Proofread by Kireania
Summary: Nat is a normal bi-sexual high school student. Or is he? He suddenly moved into the cul-de-sac alone at the age of 14. He never speaks about his parents, nor how he came to acquire a house with or without their permission. He's befriended mostly everyone in the cul-de-sac. Even the Eds. He is the best friend of Kevin Barr and they spend a lot of time together. However, it's almost senior year. Suddenly Nat is opening up a little more about his parents that he never spoke about in the last three years. There seems to be trouble in paradise. Who are Nat's parents? What is happening between them? Why is it weighing so heavily on Nat's mind?
"Nat."
"Nat..."
"NAT!"
Nat jolts upright, instantly glancing around to see who was shouting his name. Kevin...'fucking hell was I that zoned?' He thinks to himself. Kevin was staring at him from the doorway of the math room. He didn't look amused. Sighing he starts to gather his stuff up, and looks up to notice Kevin's shirt. The faded green thing looked like it had seen better days. 'I need to take him shopping...dude looks homeless.' Don't even get me started on those black worn pants. He thinks again to himself. Kevin slowly walks over with his black jacket in hand.
"Dude, I've been calling your name. What's your problem? Dreaming about asses again?"
Nat chuckles and jumps out of his seat startling Kevin. "Why yes I have Kevin, and not just any ass..." He reaches over and grabs Kevin's jacket easily slipping it on. Grinning wide while ignoring his half-assed protests. He's too used to this. "I saw the best ass. It belongs to a tall, muscular, and handsome ginger. He haunts my every waking hour! I hope that one day he'll let me walk around wearing his letterman while I can grope that ass of his! I want everyone at school to see so that they know that I belong to..." He spins on his heels and clutches the jacket closer. As always he is dramatic and over the top. He falls to his knees on the floor in front of Kevin and sighs softly as he look up at his best friend while batting his eyelashes. "...Kevin Barr." He whispers.
He looks down at me with an amused and slightly disturbed look covering his features. Nat easily read his emotions playing out before he bursts into laughter. "I see you have some pretty amazing dreams. There is only one issue bro..." He pulls Nat closer and whispers, "I'm not gay." Grinning he grabs his jacket and strips it from Nat.
Laughing, Nat lets out a fake scream, "How rude sir! Not on the first date!" He chuckles and shakes his head and turns away. "Now come on, we're gonna be late for lunch. If I miss the Wednesday meatloaf, I'm gonna pound ya." He says as he walks back to the doorway of the class room.
Nat huffs and mutters, "I know that. I'm trying to change that" Nat begins to drift off into another day dream when again that volatile redhead jars him... 'I can't even dream of Asses in peace!' He thinks to himself.
"NAT! I ain't got all day!" Laughing, Nat shakes his head and forces body to follow his best friend.
"Alright honey bunny! I'm cooooming!" Nat says in his best sing song voice echoing in the hall. Pleasantly Kevin's face scrunches up and he can't hold back a chuckle. "You're weird man you know that?" Nat just laugh.
They make their way towards the cafeteria and take their place in the line for lunch. Kevin was able to get the meatloaf that he really wanted and Nat grabbed a slice of pizza. He refused to eat the discolored and dry mystery meat that they had the nerve to call meatloaf.
Nat noticed Kevin looking around, eyes hopeful before he easily spot the excited blonde he knew Kevin was looking for. Kevin spots her moments after Nat does. "Hey Nazz!" Kevin shouts and begins walking towards her.
Nat walk towards his normal seat, but on the way notices that everyone is still sitting in their preferred groups.
Jimmy and Sarah are sitting with the drama club. Well, more like near the drama club. They were only Freshman, so they have not quite been accepted yet. Johnny and his always in hand best friend Plank were sitting together. In reality, Johnny was sitting alone. He never seems to mind. Whatever he hears coming from Plank, it's enough to keep him happy and entertained. Rolf was sitting with a group of people from the garden club. He wasn't in the club. Working on the farm gave him no time for extra-curricular activities. He just liked to sit with them and talk about his tales on the farm and trade tips. He more tried to give tips than receive them. Rolf was the son of a shepherd. Therefore, he was convinced everything he was taught was right and no one could convince him otherwise.
Then Nat glances over at the Ed's table. They always sat alone together. From the look of each of their faces, it was always hilarious to me that they were even friends. Eddy always has a suspicious look on his face, the gears in his mind always moving. You could practically see the dollar signs in his eyes whenever you looked at him. Ed as usual was absolutely unaware of his actual surroundings, his random outbursts just proved he wasn't on planet earth most of the time. Then there was Edd...or more commonly known as Double D. He's the calm one, and even though his friends are quite rowdy, it's scary to think about how they be without him. He's a by the book, rule following, straight A student. It is hard to believe that the two other Eds are his best friends.
