Author's Note:

Hey peeps who may read this I just wanted to say THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH! I know I started posted this a few days ago and this update came quicker than I thought I'd like but I couldn't help it when I saw people actually liked the story based on its first chapter. The more you all review or follow this the more motivated I am to post more often. I'm gonna try to keep the chapters coming at least once a week but no promises because I am an adult with a life and job (bleh) Also if anyone could answer me the question on what they think of the lengths of my chapters so far that would be great, are they too short, too long, or just right?

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Kevin sighed as his alarm clocked went off. First day of school and it already sucked. He barely got any sleep due to a few crazy inappropriate dreams and then being restless with nerves at the thought this could be the year he was found out by his fellow classmates. The new school year has always made him nervous, now more than ever since he had developed a crush on his neighbor across the street and had a chance of running into him during the school day. He wasn't mentally prepared for this year at all, it was a whole new year in which he had to put on a show, be the jock and hide what he really was which took a lot of extra careful planning, time and energy. Then to top it all off he knew he was going to be tutored this year as well and it was just too much to spend a significant amount of time alone with someone and not show any cracks in his bravado. He sighed as the secondary alarm he set went off as well to let him know it was really time to get up. Kevin got dressed in black silk shorts, and a My Chemical Romance tee shirt, grabbed his hat and put it on backwards for now. After finishing getting dressed he ran downstairs, and to the kitchen to grab something for breakfast. His dad was always working and barely at home so the young teen was use to taking care of himself and he didn't mind much anymore. Kevin understood though, it was hard times and he figured his dad also still wasn't over the loss of his mother and did not like to be home alone either. Kevin poured himself a bowl of cereal and ate it carefully while moving around making sure he had all of his things, backpack, shoes, wallet, watch, cell phone, pencils, head phones, you know normal crap for school.

Out of the kitchen window he could see other houses with their lights on and knew his friends from the cul-de-sac were getting ready for the day as well. He sighed finishing up his bowl of cereal and drinking the milk, he looked at the clock and knew he should be leaving soon so he at least wouldn't by tardy. This year he had to be on his best behavior due to the whole tutoring and sports probation thing. He sighed grabbing his back pack and green jacket before going into the garage and opening the door. He pulled out his motorcycle before closing the garage door behind him, wishing he had an automatic garage but oh well things will be how they are. Kevin turned to his motorcycle going and starting the bike up it roaring to life something the others in the cul-de-sac would complain about from time to time but he did not care. Kevin stuffed his hat into his bag before throwing on his jacket and helmet and mounting the bike. The red-haired teen sighed once more as he began pulling from his driveway and out of the cul-de-sac towards the school. As he drove along it was the same old same old, same stop signs, same people, same everything, which meant that "he" should be there as well. Kevin's heart sped up when he realized who he was thinking about. Eddward, the raven hair teen walked or ran to school nearly every morning and if Kevin left early enough he would normally pass him, if he left late he still saw him in the halls but he knew around this time he should pass the young teen near the end of his trek.

Kevin rode along watching and watching and then, finally there he was. 'Double-dweeb' he though his stomach doing flips. Edd was running along at a decent pace but he made it seem so easy. Kevin slowed down to watch just a little bit longer. 'Get it out of my system' he though giving himself an excuse. Since the day on the running trail he was more aware of Double-D and his movements than he would like to admit. Eddward was wearing long black silk shorts (like basketball shorts), running shoes, a small drawstring bag on his back and a black zipped up runner's jacket that covered all the way up to his neck. 'Why is he always in a jacket, its hot outside!' Kevin thought knowing it was hot in a jacket because he wore one anytime he rode his bike, like right now. The red hair teen drove past the other, giving a nod and an extra rev of his bike as a morning hello. Eddward looked towards the other at the noise and smiled waving towards the red-haired teen in acknowledgement. Kevin's stomach did flip flops and he grinned stupidly, glad his helmet was hiding his face. Kevin passed the other after that not wanting to linger and give him any reason to believe there was any reason to have further interaction. After he left the other male behind he finally finished his way to the school and made it to the parking lot, he starred at the building with discontent. He sighed loudly before turning off his bike, and taking off his helmet and jacket. He put the helmet on his bike bag before taking off towards the building with his back pack slung over his shoulder along with his jacket.

