As a playlist while reading this chapter, I recommend: Air Supply It's Time For Me to Fly, Bon Jovi: You Give Love a Bad Name, Dan Hill: Sometimes When We Touch, Robert John: Sad Eyes. Hope you enjoy this.
Chapter 2
Cold green eyes watched as a man wearing a black beanie come walking into the cul-de-sac. It had been years since that hat had been seen in that area but even though it wasn't the same old hat it was so similar that it could have been. They watched as the man eyed the house and looked over the overgrown yard and unkempt bushes.
No emotion could be seen in those cold eyes it was if all feeling had been locked away in a vault. It wasn't as if the owner of those eyes didn't feel love, it was there but he never let any thing reach his eyes. He had learned long ago how to keep everything hid from the world. He didn't want pity from anyone. He had brought the hurt upon himself so he must suffer. He felt that what he had done was the best for his beloved and would do it all over again if need be. The love of his life would live his dreams and fulfill his destiny. Then once that was achieved the he would allow himself to feel again, to actually live in the world. Maybe even to allow himself to have hope again. He knew that he had thrown away his one chance at being happy. He had decided long ago when he was just entering high school that he always wanted to see a smile on those lips, a real smile and not the forced one that he usually showed the world. He had achieved that mission while in his junior year in highschool. He had finally gained enough courage to go against what was considered normal to ask the love of his life out on a date. He remembered being so nervous and unsure of himself. That was the one time when he, the captain of the football and baseball team, star athlete of the school, beloved quarter back had been afraid of rejection.
The most popular boy in school, sought after by all the girls had fallen in love with someone that was considered to be the complete opposite of himself. With the girls all he had to do was look at them and they would throw themselves at his feet, he had dated many but never stayed with any past a date or two. This had gained him the reputation of being a player. Love and Leave 'em Kevin had gotten to be his nickname. The boys all wanted to be his friend so that they could gather up his castoff girlfriends. Even a few of the gay guys at school had tried to catch his attention to no avail. The one day something had caught his eye. A tall lean nerd had looked his way and smiled with a gaped toothed smile and his world went reeling. It had awakened feeling that he had suppressed so long ago.
The day they met was the day he had actually fallen in love with the little dork. He was playing in his yard when the moving van had pulled up in front of the house across the street. He watched as the men started to take things out of the truck. He saw a car come down the street and pull into the driveway of the house. A tall elegant lady got out of the passenger side of the car and opened the back door of the car to let a small pale boy get out. As the boy was getting out the lady looked up at the little boy across the street and smiled. To the little five year old orange haired boy she was so beautiful. She had a cute button nose and long black hair. Her eyes we so blue and looked so happy. The father came around the car and kissed her on the cheek. He was also tall with dark black hair and blue eyes. Then little Kevin looked at the little boy. He was wearing a black beanie with long raven black hair sticking out and curling around the edge of the beanie.
His eyes were the same cobalt blue of his mothers with a wonderful light in them. Emerald eyes with gold lights in them met blue eyes and locked. Then after staring at each other for a few minutes looked away both boys blushed at the same time.
"Mommy, can I go meet the little boy across the street? Please, can I?" Said the little red haired boy running into his house.
His mother, looked up at her cherished little boy and smiled. She handed him a small bag of cookies and told him to take them over to the little boy. This tiny red haired boy with freckles was the light of her eye. The only child that she and her husband had been able to produce always made he so proud.
"Yes, go ahead honey, but remember your manners and be polite." She smiled at her handsome son who looked so much like his father in looks except for the red hair and green eyes that he had gotten from her.
The little boy jumped on his bicycle and rode the long way around the cul-de-sac, to build up his courage to meet the new kid. He screeched to a halt in front of the house across the street and looked at the little boy.
"Hi, my name is Kevin, what's yours?"
The little blue eyed boy reached up and pulled his beanie down over his face and said "Greetings Kevin. It is nice to meet you. My name is Eddward Marion Vincent, The Eddward is spelled with two Ds so that people don't get my name confused with my father's." The little boy had turned beet red he was blushing so much.
Just then Edd's mother came out of the house and smiled "who's your little friend Eddward?
In his best big boy manner, as his mother had taught him to do, Kevin put out his hand and said, "Hello Mrs Vincent, I am Kevin Barr, I live across the street in that house."
"Oh what polite young man you are." Said Mrs Vincent taking the small hand in hers.
