It was the week of the Sadie Hawkin's dance that Edd's world got flipped up and around and upside down and he loved nearly every second of it. He had been on a few dates with his new Kevin. They always met up at an agreed upon location and would spend time together before going home separately. Edd had yet to see his Bluetooth speakers from Amazon, but it was just as well. Kevin was obviously not ready to take him home and Edd wasn't ready to go there with him just yet. But Kevin held his hand, would pay for everything, drag him in for a million selfies and tag him in them all.
Now Edd was never friends with his Kevin on Facebook or Instagram, so he waved everything that everyone was saying about Double D dating off as sheer rumors. Edd had been ignoring his messages since he left him on their anniversary. It was easy to do. If you aren't friends with the person messaging you, the message can go to rot in some obscure spam folder. Both boys knew it and Edd was abusing the fuck out of that privilege as far as Kevin was concerned.
But he knew that there was one way Edd couldn't ignore him. So he left him a note in his locker everyday the week of Valentine's Day. The Sadie Hawkin's dance was Saturday. He had planned to ask him out to the movies that night so they could skip the dance together. But then on Wednesday, which was Valentine's Day, Edd came up to Ang's locker with the news that his new Kevin was going to the dance with him, but what greeted them both in the small space set Ang on fire.
"GODDAMNIT! SYLINA!"
Edd just stared into Ang's locker.
It was filled to the brim with honeysuckle and lilac flowers and Ang's allergies kicked in hard.
"I'm gonna kill her," she said as she wheezed and sneezed.
"No, you're not," Edd said as he dug his pack of tissues out of his bag and handed them all to Ang. "And your make up still looks good!"
"I hate you! ACHOO! SYLINA!"
Amber and Jessie Anne walked up and took deep breaths.
"It smells good in here!," Jessi Anne said. "Why are you sneezing?"
"Allergies," Edd replied as he started to pull the flowers out of the locker.
"Wouldn't your girlfriend know not to give you flowers if you're allergic," Amber asked as she munched on a sandwich.
"It's not that, it's just that there is so many and I'm gonna die. ACHOO! GODDAMNIT!"
"Ms Jackson, I'd appreciate it if you stopped swearing," Vice Principal Chambers said as he walked by. "And Ms Davis, the hallway isn't your lunchroom."
"I'd appreciate not dying."
"I'd appreciate my metabolism not trying to starve me to death."
The VP rolled his eyes and walked on.
About five seconds later, Ang, Edd and Amber heard laughter at the other end of the hall. In particular, Sy and Kevin's.
"SYLINA WILLIAMS!," Angela roared as she stalked down the hall towards her girlfriend.
Kevin gave a squeal and jumped behind his shorter blond friend who wanted to hide herself. But she was frozen to the spot. Princess always had that affect on her.
She decided to wear a red cowl neck sweater dress that hugged all of her curves. The scoop on the neck of the dress put her breasts on glorious display and every boy and lesbian in the place thanked God for her Victoria Secret's credit card. Paired with a pair of black platform stilettos, her regular twist out Afro, full makeup and the Princess was a bombshell. Who happened to have bloodshot eyes and a runny nose.
"What the fuck did you do?!," Kevin whispered.
"Flowers. I gave her flowers," Sy whispered back.
"Enough to kill me! And now I'm gonna kill you! C'mere!"
With that, Ang grabbed Sy by the collar of her blue button down and drug her to one of the three unisex bathrooms in the school. Rave came out as soon as they opened the door and smirked.
"I'll watch the door for you," he said with a sly grin as Ang shoved Sy into the bathroom, slammed the door and locked it.
"Baby, I'm sorry!," Sy said with a nervous giggle.
"Sy, Sylina, Sweetie, I CAN'T FUCKING BREATHE!"
"I love you."
"Sy."
"Ok, ok. Bad move. Sorry! Maybe Edd can help clean it all out or something."
"He better," Ang said as she sneezed again.
"Bless you."
Ang cocked her head as she wiped her nose. Grabbing a paper towel and dabbing at her eyes as she checked her makeup in the mirror and thanking God that MAC's setting spray was worth the expense, a thought occurred to her.
Backing Sy into the wall, she said, "If you ever want to be blessed by me ever again, you make sure that I don't die because you want to drop a flower store on my head!"
"Look, Baby, I'll take all your blessings, but do you know how hard it is to date the richest girl in town and still have to give her a gift for Valentine's Day!?"
Angela sighed and wrapped her girlfriend in a hug.
"What have I told you about me and gifts?"
"Just my presence is enough."
"Exactly. Just stay with me. And don't try to kill me with flowers. They always suspect the spouse you know."
Sy's blue eyes lit up.
"Spouse?"
Ang gave her a grin.
"Spouse. Just go easy on the plant life, alright?"
"Alright."
"Good girl," Ang murmured right before kissing her hard as she ground up against her on the wall.
