Here's chapter 2 for you all! I'm not the best when it comes to grammar and punctuation, but I tried my hardest so I hope you all enjoy! ️
As Kevin walked into his English class, his last period of the day, his face lit up in excitement. Sitting in the middle of the room, within the rows of desks, was the new girl. Her hands were on the table, and she seemed ready to begin the last period. Before a kid with chocolate brown shaggy hair could get the last desk next to the new girl, Kevin beat him to it and sat down just as he was about to take the seat next to her. The kid just glared at Kevin and walked to the back of the classroom to take another open seat. The black haired girl simply ignored the whole occurrence and reached into her backpack to pull out a pen and notebook. Kevin did the same as the bell rang.
A tall, slender, fifty to sixty year old lady with long blonde faded hair walked to the front of the classroom. "Alright class, to begin the day, we're going to begin with a writing exercise. I want you all to write the best thing about your summer, you may begin."
With that, all of the kids in the class started writing in their notebooks. Kevin just lazily scrawled the words "football" in his notebook and set his pencil down while most of the other students were still writing. Kevin was curious about what the new girl might be writing, so he tried to take a small peek at her notebook. The girl noticed Kevin trying to look at her notebook from the corner of her eye and scooted her notebook away. Kevin sat up and ripped a piece of paper from his notebook, causing some of the students to look up from the distracting noise.
Kevin picked up his pencil and wrote the words "Hey, the name's Kevin, but you can call me Kev. What's your name?" He slipped the piece of paper onto her desk as she finished writing.
She looked at him and then the paper with a perplexed look and picked up her pen to write underneath Kevin's message. "Um, you do know writing notes in class is against the rules right?" She handed the piece of paper back to Kevin and he took it eagerly.
His eyes scanned the writing on the paper before he looked up slowly, a look of surprise on his face as he started to turn a bit pink with embarrassment. Kevin was internally slapping his forehead. 'Way to go Kev, that was real smooth, now she thinks you're a trouble making idiot!' Kevin knew it was true, but he didn't want her knowing that. He slumped down in his desk feeling dejected as the teacher went by each desk collecting all of their notebooks. She then walked to her desk and set them down in a stack on top of it, then walked back up to the front of the classroom. "Alright, I have the perfect assignment for you all to start the new year off with!" She clasped her hands together in excitement. "I think it will help you with both your writing skills, and your ability to work as a team!" Most of the class groaned, but the teacher just ignored them and went on to explain the assignment. "I want all of you to choose a partner, and I want you both collaborate on a poem about something that is important to you." She said. "Alright, you may begin choosing your partners, afterwards I want you both to decide on what you would like to write."
This was perfect! It finally gave Kevin the chance to talk to the new girl! Without thinking twice he quickly turned to the black-haired girl. "Hey! Wanna be partners?" He asked eagerly.
The girl turned to him and glared. "What? And end up having to do all the work while you slack off?" She scoffed and spat out the words "No thank you!" and turned to another person next to her with curly, short chocolate hair and glasses.
"Want to be partners?" She asked politely.
The short-haired girl turned and looked at her in surprise, she didn't expect someone of her status to want to be partners with her. "U-um s-sure!" She replied nervously.
"Great! My name is Jessie by the way!" She smiled brightly at the girl with glasses, and the other girl smiled back awkwardly. "What's yours?"
Kevin felt himself grow hot with embarrassment. What the fuck is with this chick? No one has ever rejected him before! He's used to girl's just practically throwing themselves on him, while this chick wanted nothing to do with him! He decided he wasn't going to give up that easily, he had promised himself that she would be his, and he was going to stick to it. In a way, you could say Kevin just became even more attracted to the disinterested girl.
Once the bell finally rang, Kevin slipped his backpack on and headed out of the classroom trying to shuffle past the river of students so that he might get a chance to apologize to Jessie for whatever it was he did. Kevin tried to slip by the many students, but there were just too many blocking his way. Kevin groaned in frustration as he watched her walk farther ahead of him down the hall. As he was deciding if he should just go home and try again tomorrow or not, he saw her walk up to Edd as he was putting his stuff away in his locker. Kevin stopped in the middle of the hallway as students continued to shove past him. He became confused, 'why was she talking to the dork?' Kevin glared at the two of them until he came up with a conclusion as to what might be going on. 'She's probably trying to get homework from him so that she can copy it.' He thought, but Kevin became even more curious the more he watched them. Letting his curiosity get the better of him, he decided he would investigate. The red-head approached the two of them slowly, trying to stay out of their eyesight, and quickly hid behind a corner about ten feet away that led to a shorter hallway.
"So I heard you were the smartest kid in the school." Said Jessie as she gave Edd a friendly smile.
"I-I wouldn't say that..." Edd stuttered as he turned a bit pink and gave her an awkward tooth-gapped smile in return.
The girl giggled, finding his nervousness kind of cute. "Well, you must be pretty smart if everyone is calling you the smartest kid in the school."
Edd nodded "Presumably, I am quite intelligent, but I wouldn't say I statistically exceed everyone else intellectually."
"But since I heard you were really smart, I decided to asks you if you would like to be my study partner? Who knows, maybe we can even become friends." Jessie smiled brightly at him.
Edd was surprised, he had been expecting the new girl to ask him if he could do her homework for her, but he didn't expect her to ask him if she could actually work with him. Many students have asked him, or in some cases forced him to do their homework for them, but nobody has ever asked if they could actually do their work with him. Double D smiled with delight. "Yes!- I mean of course!- I mean I would love to help a fellow student exceed academically!"
Jessie's face lit up with excitement, and Kevin, who was now watching them from behind the corner, winced when he noticed the new girl's excitement. "Really?! Thank you so much! I promise I'll even help you with whatever it is you want!"