Kevin smiled and held up the bag of cookies, "Mommy sent some cookies over for Eddward may he have some, Please?" His mother, who was watching from across the street was so proud of her baby. He was doing his best, usually he would say hello and then just forget all about please and thank you.
"Yes, he may have a couple, but not to many, because I have his lunch almost ready and I don't want him to lose his appetite."
The boys sat on the curb munching cookies and watching the men unload the truck. Kevin kept looking at Edd's blue eyes.
He started pointing out the different houses and telling of the kids who lived there. That's Eddy's house he's kinda ok, we don't really get along all that well, the tall kid over there in the next house is Ed, he is Eddy's friend. There's Jimmy's house, and then Nazz lives in the next house, she has blonde hair, we're friends, The kid that lives in that next house plays with a board and says it talks to him. In that house next to mine live some foreign people, a boy our age and his grandmother live there. I think I'll call you Double D to keep from getting you confused with Ed and Eddy, would that be ok?"
The little boy next to him had stopped pulling his had down and was looking at Kevin with those wonderful blue eyes. "I like you Kevin, will you be my friend?"
Just then Kevin's mother called him to come in and eat his lunch. Kevin jumped on his bicycle and rode back to his house and ran in side. While he was eating lunch, the Eds had discovered the new kid and come over to meet him.
After lunch Kevin jumped back on his bicycle to ride back around the cul-de-sac to see Edd again, when he got there he got off of his bike and walked over the to boys.
"What are you doing here Kevin? Go away and ride your stupid bicycle, and leave us and our new friend alone." snarled Eddy.
"I come to see Double D, what's it to ya."
Eddy shoved Kevin and made him fall down. "he doesn't want to be your friend, he is our friend we are the three Eds. So go ride your stupid bike and leave us alone." Eddy was jealous of the fact tht Kevin was the first kid in the neighborhood to have a bicycle and also because his dad worked at the Jawbreaker factory and always had them on hand.
Eddy shoved Kevin again causing him to fall and skin his knee on the sidewalk. Tears sprang up in the small red haired boy's eyes.
"Kevin is a cry baby" Eddy teased.
Kevin jumped up and punched Eddy, then jumped on his bicycle and rode off, he didn't like how that made him feel, but he decided that from that day forward no one would ever see him cry again. He looked back at the boys and yelled "Dorks! I don't want to be friends with dorks anyways."
He had spent a lot of time bullying the boys after that, fighting with Eddy, but never really being mean to Double Dee, just calling him dork, or double dork. He would always let himself be pulled in to Eddy's scams just to be able to get close to Double Dee and speak to him. Because he wanted to be friends with the raven haired boy, he would get flustered and call him a dork.
Then one day in high school he was having problems in a class, he was told by a teacher to get help from her best student. That student was Double Dee. It had taken a few days to swallow his pride and go ask the boy for study help. He was so afraid that because he had been so mean to the boy that he would refuse to help him.
He was standing by his locker when a beloved black beanie with two white strips came into view. He waited until the hat had passed him and stepped out walking behind the boy until Edd stopped at his own locker. Kevin then bumped into him saying "watch it dork! You're in the way" The sock head cowered against his locker and looked up with fear in his cobalt eyes. "I'm sorry to be in your way Kevin, p, p, please don't hit me."
"I'm not gonna hit ya, Double Dweeb. Just watch where you're walking. Oh, by the way could I ask a favor of you, I will understand if you don't want to, but I would really appreciate it if you would. I know I have been an ass to you all these years. But I really need your help."
"How may I be of assistance to you Kevin?"
"Well, its science class, I need some one to help get me up to speed in that class, and the teacher suggested that you would be a good tutor."
"I would be glad to help you with your studies Kevin, but I will have to check my schedule first."
"You don't have to if you really don't want to Dee, I'll understand, there maybe someone else that I can get, who would you recommend."
Edd opened his locker and looked at a calendar hanging on the door. He ran his finger along each of the days of the week. "Well, I have a science club meeting after school today and you have football practice, so sometime after 5 pm would be good for me today."
Kevin looked at the calendar and noticed the notation for today, there was science club wit Edd by it, FHA with Nazz by that , football practice with Kevin listed next to it. Eddy was next to FBL and Ed was listed to FFA.
"Wow Dee you keep up with everybody?" Kevin was surprised to find his name on the calendar why would the dork be interested in what he was doing.
"Yes, I like to keep up with all my friends doings and accomplishments. Just at that moment Kevin had noticed the date of the last football game was a gold star and the notation 'another good win for Kevin!'