Then the bell rang.
"Time for lunch!," Ang said brightly as she skipped into the hall with a huge satisfied grin on her face.
Sy came out a split second later, red faced and barely breathing, but you couldn't wipe the smug grin off her face. Kevin made a face of his own and then he heard a sound he hadn't heard since the day they broke up.
Edd laughing.
And he wanted to kick himself for not being the one that got that sound out of him.
"Is Sy gonna behave herself now?," he asked his friend as the blond started to clean the flowers out of the locker and toss them in the trash can Edd had managed to wrangle off a janitor.
"She better."
"I will!," Sy scoffed.
"Leave me a few sprigs, will ya, Edd?," Ang asked.
Edd nodded. He knew she appreciated the gift, just not that much of it.
They cleaned and wiped down the locker in record time and headed to lunch.
"So what is that you were so excited to tell me about before this one tried to kill me?," Ang asked, gesturing towards a still remorseful Sy as they made their way into the lunch room.
"I have a date to the dance on Saturday," Edd replied as they passed Kevin's table.
The redhead choked on his burger. Lance gave him a couple of hard swats on the back and Jessi Ann giggled. Kevin shot her a dirty look and she stuck her tongue out at him.
"Hey," Lance said warningly to them both.
He knew what had happened with Kevin and Edd from what Jessi Anne had told him, but didn't think it was a great idea for them to antagonize each other about it, even though he thought Kevin was an idiot.
"I'll be good," Jessi Anne said sweetly as she got up to leave. "Over there," she finished as she walked past Kevin and thwapped him upside the head with her notebook.
Kevin rubbed the back of his head and frowned.
"Hey, Captain Dumbass," Rave said as he and Nat sat down. "Get anything nice from your person this year?"
"I hate you," Kevin said as he got up from the table.
"Hate you more," Rave grinned as Kevin walked away.
He hated Rave at the moment and Nat for telling him all about his break up with Edd. Some best friend. Guy can't keep his mouth shut. But his appetite was gone. Time to go run some laps. Dumping his lunch he headed out of the cafeteria but not before taking one last glance at Edd and The Vagina Squad enjoying their lunch and Edd's new found relationship status.
Edd was gone and he was gone for good.
Yep, he was an idiot.
As he ran laps, he decided not to go to the dance. Wasn't worth it to see Edd all over some new guy and he was still sadly alone. It was his own fault. After he and Nazz called it quits freshman year, he spent sophomore year trying to recover and figure out why he even bothered dating the girl. He knew he didn't have a thing for her. It was all so forced. After their fight with Eddy's brother, Kevin had not only seen The Eds in a whole new light, but Double D in particular. The weakest, dorkiest and nerdiest of The Eds stood up for Eddy to the biggest bully all of them had ever seen. So cool. Such a turn on. Didn't take long to develop a crush. And after Edd came out, it didn't take him long to act on that crush.
Things started slow, but soon he was in love. Not that he'd ever say it. He just couldn't. Admitting emotions like that was weak. At least that's what his dad said. He was a man of action. He never heard his dad tell his mom that he loved her. He sure showed her, though. The typical wining and dining. But sweet presents like flowers because it was Tuesday, or a chocolate bar in her lunch just because he knew she'd like it. It was his idea for Sy to stuff Ang's locker with flowers. Honeysuckle and lilac were cheap because they're basically weeds. He didn't expect her to have an allergy attack from it, though. But the sentiment was there and that was what mattered.
He tried that with Edd. Notes in his locker, random things off his Amazon wishlist just because, making sure someone could give him his favorite blueberry muffins to him in class without it being known that he did it. Nat was always good for it thankfully, but even he said Edd wouldn't hold out for him for long. And the peacock had the nerve to be right.
As the bell rang, Kevin noticed another flower delivery truck headed to the school and it was being trailed by an red Harley Softtail Deluxe. He gave a low whistle because he knew a beautiful Harley when he saw one and this one was a beaut! He had a red Harley Street 750 and Sy had a Harley Low Rider in Purple Fire. Ang picked out the color because it reminded her of a blend of her two favorite colors; purple and pink. But neither he nor Sy rode their bikes today, it was just too cold. Whoever this was, was either brave, desperate for a ride or just using the only mode of transportation they had. Ang drove Sy around when it got too cold to ride and Kevin would borrow his dad's car if he worked night shift or hitch a ride with Nazz or Rolf.
"At least he's smart enough to bundle up," Kevin thought to himself as he couldn't see who was on the bike due to their red helmet, black leather jacket, dark jeans, cowl scarf and gloves.
And the strangest sight at Peach Creek High School this Valentine's Day was Eddward Vincent and Marie Kanker walking side by side through the school, happy grins on their faces, chatting excitedly, with Valentine presents in their hands from two people that most of their fellow classmates had never seen.
Edd kept all of Kevin's letters.