Peach Creek Consolidated High School was a rather large and unfriendly looking building. The design reminded Kevin of a more prison like institute and at some points it felt like it as well. There were three local middle schools that's students ended up being filtered into P.C.C. So there were students from all walks of life at this low budget establishment and it could get unruly and many teachers hated their jobs but there were the few that still try. There was a main principal and two assistant principals as aid. The school did however have enough space, with two large gyms, a mini-gym, a small pool for the swim team to train though it was not regulation for their meets, soccer/football field, tennis court and a running track. There was even a side field set up for the baseball team to practice at, though Kevin knew the coach preferred to go to the local park and practice on the field they would truly play their home games on. The school offered a lot of different sports and if they did not have the facilities for the students they bussed them to the places they needed to be, like a golf course for the golf team or the local bowling alley for bowling league. Basically, the school cared more about its sports than anything else. Kevin could not complain truly because he did like that part of the school he enjoyed his sports a low and was in a sport about every season when able. At least Kevin could look forward to his sports if nothing else as he entered the building for his Junior year.

Another year of school, another year of lies and games and drama. 'Yeah this is something to look forward to.' Kevin grumbled in his own mind before stifling a yawn walking into the first half of the cafeteria where breakfast was served to students, though Kevin always thought it looked and smelled gross so he avoided the food and ate at home when able. He looked around and waved to the normal people he called his 'friends' and put on his own mask of the school jock. Emerald eyes spotted Nazz and walked up behind her. Nazz was still his closest friend through everything but he even hides his secret from her and was thankful at times she never seemed to catch on, which made his tease he about being a dumb blonde. Her hair was longer than when they were younger but only enough to put it up in a short ponytail to play her favorite sport, volleyball. She was one of the taller girls in their grade level but still short compared to Kevin. Kevin smiled as he made his way behind her and leaned against the wall all "cool-dude" style. "Hey what brings a good-looking thing like you to a rat filled place like this?" He teased in a charming voice to the tom-boy looking female. Nazz turned around with bright tealish-colored eyes and grinned at the male before they both began to laugh. At least this part of his life was easy to handle. Kevin and Nazz spoke and walked around until finding and place to with the rest of their "friends" at one of the tables in a corner. Kevin and Nazz so called "friends" were mainly the athletes of the school, there was a mixture of baseball players, football, soccer, volleyball and even a few track and field teens too.

The jocks or sporty sort is what they usually hung out with and Kevin did not mind, and was glad because it made for good conversation and he was able to continue to talk circles around them about a sport if need be when something came up about why he had broken up with a girl, or got laid or anything that would make them question his sexuality. The group chatted about their summer before turning and making fun of the new Freshmen who looked lost and scared as they walked along trying desperately not to seem out of place in the large P.C.C building. As a tray of breakfast food was dropped down at the empty seat beside Kevin he smiled again hearing his other best friends voice. "Good morning Kevin-boy" the voice came with a slight accent and he knew immediately it was Rolf. The other male had grown out of the harshness to his accent and though it was there is was less noticeable unless he was ticked off. Rolf looked and dressed about the same from when they were kids, tall, unibrow, dark forest green eyes dark hair and skin. "Sup, dude" Kevin said making room for his good friend so he could sit and eat his breakfast, or second breakfast because Kevin knew Rolf was always up early enough to eat at home, tend to the farm, and then come to school where he would eat yet again but never seemed to gain any weight; which made Nazz complain about how unfair metabolism was between men and women. The chatter around him continued and it was starting to bore the red-haired teen as he turned his back to the table and leaned against it looking out into the crowd.