"You keep up with what I'm doing Dork? Why?"
"I sure do, I'm always proud of my friends achievements. Even though we haven't always gotten along, I still consider you as a friend. Shall we say six this evening at my house, bring your materials over. See you then."
For some reason Kevin was actually loathe to leave the dork, but the bell was ringing. Kevin started towards the class room, remembered that he and Double Dee shared this class and that it was the dreaded science class. He stopped and looked back at the dweeb and said, "C'mon Dork, I'll walk with you to class. When they reached the class, instead of heading to the back of the room as he usually did the red haired boy say in the seat next to Dee. Double Dee looked at him with a lifted eyebrow. "If I am going to start getting help in this class, might as well start now."
A tear sprang up in the cold eye looking out on the street in front of his house. He shook his head to loosen the grip of old memories. He waited at the window until he saw the garage door open and the shiny car pull out of the garage. He saw the motorcycle sitting there covered in dust. Poor baby, maybe someday I'll get to ride you again. There's just too many memories tied to you still. He watched the car till it was out of sight then let the curtain fall back into place.
He walked down the stairs and into the living room. He glanced towards the front door and saw the pile of notes that had been pushed thru the letter box on his front door. He didn't pick up any of them he knew the all by heart anyway. There were notes from Nazz asking him what was going on and pleading with him to call her. Notes from Rolf, Jimmy, Sarah and even Ed. He laughed at the last one Ed had left. "You must stir the gravy to make it good Kevin". Even Eddy had left a note the other day telling him that Edd was coming home for awhile because he was suffering from exhaustion.
He thought about the day he had parked his bike in the dweeb's garage. He had been downtown at a bar and had drank himself into a stupor. He stumbled out of the bar and bumped into someone. It took all he had to focus enough to recognize the giant he had bumped into. The eyes that looked at him had the saddest expression he had ever seen in those eyes. "Kevin, I've found you. I've been looking for you for a long time." A hand reached out to steady the wobbly drunk. "where are you going?"
"home, if I can find my bike."
"I'll take you home Kevin, you shouldn't be riding your bike in that condition."
"I don't need your help dorkzilla, I can make it home on my own." Kevin slurred, hiccuped and stumbled off towards his bike. When he got to his bike he tried to get on and fell down. "Shorry babe daddysssh a little drunk tonight, think you can make it home?: As he tried to get on the bike again he heard someone behind him say "Too much gravy can make a little bee sad that his flower got harmed."
and the red haired boy felt a blow to the back of his head, just before he blacked out he heard the voice again, "Sorry Kevin. This is for you own good."
When he woke up with a splitting headache, Ed was sitting on the couch. He held a glass of water out the the bleary green eyed man. "Drink this, and I will get you something for your head."
"Why'd you hit me Ed? I never realized you could hit so hard."
"I have never liked hitting anyone Kevin, but it was for your own good. Plus I didn't want to see Double Dee crying at your funeral."
"Don't think you have to worry about that Ed. I doubt he would even notice that I'm dead."
"No Kevin, once the toast is buttered it cannot be unbuttered."
"Damn Ed, what does that mean?"
Ed sighed, looked at Kevin and smiled. Then he said, "What I said Kevin is that Double Dee loves you and will always love you. He understands why you did what you did. He isn't happy that you did it that way, but he does still love you."
Kevin looked at the gentle giant and smiled. To think he hadn't realized that Ed was actually smart all these years. "Why you act so stupid all the time Ed, you are really smart."
"Unlike Edd, I don't actually like being intelligent, I prefer the simple things in life, like nature, friends and animals."
"Wow Ed, but why did you help me, we've never really been friends.?
"Double Dee loves you, and I do consider you a friend. I want you to promise me Kevin, on you love for Double Dee that you will never ride your bike again while you have been drinking."
"I can't promise that Ed, drinking is the only way I can ride it anymore. There are too many memories attached to it. Every time I get on it I remember all the rides Dee and I took on it and it hurts so bad. I am so lost without him, But he has to get his degree and dream job"
Promise me that you won't ride it drunk again Kevin, or every night you will get hit again, and I can hit harder if I choose to. You won't like that. If you can't ride it sober then you have to park it until you can. I don't want to see you get hurt or worse."
"I can't walk every where Ed, I have to have wheels."
