Everyone Deserves A Second Chance

Chapter 1

It was a pleasant summer day in Peach Creek. Everyone in the cul-de-sac was enjoying their last weekend before returning to school. Kevin had invited everyone over for a pool party, celebrating their return as Seniors. Nazz, Rolf, Sarah and Jimmy were playing Marco Polo while Kevin was grilling hotdogs. Ed and Eddy were out getting more ice for the cooler leaving Edd alone on the picnic table. Nazz had forced Kevin into inviting "the three dorks", as he often referred to them, to his party. He wasn't quite thrilled with their presence, often making a snide comment or giving them a malicious look. He was long over his bullying days, leaving them behind after getting suspended Sophomore year for bullying some "freshies". He just wasn't very fond of the dorks. Eddy hadn't changed one bit, still an egocentric scammer. Ed was still as brainless as ever. And Edd was Edd, too smart for his own good. Truthfully he didn't have a problem with either Ed or Double D, it was Eddy he disliked. In fact, he often wondered to himself why such a smart person like Edd would befriend such an individual.

The teens were all sitting at the picnic table enjoying their hotdogs by the time Eddy and Ed arrived with the ice. After setting the ice in the cooler and munching on some hotdogs Ed noticed someone missing at the picnic table.

"Edd?" Called out Ed.

"Double D?"

Still no reply from Edd. By now, Ed had gotten the attention from everyone else.

"Where's Sockhead?" Eddy shouted pointing at Kevin, immediately jumping to conclusions. "Did you kick him out, huh, what did sockhead ever do to you!?"

Taken aback Kevin began searching for Double D completely ignoring Eddy's remarks. He had no idea Edd had been missing, how long had he been gone? After seeing Kevin get up and begin searching for Edd, Nazz got up on the picnic table clapping her hands to get everyones attention.

"Hey! Guys, please shut up and chill for a sec. We need a plan, we can't just run around like maniacs yelling out Edd's name. What if he got tired and just went home. Someone needs to go check if he's home maybe…."

"He's not there, Nazz I just went over to check." said Kevin with worry evident in his eyes.

"Alright, lets not freak out. We can split up and search for him, he can't be far." Confident with what she had said Nazz began dividing in the teens into groups. Of course, Eddy and Ed were paired up together deciding to look for Edd at the park. Jimmy and Sarah were sent to look around the neighborhood. Nazz and Rolf were the last pair, Kevin deciding to go on his own, were off to the trailer park in search for Edd. Before parting their separate ways, they had all agreed to meet back in thirty minutes at Kevin's house.

"Kev, stop stressing dude, why are you freaking out so much?" Questioned Nazz with a confused look on her face. Kevin waved her off before she could ask him anything else. He was worried. It was only normal to be concerned, he's known Edd since Elementary School. Cul-de-sac kids should to stay together right, protect each other? Yes, he was his childhood bully but he mainly disliked Eddy. He had nothing against Edd.

The thirty minutes were up and there was no sign of Edd. The teens were all gathered outside of Kevin's house. The sky was an orange-purple, they all knew it would be dark soon and they needed to find Double D. Eddy felt a buzzing in his pocket, signaling a receiving call. His mother needed him home immediately, she seemed very upset for not cleaning his room like she had asked four times earlier that day.

"Welp guys, I gotta go home. Come on lumpy." Shrugged Eddy.

"But Eddy, what will happen to Double D, what if some aliens abducted him….

"Yeah dork, aren't you worried where Double D's at huh? Kevin interrupted, visible anger in his eyes.

"Look Shovelchin, Edd goes through these phases where he just wants his alone time 'kay, I texted the kid and he aint responding, let the kid be." Eddy replied back pointing a finger in Kevin's face. Annoyed Kevin snapped back a whatever and let Eddy and Ed leave. Jimmy, Sarah and Rolf followed suite after seeing how relaxed Eddy looked.

"What a friend Eddy is, aint he" Kevin spit out sarcastically. How could that twerp not be concerned, isn't Edd his bestfriend, Kevin thought to himself.

Nazz was still confused by how Kevin was reacting to all of this. "Kev, I'm calling it a night dude, you should too. Eddy says Edd's normally like this, why even worry. He's probably got a secret place he goes to, chill okay. I'll text ya in the morning.

"Whatever." Kevin muttered not even looking up at Nazz. The jock headed back inside his empty home. It was still early, his father not getting home till late, he decided to head up to his room to play some video games. He needed to get his mind off of Edd.

"Edd…"

Double D was in his bed, peacefully sleeping. Kevin was full of mixed emotions at that point, not knowing what to do he ran over to his bed and squeezed the smaller boys in his arms. He was relieved Edd was alright but upset knowing the kid had been up here the whole time.

Caught by surprise, Edd jumped, as well as he could, out of the embrace. "What is this nonsense…." It took the smaller boy a few minutes to realize where he was and who had jumped on him. "Oh dear, oh dear, my sincerest apologies Kevin, the music downstairs was a bit too rambunctious for my delicate ears. I'm all freshened up now, I hope I wasn't an inconvenience….."

"Inconvenience!? Edd you almost gave me a freakin' heart attack. We sent out search groups for you, we thought you were lost or hurt or idk, why didn't you tell me you were going to be up here…." Frustration clear in Kevin's voice.

"My apologies…." Edd tried but Kevin wasn't having it.

"No, fuck that, Edd I was worried, what if something happened to you, we tried calling and texting…..

Edd interrupted him " Language, Kevin, Please!"

The Jock was blabbering out in frustration, ignoring everything Double D had to say.

"…I fucking care about you Edd, you can't do this. Just come up here or go anywhere without telling anyone."

In a desperate move to settle the jock, Double D wrapped his slim arms around Kevin. "I'm sorry, Kevin. My intentions were not to upset you." Noticing Edd's sincere apology the jock wrapped his arms around the slimmer boy's body taking in the warmth he was giving off. The slimmer body against Kevin felt different, in a favorable way. They were both enjoying the hug until Double D felt a vibrating sensation in the jocks pants. Embarrassed they pulled away, Kevin answering his phone.

"Hey dad, yeah…. okay gotcha, I'll see you tomorrow, mkay night."

"So my dad isn't coming home tonight, again." he murmured the last part softly to himself. "Wanna stay over? It is kinda late Dork, with all the arguing we did." Kevin nervously laughed scratching the back of his neck. He had no clue why he was asking Edd to spend the night, he just needed to be close to him.

"Sure, I'd love to, my parents are out of town anyway." Edd spoke softly maintaining his eyes on the floor while rubbing his right arm.

They were both very nervous.

Authors note: Hey Guys! This is my very first story :)

I hope you guys enjoyed it, I'm working on chapters 2 and 3 so I should have them up soon

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