Edd doubted he would need anyone's help with any of his assignments, but he smiled and nodded politely anyways. "That sounds splendid! Just let me know whenever you would like to study with me."
"I will! I should probably head home now though, I have to go work on an assignment before I head to cheerleading practice." She said as she brushed a strand of hair behind her ear. She then turned to walk towards the front doors. "It was nice meeting you Double D! I look forward to getting to know you more!" She then started to walk until she stopped in her tracks and turned to look at Edd with a smile on her face. "You know, I'm surprised you haven't found a girlfriend yet, I think you're kinda cute!" With that, she turned around and continued walking down the hallway leaving Edd to stare at her in surprise.
Edd's face started to turn pink once he realized what she had just said, not because he liked her, but because people usually don't give him compliments like that. In fact, Edd had never had a crush on any girl, but he has had a couple of crushes of the same gender. His first kiss had been taken by a male after all. His best friend Eddy had been the one to steal his first kiss when Kevin dared him to do it about four years ago. That was the day when Double D came up with the conclusion that he might be homosexual. It made sense to him since he had never felt anything but discomfort when the Kankers had smothered him and his two best friends with kisses on a daily basis, yet he felt something when Eddy had kissed him, and his feminine personality.
Still, no matter what gender they were, he always became flustered when someone payed him a compliment.
Kevin was dejected, angry and confused all at the same time after he witnessed Jessie just basically flirt with the Double Dork. Why that dork of all people? What made him so attractive to a lot of chicks? Almost every girl he's met has or has had a crush on the Double Dweeb so far. Nazz and May had a crush on Edd at one point, while Marie and now Jessie currently have a crush on him. It just didn't make sense, he was unpopular, dorky, awkward, weird and petite, why would any girl have a crush on him? The more Kevin thought about it, the angrier and more confused he became. He thought about walking right up to Edd and just punching him, until he came up with an idea. There had to be something he was missing, something that he just had to find out. Punching Edd wasn't going to fix anything, he knew what he had to do, he was going to have to have the Dork teach him.
As Edd put his textbook in his locker and slammed it close, Kevin started to walk up to Double D. "Yo! Double Dork!"
Edd turned around sharply at the sound of his name. A look of surprise spread across his face when he saw that Kevin was approaching him. Kevin hadn't bullied Edd since middle school. Was he planning on going back to his usual bullying after all these years? Great, just what he needed, first Jake had bullied him, and now Kevin was going to return to his old ways. There must have been a nervous look on his face because as Kevin approached him he said, "Relax dorky, I'm not interested in beating you up."
Edd let out a sigh of relief and relaxed a little. But if he didn't want to bully Edd, what did he want? "Well then, U-um... can I assist you with something Kevin?"
Kevin leaned closer to Edd as he stuffed one hand into his Jersey, and slammed the other on the locker behind Double D right next to his head causing Edd to jump. "I want you to teach me how to get a certain girl." Kevin said in a quiet tone.
Edd's face expression became perplexed and surprised. "Y-you want me to do what?"
"I want you to show me some of your smooth moves." Kevin repeated.
Edd just became more confused and shook his head. "I-I don't know what you mean, I haven't been pulling any 'smooth moves' on anyone! I've just been acting like my usual self."
"Well then teach me how to be like you!" he said impatiently.
Edd just shook his head again. "What made you come to this conclusion that I might be popular with the opposite sex?"
Kevin glared at Edd. "Don't play dumb with me!" Kevin jabbed a finger accusingly into Double D's chest. "I saw you pulling shit with Jessie! You even got her to flirt with you before she left!"
Edd's confused face expression turned into realization, he must have seen what happened between him and the new girl. It was no surprise that Kevin has taken interest in her, she had an exemplary figure, beautiful hair and a strong personality. Edd looked at Kevin nervously, hoping he wasn't jealous enough to punch him. "I was just being polite as usual..."
"Well then teach me how to be polite!" Kevin snapped.
Edd looked down at his own feet. "I-I don't know..."
Kevin sighed in frustration, then paused a moment to think. What was something Edd might want that Kevin could provide for him? Kevin thought a moment before he came up with an idea. That's it! Edd usually gets bullied on a day to day basis, so Kevin could teach him how to fight! He did take about three years of martial arts after all, and practiced his punches on a punching bag almost every day. Kevin's face lit up. "How about I teach you how to fight!?"
Edd lifted up one of his eyebrows. "I beg your pardon?"
Kevin stood up and put his other hand in his pocket. "Come on Double Dork, I'd have to be blind not to notice you get picked on almost everyday."
Edd shook his head nervously. "B-but I wouldn't want to resort to violence! I'm a pacifist!"
Kevin rolled his eyes. "You don't have to be violent! You can just defend yourself as a last resort! Isn't there someone who you would like to stop?? Someone you want to finally be free from?"
Edd thought a moment. Kevin was right, he didn't have to be like him and act violently every time someone happened to make him lose his temper, he could just use it as a last resort, as self defence. There was indeed a specific bully he wished he could cease. Jake was the worst bully of them all, he traumatized Edd every day with his cruel behavior, and he has had just about enough of it.
Edd thought a moment longer before coming to a decision. "Alright... I'll do it, I'll teach you how to be a better gentlemen if you teach me how to defend myself."
Kevin smiled triumphantly. "Deal!"
He took Edd's hand and shook it vigorously before stepping away. "Come to my house tomorrow after school, got it?"
Edd nodded in agreement as Kevin started to walk away. "And don't be late!" Said Kevin.
Edd stood there as he watched Kevin walk away, becoming intrigued that Kevin had taken such interest in learning how to be a better person. Double D smiled to himself in amusement as he picked up his backpack and walked away.
That's all for chapter 2! Thanks for reading and see you all next week! ️