"I'll get you a car Kevin, but I don't want you to drive after you've been drinking. Either quite drinking or quit riding your bike, Here's my phone number, if you get drunk call me and I will come get you. No matter how late, how drunk you are. I will be watching you. I am sure I will have to swat you a few more times, before some sense gets knocked into your block head."
"But what if you can't come Ed then what? I'm sure you won't be able to be there all the time."
"Just call me Kevin anytime, I'll be there. Dee always confided in me that, that was one of your biggest fears was to be alone."
"Ok Ed, I'll call you, I'll even park my bike for you and Double Dee. Tell you what to make sure I don't ride my bike again, I'll put it somewhere safe. I'll park it in Dee's garage, I still have the key for his place. But how will I get to work?"
Ed pulled a key out of his pocket and said "Oh look, shiny" and handed the key to Kevin. "It's in the driveway."
"That's your car Ed, I can't take that."
"Yes you will, I just bought a truck. The tank is full, the insurance is paid, just don't drink and drive it. Call me."
"Thanks Ed, let's take the bike over before it gets light so that no one sees us put it there." They went out and pushed the bike across the street. They opened the garage and pushed the bike inside and closed the door.
Ed looked around at the spotless garage and said "You really take good care of Dee's house Kevin when did you become a neat freak."
Kevin grinned at Ed and said, "You have to keep your bread carefully if you want to make good toast."
Ed laughed and patted Kevin on the head and said, "You to it Kevin".
The Jock shock his head. Enough with memory lane. I have to get to work. He walked out the back gate to his home, through his back yard and up the lane to Ed's house. He opened the garage and got into the little car parked there. He smiled, Ed was the only one who actually knew where Kevin was at all times these days and never told anyone.
He backed the car out and started off down the street. He drove downtown and parked in the little parking area of Jocko's and went into the back door that led to the office. He glanced over the days receipts, checked the appointments for the next day. He counted the money from the safe, set up the cash box for the next day. He then took out the deposit bag and got the deposit slip ready for the bank. He wrote the payroll checks and signed them.
"Double Delish sure taught you well."
Kevin jumped at the sound and looked at a teal haired man standing in the door of his office. "What are you doing here Nat?"
"I came down to see how my investment is going. And to check out some fine booty."
Kevin laughed, some things never changed. "You know I have paid you back in full with interest."
"You never had to pay me back Kevin. It isn't like I need the money. I wanted to help you get on your feet again."
"You and Ed have sure taken good care of me. You haven't told anyone where to find me have you.?"
"No, you know I promised to keep your secret."
"Yes, but I know how you love to play match maker between me and Dee. And you also know why he can never find me."
"Well, gotta run, I have a table reserved next door. I wanna see that masked hottie next door. Dat ass Kevin Dat Ass."
"OK Nat see ya later, I got payroll to do."
"Oh, by the way, I heard a certain little raven is gonna be in the house tonight. Might wanna warn Al that he likes hot jocks and may drool all over him."
The emerald eyes glanced up at Nat, for once there was a spark in cold green eyes, it warmed Nats heart to see that spark, but it soon extinguished and went back to cold. "I will tell him to be careful. Though that little bird will probably wanna peck his eyes out."
With that Nat left, shaking his butt and singing "gonna get dat booty all night long".
Kevin finished up his accounting chores and locked up the safe and office then walked thru the door that led to the office of Dorky's and sat at the desk and repeated the same routine as jocko's. He then got up and put on his costume and opened the door to the bar. He whistled and the DJ looked up and shook his head. The techno song that was playing abruptly stopped.
"Ladies and Gentlemen and you desperate queens at the door, direct from New Orleans, our own hot number is in the house tonight and ready to get the show on the road. The one, The Only, often imitated but never duplicated. The maker of wet dreams in little twink panties Al Louttaluv! Give it up for Al."
Air Supply's All Out of Love came blaring from the speakers and a man in a full mask over his head came out on the stage wearing baseball uniform. All eyes were on the Jock on the stage. Kevin put on a lost little boy attitude for the routine for this song. By the end of the song he was down to nothing but his pants which was the set up for his next song.
Just then he heard an all to familiar voice shout "Nat, what are you doing here, I thought you was in France!" Dee grabbed the teal haired man in a warm embrace.
"Hey Double cutie, how ya been? Figured I'd better come and check on my investment"
"Investment?" questioned Dee
"Yeah, this place and the place next door."
"Well that explains the names, only you, speaking of Jockos have you seen Kevin lately, nobody seems to know where he is."