"NAT!"
'Dammit again! I must be zoning a lot today.' He thought to himself.
Moving his eyes from the EEnE table, as I have dubbed it, Nat sees Kevin annoyed that he was taking longer than usual to sit.
"Coming darling!" He laughs and nudges Kevin lightly when he finally arrives to the table and then takes his usual seat. He glances again one more time at the EEnE table before focusing fully on his favorite redhead. Kevin looked irritated, his face easily exasperated, "What's wrong with you today man? It's like you've forgotten your name!" He growled. Nat had a slight worried look on his face from Kevin's words, but quickly wiped them away.
"Baby I didn't know you cared!" Wincing, Nat laughed at the punch he received instantly as punishment for his flirtatious ways. "There's no need to get your panties in a twist...Unless you're into that sort of thing." Grinning slyly. He can't help but tease him.
"Fuck off dude." Kevin glares at him as he shoves some food into his mouth. "Don't bullshit me. I know something is wrong..." At that moment Nazz walks over and saves me. Smirking, Nat sees Kevin rub his cheek where she had just tapped him, telling him to behave. Her focus shifts to Nat and he easily slip back into flirt mode.
"Ahh Nazz, my lovely golden Daffodil! How are you today?" He grins as she easily laughs, "Hey dude. I'm good. Just chillin'. So besides Kevin being an ass about it, he says you aren't you today. What's the deal, man? Anything we can help with?"
Nat picks up his slice of pizza, letting her question travel around in his head, dips it in ranch and takes a bite of it. After finishing the bite He wipes off his face and looks at Nazz. "Ya know.. Just crap and other stuff. The varsity football try outs coming up, tests, homework, I can't seem to find anyone with a good ass, my parents, my hopes and dreams of having Kevin all to myself, you know the usua..."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Kevin slams his fist down, interrupting the rambling teal haired teen. "Your parents dude? You never talk about them! What do your parents got to do with you acting like a little shit?" A sudden slap is heard, but the only thing that is seen is Kevin rubbing his cheek. It can only be assumed that Nazz gave Kevin's cheek another love tap. Grinning, Nat slides his eyes over to Nazz and she flashes her smile back at me.
"Well Nat..." She says with a chuckle leaning on the table easily. "Nice try, but, dude, I know Kevin is not your type." She winks at Nat and he takes another bite of his pizza with a slight smile. "But he is right...what's going on with your parents?" The concern can easily be read on her face.
Nat reaches up and runs his fingers through his teal hair and takes a steadying breath before responding, I really hate talking about my parents. "They... just don't seem to be getting along right now. Things have just been really quiet between them." Nat frowns lightly wondering if he had used the right words to describe what was happening in the most subtle way possible. That's all he could tell them, so those words were going to have to do.
Nat is instantly in a hug surrounded by boobs, perfume and blonde hair, it truly is comforting. "I'm so sorry dude. I'm sure things will chill out with them. I doubt they will separate." Nat reaches his arms out and returns Nazz's hug. "I hope so too, else I won't be here for senior year."
Nazz kisses his cheek and breaks the hug and Nat can't help but to pout for a moment. "I'm sure things will be fine! You just can't leave us. Senior year wouldn't be the same without you!" Nat chuckles and grabs Nazz by the waist and pulls her towards him again, teasingly.
"Ya know...maybe I've been going after the wrong person. Maybe I should've been coming after you honey pie." I say with a wink. Nazz chuckles and I laugh loudly when I feel Kevin's fist connect with my arm. "Ow! Bro, what was that for?!"
Kevin shrugs and grins. "I don't know...maybe for putting your hands on my girlfriend?"
"I'm sorry my dear sweet Kevin. Do you want some attention as well?" Nat says as he hugs Kevin and rests his head on his shoulder. He starts batting his eyelashes again and Kevin can't help but to laugh in defeat from Nat's comically flirtatious advances.
They settle down again, Kevin between Nazz and Nat as we quickly finish our lunch. With all the banter we barely had enough time left to eat. The bell rings and we groan as we begin to make our way towards class again.
Kevin grabs Nat's shoulder and shoves him a bit, before he shoves him back, "Hey man. Don't worry about try-outs. If you're nervous, we can always practice. We're both going to make varsity football. Senior year is going to be the shit!"
Nat chuckles and glances over at Kevin. "I just might take you up on that offer, baby cakes."
He flashes a smile and nudges Nat again. "Choice! I'll see you later, dude." He says as he walks off to his class. Nat walk towards his next class with thoughts scrambling in his head. It's going to be hard to focus on classwork with everything on his mind. His thoughts race around in his head while he sits in History class. He thinks to himself, 'I hope this works out...Or else I won't be around.'