Kevin watched around spotting some of the old cul-de-sac kids he grew up with, though rarely talked to anymore, at least not at school their social circles didn't click. There was Johnny who looked the same with his big bald head and baggy clothes. Kevin wondered if Johnny still had his beloved friend Plank around or not since last he had heard the Kanker sisters had tried to steal it Freshman year to destroy the darn thing. Yes, the Kanker sisters were at this school and it made Kevin frown but the good thing was the girls had lost most of their obsession with being completely insane in the brain and left the Ed's and cul-de-sac kids alone since they had so many to pick from in this huge place. Kevin saw Ed and Eddy eating at one of the tables not far from Johnny; they had some of their other friends around them though Kevin suspected they were mostly Eddy's friends because they looked a little shifty. Seeing the other Ed's made the jock wonder about the last of them and if Eddward had arrived at school or not yet, he cursed himself for the thought of the other but still found himself looking around to see if he could spot the other male. In a matter or moments bright emerald eyes spotted the raven-haired teen strolling through the doors, not even winded from his run. Immediately Double-Dee was stopped by a few geeky looking students and he spoke to them cheerfully, flashing his gap-tooth smile. Kevin sighed to himself looking away so not to stare at the teen he was currently having a hard time crushing on. He couldn't let his "friends" know and it would be Hell if he was caught gawking at him first day of school. After a few moments though he let his gaze go back to see Edd wandering off down a hallway towards who knew where followed by a few girls that Kevin knew ran track with the other. Kevin frowned at this, he did not know if the Dweeb had a girlfriend or not, he hadn't been the least bit interested until recently and knew asking would completely stupid because he would then have to explain why he was so curious and at the moment he could not be asked to come up with a lie to explain himself. 'Pfft, as if it matters it is not like I am going to be asking out to be my high school sweetheart!' Kevin mentally scoffed at himself because it did not matter, even if Edd was single and by some miracle gay it still meant nothing. Kevin was bound and determined to just make it through high school and take whatever sports scholarship he was offered that took him the farthest away from this place. That was the golden plan, just get away from this close-minded piece of crap area and never return. He felt a little guilt at that though due to his father being left alone but at the same time he knew he had to do what was best for himself.

Kevin sat there until the bell said it was time to head towards their designated homerooms. Rolf waved good-bye and headed off to the first day of his Senior year with a few of his chums, while Kevin and Nazz grabbed their backpacks and went in another direction, having the same homeroom class. The two sporty teens walked to their homeroom together and waited for this year to be over with already. Kevin looked around to see who was in his homeroom class, many faces he recognized but not really the face he wanted to see was there to which he gave a mental sigh of relief because he was not sure if he would be able to act naturally with the double-dork being in the room too. Kevin was handed out his schedule for the first nine weeks and sighed knowing he would surely be tutored on all of these. The students chatted loudly and the teacher just sat back down and took long hard swigs from her cup of coffee that she seemed to desperately clutch for dear life. Coffee did sound good right now to Kevin as he yawned once again for the twelve time since entering the room. "Like dude what is up with the yawning? You're killing me!" Nazz giggled as she too stifled a yawn. Kevin grinned leaning back in his seat and turning to talk to the blonde. "Oh, just was up late surfing the web and playing games." He lied with a light shrug. Nazz grinned at him turning in her seat as well to focus better on their small talk. "Oh? And what is her name Kev?" The blonde teased making the boy roll his eyes and straightening his red cap upon his head. "Wouldn't you like to know. Speaking of which, what ever happened to you and the one dude at your work?" He asked trying to change the subject from himself.

Nazz groaned before launching into a tirade of this and that about how boys were dumb as Hell. The usual stuff that made Kevin zone out and just shake or nod his head when appropriate. It wasn't like he didn't care but he had heard it all from her before, the whole lot of bull about never finding the right person to be with and how it always just felt awkward to start a new relationship just to see it go no-where with the guy. Nazz was such a tom-boy she felt more at peace playing basketball against the guys than anything else and she swore dating only made their friendships get ruined. Kevin understood, he wasn't friends with any of the girls that he dated and some of them use to hang out none stop on the sports fields with him at one point. There was one exception and that was Nazz herself, he had dated her a couple times on and off but finally decided they were better as friends and they both agreed that as close as they were it kind of made it feel like they were dating a sibling or something. Gross.