"No" Nat looked away it went against everything in his being to lie to Double Dee. "Have you checked out our resident jock on stage?"
"He seems to have gone shy at the moment." They looked at the stage, the baseball jock was off to the side of the stage talking to a drag queen. The drag queen seemed to be rubbing something on his chest over his left pec. Then pulled out a grease pencil and wrote something.
At the first line of You Give Love a Bad Name came over the speakers, the jock shot out on the stage and off came the pants as if by magic. All eyes were on the stage as Kevin gave his best routine to that song and ever time the lyrics said You give love a bad name he pointed to the letter I that was written on his chest.
Suddenly a row of lights in the floor light up leading directly to Nat's table. As the dancer drew near the table he was looking everywhere but at Dee. Double Dee noticed that he accepted no tips but pointed towards a jar on the bar. He kept coming closer to the table soon he was gyrating directly in front of Dee. "A school boy's dream, you act so shy" Sang Bon Jovi and the dancer pointed directly at the dork, and on the next line he threw his arms around the raven haired boy and kissed Dee on the lips and pointed to a sign over Dee's head. A sultry laugh was heard as he backed away from Dee and started back to the stage.
"Happy Birthday Dee!"
Dee looked up at the sign and in neon letters it said "Happy Birthday" "Nat it isn't my birthday."
"I know hon, but I probably want see you on your real birthday so I wanted to celebrate it with you. So what do you think of our in house jock. Just so you know he usually doesn't touch anyone." with that he drew out a handkerchief and handed it to Dee and pointed to his nose.
Dee wiped his nose and saw a trickle of blood. "damn, that hasn't happned in years."
"Language Dee" laughed Nat, "Its stopped. Looks like our in house jock had really had an effect on you" Nat pointed to Double Dee's lap.
Dee blushed a bright red and looked off to the stage, where the dancer was dancing to 'Time for Me to Fly'. When the song finished the dancer left the stage. People stood up yelling and calling out for more. A new dance came to the stage and started his routine.
"He won't be back tonight, when he does that song he has finished for the night, usually he does a couple of sets, but tonight I guess we only get one show."
"He reminds me of my jock so much" and Dee started crying. Nat started to reach over and hug Dee, but strong arms brushed him aside. And wrapped themselves around the dork. A sultry voice with a Cajun accent said, "Shhh, it'll be alright Sha. I'm sure he misses you too. C'mon lets pass a good time, and laissez Les bon temps rouler! It's your birthday, sha let the good times roll!" he snapped his fingers and two drag queens ran over with a birthday cake singing happy birthday. "Aieee, mes ami, lets show mah frien a happy birthday!"
After saying that he pulled a piece of velcroed fabric that covered his lips and downed the drink in his hand in one gulp. He tapped Nat on the shoulder and made a swirling motion with his finger. Nat grabbed his phone and called someone. "You'd better head this way, its one of those nights." and hung up. "Not tonight, please, you haven't done this in two years" The masked dance gave Nat the finger and downed another drink. He sat down at the table on the opposite side of Nat from Dee and never said another word. He just kept drinking one drink after another. Suddenly the music stopped in mid song the dance walked to the side of the stage and the song "Time for Me to Fly" started playing again.
The masked dancer looked up at the DJ and shook his head, but the DJ just pointed off stage. The dancer whispered in Nat's ear, kissed his cheek and looked at Dee. He pulled a piece of chalk our of his pocket and wrote in shaky block letters 'I'm sorry' and stumbled across the stage. When he reached the area that led back stage he stopped and pulled out a set of keys and handed them to some one off stage. He started to down another drink, a hand came from back stage and slapped the drink from his hand then did the follow me wave. The dancer shook his head and turned to order another drink. A large meaty hand shot out and hit him in the back of the head knocking him to the floor. The same hand grabbed and ankle and drug the masked dancer off the stage. There was a commotion behind the curtain and the masked head appeared when the tall man turned to walk out with the dancer thrown over his shoulder.
Dee jumped up and started towards the stage, but noticed no one else had moved. "C'mon Nat, he'll be abused if we don't do something."
"No, Dee, He will be alright, that will be the only hit tonight. It usually only takes one of those to knock sense into him. He will take him home and put him to bed. Then he will call another friend and they will both sit with him until the mood passes. He has and objective goal he wants to achieve, today would have the day he had reached his goal, but alas, I guess the time wasn't right."
