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Thankful for the help moving the stuff in Edd walked Kevin to the door to say goodbye. "Thank you for the help Kevin." The red head smiled the other chuckling, "Man it was no problem. Lifting stuff is a piece of cake." Kevin flexed his muscles for emphasis. "Well I'm glad to have your help and now that I know your capable I will call you for your muscular system." Edd giggled behind his hand jumping when he felt a hand on his head or should we say hat. "It's good to see you dork." Edd flushed and pulled from the hand watching it fall to Kevin's side. "Uh you to...I-I better go..you know...clean...Vale* Kevin." The Ed wheezed closing the door before the farewell was returned. Hearing Kevin start to walk away, his tennis shoes scruffily moving against the sidewalk as he walked.
Edd pressed himself against the door squeezing his shirt above his chest. His heart beating rampantly, taking three soothing breaths in the nostrils out of the mouth. Swallowing dryly Edd looked to the books in his living room, finally standing up when he decided his legs weren't going to shake he started removing the dirty never open books on the shelves, he would donate them when he started work.
Sighing he wondered if Kevin would help him carry them in there, the man had a daughter and most likely a job he wouldn't have time to help him. Pressing the book to his chest he sigh, but after his reaction towards the other from a mere touch, why would the other want to be around him. It's not like it was his fault, college had an arrangement of bullys that continued to attack him for his hat, the movement was sheer reflex to dodge a grabbing hand. Whining and throwing his head back thumping it against the book shelf the double Edd boy sighed aloud. "Why can't I be normal?!"
Groaning he pulled his hat over his eyes for a relaxing moment taking more calming breaths like he had been told to do. Fixing his hat he blew a breath and decided to make lunch before he finished the books, heading to the kitchen he glanced at his refelction in the stainless silver of the fridge. As a child his hat had held more importaince, then it became a clutch or a mask sothing he could use to hide from everyone. Like he could keep his secrets under it's fabrics. When he had finally decided to change, the hat was still an importiant thing, but he kept only for memories and every once and a while something comforting for him, when things got bad. Shaking his head knowing better to think on things too long any more he continued to work on his lunch. A turkey sandwhich with cheese.
That and a glass of milk Edd returned to the living room careful to eat over a dish not to drop any crumbs. Though if he did he would have a heart attack anymore, not after college where he was forced from his comfort more ways than one.
"Hey isn't that the junior who always wears a hat?" "What is he hiding?" "Maybe he has bad hair?" Hardly "No way I heard he's top of the class, maybe his brain is sticking out?" "Oh Grosss!" That is something Ed would say, but no. "Maybe he just likes hats." Edd perked up at this the conversation was just behind him the seniors were hardly the whisperers after all. "Aw come on! That's no fun, there has to be some deep dark secret behind it." Geeze..."Nah I think he just likes hats, doesn't matter they look good on him." Edd felt a flush rise from his chest to heat his face. "Ewwww you and hat boy? Come on Dexter no way!" "Aww give him credit compared to the rest of the freshmen here he's absolutely delicious looking. "
Knock. Knock.
Edd woke up with a gasp, his hat flying from his head and onto the floor. Why was he asleep on the couch? He remember putting the books away and from the looks of that he had finished. All in alphabetical order based on title. But that didn't explain his sleeping arrangements. He had sat down to rest and watch the history channel's special on china's currency. He must have fallen asleep during such. Rubbing his hand over his face to hopefully wake himself, he sighed having skipped dinner and by the shadows around the room breakfast too.
Knockknockknockknock.
Jumping he remember why he had awoken, standing he moved to the door. Opening it to the morning chill of autumn. Shivering slightly he blinked before looking for his unknown guest. "Hello Mister D!" "Salutations Kellie." He smiled to her watching the word process. "Sal-u-tishins?" She stumbled over the word like Eddy and math. "Salutations, it is a greeting of friendship." He explained leaning down to look at her, the resemblance to Kevin was remarkable. Though it seems her mother was there a little to. "Sal-u-tations." "Very good!" He smiled for such a young girl her vocabulary seemed remarkable, and being so young the brain was like a sponge at this time and would easily fill with unremarkable amount of information. Her grin could have reached her ears with how wide it was, a very small gap in her teeth that was covered by her tongue that pressed against it.
"Kel!" The both looked back watching Kevin jog over a signature red hat backwards on his head. It looked like it had seen better days. "Salutations Daddy!" Kellie smiled to him. "I told you to wait on me before you leave the house." The red head panted, his hair was gelled slightly up and his face seemed clean shaved. Was he wearing cologne? "Butttttt Daddy was taking to long getting handsome!" Edd giggled behind his hand as Kevin seemed to flush at her words. "A day with the Misses?" Edd teased lightly watching Kevin's shoulders sank. "oh heh no not really." Watching the red head scratch the back of his head nervously. Was there something Edd was missing? "Daddy...what is a Misses?" Kellie looked confusingly at her dad who opened and closed his mouth slowly like a gaping fish in water.
"I was wondering if your dad was taking your mom out." Edd said calming to the girl, who progressed the information in her head. "But I don't have a mom!" Kellie laughed making Edd's brows rise up to his hair like as he glanced to Kevin who avoided his eyes like the plague. "What do you mean Kellie?" Edd deciding to question the girl who looked prepared for the question. "Daddy was alone and begged for a friend, so an angel dropped me on our doorsteps with a note. "She is yours, you take care of her." and Daddy has been doing good so the angels don't take me away!" There was silence between them as Edd stared at Kevin in disbelief. Kellie's mother had abandoned her? The question shown on his eyes he was sure of this when Kevin nodded softly.
Kellie lost her smile between to the two adults. "Isn't that right daddy?" "That's right sweetheart." Kevin told his daughter never looking away from Edd who seemed stunned into silence. "Go get Jeffery, I'll ask Eddward if he would like to join us. " Kellie perked up before running back to the house. The silence stayed only till she was out of ear range. "Oh my god Kevin I - I didn't mean- I- I- " Edd felt like he would cry from his own stupidity. Kevin held up his hand to calm the other. "Calm down, you didn't know, but now you do, and its okay." The red head smirked lightly at Edd flustered expression.
"It's j-just that.." Edd felt as if he was being teased for his for once LACK of knowledge. "You shouldn't lie to your kids!" The flustered man yelped like a puppy fighting with a great dane. Kevin's laugh filled the air as he grabbed his stomach trying to hold back the laughs. "Seriously? Out of everything that's your deal." Eddward flushed deeper. "She's a bit young to know her mom ditched don't you think, let her think she's heaven sent till she's ready to know more. But the note wasn't a lie, I swear a first grader should not be able to read so well, or snoop so much." With a huff Edd crossed his arms, "A child's mind is like a starving animal it picks up knowledge easily if around the right kind, it can go far." Kevin shook his head with a fat smile. "I don't doubt it." The man smirked causing Edd's flush to warm his chest. "So-o there was something you wanted to ask me?" Kevin nodded still smiling but it seemed to become wolfish. "Yeah to go to the creek to let Jeffery for a run while it's still warm. But you don't seemed dressed for the occasion." It was then Edd took in his attire, some time during his sleep he had removed his skinny jeans and was clad in an over sized sweater. "Good Lord! I would love to! Bu-but-but it...I'll go get dressed!" Kevin's laugh could be heard through the door, and Edd was sure his mortification could be as well.
*Vale - Latin for goodbye.
I'm positive that Edd has studied the dead language so I'm sure he lets it slip from him ever so often.
The flash backs of college will be italics, and they will become more frequent in later chapters, they help tie in the story.