The day went on and each period was just getting papers handed to the students to outline the plan for the entire time they would be in the class, the rules and everything else such as emails how to reach the teacher or whatever. The same dull stuff each year just a new teacher in Kevin's opinion. Math, English, History blah blah blah the same junk each year just a new harder way to torture the students with it. Lunch time rolled around and Kevin was found at his normal table that had some of the cul-de-sac kids and other jocks. It was a bit of a mix but it was a big enough lunch room that they were always able to find a place. Of course, they had to chase a few freshmen away from their table but that was easy enough when you have half the wrestling team and football team, glaring you down saying move it or lose it people tended to move it which made Kevin and his buddies laugh. Nazz just rolled her eyes but took her usual spot at the edge of the table near Kevin, sitting her tray down on the table and her backpack on the ground by her feet. It was safer to keep your backpack on you all day and rarely use your lockers because half the time that is where most of the fights took place was at the lockers. Plus, it was stupid where the lockers were placed compared to where the classes were for the students.

Kevin and his buddies compared schedules for the rest of the day glad to see Nazz was still in a majority of his classes and a few other of his team mates as well. The students began to eat their cafeteria food, glad it was pizza on the first day since at times the school had times where it was mystery meat or something that didn't even look edible. The red-haired teen wondered at time if packing his lunch would be worth it but then again it just sucked to put in that much extra of time, the school use to let the Juniors and Seniors go off campus for lunch but after several students decided to use that time wheeling and dealing the school terminated that policy during Kevin's Freshmen year. "Oh hey! Double-D!" Nazz shouted out waving like crazy with a huge smile upon her face. Kevin cursed her in his mind and wanted her death for a moment before calming himself down and he glanced around to see where the blonde was looking and waving to frantically. There walked Double-D away from the nearby vending machines with a bottle of soda and another bottle of lemonade in his hands. Nazz was friendly with all of their old childhood friends even if Kevin wasn't so it was normal for her to speak to any of them whenever she saw them. Kevin just wished she wouldn't have called 'HIM' over of all people, the day had been going to so well too. Emerald eyes watched as sapphire blue looked in their direction to the teens sitting at the table. Kevin knew that Eddward could and would fit in at their table, maybe not easily but it was possible since he was into the sports and on a few teams with the others at the table but the raven-haired teen never seemed interested in the idea.

Eddward saw the blonde-haired girl sitting beside the red-haired male and felt obligated to wander over and speak with the teen girl since she had called his name and was waving rather frantically with a smile for him to visit her table of jocks. Edd acknowledged by waving back but holding up a finger as to signal he needed a moment. Kevin watched as Double-D gave a sharp whistle and a small brunette haired girl turned and waved at him from a small group of girls on the other side of the cafeteria. 'Who the Hell is she?' Kevin wondered idly as he watched his current crush toss the lemonade to the young girl. Kevin looked her up and down curiously as she caught the bottle with a smile. She was petite and slender and if Kevin had to guess he would say she was a runner and nice as her legs looked. The girl in question had a lightly freckled face with long wavy brown hair and bright brown eyes. Kevin guessed she is what you would call 'cute' but she just seemed like an odd duck to him, almost like she looked too cute on purpose with her bright smile, big eyes, and ribbons in her hair, or maybe she seemed too innocent like one of those anime chicks off a tee-shirt. She was nearly dressed the part in a yellow dress and yellow ribbons in her hair. Maybe Kevin was judging her too harshly but he couldn't help it at the moment she was accepting lemonade from the guy he had a crush on. The girl waved Edd over but he then threw her the sign as to give him a moment before turning back toward the jock table and walking over with a slow stride, beginning to fiddle with the bottle of soda he had left in his hands, playing with the back with his thumb nervously. Kevin knew Edd fidgeted when he was nervous which disappointed him that the smaller male would be nervous to come over and talk but then again Kevin had just been wishing he wouldn't do that.