Dee walked over to look at the tip jar that the dancer had pointed at. The label on the jar said 'for victims of bullying' Dee smiled and put a hundred dollar bill in the jar. He walked back over to the table and looked at the words printed there. He looked up at Nat and smiled.
"He knew what was about to happen, and knew it would upset you, the violence you know."
"How did his friend know he had started drinking like that. And knew to come get him."
"Did you notice the motion he made with his finger when he tapped me on the shoulder?"
"Yes, I was wondering about that."
"He told me to call his friend and I did. You know Dee he doesn't usually interact with the crowd, other than pretend kisses, pantomime and pointing at the jar."
"Why does he have that cover over his eyes, it must make it hard to see."
"No its designed to hide his eyes not block his vision."
"But why?"
"They're dead eyes, Dee. No he isn't blind, he has perfect vision, but no emotion in them, The ice in his eyes would freeze people on the spot. He killed something inside of himself years ago. It made him so cold to the world."
"But that jar, how does he make it if he doesn't accept any tips?"
"He owns several businesses, but dances here at night for that jar."
"He didn't seem as if he was a victim of bullying. He seemed to have a warm and caring personality."
"He does, when he cares about someone, he will do whatever it takes to see them happy, even if it hurts him in the long run. Don't get worked up over him Dee. He would never let you into his heart. He locked that door a long time ago. And, to answer you question about the bullying, no he wasn't a victim of bullying but the perpetrator of said action."
"Oh, I see"
"Speaking of bullys, are you going to see Kevin while you are in town?"
"I doubt it, no one seems to know where he is. Where is he Nat, if anyone would know you would, you are his best friend in this world."
"After, what he did would you see him Dee?"
"Yes, Nat, I would. He scared me that night. I had never seen that look on his face directed at me. I felt that he wanted to beat me, maybe even kill me. I was so scared I ran the next day, but after some time and trying to find someone to fill his space, which by the way I never could find anyone that even remotely interested me that way. Kevin is the only man I want."
"Yes, Dee, I know where he is. He made me and others swear not to tell you until you finish your doctorate degree. I will tell you this, there has never been anyone in his life since you. He tried with both sexes but just like in high school, one date and done, nothing physical with anyone. You really put some good mojo on that boy."
Dee looked down at his drink and again at the words written on the table.
"Double cutie with da booty, don't feel bad, he still loves you. He is just scared that you can't forgive him for that night. Or maybe I should say he can't forgive himself."
Dee just stared at his drink then said, "You know Nat I am a Libra my birthday is in October and Kevin is a Taurus and what they say about that relationship is so true. And I quote : Instead of expecting the impossible from each other. They are both gentle lovers who like their relationship without stress and drama, so with enough patience, they could be a really good fit."
"You know Dee, Kevin once told me the same thing. But not quite in so many words. Go get your doctorate then come home and find Kevin and lets get the world back on an even kelter. It is so wrong without you too together. You guys were meant to be."
"I am already planning to go in the fall, I was planning to anyway. I took the summer off to rest up a bit."
"Let's get out of here and go grab a bite to eat, I promise I won't try to grab your booty Dee."
"You'd better not, you know Kevin would probably come out of the woodwork and pound you if you did. He always seemed to come out of nowhere when someone tried that."
They both laughed and headed out the door.
Across town, two friends sat on either side of Kevin's bed watching him sleep. "You know Lumpy, Dee better appreciate this. You get me away from a hot date to come sit here watching shovel chin sleep."
"Now Eddy, you would have been angry with me if I hadn't called you. You've actually grown to care about him a lot in the last few years."
"Well, don't tell shovel chin that, It's because he loves Dee so much. I have to love someone that cares about the Double Dork that much. After all he is our best friend."
"Hey guys, I'm not really asleep I heard that, but I'll pretend you didn't say that Eddy, ya dork!"
"Oh shut it box head. You ok now? What happened to set it off this time."
"Dee was at the club with Nat."
"You got jealous of the green haired freak?"
"No, Eddy, I wanted to hold Dee so bad and kiss him senseless right there in the bar and knew I couldn't."
"Eww, I didn't want to get that picture in my head, now I'll be sick all night long. You'll be alright now? I gotta go get some rest, I got a big client coming in the morning to start a divorce case. Laterz."
They both watched the short cocky guy leave.
"You know Ed, I would never have expected Eddy to go to law school and then become such a good lawyer in so short of time."
"Well, Kevin, once a shyster, always a shyster."
"You still want to hide from Dee? We will have to make different arrangements about the upkeep of his place."
