposterous. We're assigned partners mind you." Edd crossed his arms.
Marie shrugged with a slight grin. "Sure, right. Alright I'm off to dance practice. Catch you later, oven mitt." She gave a wink before the two laughed lightheartedly and Marie left the room.
Edd walked over to Mrs. Daniels desk. "So, how was your first class of the day, Mrs. Daniels?" He asked with a smile.
Looking up at Edd, Mrs. Daniels gave a humorous laugh. "Other than thinking that young man, Kevin was going to have a heart attack?" She smirked before switching the lesson plan to AP Chemistry. "It was a good day. Now… let's look over a few equations, shall we?"
Other than Physics, the day went pretty much as expected for Edd. He enjoyed his time in Chemistry and the rest of his AP designated classes were difficult but graspable. As he headed for the front of the school, he felt the cold breeze from outside which had grown to a freezing chill since the morning started. Stopping for a moment, Edd pulled open his bag to grab his jacket and froze. Where was it?
Looking around he thought for a moment and remembered that Kevin was wearing one but… it couldn't possibly be Edd's, could it? Looking at the time, Edd decided taking public transit would be acceptable so long as he had his jacket to keep warm on the bus. Pacing down the hall, Edd turned the corner and nearly ran into a jock that seemed twice his height.
"My apologies!" Edd exclaimed as the taller male seemed to be confused. "I… uh, do you know where Kevin Barr is?" Edd asked.
Looking him over, the jock glared. "Yeah, I know where Kev is, why?" The boy asked.
Sighing, Edd gave a weak smile. "There was a mix up in one of our classes. We're lab partners in physics and I think he may have confused my jacket for his own."
The jock tilted his head before looking behind him then back at Edd. "Aight. Kev's washing up so don't be surprised if he's only in a towel." The jock pointed to a door. "In there."
Thanking him, Edd wondered into the room and immediately froze. Nearly the whole baseball team were in the room getting dressed or getting… undressed. Looking around and ignoring the heat rising in his cheeks, Edd walked past a few of the jocks which earned him dirty looks from the other members of the team. After searching a bit, he finally caught a glimpse of Kevin as he was drying off walking to his clothes.
"Excuse me, Kevin!" Edd rushed over to Kevin surprising him.
"Uh… dork? Why are you in here?" Kevin asked, confused.
Opening his bag, Edd gave a timid smile. "I think you may have my jacket…"
Raising a brow, Kevin stepped over to the pile of clothes a pulled out the jacket he had been wearing and searched its pockets. When he felt keys he pulled them out and looked at Edd. "I'm guessing this one is yours then?" His smile grew a bit as he saw Edd sigh in relief.
"Yes! Oh thank you Kevin! I was terrified it had been stolen." Edd reached out to which Kevin handed him his jacket with a slight chuckle.
"I… uh, I hope you don't mind that I wore it the whole day. It probably smells like sweat." Kevin blushed slightly.
Feeling his neat freak kick in, Edd shrugged it off. "Oh, I expected as much. It is fine, nothing a wash can't fix."
Laughing again, Kevin grabbed his baseball shirt and pulled it over before dropping his towel and putting on his boxers causing Edd to freeze up. As Kevin turned to him he gave Edd a playful push.
"Hey, can you show me where the bus stop is? Don't have my bike so…"
Edd gave a simple nod making Kevin chuckle at him.
"Lead the way, Double-Dork."
Post Author's Note: Alright, as per my usual fic, I use this section to speak to you guys from the heart and as such there can be potential spoilers for the chapter above however after you have read the chapter I give hints and say my normal thanks. Speaking of which- Thank you for reading! I do enjoy writing as it gives me a chance to create something and have control over it which is a very scary but creative thing to play with.
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~Nightingaledoxic