Nazz had watched the whole thing as well and Kevin noted as she studied the young girl, that received the lemonade, a little longer than Kevin though necessary but girls were the time that summed each other up with looks and words, but then again why was Nazz sizing up the auburn-haired girl anyways? Teal eyes returned to the male she had called over to the table as Kevin swung a leg over the bench seat he was setting on so he could still converse with the table but have an ear in the two's conversation. Nazz smiled at the blue eyes boy that stood in front of her as she moved to sit on the bench part of the lunch table feet out in the walkway. She leaned back and smiled up at the other who gave a gap tooth smiled back still fiddling with the top of the coke bottle in his hands, making circles with his thumb over the cap. Edward's eyes went from Nazz to the rest of the table to Kevin, then back again to Nazz the girl who had called him over to this mess. She did seem rather happy to see him though. "Greetings Nazz, how has your first day back to school been?" He asked casually figuring that it was an appropriate question. The blond smiled at him kindly. "Great if I didn't have French and Intro to Calc!" She said exasperated but grinned. "What about you there tall dark and handsome?" She said grinning and a couple of the guys at the table snorted but gave each other an odd look and Kevin was one of them. Was Nazz into the Dweeb? Kevin knew she had always been friendlier to Edd than the other Ed's at times but never would he have thought that the tom-boyish girl would be into the smart one of the trio, then again wasn't Kevin himself into the same boy and he had never imagined that either.

Eddward's face registered shock for a moment before a light blush spread across his face but he spoke anyways. "It could be better. My schedule was being toyed with by the office to find appropriate classes in which I can be in so I have missed my first day of classes thus far." He said calmly the blush vanishing almost as quickly as it came. Kevin finally turned his head to look at the other as he conversed with Nazz. Edd had changed his clothes and he think he knew why Nazz had said the comment. Double-D was wearing all black track suit, even his shoes were black. "Going emo on us there Double-Dweeb?" Kevin asked giving him the usual jock attitude as he motioned to the other's outfit. The guys around laughed and fist bumping at Kevin's "insult" to the other male. Double-D looked at the red hair teen with shock and then a cool detachment which Kevin felt a little bad about but continued to smile anyways keeping his own mask in place. "No, Kevin." Is all the clever male said before turning to leave. "Wait Edd!" Nazz called after she punched Kevin in the arm glaring at him before standing taking a few steps after the raven-haired male. Kevin rubbed his shoulder with a frown and watched the two cul-de-sac teens. Eddward stopped and turned back to see what else the blonde could possibly want with him. "You've had French before, right? So, if I need help or notes...?" Nazz left the question open. "If I am able to help you yes, Nazz I will." he said simply before walking off not being his normal polite self and saying good-bye.

"Geesh is it me or does he get weirder each year?" One of the boys at the table said with a grin. "Eddward, more like Eddweird" Kevin mumbled knowing this was not the first off behavior he had witnessed from the raven hair teen. The team mates busted out laughing, even some of Eddward's track team. "Brilliant, Kev!" They agreed. Kevin laughed but it was a nervous one, knowing he had just gave a new cruel thing to call his new crush. 'It was an accident' he thought but a little too late. Then again, he knew he would probably be teasing the other or listening to snide remarks all year long about his old cul-de-sac pals. His new "friends" did not care much for his old group and would openly taunt the teens, it used to be the Dweeb was teased a lot during Freshmen year if Kevin remembered correctly. Hell, if he was going to be honest then he knew he had even participated in some of the crueler of the torments placed on the dorkier teen. Seemed like even while in a sports team Edd was still an outcast from the other jocks and that didn't seem to be getting any less noticeable. Bright green eyes watched as Double-D walked back over to the young girl he had thrown the lemonade to earlier and began to converse as they started walking off together.

****Eddward's POV of Lunch****

The day was going by with little to no hope the office would actually figure out his schedule, the only highlight of his day so far had been the run to school where it was just him and his music, oh and a greeting from Kevin while he drove past. It was uncommon that Edd's old cul-de-sac friends still acknowledged him. Ed and Eddy of course still did but he knew they had grown apart and the summers were the time he truly even hung around Eddy anymore. Double-D would still see Big-Ed though to help tutor him or more recently help him fill out applications for jobs. He was proud of his large friend and his progress of growing up. He sighed as the next bell rang and the secretary looked no closer to calling his name. Lunch was just around the corner and he had not truly been to a class all day but in the office. The problem was that he had taken advance classes over the summers and so now the school was just scrambling to find him classes that were challenging enough. As if that was possible at this drab facility, he knew better and would most likely be put into normal classes that were less than appealing to him. He had tried to persuade the principal to let him take senior courses but no luck there, 'Probably because they would have nothing for me to do next year' Edd thought folding his hands in his lap and looking back at the clock.

