Chapter 3
Double Dee didn't exactly know when baseball practice was going to end. As it neared 6 o'clock, Edd had yet to hear Kevin's motorcycle roaring through the cul-de-sac. He decided to go over to Kevin's house with the fear of being late and the jock becoming angry.
Double Dee knocked on Kevin's door and waited, so long that he had contemplated turning around and going home, when an angry much older looking version of Kevin answered the door. "What in the hell do you want?!" Yelled the man.
"O-oh I was j-just looking for K-Kevin. I am his t-tutor." Edd stuttered with fear. This man had to obviously be Kevin's father and knowing the strength Kevin possessed, his father would be tenfold that of Kevin.
"Oh I see, well he ain't here yet. Probably out with that Nazz girl or something." Kevin's father replied.
"I see, we'll I guess I'll just be heading home then…" Edd said.
"You know what, since you're helping my boy study, why don't you come in and wait for him?" Mr. Barr said as he grabbed Edd and took him into the house. "You just wait on the couch for Kevin, I'll be upstairs, don't bother me." Mr. Barr said as he walked up the stairs, no doubt to his room.
About ten minutes later Edd heard Kevin pull into the driveway. As Edd sat awkwardly on the couch as Kevin came through the door. Kevin came in, shut the door and proceeded to walk upstairs to his room. "That dork better not be late" He mumbled to himself.
"Greetings Kevin." Edd said, startling Kevin.
"Holy shit dork, who let you in my house?!" Kevin said has he marched back down the stairs.
"You didn't inform me of our exact meeting time so I came over to see when you'd be home and your father let me in." Edd stated.
"Oh well, don't scare me like that again." Kevin said angrily. "I'm going to shower then I'll be right down. Here," Kevin threw his bag on the couch. "My Algebra shit is in there, start getting ready." Kevin said walking up the stairs.
Another ten minutes passed and Kevin came downstairs in only sweatpants and a towel over his hair. 'Oh dear… he's practically naked!' Edd thought as Kevin came into the room. A small blush crept its way across Edd's face. "Uhmm, Kevin, y-you…"
"What's the matter Double Dweeb? Never seen another dude's chest?" Kevin teased. He grabbed his green hoody from the coat rack and threw it over his torso. "Now, you better make this shit interesting or I'm going to fall asleep. And that's not going to help my grade." Kevin said, starting to yawn.
"Okay, well, Algebra is just simply getting the solution to a problem. X and Y are just unfathomable variables that you don't have the solution to. Say you're looking for the slope of a line, the equation you would use would be Y equals M times X plus B. Where Y is your y-variable, M is your slope, X is your x-variable, and B is the y-intercept. Algebra is just knowing how to use equations like this one and what each variable stands for." Edd said, trying his best to make it simple for Kevin.
"Okay, I get it a little better now, but how do I cram all this shit in my brain before the big test?" Kevin asked.
Edd went into tutor mode and did his best to make it interesting. Two hours had passed when both boys stomachs begun to rumble. "Oh my, excuse my stomach." Edd said embarrassed.
"It's cool dude, I'm starving. Let's take a break and grab some grub." Kevin said as he stood up. He lead Edd into the kitchen and they decided to make some Mac'n'Cheese. After eating, Edd noticed it was getting to be around 9 o'clock.
"I'm terribly sorry Kevin, but it's getting late and I have a strict sleep schedule." Edd said, gathering his belongings.
"Alright, we'll same time tomorrow? We can order pizza or something." Kevin said, rubbing his neck. "You explain this stuff way better than any teacher I've had."
"I suppose we can continue tomorrow. I'll meet you here around 6 o'clock?" Edd said, standing up to leave.
"Yeah, sounds cool." Kevin said following Edd to the door.
"I will see you tomorrow, good bye." Edd said. He then made his was across the cul-de-sac to his empty home.
'Dear Eddward, Father and I have been called away to a week-long conference. We've left some money and a new phone for you in a bag by your room. With love, Mother and Father.' A note on Edd's front door read. 'Another week without them.' Edd thought to himself as he made his way up to his room.