Eddward had thought about just trying to graduate early but then he worried about Big-Ed and his sports. The thought amused him that those were his only worries though it wasn't long ago that he had hated physical activity. He stared at the tile floor reminding himself to be patient with the staff at the high school. Edd watched the floor as he thought to himself about the new school year and what it meant. Sure, it was another year of classes that were not quiet challenging and another year of running for track and cross country. Another year of helping tutor other students who did not appreciate his efforts, well except for Big-Ed but Double-D did not mind helping his childhood friend. He would have dwelled more on the memory, over thinking it of course, but a gentle voice pulled him from his thoughts. "hello there." Blue eyes blinked and Edd turned to look at a female who had sat next to him on the bench in the office. She was dressed completely in yellow and looked nearly too child like to be a high school student. It took him longer than he would like to admit to respond to her introduction. "Greetings." He smiled nearly forgetting his manners. He had not heard the girl come in and was startled that she was sitting next to him instead of away like all the others in this school would have. No one was friendly at this school it seemed so it was an odd occurrence to have someone go out of their way to be kind, not to say it didn't happen but that more or less people kept to themselves and only looked out for themselves.

The girl smiled at him and stuck out her hand, Edd shook it gently. "My name is Lily Summers, I'm new to this school and area." She said and Edd then understood, she was nice because she wasn't from these parts. "Eddward Vincent, it's nice to meet you." He gave her his friendliest smile. The two were able to talk and keep each other company for a while. Eddward learned she had moved her from the large city but before that she was from Paris, France and was fluent in French. When the two began to converse in French the secretary looked at them as if they were nuts. Edd found it delightful that the new girl was so well rounded, and to top it off she was a Junior as well though younger, when her family had moved from France she was moved up a grade due to the difference in education between the countries. Lily was also into sports and the Arts which Eddward found intriguing when she spoke of all the museums she had been to while she lived overseas. Edd knew that if she liked the right sports she would soon find her own little corner of friends to be around and would fit in fine, for the most part. The principal and counselor finally came out and gave Edd his "new schedule" though it still might change. He was in some fairly normal classes but mainly as a teacher's assistant and he had a few honors classes this year, for English. He thanked the principal and said good day to Lily before exiting the office and beginning to walk down the hall slowly still looking over his class schedule, it was so close to lunch he almost wondered if it was worth the trek upstairs to catch the last half of the course he was supposed to be in right now. He was never one for skipping class so he sighed figuring he would try to make it there anyways and explain his absence. It had been a waste though because by the time he made it to the rooms door the bell for lunch rang.

Eddward stayed behind to talk with the teacher and grab a syllabus for the class which made him late for lunch. Though when he got to the lunch room he found the menu item was pizza and had not the stomach for it. Edd took a moment to look around the room seeing all the students going to their usual spots and Freshmen scrambling to get out of their way. He no longer at with Eddy or Ed these days, finding their childish antics in the lunch room to just be a bother. He was about to leave towards vending machines in the hall when the Lily girl came up behind him. "It is good to see a friendly face in here. Are you eating with anyone?" she asked with a nervous smile. Edward gave a friendly smile to the brown eyed girl. He could tell the nervousness she held at the moment and remembered his freshman year but at least he had Ed and Eddy and though she wasn't a freshman she was just as new and did not have a spot in this to lunch room. "Today I do not, I am not a fan of the school's pizza so I was about to venture off to the vending machines. If you would like I will sit with you after I have acquired food. That is if you would like to eat with me." He said adding the last part just in case she had found a small group and he had been mistaken in her questioning. Lily smiled to him agreeing they should stay together and that vending machine sounded better to her anyway since she was a little too nervous to eat. Double-D smiled and motioned for her to follow as they both headed towards the vending machines. The school had a wide range of vending machine around, as large as it was, there were two beverage machines in the lunch room and one snack machine right outside the lunch rooms double doors. Leaving the lunch room Eddward stood in line for the vending machines for only a few moments before buying himself a Cliff bar and Lily bought a bag of pretzels. They both munched on their snacks happily staying outside the lunch room doors as they spoke though before long Eddward found himself needing a drink and braced himself yet again as him and his new companion went into the lunch room.

Double-D hated how loud the room was during lunch and normally on a nice day would sit outside but today with Lily around he felt compelled to keep her near the others of the school so she could get use to them. Back in the lunch room Eddward was soon surrounded by several girls from his class. He knew them quite well since he had been in track with them since seventh grade. He stopped a moment to speak with them and introduce Lily, it was quite interesting to the other girls when Lily said she was into track back at her old school and had found great enjoyment in hurdles because they were just like practicing jumps for gymnastics or her figure skating that she would partake in back in Paris. With the mention of Paris, the girls swarmed over he immediately and started talking her ear off asking so many questions that even Eddward felt he would have a hard time keeping up as smart as he was. "I'll go get a lemonade for you be right back." Double-D had offered the girl and mouthed a thank you with sorry eyes as she was being held captive. Eddward laughed seeing the nervousness on Lily's face before he went to the vending machines that were in the lunchroom you bought her a lemonade and him a soda. The raven-haired male was about to turn back towards his small group when he heard his name being called from not far away.

Double-D had recognized the voice almost immediately it was Nazz one of his childhood friends from the cul-de-sac she was waving for him to come over frantically. Edd's blue eyes went from her to the rest of the table, most of them at the table he knew either from the sports he participated in or from being tormented by them, sometimes even both. The jocks sat around the same table nearly all the time and it was always the same faces, some of which Eddward knew better than others. Some of the jocks were not that bad and easy to get along with but then there were the ones who had known Edd before he found his interest in sports and joined their ranks as an "athlete". Back then it was hard and they were cruel, and though he was now one of them, some never let him forget his place as the "dork" with an inward sigh he knew he couldn't just ignore Nazz, she looked too happy and had always been kind to him. Eddward sighed trying not to think about it as he motioned for Nazz to give him a moment, holding up his pointer finger. Without thinking he turned and let out a loud whistle and with some amusement Lily turned to him just as he had wanted, though a few others did too but he paid them no mind as he tossed the lemonade threw the air and the other Junior caught it without problems. He also motioned for her to give him a moment before taking a deep breath and walking toward the table where Nazz was still smiling waiting on him.

Nervously he began to fidget with the soda bottle that was in his hands. He greeted the blonde-haired teen before looking nervously around the table, seeing Kevin as always beside the girl but not speaking to him. They chatted and Eddward felt awkward there in front of people he knew to be cruel, occasionally seeing a few of his least favorite classmates grinning wickedly at him. While speaking with Nazz the red-haired teen beside her spoke in a mocking voice. "Going emo on us there Double-Dweeb?" Kevin had said and the idea almost made Eddward's heart stop from his chest but he froze outwardly. He did not know what Kevin was referring to since the term 'emo' was used for all sorts of things from music, appearance, or even cutting of one's own wrist. He watched as emerald eyes looked over him once more before turning and looking at the teen coolly. "No, Kevin." He said in his best voice to sound uninterested in further discussion before turning to leave figure his idly chit-chat with Nazz was done and he did not intend to stand there and get insulted or toyed with by the other members of the table. Before he made it far though before Nazz called for him once again, this time getting to her point about needing help with French possibly. Of course, Eddward would help her if he could, she had always been good to him through the years. Kevin on the other hand, well he wasn't sure about that for so many reasons he did not care to think about at the moment. Edd went back over to Lily who had been abandoned by the other females and was just standing where he had left her, he smiled kindly feeling a twinge of guilt that he had abandoned her but she didn't seem to mind as they struck up a conversation quickly, heading out of the lunch room to get away from the noise and chaos.


The surprise was Edward's POV though it was not my best writing skills I just thought it'd be nice to be in his head for a moment more thank Kevin's. Though I would not suspect that with each chapter, it is rather difficult for me to balance so many voices in my head ~! lol

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